Movie Review Archives

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

As if vampires are the worst thing you’d encounter on a...

Reviewed Aug 18, 2023

The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship. Genres: Fantasy, Horror

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The 40 Year Old Terrapin

Reviewed Aug 15, 2023

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them. Genres: Action, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

Meg 2: The Trench

Jaws vs Jawbreaker

Reviewed Aug 11, 2023

An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Ms. Marvel

Sisterhood of the Traveling Partition

Reviewed Aug 8, 2023

A great student, avid gamer, and voracious fan-fic scribe, Kamala Khan has a special affinity for superheroes, particularly Captain Marvel. However, she struggles to fit in at home and at school — that is, until she gets superpowers like the heroes she’s always looked up to. Life is easier with superpowers, right? Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Meg

Shark, Snark, and Two Smoking Barrels

Reviewed Aug 4, 2023

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

The Green Mile

The Shawshank Reinvention

Reviewed Aug 1, 2023

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution. Genres: Crime, Drama, Fantasy

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

Raiders of the Lost Shark

Reviewed Jul 28, 2023

Four teenage girls go on a diving adventure to explore a submerged Mayan city. Once inside, their rush of excitement turns into a jolt of terror as they discover the sunken ruins are a hunting ground for deadly great white sharks. With their air supply steadily dwindling, the friends must navigate the underwater labyrinth of claustrophobic caves and eerie tunnels in search of a way out of their watery hell. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Oppenheimer

…or How I Learned to Start Worrying And Make A Bomb

Reviewed Jul 25, 2023

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. Genres: Drama, History

47 Meters Down

Two Girls, One Cup 

Reviewed Jul 21, 2023

Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Because it’s a global crisis when Tom Cruise loses his ...

Reviewed Jul 18, 2023

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most. Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

The Shallows

Blue Crunch

Reviewed Jul 14, 2023

While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude. Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Insidious: The Red Door

Paint It Black

Reviewed Jul 11, 2023

To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family's dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

A Wrinkled in Time

Reviewed Jul 7, 2023

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands. Genres: Action, Adventure

U.S. Marshals

New Jack Hustler

Reviewed Jul 4, 2023

U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer. Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

The Adventures of Tintin

Keeping up with the Indiana Joneses

Reviewed Jun 30, 2023

Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse. Genres: Adventure, Animation, Mystery

The Fugitive

Presumed Guilty

Reviewed Jun 27, 2023

Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name. Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

The Reef

Bobbing for Aussies

Reviewed Jun 23, 2023

A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef. Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller

The Flash

Bratman Returns

Reviewed Jun 20, 2023

When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe? Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Open Water

“Fish gotta eat too”

Reviewed Jun 16, 2023

Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them... Genres: Horror, Thriller

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Bumble in the Jungle

Reviewed Jun 13, 2023

When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

The Boogeyman

Blame It On The Boogie

Reviewed Jun 9, 2023

Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late. Genres: Horror

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Spider And The Fly Girl

Reviewed Jun 6, 2023

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most. Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction

Dear Evan Hansen

Don’t fall out of the apple tree with anyone else but me.

Reviewed Jun 2, 2023

Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note. Genres: Drama

Muriel’s Wedding

Mercury In Retrograde

Reviewed May 30, 2023

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance