by Josh Terry | Aug 30, 2024 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Deadpool & Wolverine (2 ½ stars out of 4) The first time I reviewed a Deadpool movie, back in 2018, I found it refreshing—a term that didn’t go over well with my editors at the time. Yes, it was violent and vulgar, but like “Thor: Ragnarok” and the “Guardians of...
by Josh Terry | Aug 16, 2024 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Alien: Romulus (2 ½ stars out of 4) Like the “Terminator” franchise, “Alien” movies have been trying to recapture their former glory for several decades. In both cases, successful sequels gave filmmakers the idea that their franchises had continuing potential, but as...
by Josh Terry | Aug 16, 2024 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Sing Sing (3 ½ stars out of 4) Where most classic prison movies like “The Shawshank Redemption” and “Cool Hand Luke” are focused on a character getting out, “Sing Sing” seems more interested in making the best of things while still behind bars. Inspired by true...
by Josh Terry | Jul 12, 2024 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Fly Me to the Moon (3 stars out of 4) The Space Race of the 1960s has delivered some fantastic movies over the years. Based on theexcellent Tom Wolfe novel of the same name, “The Right Stuff” was the first one I remember,tracing the story of the Mercury Astronauts in...
by Josh Terry | Jun 25, 2024 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Inside Out 2 (3 ½ stars out of 4) I noticed something while watching “Inside Out 2” that I hadn’t quite picked up on before. We all know Pixar puts out films that are enjoyable for parents as well as their presumed adolescent target audience, and the new sequel to...
by Josh Terry | Jun 24, 2024 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
The Bikeriders (3 stars out of 4) 2024 is shaping up to be a good year for movies about photography. “Civil War” already showed us a potential American conflict through the eyes of a photojournalist, and now “The Bikeriders” brings, of all things, a coffee table book...
