FANTASIA 2023: Sympathy for the Devil
Sympathy for the Devil sets the viewer up for what essentially – much like the character contextually – is a wild ride
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer may go down as one of the finest biographical pictures of all time
Insidious: The Red Door
Insidious: The Red Door is a decent entry that does a nice job wrapping up any loose ends
Vacation Friends 2
To put it bluntly, Vacation Friends 2 is a near-worthless experience.
Meg 2: The Trench
90% of Meg 2: The Trench is spent setting up a human storylines with almost no payoff whatsoever
Haunted Mansion
A visually exciting, albeit way too long, re-creation of the ride’s greatest hits
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Mangold is able to pull a genuinely heartfelt performance from Harrison Ford
Barbie
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is a monumental achievement
Bird Box Barcelona
If Bird Box Barcelona is the sign of quality these spinoffs will give, it’s best not to make any of them
World's Best
World’s Best is a celebration of hip hop’s greatest hits
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
One of the laziest films Universal has ever made
Elemental
Elemental is not the finest film Pixar has ever made
Outfest 2023: Break the Game
Within Break the Game is an incredibly important and needed conversation surrounding internet culture, but the film sadly fails to take full advantage of this conversation and live up to its own potential.
Lynch/Oz
Perfect only for someone who has just discovered David Lynch and is yet to unpack all of his influences
Fast X
Fast X is the beginning of the end for a franchise that has dipped and wavered violently in quality
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts contains the most fleshed-out and investing human storyline yet
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed is an undeniably poignant love letter to Hudson and the life he was forced to live.
Lynch/Oz
Incredibly professional and surprisingly engaging, Lynch/Oz is a rewarding watch.
The Boogeyman
The Boogeyman is yet another piece of Horror not to break any new ground
Arnold
Arnold feels far more balanced than other vanity projects