This samurai western isn’t as glorious as it should have been. As I begin to watch “Tornado,” I see the title Japanese girl running away from a diverse group of men and […]
Tornado
Dangerous Animals
Now this is a shark movie made for the 2020s. Since I’ve skipped the “Sharknado” and “Meg” movies, I’ve said the following statements for the most recent shark movies. For “No Way […]
The Phoenician Scheme
Wes Anderson’s new movie sure has a lot of affairs to get in order. I think we can agree that Wes Anderson’s movies, whether they’re good, great, or mediocre, are whimsical and […]
Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning
A fun, but overlong MI conclusion. That is if it is the last entry. If you recall the first part of “Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning,” Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt had to stop the […]
Hurry Up Tomorrow
Don’t rush to this cinematic train wreck. Trey Edward Scults’ last movie “Waves” was a powerful film that showed us two siblings going through a crisis and trying to find their inner […]
Another Simple Favor
Another fun murder mystery sequel. If you recall the last time “Simple Favor,” the dotty mom Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) exposes the missing mom Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) as a murderer on […]
The Surfer
Cage must go through Hell and back before he can say: “Surf’s Up.” “The Surfer” is hot and sunny. And I mean that in the look and feel, as everything looks and […]
The Shrouds
A sharp way for Cronenberg to examine the dead. David Cronenberg is a brilliant, bizarre, and absorbing filmmaker, who is able to take certain audiences in his own visionary world. And by […]
Neighborhood Watch
It’s nice to see Quaid and Morgan playing an unlikely sleuth duo. Here are the two mismatched buddies that either Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte or Mel Gibson and Danny Glover would […]
Havoc
Too much carnage can’t deliver here. “Havoc” is the new made-for-Netflix action thriller made by Gareth Evans, the same man who gave us the “Raid” movies. Those films were fun in the […]
