‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ review: It 𝑰𝑺 bigger and better
James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash is simply a cinematic spectacle. With Avatar: Fire and Ash, Cameron delivers a film that feels both massive in scale and intimate in its emotional pull. The third chapter in the Avatar saga isn’t just a revisit to Pandora. It’s a deeper look at a world that’s become harsher, […]
‘Zootopia 2’ review: Familiar footprints in a bigger, busier world
Nearly a decade after the Oscar-winning Zootopia delighted audiences of all ages with its remarkable animation, cute characters, and sharp social commentaries wrapped in an entertaining buddy-cop comedy, Disney brings back Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) in Zootopia 2. We are brought back to the bustling and beautiful world of animals […]
‘One Battle After Another’ review: one of this year’s best
One good indicator of a great movie is if it flies by despite its lengthy runtime (2 hours and 43 minutes). Such is the case for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, one of this year’s best (and most entertaining) films. Written and directed by Anderson, the movie blends action, drama, comedy, and suspense […]
Movie review: ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ goes full circle
Everything came full circle in Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Believed to be the final movie in the hugely successful action franchise, The Final Reckoning takes off from the events in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One where Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his crew are out to save the world […]
Liza Soberano delivers a scene-stealing performance in “Lisa Frankenstein”
Horror and comedy are, perhaps, the best ways to effectively depict stories about teen angst and the “monsters” that plague their daily existence. Case in point is the cult classic “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” created by Joss Whedon. The now-defunct TV show perfectly metaphorized high school monsters and how it’s like to deal with teen […]
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is a beautiful direction of an awful story
Director Martin Scorcese has previously decried superhero movies, claiming they are not cinema. Regardless of what you feel about it and whether he’s right or wrong, one thing remains true: he has earned the right to assert his thoughts about movies he feels are good or bad. That’s because he knows how to make a […]
“Target” is so effectively scary
For a quick few seconds, the opening scene of director Park Hee-kon’s suspense-thriller Target can give you a different impression of the movie. When the sequence opens to a series of interconnected shots of people going about their business in the city, with graphic notifications of mobile messages and transactions that pop out of the […]
‘Meg 2: The Trench’ review: Sinks its teeth perfectly
When Jason Statham first went head-to-head with the Megalodon in 2018, it felt to me like it was okay if it’s the last time we see Jonas Taylor because there was really nowhere else this can go. It wasn’t a bad movie. But it wasn’t that great either. Its sequel, however, is a different matter. […]
‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ has less stripping but a lot of really good dancing
Even if you haven’t seen the first two Magic Mike movies, Magic Mike’s Last Dance will not confound. So there really isn’t any reason to go binge its predecessors if you’re planning to watch the final installment in the Magic Mike series which opens in cinemas on February 8. Channing Tatum reprises his role as […]
“Black Adam” review: A new top dog in the arena is here
For the most part, DCEU films have not been well-received by critics. Sure, many fans have done their best to advocate for the recent superhero movies and the box-office may not always reflect most critical response. Still, the DC Extended Universe has had several misses and has yet to catapult itself to the same level […]