The Meg (2018) Chomp on this. Those wanting to see action star Jason Statham smack an enormous dinosaur shark square in the jaw might be mildly disappointed with The Meg, as the latest… Continue reading
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Real heroes. Not actual size. If you haven’t been keeping track of the numbers, Marvel’s wacky, low-stakes 2015 heist movie Ant-Man stands as the studio’s third lowest grosser… Continue reading
Adrift (2018) Inspired by the heartbreaking true story of Tami Oldham Ashcroft, a 23-year-old adventurer who, back in September of 1983, sailed straight into the eye of Hurricane Raymond (a category 4 typhoon)… Continue reading
Kodachrome (2017) Over Time, Everything Develops. If you were born after the year 2000, chances are you’ve probably never heard of Kodachrome, a type of color film that was introduced by Kodak in… Continue reading
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) Life finds a way. I doubt anyone foresaw Jurassic World’s (2015) almighty climb to the top — I sure as hell didn’t — the film now one of… Continue reading
Set It Up (2018) Finding love takes some assistants. Sometimes it’s enough just to have your expectations met. Not every movie is going to completely rewrite your psychic software, nor should they. Sometimes… Continue reading
Tag (2018) Based on a True Story. We’re Not Kidding. Whether you know it as tiggy, chasey or tag, chances are you’ve played it. Yes, I’m talking about that playground game that involves… Continue reading
The Legend of Tarzan (2016) Human. Nature. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and whose first adventure was published in 1912, there have been countless adaptations of the classic Tarzan story — the most… Continue reading
Holiday (2018) The most confronting scene in Isabella Eklöf’s arty, elusive meditation on power, avarice and empty consumerism is an extended, brutally confronting rape scene which sits in stark contrast with the bright,… Continue reading
Isle of Dogs (2018) Almost a decade ago, writer-director auteur Wes Anderson produced Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), which quickly nuzzled its way into my heart as one of the finest animated films of… Continue reading
Incredibles 2 (2018) It’s been too long, dahlings. After an incredibly long 14-year interval, Disney-Pixar’s super-family are back, right where we left ‘em — and we finally learn the fate of the nefarious… Continue reading
