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THE KARATE KID: LEGENDS

May 28, 2025 By Leave a Comment

THE KARATE KID: LEGENDS

There are many montages in THE KARATE KID: LEGENDS. So many montages. Training montages. Hanging out montages. More training montages. Montages of flashbacks with narration. Montages of montages of flashbacks. As irksome as it is, it has the virtue of symbolizing the raison-d’etre of this sequel to a sequel to a reboot of a remake.… Read More »

Tagged With: boxing, high school, karate, karate tournament, kung fu, nerd in a cardigan, New York City, pizza, sequel, tutor, wax-on wax-off

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING

May 23, 2025 By Leave a Comment

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING feels just a little too long, but that’s okay. It’s as though all involved were not quite ready to say goodbye in what may or may not be the last foray by Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. To be honest, neither are we, and by we, of course, I mean… Read More »

Tagged With: Bering Sea, cyberspace, espionage, glamorous gala, hi-tech Ark of the Covenant, malevolent AI, marital law, sensible footwear, sequel, WIlliam Wellman, WINGS

THUNDERBOLTS: THE NEW AVENGERS

May 3, 2025 By Leave a Comment

THUNDERBOLTS: THE NEW AVENGERS

Among the many laudable things to be found in THUNDERBOLTS: THE NEW AVENGERS is the best exploitation of the natural consonance to be heard in the name Bob since Jim Jarmusch’s DOWN BY LAW (look it up, you won’t be sorry). In addition, what we have here is a big, splashy superhero flick that doesn’t… Read More »

Tagged With: depression, father-daughter, flinty narcissism, impeachment, malaise, MCU, Red Room assassin, secret facility, sequel

DROP

April 22, 2025 By Leave a Comment

DROP

DROP is truly remarkable for being such a well-crafted thriller until suddenly it’s not. And in such a way that all the good that comes before, of which there is much, self-destructs so thoroughly that it becomes not just irksome but also insulting. And this is a shame for everyone involved. Before we get to… Read More »

Tagged With: best guy out there, blackmail, domestic abuse., first date, iffy flair, paranoia

THE AMATEUR

April 13, 2025 By Leave a Comment

THE AMATEUR

Click here for the flashback interview with director James Hawes for ONE LIFE. We’ve been here before. The original iteration of THE AMATEUR hit cinemas in 1981 when the Soviet Union was menacing the peace and security of the world. In the 2025 iteration, set in the present day, has had to find another menace… Read More »

Tagged With: rogue agents, spy, vengeance

LAST BREATH

February 27, 2025 By Leave a Comment

LAST BREATH

There is something deeply satisfying in watching James Bond or Batman engage in preternatural maneuvers when bringing supervillains to heel. There is something even more deeply satisfying about watching ordinary people rising to the occasion when confronted with an overwhelming crisis, and Alex Parkinson’s LAST BREATH, based on a true story, is a perfectly executed… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, deep sea dive, North Sea, snagged umbilical, tech gone wrong, underwater pipeline

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

September 5, 2024 By Leave a Comment

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE is a ramshackle effort trading on goodwill and nostalgia. What made the original so disarming and anarchic 36 years ago burbles to the surface from time to time, but as a whole, it is a mawkish thing following formulas that that original eschewed with raucous glee. We find Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) older… Read More »

Tagged With: afterlife, aggressively garrulous, commedia del'arte, goggle eyes, hormones, organized religion, sequel, sychophant, wagging tongue

BORDERLANDS

August 11, 2024 By Leave a Comment

BORDERLANDS

There are some sins that are simply unforgivable, and wasting Cate Blanchett is one of them. Yet, that is precisely what BORDERLANDS, based on the video game, has done. This sub-par fantasy/sci-fi adventure features lackluster effects, static action sequences, and a rambling plot that manages to be both moribund and irksome at the same time. … Read More »

Tagged With: ancient alien technology, bounty hunter, explosives, overwhelming lethargy, post-apocalypse, uni-wheeled robot, video game

IT ENDS WITH US

August 9, 2024 By 1 Comment

IT ENDS WITH US, based on the novel by Colleen Hoover, follows blandly in the grand tradition of the Women’s Films of Hollywood’s Golden Age. In it, we meet the effulgently monikered Lily Bloom, a woman with a troubled childhood who is returning home through the exquisite New England autumnal landscape to bury her father.… Read More »

Tagged With: Boston, curiously passionless, flashbacks, flower shop, melodrama, neurosurgeon, romance, sequin-studded, symmetrical bitemarks

TWISTERS

July 19, 2024 By Leave a Comment

TWISTERS

There is much to admire in TWISTERS, the >not<-sequel to TWISTER. The way the science of tornadoes is woven into the dialogue with a minimum of clunky exposition. The fine performance from Daisy Edgar-Jones as a meteorologist on a mission to stop tornadoes before they can devastate communities. Maura Tierney as her mother who has… Read More »

Tagged With: dirt-eating grin, doughty chicken, evil capitalists, funnel cloud, meteorology, not sequel, rag-tag team, suck zone, tornado, tornado wrangler, twister

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