by Josh Terry | Jun 6, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
The Phoenician Scheme (2 ½ out of 4 stars) “Help yourself to a hand grenade.” Oddly polite, deadpan lines like these are signature touches of a Wes Anderson movie, along with symmetrical framing, dramatic camera moves and broken protagonists. “The Phoenician Scheme”...
by Josh Terry | May 23, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (3 ½ stars out of 4) There’s an interesting way to note the passage of time between the first “Mission: Impossible” film from 1996 and the eighth and final installment in 2025. At one point in the first film, Tom Cruise’s...
by Cooper Hatsis | May 14, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews, Uncategorized
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase V has come to a close with the recent release of “Thunderbolts”. This most recent slate of Marvel first started in early 2023 and has brought to the table a variety of sequels. Phase V is the first MCU Phase to feature only...
by Cooper Hatsis | May 3, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews, Uncategorized
20 years ago, George Lucas’s prequel trilogy of his beloved “Star Wars” franchise came to a close with “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”. While the prequel trilogy has always been divisive in its quality, the third instalment has largely been reclaimed by...
by Josh Terry | May 2, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
Thunderbolts* (2 ½ stars out of 4) “Thunderbolts*” is Marvel’s version of “Suicide Squad,” which was DC’s version (versions?) of “The Dirty Dozen.” So if this story about a rag-tag bunch of outlaws banding together against a common foe sounds familiar, now you know...
by Cooper Hatsis | Apr 15, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews, Uncategorized
January to March is often considered the dumping ground for mediocre to bad new releases at the movies. The box office is low and audiences are recovering from the wave of movies that came out during November and December. 2025’s first quarter has been interesting,...
