Though far from perfect, Black Adam manages to deliver a mildly entertaining film thanks to some characters and action sequences doing the heavy lifting.
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The Gray Man is shallow entertainment that does little beyond the basic requirements for an action movie. Even those aspects are subpar. While I enjoy cast in..
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Overall, Top Gun: Maverick gives audiences more of what they loved in the first film without following its predecessor step by step. It carves out a path all…
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For my part, The Batman falls in the middle; some parts work, and others do not. It’s not the worst, and I would consider it better than a few of its…
Visually, Army of Thieves nails it, and I love the mystery of Hans Wagner’s four safes; the direction is good, but the pacing, dialogue and plot, lack depth…
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Films are usually flawed. The key is to entertain enough, so those flaws are not as noticeable. Night Teeth, written by Brent Dillon and directed by Adam Randall, delivers. They create an underworld, albeit thinly, where vampires and humans have a truce. Not everyone knows this world exists, like Benny (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.). So when
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Night Raiders, written and directed by Danis Goulet, is set in a dystopian future yet reflects the past. Indigenous people suffered worldwide from colonialism and genocide. News stories in Canada regarding the horror inflicted on generations of Indigenous people continue coming to light. Night Raiders reflects that past, using it to predict a possible future.
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The Green Knight, written and directed by David Lowery and starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, and Joel Edgerton, starts boring. Still, the film picks up speed as Gawain (Dev Patel) sets off on a quest to confront the Green Knight he beheaded a year prior. That’s when we get some lively scenes that audiences can
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Caution, Hazardous Wife, written by Yukiko Manabe, original story by Kazuki Kaneshiro and directed by Tôya Satô, is a spin-off from a television series. It will likely draw some comparisons to Mr. and Mrs. Smith as it’s about a couple whose professions aren’t what they led each other to believe. Both agents hide their jobs
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Seobok contains sci-fi, action, drama, and adorable moments packed into a delightful film.
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