by Josh Terry | Oct 10, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Tron: Ares (3 1/2 stars out of 4) Our modern culture may finally be catching up to the Tron franchise. When the first film arrived in 1982, computers were a comparatively new thing for the general public, and the idea of personifying programs and other elements of the...
by Josh Terry | Oct 10, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Roofman (3 stars out of 4) There are two things that make “Roofman” work where it otherwise wouldn’t. The first is casting Channing Tatum in the lead role. Tatum’s inherent likability goes a long way toward reconciling an uncomfortable...
by Josh Terry | Oct 3, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
The Smashing Machine (3 stars out of 4) Among Dwayne Johnson’s various eccentricities, one of the most peculiar to come to light in recent years is a contract clause that insists his film characters never “lose” a fight. I thought of that while watching Johnson’s...
by Josh Terry | Aug 28, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Caught Stealing (2 ½ stars out of 4) There’s no shortage of movies out there determined to celebrate the world that is New York City. Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” just played like a NYC Greatest Hits mix tape, and only needed a shot of the director sitting courtside...
by Josh Terry | Aug 15, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Highest 2 Lowest (2 ½ stars) Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” is an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa film “High and Low,” which was in turn based on the novel “King’s Ransom,” by Ed McBain. Now set in New York City, Lee’s film about a wealthy man in a showdown...
