The Killer
A new production from David Fincher is an event. Seven, The Social Network, and Gone Girl are among his many triumphs. He’s one of the most accomplished directors working today. So, I must admit that my expectations for The Killer were quite high. Michael Fassbender portrays a discreet professional assassin. The man is in every […]
The Marvels
Say hello to the 33rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The Marvels is the 10th episode in the overarching segemnt called The Multiverse Saga, which began with Black Widow in 2021. This latest entry is a sequel to the film Captain Marvel from 2019 and concerns that character. However, Carol Danvers / Captain […]
The Creator
The obsession with artificial intelligence has entered the current zeitgeist. The Creator explores the well-worn cliche of whether AI is a menace to humanity. The threat of cognitive machines and software has been getting a lot of press in the news lately. However, the concept is far from some recent phenomenon. Fritz Lang’s silent landmark […]
Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo may be another movie adapted from a video game, but that description doesn’t do this film justice. The racing simulation was first released as “The Real Driving Simulator” in 1997 for the Sony PlayStation. Designer Kazunori Yamauchi (Takehiro Hira) combined detailed cars from authentic manufacturers and the ability to drive them in a […]
Blue Beetle
If you’ve seen more than — let’s say — three superhero movies in your life, then Blue Beetle is going to feel familiar. The plot liberally borrows from Spy Kids 3-D, Iron Man, Spider-Man: Homecoming and a host of other films. A young man stumbles upon an alien artifact that gives him extraordinary abilities. An […]
They Cloned Tyrone
They Cloned Tyrone is an unconventional sci-fi mystery infused with satire. The chronicle stars John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx as a drug dealer, a sex worker, and a pimp. They’re an unlikely trio united to fight against a vast government conspiracy who are cloning members of their community known as the Glen. I […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is quite a tongue-twister. The seventh theatrical iteration featuring the crime-fighting team is a reboot of the series. I saw the first release back in 1990, but I had not seen any since…until now. * The chronicle is another origin story that recounts how these four turtle […]
Sound of Freedom
Tim Ballard (Jim Caviezel) is a special agent for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As an undercover operative, he has successfully captured nearly 300 child predators. However, he wrestles with a moral conundrum. The inability to rescue the actual children themselves weighs heavily on him. He decides to do something about it. After […]
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
The panic over Artificial Intelligence (AI) has fluctuated in the public consciousness ever since Fritz Lang’s Metropolis in 1927. However, the current fixation with the technology has become a ridiculous obsession in the modern zeitgeist. The latest chapter in the Mission Impossible franchise capitalizes on that fear. Covert ops agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) finds […]
Extraction 2
Mercenary Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is back in action. This time he’s trying to rescue the wife (Tinatin Dalakishvili) of an abusive crime lord (Tornike Bziava) and her two children from a Georgian prison. Operatives Nik (Golshifteh Farahani) and Nik’s brother Yaz (Adam Bessa) return to help Rake infiltrate the cell where the family is […]