Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg join forces as super-secret special-ops agents for this wannabe ‘Mission: Impossible’-style action thriller that falls flatter than the proverbial pancake from pretty much the word ‘go’. The stakes are high (though we’d never know it from the universal lack of urgency), and we’re told that […]
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The Instigators
Doug Liman (following up March’s bland ‘Road House’ reboot) helms this comedy-of-errors crime caper co-starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck as bumbling idiots who try to rob the corrupt mayor of Boston. While there are more than a handful of chuckle-worthy moments, the film winds up slogging and sputtering its […]
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Deadpool & Wolverine
Stuffed to the gills with more raunch and violence and meta humor than maybe any movie in history, the third in this wildly irreverent franchise teams Ryan Reynolds with his longtime real-life buddy High Jackman (along with a host of nifty cameos) for a genuine summertime popcorn hit. In all […]
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Twisters
28 years after Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt launched Dorothy into that gnarly F5 tornado, the concept (if nothing else) is back on the big screen in this standalone non-sequel directed by Lee Isaac Chung (‘Minari’). Starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones—he’s a social-media-darling storm chaser and she’s a rival […]
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My Spy: The Eternal City
Though the 2020 original managed to squeak by as an entertaining-enough bit of fun, this wholly necessary sequel has way too much going on to interest whoever the target audience is. (And that’s still up for debate; it’s a solidly PG-13 flick with a young teen at its center.) Sure, […]
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Titanic: The Muscial
Though the title may seem like a punchline in and of itself, this filmed version of the staged 2023 UK revival of the Tony-winning 1997 musical is a gripping and emotional ride. Though it doesn’t necessarily include any hummable songs that’ll stick in your head once the credits roll, the […]
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Space Cadet
Think ‘Legally Blonde’ but with astronauts, and you’d be in the right ballpark. Emma Roberts stars as Rex, a wild-n-crazy Florida bartender (with her head in the stars) who fudges her way to astronaut candidate school at the Johnson Space Center. The humor is as broad as the Milky Way, […]
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Eddie Murphy returns (40 years after the original and 30 since the forgettable third installment) for another go-round as the maverick Detroit cop with a penchant for Southern California in this fun (and generally funny) action flick. With the return of most of the series’ key players (Judge Reinhold, John […]
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A Family Affiar
Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman star in this forgettable rom-com from director Richard LaGravenese (‘Beautiful Creatures’) that feels like a little bit of a step up from a gooey Hallmark flick – but not by much. Efron is super-famous movie star Chris Cole (insulted by the term ‘celebrity’) who falls […]
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A Quiet Place: Day One
The prequel to John Krasinski’s 2018 and 2020 offerings, this heckuva-thriller stars Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn as folks trying to survive the early hours of the alien invasion that brought the snarly, super-hearing monsters to Earth. Writer-director Michael Sarnoski (2021’s ‘Pig’) is at the helm, working from a story […]
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