Like many a burnt-out employee, “The Equalizer” desperately needed a vacation. And so, for its final chapter, “The Equalizer 3,” the Denzel Washington vigilante-justice film series...
When the movie “Golda” was first announced, it sounded like surefire Oscar gold. An embattled historical figure, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, was to be played...
Blue Beetle is emblematic of what the superhero movie has become in 2023: an overlong slog through well-worn tropes. Gone are the zest and liveliness that...
This week in Tortured Pixar Concepts of Anthropomorphism Theatre is Elemental (now streaming on VOD services like Amazon Prime Video), the story of a fire being...
After decades of neutering, it’s fun to once again encounter a vampire who is bestial and monstrous. The vampires in this movie don’t sparkle when exposed...
Bram Stoker wrote “Dracula” 126 years ago — somehow, Hollywood is still screwing it up. There have already been two “Dreck-ulas” in 2023. Back in April...
When The Meg was released in 2018, it did strong enough international business to warrant a sequel. Although not entering blockbuster territory, it crossed the $100M...
Originally titled Ras Bras, this Netflix original Saudi Arabian film was written by one of its stars, Abdulaziz Alshehri. Is this Arabic language absurdist heist film...
Although Shortcomings features as its central character an intolerable lout and the storyline is episodic, the directorial debut of actor/writer Randall Park shines in its sly...
It’s in vogue to call some horror films “throwbacks,” but, at least in the case of Danny and Michael Philippou’s directorial debut, Talk to Me, it’s...