the @popcollin reviews

Based (presumably veeeery loosely) on what New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton did during his year-long suspension from the NFL, this goofball ‘Bad News Bears’ ripoff (and Netflix original) starring Kevin James is a clunker from the get-go. Projectile vomiting, ditzy blondes, and fat kids are all played for laughs, […]

I called Matthew Vaughn’s 2015 original a ridiculously “profane and violent…James Bond-lite (and -like) romp”, and its 2017 sequel a “vertiginous frenzy of fast edits, tumbling camera work, and sub-sophomoric humor”. Alas, the downward spiral continues with this prequel/origin story starring Ralph Fiennes and Djimon Hounsou. Apparently, Vaughn couldn’t decide […]

I suppose if you’re drunk, stoned, or just so exhausted from the holidays that you can’t think straight this would be a mildly entertaining take on the zombie/alien apocalypse. For anyone with a modicum of sanity, however, it’s a low-rent, slogging mess that feels like it was made for $100 […]

I’m not sure who had (much less greenlit) the decidedly un-brilliant idea of re-doing Home Alone (yet again) but this time with the kid as the obnoxious villain and the ‘bandits’ as the good guys, but here you go. Sure, Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney give it their all as […]

As much of a dumpster fire you could possibly imagine and chock-full of god-awful, groan-worthy one-liners, this nonsensical disaster may actually make you want to swear off movies forever. Not only is it stupid and boring and lazy, it also squanders the talents of John Cleese, Elizabeth Hurley, and Kelsey […]

While documentarians live by a mantra of objectivity and impartiality, sometimes it may, in fact, do more damage than if they had left well-enough alone. Such is the case with director Jamie Roberts’ film about January’s siege on the US Capitol. Giving the insurrectionists yet another platform for their message […]

With a cast that includes Jason Sudeikis, Evangeline Lilly, Shea Whigham, and Mike Colter, it would seem that ‘Heaven’ would have everything going for it. Alas, what starts as a promising thriller about an ex-con trying (and failing) to stay on the straight and narrow dissolves into a mess of […]

The tagline on the poster (“Unhappy to see you again.”) sums it up better than I ever could. It’s just bad, right from the get-go—lazy, moronic, and all over the place. Kudos to anyone who can make sense of it (or, better yet, care enough to make sense of it). […]

Even as a “cute little harmless throwback” to the 90s classic, this vapid remake is a disaster from the very start. Horribly unlikeable characters are only the tip of the iceberg in what winds up being exactly what you’d expect from a movie about vain, entitled social influencers. Even glorified […]

‘Westworld’ co-creator Lisa Joy makes her directorial debut with this muddled, overblown mess that will leave you wondering how it ever saw the light of day. Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson try their best to keep it afloat (pun intended—it takes place in a future, flooded Miami), but no amount […]