the @popcollin reviews

If even half of what is presented in this dramatized version of events that led to the birth of the classic block-based video game in America is true, this may still be one of the craziest stories ever told. Taron Egerton stars as Henk Rogers, the US software developer who […]

Jam-packed with sandpaper-dry humor reminiscent of ‘The Princess Bride’, this fantastical story about witches and sorcerers and knights and even a particularly pudgy dragon may seem like a feast for your nerdy seventh-grade self, but fear not. Directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (2018’s brilliant ‘Game Night’) have crafted, […]

The world’s greatest assassin is back, and the body count (if it’s even possible) is higher. By a metric ton. And at a whopping 169 minutes, ‘Chapter 4’ is also the longest. Sure, the fighting/killing scenes tend to get a little monotonous the closer we get to the three-hour mark, […]

Reminiscent of Guillermo del Toro’s recent, excellent version of ‘Pinocchio’, mixed with a little ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’, this directorial debut from visual effects supervisor Wendy Rogers is a sweet and wholesome film that will tear at your heart and keep you wildly entertained at the same time. It’s […]

This halfway-charming Indie coming-of-age comedy stars Kiernan Shipka as a teenager who feels responsible for looking after her own intellectually disabled parents. Written and directed by Matt Smukler (based on his own short film), it’s a semisweet and quirky film about family and love with an all-star supporting cast, including […]

I’m a sucker for a good tornado flick, and this one—the full-length debut of writer-director Herbert James Winterstern—is a fairly decent one. Starring Skeet Ulrich, Alec Baldwin, and (in one of her last roles before her 2022 death) Anne Heche, it’s a pseudo-‘Twister’ knock-off with a little more heart and […]

Woody Harrelson stars in this feel-good comedy as Marcus, an NBA assistant coach who, after getting busted for DUI, is given the ‘sentence’ of coaching an Iowa rec league team of intellectually disabled young men and women. What could have been a condescending or, worse, exploitative movie—particularly in the hands […]