Up, Up, and Away
In 2006, the characters in Superman Returns did not use the phrase “truth, justice, and the American way” because the Iraq war had left America’s...
Queen of My Dreams: Starstruck in Karachi
A fair number of Bollywood movies have stories that stretch out over decades so that the same actor portrays a father and then his...
F1: Get Into My Car
Joseph Kosinski is not my favorite director. Nevertheless F1: The Movie shows off many of the things that he does exceptionally well. His sound design...
Elio: We Are Not Alone
After Coco and Encanto, Elio is the third Pixar movie in the last eight years pitched at Spanish-speaking audiences, and if it is the...
28 Years Later: Memento Mori
Okay, this is easy. We’re getting more entertainment about the long-term effects of zombies because we ourselves survived a global plague that has killed...
Materialists: Miss Match
They’re selling Materialists as some plush New York dating comedy for the crowd that would have followed Sex and the City back in its...
Ballerina: Fire Dancer
For the last two years almost, Netflix has had a Korean action-thriller called Ballerina in its catalogue. It has nothing to do with the...
Bring Her Back: Blind Faith
Where much of Australia’s film industry is centered in the big cities on the country’s east coast, Danny and Michael Philippou proudly represent South...
Karate Kid: Mixed Up Martial Arts
Last week I reviewed a movie from a long-running franchise trying to at least put an end to an era. This week is Karate...
Mission: Impossible: Ethan Out
The eighth movie in the series, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning does leave itself a door cracked open for possible future films. Nevertheless,...
