INSIDE OUT 2 MOVIE REVIEW Riley is now a teen, and as we all know, a BUNCH of new emotions come out of nowhere with puberty, few of them terribly pleasant but all of them rather insistent. Thus have things changed inside Riley’s head with a group of new feelings suddenly taking the controls such […]

POOLMAN MOVIE REVIEW The Screener Squad has gathered in the One Of Us City Hall to go to the very bottom of the weekly agenda and discover that they have a review collecting dust and algae. Poolman is a “comedy” mystery film starring, produced by, written by ,and directed by one of our many cinematic […]

STAR TREK DISCOVERY – SEASON 5 REVIEW These are the voyages of the starship Discovery. Its five-season mission: to set-up spin-off shows; to seek out new fans and new demographics, to boldly go where no Trek series has gone before: the streaming era! While some may prefer the episodic format of Strange New Worlds, the […]

THE WATCHERS MOVIE REVIEW Nepotism is alive and well with Ishana Shyamalan, daughter of M.Night Shyamalan, in her first feature film, The Watchers. Based on the book by A.M. Shine, the story follows grief stricken Mina, played by Dakota Fanning, as she wastes her days in a pet shop job that she doesn’t care about […]

HIT MAN MOVIE REVIEW Director Richard Linklater is a director who pretty much always turns out a good film, even if it’s not terribly populist entertainment. Hit Man certainly isn’t for the kids, but it’s surprising that Netflix buried its theatrical run considering how endearing the film really is, not to mention the star vehicle […]

BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE MOVIE REVIEW The bad boys return for this fourth movie (shouldn’t they have saved “for life” for this one) from the same director/writers as the previous entry. This time, Mike (Will Smith) is tying the knot with the beautiful Christine (Melanie Liburd) and it’s a lovely wedding except that Marcus […]

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES SERIES REVIEW This new Netflix series is based on the Neil Gaiman/Matt Wagner comic books, which are themselves spin-offs of The Sandman (and some cameo casting establishes that the same is true of the show). Dead Boy Detectives is the story of Edwin and Charles, two youths cut dead in their prime, […]

IN A VIOLENT NATURE MOVIE REVIEW What do you get when you combine Friday the 13th, the serene cinematography of Terrence Malick, and the brooding dread of It Follows? Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature of course! The film, literally, follows the undead murderer Johnny on a slow and methodical rampage through the woods. He […]

ATLAS MOVIE REVIEW Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), is an analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence. She has committed her life to Blade Runn-er-um-searching for fugitive AI terrorists, specifically Harlan (Simu Liu), the AI who gained sentience 28 years ago and led a robot rebellion that left 3 million Earthlings dead before military forces […]

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA MOVIE REVIEW I don’t think anyone could have even begun to imagine back in 1979 when the original Mad Max was released that this series would go on for decades (albeit with only five movies thus far) and become what it is now: arguably THE event movie of the year. […]