Venice 2023: Aggro Dr1ft
Aggro Dr1ft is nowhere near as fun or vibrant as the director's more famous Spring Breakers.
Theater Camp
Theater Camp is sharply written and incisively performed
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One is a thrill ride that will satisfy the action aficionados and the fans of the franchise
Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo is conventional, predictable and competent without any real risks found
Strays
Strays has no sense of comedic timing
Heart of Stone
Heart of Stone is yet another cog in the NETFLIX algorithm
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