Afterlife of the Party (2021)
“There are no grudges in the afterlife.” Silly, surprisingly sad, and seemingly pulled straight out of the neon 80’s, Afterlife of the Party is the kind of fleeting film that […]
Tag Archives: Fantasy
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
“You can’t be great without putting in work.” Overlong, overblown, and emblematic of what can go wrong when a studio so obviously sees its big budget picture as a product […]
Mortal Kombat (2021)
“The prophecy is upon us.” Following an excellent and gory opening grounding the mythos of Mortal Kombat with an origin story through line from beginning to end, the rest of the […]
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
“No true hero is born from lies.” There’s no mincing of words when it comes to the message Wonder Woman 1984 quite desperately aims to impassion and inspire its audience with, […]
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
“I think it’s time for a new story.” There’s so much magic and humanity on display in Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey that it’s almost hard to formally criticize, let […]
The Old Guard (2020)
“We fight for what we think is right.” One of Netflix’s strongest original films so far this year and one of the very few overall which actually demands a proper […]
Artemis Fowl (2020)
“Get the four leaf clover out of here.” Maddening, gaudy, and downright confusing from the awkward start to the clumsy finish, Artemis Fowl seems to have been a failed endeavor […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
“You’re haunted.” If you’re a die-hard Star Wars fan and you’re about to read this, it should be known that I personally do not feel any which way about this […]
Noelle (2019)
“I would like to do what you do.” Noelle, for better and more so for worse, unintentionally captures what it’s like to open gifts from slightly distant relatives during the […]
Doctor Sleep (2019)
“They come back.” At its core, Doctor Sleep takes Stephen King’s novel (which I admittedly have not read) and flips the pages into a supernatural horror story built for the […]
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