the @popcollin reviews

Directed by Andy Fickman (2010’s ‘You Again’) and co-written by Taylor Jenkins Reid (the novel ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’), this romantic drama stars Phillipa Soo as Emma, a woman whose husband (Luke Bracey) is presumed dead, leaving her to mourn and, years later, get engaged to her longtime friend […]

Netflix’s latest foray into Hallmark-level schlock stars Rachael Leigh Cook as a travel executive sent to Vietnam to scout a possible tour company acquisition. Stuffed to the gills with gorgeous scenery, a CliffsNotes to Vietnamese culture, and oodles of cute little moments, it’s actually a decent date-night option with a […]

Chris Evans is a local farmers’ market vendor who falls for Ana de Armas… not knowing she’s an international spy. After the obligatory ‘You’re a spy?!’ moments, the movie settles into halfway-decent territory, as both stars (along with a handful of pitch-perfect cameos) help make what could have been a […]

Shailene Woodley stars in this gritty and dark crime drama about a beat cop recruited by the FBI to solve a series of mass shootings in Baltimore. Playing a little like ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ mixed with anything by David Fincher, it’s buoyed by solid performances by Woodley and […]

Jake Gyllenhall stars as Master Sergeant John Kinley in this gritty and riveting war drama set in 2018 during the War in Afghanistan. Equal parts ‘Lone Survivor’ and ‘The Outpost’, it’s a harrowing story inspired by the local interpreters who aided US troops in the region. When Kinley’s unit is […]

Feeling like little more than 90 solid minutes of over-the-top mayhem and the thinnest plot this side of a nursery rhyme, this kiddie film based on the video game franchise is the very definition of ‘eh’. Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black lead the voice cast (as Mario, Peach, […]

Wildly inspired by (but not directly about) the late, great Bob Ross, this Indie comedy about the decline of Vermont’s number-one public television personality is a beyond-quirky trip into a Wes Anderson-ish world. Owen Wilson stars as Carl Nargle, who, after three decades of pleasing the masses with his gentle […]

Taking its cue from oh-so-many 80s pop culture gems (‘The Breakfast Club’, ‘Dirty Dancing’, ‘Pretty in Pink’), this fun and funny high school comedy is reminiscent of 2022’s ‘Honor Society’—about an over-achieving girl who will do anything to get into Harvard. Writer Anthony Lombardo (TV’s ‘Modern Family’ and ‘American Housewife’) […]