While certainly not bringing anything new to the table, The New Mutants remains a pretty standard superhero outing. A mediocre plot with some great eerie atmosphere at least make it enjoyable enough for X-Men fans to watch as one final film in the now-dead Fox franchise.
Famed director Christopher Nolan’s most recent film is an enjoyable, if convoluted, outing. While Tenet will be remembered for its mind-blowing special effects and production design, its hurt by its unnecessarily confusing narrative, stagnant performances and soulless story.
Proving that his first outing was not a fluke, director John Krasinski stuns again in one of the best horror film sequels of all time. Building off the success of the 2018 film, A Quiet Place Part II is a masterpiece of horror sound and atmosphere with some excellent performances to back it up. While it comes just a tad short of the first film, it remains a worthwhile sequel that fans of the original cannot miss.
Promising Young Woman is an excellent directorial debut for Emerald Fennell with an outstanding lead performance, despite a final turn that works in terms of shock value, but severely derails the message of the film, almost the the point of cheapening everything that was so wonderful before it.
The highly anticipated sequel to the fantastic 2017 film Wonder Woman is a rather mixed bag, but it's filled with quite a few sweet treats if you let yourself overlook enough to enjoy it. Not without its many faults, particularly with its storytelling, the film still manages to entertain those fans of the Amazonian demigoddess.
Despite being an excellent source material, excellent special effects and Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro as a co-producer, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark fails to capture the horror. Instead, it feels weighed down by weak performances, a lack of substance and retreaded horror storytelling that makes the film feel empty. In fact, these scary stories would have been best left in the dark.
All the Bright Places is a well-told young adult drama, albeit occasionally a bit of a melodramatic one, with great performances by its two leads and a beautiful somber story that will resonate and emotionally move all audiences.
Watchmen is an unexpected deconstruction of the superhero genre in an interesting new world while simultaneously tackling heavy issues of racism, injustice and white supremacy. Packed with culture commentary, pitch-perfect casting and beautiful direction, Watchmen challenges the expectations of fans and, if viewers let it, takes them on one hell of a ride.
In the over-saturated market of the superhero genre, Amazon’s The Boys offers an alternative look at heroes audiences have become all too familiar with. This, along with some excellent storytelling and a few charismatic performances, makes this one of the most exciting television series in recent years.
Disney’s latest attempt to adapt yet another beloved animated classic falls flat in almost every regard. With most of the fun and light-heartedness stripped away, there’s very little joy to be found in 2020’s live-action Mulan when compared to the predecessor, but some decent acting, directing and production design makes the film at least watchable.
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