Movie Review Archives

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

Full Metal Jacket

Too Lively Crew

Reviewed May 26, 2023

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Genres: Drama, War

Fast X

Infiniti War

Reviewed May 23, 2023

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever. Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Platoon

Natural Born Killers

Reviewed May 19, 2023

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Genres: Action, Drama, War

Detention

What happens when you teach Critical Wraith Theory

Reviewed May 16, 2023

In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school. Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Piranha 3DD

We Have The Meats!

Reviewed May 12, 2023

After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park. Genres: Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

We Are Groot-ful You Came Back

Reviewed May 9, 2023

Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Brown Arrow

Piranha 3D

Lake Flaccid

Reviewed May 5, 2023

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria. Genres: Comedy, Horror

Werewolves Within

Oculus Riffs

Reviewed May 2, 2023

When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them. Genres: Comedy, Horror

Evil Dead Rise

Mommie Fiercest

Reviewed Apr 28, 2023

A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Tetris

Having a good blockhead for business

Reviewed Apr 25, 2023

In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain. Genres: Drama, History, Thriller

Piranha

Attack of the Clones

Reviewed Apr 21, 2023

Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and Paul, accidentally release the hybrids into the Lost River Lake threatening to destroy everyone in their path. Can they prevent the flesh-eating piranhas from escaping into the ocean and spawning? Genres: Horror, TV Movie

Renfield

How to Skin Friends and Influence People

Reviewed Apr 18, 2023

Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

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Vampire’s Kiss

The “Lost It” Boy

Reviewed Apr 14, 2023

A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Now You’re Re-playing With Power

Reviewed Apr 11, 2023

While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi. Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Brown Arrow

Piranha II: The Spawning

The Abyss-mal

Reviewed Apr 7, 2023

A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort. Genres: Horror

Children of the Corn

Look Who’s Stalk-ing

Reviewed Apr 4, 2023

A psychopathic twelve-year-old girl in a small town in Nebraska recruits all the other children and goes on a bloody rampage, killing the corrupt adults and anyone else who opposes her. A bright high schooler who won't go along with the plan is the town's only hope of survival. Genres: Horror, Thriller

Piranha

Finding Gory

Reviewed Mar 31, 2023

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal. Genres: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick is the stair-master

Reviewed Mar 28, 2023

With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes. Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Grouchy Tiger Mom, Hidden Talents

Reviewed Mar 24, 2023

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Taste The Rainbow, Marvel Lovers

Reviewed Mar 21, 2023

Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world. Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Snowpiercer

The Little Engine That Cold

Reviewed Mar 17, 2023

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. Genres: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Scream VI

Ghostface Takes Manhattan

Reviewed Mar 14, 2023

Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter. Genres: Crime, Horror, Thriller

Children of Men

Adventures In Babysitting

Reviewed Mar 10, 2023

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller