the @popcollin reviews

The age-old tale of Santa Claus presenting himself to mere mortals, and the mortals grappling with whether this weirdo actually is St. Nick gets yet another retelling in this yawner of a holiday flick. Lil Rel Howery stars as the big guy, while Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges must eventually come around […]

It’s not even Thanksgiving, and of course Netflix is already rolling out the Santa-stuffed fare. Let’s just hope it gets better from here. Heather Graham and Jason Biggs star as Charlotte and Rob, a quintessentially bland middle-class couple who wind up spending the holidays with one of Charlotte’s friends (Brandy)—the […]

This powerful, heartbreaking (and ultimately heartwarming) documentary tells the story of the young man who served as Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double throughout the entire ‘Harry Potter’ film franchise until a freak on-set accident left him paralyzed at age 26. Holmes and Radcliffe have remained fast friends, and the star offers […]

David Fincher’s first film since 2020’s ‘Mank’ stars Michael Fassbender as an ice-in-his-veins hitman who goes on a cross-country killing spree after getting targeted himself. Though it certainly occupies the same dark and gloomy space as Fincher’s best (‘Gone Girl’, ‘Se7en’, ‘The Social Network’), the movie suffers a bit from […]

Imagine a world where, just by yanking a fingernail out and running it through a machine alongside your partner’s, you can find out if you’re truly in love. That’s the bizarre premise of this heady sci-fi drama starring Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed, which feels designed solely to be one […]

This sporadically funny film about estranged sisters who need to repay their deadbeat mother’s gambling debt finds Awkwafina starring as trivia expert Anne and Sandra Oh as her equally deadbeat sister who realizes getting Anne on a game show could be their ticket. The film definitely has issues picking a […]