the @popcollin reviews

The definition of a slow burn, this bleak and sparse Australian crime drama is a haunting and provocative winner from aboriginal director (and writer, producer, and cinematographer) Ivan Sen. Starring Simon Baker as a haggard detective trying to solve a 20-year-old cold case, the film moseys its way along (in […]

Is the Lohan-aissance a thing? The former Hollywood darling-turned-pariah follows up 2022’s ‘meh’ Netflix flick ‘Falling for Christmas’ with this more admirable effort about a young book editor who makes a wish to marry the author she’s fallen for (and who is, sigh, engaged to one of her best friends). […]

Inspired by an episode of ‘This American Life’, this story of woeful schlub Phil Loder (Peter Dinklage), who wants nothing more than to own his own home, is a quirky and fun black comedy. When Phil discovers an opportunity to move into a sprawling mansion, he takes it, only to […]

What’s largely a one-woman show for Millie Bobby Brown, this solid action flick finds the star as an unwitting sacrifice, left for dead in a dragon’s lair and forced to fight her way out. Girl power is, of course, the name of the game, and Brown is more than up […]

It’s been eight and a half years since Po (voice by Jack Black) last skadooshed his way into theaters, and though I can’t say I’ve missed him terribly, the fourth installment gives the under-tween target audience plenty to stand up and cheer about. Despite the absence of the Furious Five […]

Everyone who’s ever tossed out an ‘It wasn’t me’ or made up some outlandish excuse why they couldn’t attend their neighbor’s kid’s cousin’s cello recital will appreciate this (very) low-brow and ultimately eyeroll-worthy effort… but that’s about as far as this one goes. Zac Efron is one of three musketeers […]

Directed by Johan Renck (‘Chernobyl’), this sparse drama starts with plenty of promise, with Adam Sandler as Jakub, a solo astronaut six months into a mission to investigate a strange cloud near Jupiter. Shortly after we pick up the story, though, he comes face-to-face with a huge (though friendly?) spider, […]

Director Denis Villeneuve may just be the best world-builder in the business today, and he proves it by following up 2021’s phenomenal entry with this epic sequel. Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya lead the way (alongside Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, and franchise newcomer Austin Butler) in an absolute triumph that goes […]

Movie memorabilia collector Tom Biolchini guides us on a globe-trotting journey inside the world of dropping major coin to get super-cool props from Hollywood’s biggest movies ever, including ‘Star Wars’, ‘Alien’, and ‘Back to the Future’. It’s a fascinating glimpse, not only of the props themselves but the lengths (and […]