Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is beautifully made. Too beautifully made to be streamed on Netflix, in your living room, on your crappy TV, with your crappy sound system. I had hoped to see this at the Paris Theatre in New York, the way God intended. Unfortunately, I had to settle for the aforementioned scenario.
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In Rental Family, Brendan Fraser plays a struggling actor who books the one acting job AI can’t replace: playing an emotional support human. He can be your husband, your father, your wingman — all of the above if the price is right. And while Fraser’s sticker price has definitely gone up since his BIG (pun always inten...
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This is my Wicked: For Good review, so bear with me and I promise I’ll get to it. But first, the state of intellectual property in 2025.
Jurassic Park is one of the greatest films ever made. Jurassic World… is a movie. Each sequel feels like another mutant clone escaped the lab to eat up and shit out the last bite of ...
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Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’s greatest trick is convincing you there’s a plot while distracting you with a steady stream of over-the-top set pieces. In my estimation, it’s a superficial film that’s all flash with very little up its sleeve. But NYSMNYD (necessary abbreviation) has pulled a rabbit out of a hat by conju...
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Sony/Columbia’s Legend of Zelda movie is looking good.
Then again, The Super Mario Bros. Movie was gorgeously animated and still had one of the worst-written stories of any billion-dollar movie I’ve ever seen. And I don't buy the “it’s for kids” excuse. Kids deserve a plot that makes basic sense and characters that di...
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Angry. Funny. Bloodthirsty. Media-obsessed.
Are we talking about America or The Running Man? The answer is yes.
You could also add “underperforming,” whether we’re talking opening-weekend box office or consumer confidence.
Unlike America, The Running Man is very good. America, on the other hand, is sporadically good ...
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