Alien: Romulus (2024) is yet another legacy sequel from Hollywood's Sequel Factory. That said, it generates genuine scares, has strong...

That's Entertainment! (1974) forever changed the trajectory of my life. That is not hyperbole. As a child, I shared with my older...

To say that I had been looking forward to Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) would have been the understatement of the decade....

Deadpool (2016) As a relatively new fan of Ryan Reynolds and his movies, I had no pre-established knowledge about him or the Marvel...

Fifty years after The Sting (1973) was originally released in theaters on Christmas Day, 1973, it still holds up remarkably well....

Writer-director Sofia Coppola's Priscilla (2023), with its slow yet measured pacing, reliance on conveying a historically clear-sighted...

One Piece (2023), Netflix's live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga and anime series, is a fun watch. From its riveting...

Before Star Wars (1977), my introduction to and admiration for Harrison Ford stemmed from the original three Indiana Jones movies...

I have a long and enduring history with Cabrillo College and its outstanding theater department in Aptos, California, beginning with the...

Disney's latest live-action remake of one of their animated classics, The Little Mermaid (1989), begins with the following passage from...

Over thirty years ago, on December 11th, 1992, The Muppet Christmas Carol, arguably one of the best film adaptations of Charles Dickens's...

Enchanted (2007) I remember going to the theater, watching Enchanted (2007), and being completely terrified by certain sequences as I was...

Nearly thirty years after its original theatrical release, I wasn't expecting too much from The Bodyguard (1992) save for the late...

One of the taglines for a theatrical poster for Disney's 1983 film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1962 novel Something Wicked This Way...

"Raindrops keep fallin' on my head, An' just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed, Nothin' seems to fit, Those raindrops are...

What can I say about Singin' in the Rain (1952) that hasn't already been said? The combination of Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed's...

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) is one of the best '80s throwback movies I have seen in a while. From the recreations of the opening and ending...

Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022) is precisely what I expect from a Baz Luhrmann production: a bold and lavish-looking period piece with the...

Director Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) is more relevant than ever over thirty-five years after its original theatrical release...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) surprisingly isn't as crazy as the title implies. This is not a negative, mind you. In...