★★ It’s hard to comprehend why I, of all people, am disappointed with Pokémon Detective Pikachu. I mean, it’s not as if I’m some huge Pokémon fan who went into this film with wild expectations...

★★★ Despite what legions of mouth-foaming superfans may say, Avengers: Endgame is not a perfect film. It’s not even the best Marvel film (a title that still belongs to 2012’s The Avengers)....

Avengers: Endgame could be argued as the film of the century. A modern-day Return of the Jedi; it’s the conclusion to the biggest franchise in film history. As of this writing, I actually haven’t seen...

★★★★★ Wow. Just… wow. It hasn’t even been an hour since I experienced Us, comedian-turned-director Jordan Peele’s sophomore effort, and I’m still at an utter loss for words. And...

★½ I’m an admitted pessimist of the Marvel machine. I consider their serialized, often continuity-driven storytelling approach to be a not only poor but damaging filmmaking decision; we can thank...

Oscar season has come and gone, and you may have noticed I didn’t bother to offer any sort of coverage. This wasn’t out of disenchantment with the ceremony, nor some bogus boycott reason cooked up...

★★★½ The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part: a competently animated, well-performed, but ultimately airless sequel that falls disastrously short of the original and fails to remain fresh in the mind...

Well, that’s that. Despite having just two films (three if you count his Suicide Squad cameo) under his belt, Ben Affleck has officially exited the role of Batman. Shortly after the announcement that...

★★½ Reading through reviews of Glass that tout it as a ‘disappointment’ puts one thought into my brain: seriously? Critics, so-called experts on the medium of film, expected an Avengers-style...

★★½ Let’s get this right out of the gate: yes, Bumblebee is without a doubt the best Transformers film ever. It has characters that exceed caricatures, attractive designs for the robots, actors...