the @popcollin reviews

Based on the century-old comic strip ‘Little Nemo in Slumberland’, this fantastical (and fantastic), wildly inventive ride from director Francis Lawrence (‘Water for Elephants’, ‘The Hunger Games’) is a visual treat, chock-full of marvelous visual effects, but it’s also a thrilling and heartfelt story about a young, orphaned girl who […]

Director (and co-writer) Ryan Coogler’s follow-up to the 2018 Marvel masterpiece may not be quite as spectacular as the original—the gaping hole left by Chadwick Boseman’s passing is palpable—but it still emerges as one of the better Marvel entries of the past decade. Letitia Wright (Shuri), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), and […]

Hot on the heels of ‘The Good Nurse’—the solid Netflix dramatization of the Charles Cullen murders—this documentary introduces us to the real people involved in the horrifying story. Director Tim Travers Hawkins pulls together all the key figures, including whistleblower nurse Amy Loughren, the investigators, and even recordings of Cullen […]

This raw, emotional, and important documentary from the pop culture icon is not a concert film, not a rags-to-riches story, and not a self-congratulatory bit of fluff. What it is, though, is a powerful introspection that examines her mental and physical health, including her bipolar diagnosis and struggles with lupus. […]

Based loosely on the true story of the hunt for the man who abducted and murdered a young Australian boy in 2003, this dark, atmospheric suspense flick from director Thomas M. Wright is instantly reminiscent of Denis Villeneuve’s brilliant 2013 film ‘Prisoners’. Sean Harris stars as the suspect, and Joel […]

In his 20-year career behind the camera, Todd Field has written and directed the excellent films ‘In the Bedroom’, ‘Little Children’, and now the equally (if not more) stunning ‘Tár’. Each is arguably better than the other (though all are as first-rate as they come). Perhaps everything has just been […]

It won the coveted Palme d’Or at Cannes, and it’s not hard to figure out why. Writer-director Ruben Östlund (‘Force Majeure’) has crafted a wild and oh-so-cringy satire that skewers the ‘haves’ of the world. Set on board a luxury yacht, it follows a gaggle of uber-wealthy elitists and then […]

I’m not sure how many times you can tell the same story—as amazing and globally captivating as it was—but this latest film about the 2018 Thai cave soccer team rescue is the first to let us hear from the boys themselves. That alone makes ‘Trapped’ worth the watch, but Thai […]

As captivating a documentary as you’re likely to find, this chronicle of the 2017 murder of journalist Kim Wall at the hands of eccentric Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen is a study on how to deliberately let a headline-grabbing story unfold. Australian Emma Sullivan happened to be making a film about […]

She was one of the most recognized faces in the world and lived perhaps the most-ever scrutinized life, so you would think there wouldn’t be much left to be discovered about Princess Diana. You would be wrong. Director Ed Perkins’ fascinating narrator-less documentary tracks her existence from the beginning of […]