Author: Laurie Coker

Let me start by saying I’ve never been the biggest fan of spoof comedies—the kind of films where jokes fly so fast you don’t have time to decide if the last one was even funny. Slapstick and wordplay, pratfalls and puns—it’s not the flavor I usually crave. That said, I try to watch movies on… Continue reading The Naked Gun (2025)- not a bad remake of a classic spoof

I do like dark satire—and when it’s done well, there’s nothing more cathartic. Oh, Hi! isn’t perfect, but it commits hard to its tone, and I appreciate the audacity of that. Writer-director Sophie Brooks clearly has something to say about gender roles, dating clichés, and the way post-breakup narratives get warped—and she says it through… Continue reading Oh Hi – a scathing and wild satire on dating

Happy Gilmore 2, now streaming on Netflix, is less a standalone film than a nostalgic sideshow built for longtime Adam Sandler fans. It leans heavily on callbacks and cameos, functioning more like a reunion special than a sequel with fresh legs. That said, for anyone who remembers the original’s crude charm, this return visit might… Continue reading Happy Gilmore 2 – a nostalgic sideshow built for longtime Adam Sandler fans

Drowning Dry, directed by Laurynas Bareiša, is not a film that announces itself loudly. Instead, it moves with quiet certainty and emotional precision, gradually unraveling a domestic story with the weight of a psychological thriller. What begins as a lakeside weekend to celebrate a child’s birthday and a martial arts victory turns into a haunting… Continue reading Drowning Dry — A Quietly Devastating Exploration of Family, Memory, and What-Ifs

James Gunn’s Superman is a confident, often charming reboot that understands what makes the character resonate, but also occasionally leans so hard on familiarity and messaging that it forgets to dig deeper. The film drops us into a fully-formed DC Universe, skipping over the usual origin story and opening instead on a bruised and bleeding… Continue reading Superman: Gunn’s Reboot Flies, Even If It Doesn’t Break the Sound Barrier

There’s suspension of disbelief, and then there’s Jurassic World: Rebirth—the latest, and hopefully final, gasp from a franchise that once roared but now mostly wheezes. Directed by Gareth Edwards with Steven Spielberg still listed as an executive producer, the film feels less like a thrilling new chapter and more like a stitched-together collage of better… Continue reading Jurassic World: Rebirth – A Fossilized Franchise in Desperate Need of Extinction

There’s a moment in Heads of State when the President of the United States tries to use choreographed fight moves from his action movie past during a real brawl—and it doesn’t go well. That pretty much captures the delightful absurdity of this buddy-action comedy, which leans into its ridiculousness with glee and never looks back.… Continue reading Heads of State – A High-Speed, Low-Logic, All-Fun Thrill Ride

Two years after M3GAN’s first rampage, her creator Gemma (Allison Williams) is forced to bring the infamous AI doll back to life in order to defeat a new threat: Amelia, a sleek, military-grade killer robot built using stolen tech from M3GAN’s original design. The premise suggests an epic battle between two rogue AIs, but M3GAN… Continue reading M3GAN 2.0: More Glitches Than Upgrades

As someone who genuinely enjoys sports dramas—especially underdog stories about characters closer to my age—I found F1 not just entertaining, but surprisingly resonant. Directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick), this high-speed, high-stakes racing film may follow familiar narrative roads, but it does so with such style, energy, and heart that it’s easy to overlook… Continue reading F1: Speed, Spirit, and the Drive to Redemption