Hunter Killer (2018)
“We don’t really know what’s going on up top.” Hunter Killer is like a thinly sketched, unthreatening version of the three-headed Greek monster Cerberus. It’s a beast that barks plenty […]
Category Archives: Action
Assassination Nation (2018)
“It’s not explicit…it’s extreme.” A sociological, invasive thriller verging on the edges of madness, Assassination Nation is both brilliant and blunt, obtuse and acute, and a paradox of its own satirical creation. […]
Venom (2018)
“Any action is often better than no action.” While I can’t allow myself to admit that it’s so bad it’s good (mostly because I don’t believe in the phrase), Venom […]
The Predator (2018)
“It hunts people for sport.” Inspired by 80’s aesthetics and dressed from head to toe in the era’s garb, The Predator is a modern fanboy’s love letter to the kind of […]
Peppermint (2018)
“Nothing’s gonna bring your family back.” Within the first 10 seconds of Peppermint, as the camera hovers over a shaking car and eventually cuts to the inside with two people fighting […]
Kin (2018)
“Everything that has ever been stolen was something that was just sitting there.” There’s a surprising amount of grittiness to Kin, a movie that presents a story perfectly suitable for the […]
The Happytime Murders (2018)
“It’s their world and we just live in it.” The Happytime Murders exemplifies how looks can temporarily kill as well as how they ultimately fade. The puppetry work here […]
Mile 22 (2018)
“We’re lost.” Technically speaking, I saw Mile 22. The teen working concessions swiped my card, gave me a ticket, and I sat in the theater for about two hours. But I’m […]
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
“Women can be terrorists too.” Comedy is a hard genre to find any sort of uniform, easily tailored success within, and The Spy Who Dumped Me shows that a bloated belly […]
The Meg (2018)
“There’s something out there.” A movie that would’ve been better suited as a bad SYFY channel feature than a $100 million+ budgeted Summer Blockbuster, The Meg spends most of its time doing […]
