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There actually is a brilliant idea in the new movie VOYAGERS. Unfortunately, it’s a TV idea, not a feature film one. The premise of the story is that in the future, Earth becomes so uninhabitable [...]

The Oscar-nominated Live-Action Shorts this year couldn’t be more of the moment. In all but one, the plot revolves around law enforcement, specifically, the overstepping of those tasked with [...]

It’s always a pleasure to view the short films that make the finals for the Academy Awards each year. The animated and live-action shorts may be limited in time, but they’re never limited in [...]

It’s a shame that the new film GODZILLA vs. KONG follows in the footsteps of 2019’s GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS more than 2017’s KONG: SKULL ISLAND. The Godzilla movie starring [...]

The title of the new actioner starring Bob Odenkirk (BETTER CALL SAUL) is one dripping with irony. For while the nebbish main character may seem like a zero, the kind of guy getting beat up by [...]

You have to hand it to Marvel Studios for the way they’ve approached the small screen. They’re not phoning it in or resting on their laurels one iota. Instead, they’ve brought production values [...]

An animated film from Disney is almost always guaranteed box office, so it’s terrific to see the studio pushing the envelope more and more with each new project. RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON is their [...]

As two characters in COMING 2 AMERICA discuss their love for movies, they both bemoan sequels that no one asked for, especially ones that are done too late. This meta moment might be the most [...]

It’s terribly ironic that the new film MINARI has been nominated as Best Foreign Language Film by the Golden Globes. Granted, the majority of the film is spoken in Korean, but it could not be [...]

If intentions ensured results, THE MAURITANIAN would be a great film. It wants to be a searing expose of Guantanamo Bay, and indeed, a lot of the true story about imprisoned Mauritanian Mohamedou [...]