Category: Reviews

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

After multiple attempts to reenvision Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four cinematically, the MCU finally got it right. For some strange reason, every effort to adapt “Marvel’s first family” on the big screen has failed to give comic book fans what they have wanted so badly. Well, the fourth attempt is the charm. Now, I say this… Continue reading Movie Review: THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS PRESENTS WORLD BUILDING AT ITS BEST IN THE MCU

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