the @popcollin reviews

If you love it, miss it, or never saw it but are curious what all the hype is about, now’s your chance. Presented with remastered audio and video and in 3D (which only serves to add depth and not function as a gimmick), the 1997 epic is back in theaters […]

Fans of ‘Friday the 13th’, ‘Halloween’, and any other 80s slasher classic will feel right at home taking in this low-budget oh-so-Indie winner from writer-director Erik Bloomquist. Set on the last day of summer camp in 1987 (because of course it is), the film is a perfect homage to the […]

It’s the early days of the COVID pandemic, and money manager Phil (Reid Scott) retreats to his house in the Hamptons with his family, only to be interrupted by the unexpected arrival of his old uncouth, loud-mouthed college buddy (Adam Pally). What could have very easily arrived as a broad […]

From the writers of ‘Booksmart’ and first-time feature director Kyle Marvin comes the tale of four Tom Brady-loving ladies (Lily Tomlin, Sally Field, Rita Moreno, Jane Fonda) who decide to make their way to the 2017 Super Bowl in Houston. From high-stakes poker to pot gummies to ghost pepper wings, […]

Based on the true story of Australian Jessica Watson, who sailed solo around the world at age 16, this solid adventure flick is very much in the vein of ‘Soul Surfer’ and ‘Ride Like a Girl’—true stories of fierce young women who made their mark on the world. The full-of-promise […]

A young couple (Anna Camp and Joseph Mazzello) navigates the difficult realities of infertility as they start their life together on a Midwestern farm in this low-budget Indie from first-time feature director David Hunt. Although outwardly a vehicle for the pair of actors to pad their resume a bit (with […]

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel star as a bickering couple whose tropical wedding is interrupted by terrorists in this not-half-bad actioner (call it ‘Die Hard at Sandals’) from ‘Pitch Perfect’ director Jason Moore. It’s played for laughs more than anything else, but there’s some decent stuff going on here, and […]