by Josh Terry | Dec 1, 2023 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
“Dream Scenario” – 3 stars out of 4 One of 2022’s more memorable films was, “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” which cast Nicholas Cage as himself in a fun and at times surreal comedy-adventure about a late-career actor who gets in over his...
by Josh Terry | Dec 1, 2023 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
“Napoleon” – 2 1/2 stars out of 4 Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” traces the life of the iconic French emperor from the time of theFrench Revolution through his final exile after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. His rise andfall as a military leader...
by Josh Terry | Oct 1, 2023 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
“The Creator” – 3 Stars out of 4 It seems rare nowadays for a science fiction film to come along that isn’t part of an existingfranchise. Even “Blade Runner” and “2001: A Space Odyssey” had sequels, and many sci-fi filmsare adaptations of well-known...
by Josh Terry | Jul 14, 2023 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One: 3 1/2 stars out of 4 It’s hard to think of a modern franchise as reliable as the Mission: Impossible films, at least in terms of quality. (I can think of a few that can be counted on to be crap, but that’s beside the...
by Josh Terry | Jun 10, 2023 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – 2 stars out of 4 Thanks to 2018’s “Bumblebee,” the bar for “Transformers” movies was raised after a decade of overstuffed schlock. Unfortunately, “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” takes the franchise back toward Bayhem. I went into...
by Josh Terry | May 20, 2023 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Fast X: 2 1/2 stars out of 4 “Fast X” might be the dumbest movie I’ve ever seen, but when it comes to the Fast and Furious franchise, that may be beside the point. The tenth installment of this joyously bizarre saga suffers from all of the maladies that have plagued...