Category: Reviews

Sometimes you just want a late-summer blast that doesn’t demand much of your brain beyond keeping up with the next punchline or the next punch. Nobody else delivers exactly that: a quick, 89-minute burst of bone-crunching, campy chaos that swaps the first film’s surprise for a looser, more playful good time. Directed by Timo Tjahjanto,… Continue reading Nobody 2: a quick, 89-minute burst of bone-crunching, campy chaos

Akira Kurosawa’s film, High and Low, was a movie I had never watched. That is, until I knew I would be covering Highest 2 Lowest, filmmaker Spike Lee’s interpretation of the same story that inspired one of Japan’s more iconic filmmakers to adapt it for cinema. While watching High and Low, I was absolutely riveted.… Continue reading HIGHEST 2 LOWEST

As much as I like a wide variety of music, Jeff Buckley’s music has managed to escape my hunger for the genre for decades. Though I was familiar with his name and had heard his version of “Hallelujah,” that was all I had to work with going into this screener for this documentary. After experiencing… Continue reading IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY

In 2022, filmmaker Zach Cregger blew me away with his horror-thriller Barbarian. His direction, storytelling, and ability to deliver surprises showed that he is a director who deserves more opportunities to show his talents. So, it was with much excitement that I attended the screening of his new film, Weapons, a movie I, thankfully, knew… Continue reading WEAPONS Is Another Amazing Cinematic Offering From Zach Cregger

I finally watched the 2003 version of Freaky Friday the day before this screening. It was one of those remakes that escaped me because, at the time, I wasn’t interested in revisiting a story that I had already enjoyed as a youth. I have never actually read the book on which these cinematic properties are… Continue reading FREAKIER FRIDAY Lacks The Humor and Character Development To Make This Movie Work

I’m not a big horror fan. There are exceptions—filmmakers who avoid lazy jump-scares and create something hauntingly memorable—but most horror movies leave me indifferent. Still, I went to see Weapons with a group of friends: three walked out raving, one firmly declared they “hate horror,” but stayed curious. The premise is compelling: at exactly 2:17… Continue reading Weapons: confident unforgettable filmmaking – just not for me

As someone who watched, and continues to watch, Airplane!, The Naked Gun and The Naked Gun 2 1/2, I had many concerns that a legacy sequel of The Naked Gun franchise would work. It helped that I enjoyed the trailer and that some of the promotional videos employed to sell this sequel managed to pique… Continue reading Movie Review: THE NAKED GUN (2025) Turns Liam Neeson Into A Comedy Star

Directed by Nick Rowland (Calm with Horses), based on the screenplay by the book author Jordan Harper, Ben Collins & and Luke Piotrowski, this is an action-packed film from beginning to end. The story is about newly released ex-con Nate McClusky (Taron Egerton, Rocketman), who is clearly on the run from someone or something, and… Continue reading Movie review: She Rides Shotgun – Filmmakers Bring the Novel to the Big Screen

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