SOS! Please get me off this island. “Eden” is the latest movie directed by Ron Howard, and it’s an attractive one. It’s based on a true story about European settlers settling on […]
Eden
Relay
It all gets exciting until the very end. “Relay” is the latest movie from director David Mackenzie, whose “Hell or High Water” was on my 10 Best list in 2016. This movie […]
Nobody 2
A fun house of a violent sequel nobody should miss. Bob Odenkirk’s Hutch is probably somebody Mark Wahlberg’s family man assassin should have talked to before succumbing to the idiocy and cliches […]
Sovereign
Their law is their law. That’s what this movie acknowledges. For those of you who know the story of West Memphis police shootings in 2010, it has a tragic ending. The new […]
The Old Guard 2
A Netflix sequel that has less life than the original. Let’s recap on “The Old Guard.” Charlize Theron played an immortal soldier named Andromache of Scythia, or Andy for short, who has […]
Heads of State
A campy fun political action movie. John Cena and Idris Elba reunite from “The Suicide Squad” as two world leaders who don’t like each other, but find themselves collaborating in an action […]
Jurassic World: Rebirth
A sequel that’s a million years in the past, yet again. Here’s how I thought about “Jurassic World: Dominion” when I panned it: “ It seems so routine about how its story was […]
40 Acres
Danielle Deadwyler’s guide to surviving the famine apocalypse. The story of “40 Acres” takes place in Post Apocalyptic Canada, when a fungal pandemic, a food chain collapse, and famine has made farmland […]
M3GAN 2.0
A sequel that likes to upgrade itself, but feels more like a downgrade. Last week, I received a comment on my 1-star review of “The Electric State.” I don’t know if it […]
28 Years Later
A dangerous and unvaccinated zombie sequel made by the original filmmakers. When I reviewed “28 Days Later” in my 2020 article “How to Survive a Virus Flick,” I mentioned how it did […]
