Movies
Quick movie, film, and documentary reviews from all around the world by and for the regular audience.
Ghosted [2023] – Chris Evans, Ana de Armas
Ghosted on Apple TV+ deserves to be ghosted. A barely serviceable globetrotting romcom that can be tolerated thanks to its cameos.
Renfield [2023] – Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina
Renfield is another Dracula inspired comedy movie that is fun to watch but fails to take advantage of its killer premise.
Tetris [2023] – Taron Egerton, Toby Jones, Sofya Lebedeva
Tetris offers a fun, fizzy account of the story behind an 8-bit classic. Who knew that the rights for a simple game would be so complicated?!
Meet Cute [2022] – Kaley Cuoco, Pete Davidson
Meet Cute is a cute Peacock Original. However, it lacks any soul to get the viewer invested in its semi-charismatic characters.
John Wick: Chapter 4 [2023] – Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård
John Wick: Chapter 4 is a thrilling and satisfying conclusion to the saga of the legendary assassin that started because of a puppy.
Boston Strangler [2023] – Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper
Boston Strangler was a pleasant surprise about how two journalists fought sexism to successfully investigate murders in Boston.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods [2023] – Zachary Levi, Lucy Liu, Helen Mirren
Shazam! Fury of the Gods doesn’t rise to the occasion. A mix of clichés and meta jokes saves it from being too bland.
Rosaline [2022] – Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Sean Teale
Rosaline is a fun and fresh take on Romeo and Juliet. Yes, the movie’s audience is not necessarily myself, but I seriously enjoyed it.
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile [2022] – Javier Bardem, Winslow Fegley, Shawn Mendes
A pleasant surprise, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile made me smile, a lot. It might be the perfect film to snuggle on the sofa.
Jerry and Marge Go Large [2022] – Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening
Jerry and Marge Go Large could have been even better by investing in its tremendously talented stars and outlandish fact-based story.
Cocaine Bear [2023] – Ray Liotta, Keri Russell, Margo Martindale
Cocaine Bear was surprising. Like a bear on cocaine, the move is crazy fun with some shocking scenes…in a clever way.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance [2023] – Salma Hayek, Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer
Magic Mike didn’t need his last dance. Warner Bros should have kept the franchise alone and not ruin it with this slow and cheap disaster.
Shotgun Wedding [2022] – Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Lenny Kravitz, Jennifer Coolidge
Shotgun Wedding has a good reason for putting Jennifer Coolidge at the center. She saved the movie from being a total disaster.