Reviews

Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 4 streamlines a mythos in accordance with its original construct that is a sweeping, if indulgent violent escapade with shades of Sergio Leone and David Lean to propel a lengthy brutality with surprising clarity. A new bratty foe from the High Table (Bill Skarsgard) is on tap for Keanu Reeves’ […]

65 is a beautifully made film, with two performers (Adam Driver and Arian Greenblatt) who carry the promise of adventure effectively and believably.   65 takes place 65 million years ago where pilot Mills (Adam Driver) convinced his wife he should take a two year space journey to earn funds to care for his daughter’s […]

Djimon Hounsou is the last surviving member of the Council of Wizards, who finds himself and his chosen successor Billy Batson (Zachary Levu and Asher Angel) are about to be challenged by three daughters of Atlas.  This uneven story which is interesting when focused on the kids in the so called family of Shazam, falters […]

It is generally accepted that the total is more than the sum of the parts.  For Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre the reverse is true.   The chase to secure the AI Handle, a device that can control all information systems in use on the Planet brings us to many scenic views particularly in Turkey.  […]

Its structural deficiencies aside this latest installment of a new direction in a beloved franchise has its magnetic qualities even if the best moments really may be outside the vicious squared circle.  Creed III jettisons Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa to provide more backstory for Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis ‘Donnie’ Creed now in comfortable retirement.  As […]