the @popcollin reviews

Lil Rel Howery tackles what is essentially a one-man show in this sci-fi thriller about an employee who wakes up in a dirt and concrete cell and is made to push his own Sisyphus’ stone around in a circle repeatedly for unknown reasons. What might have actually worked as a […]

Investigating the 2017 disappearance (and suspected murder) of a man and his dog from an 11-person town in the far reaches of Northern Territory, Australia, this documentary will suck you in from the start and just gets crazier from there. First-time filmmaker Thomas Tancred has taken what’s already a fascinating […]

This super-taut and lightning-fast action flick from South Korea is a worthy complement to ‘John Wick’, starring Jeon Jong-seo as a one-woman killing machine out to avenge the death of her best friend. Director Lee Chung-hyun has put together a present-day feast of eye and mind candy with a slick, […]

The swan song of noted director William Friedkin is a fitting and memorable send-off from a man who loved telling stripped-down stories about complex people. Based on Herman Wouk’s famous play, the film is as bare-bones as can be—set entirely in one room with no frills and not a word […]

Based loosely on the true story of the 1988 heist of the First National Bank of Chicago, this wholly forgettable film had plenty of promise to be sure, but a weak, pedestrian script dooms it pretty much from the get-go. Courtney B. Vance stars as the ringleader, who recruits four […]

This Aussie cheeseball wannabe-Hallmark flick stars pop singer Delta Goodrem alongside Joshua Sasse as a predictably oil-and-water duo who, of course, wind up falling in luuuuv. He’s a big-money British guy sent to shut down her unprofitable mom-and-pop single-plane airline—before, that is, he realizes it’s not all about money; sometimes, […]