Director Josh Cooley’s (Toy Story 4, Inside Out) Transformers One weaves the vast (and varied) backstorys and lore into a top-tier re-introduction that sweeps away all previous attempts to repackage this longstanding property. And the best part? This orign story blends unique characters and set peices into a engrossing friends-to-enemies journey in…

Quick Take: Deadpool and Wolverine is the unlikely team-up that makes all Deadpool’s most fervent wishes come true. From the irreverent fourth-wall break that sets the stage for both the rather straightfoward quest to come and hyper-meta poke at the superhero character’s past as prologue. Longtime collaborators Ryan and Reynolds and director Shawn …

Quick Take: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is both the origin story Citdal renegade, Furiosa, and volatile trek across the wasteland. The fifth installment revolves around laying the ground work to how, the Furiosa of Mad Max: Fury Road came to be and the unveiling of the major settlements across the wasteland. Furiosa throttles down the action, just a no…

Richard Donner’s The Omen (1976) follows American diplomat Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) as he investigates his adopted son’s, Damien, background once tragedy befalls those close to him. Thorn’s quest for answers ultimately leads him to Italy and the unsettling revelation that his son may be the Antichrist. Sadly the subsequent installments never qui…

Quick Take: Dev Patel‘s directorial debut, Monkey Man, is a full-throttle, heartbreaking, brutal quest for vengeance. Patel and his co-writers weave ancestral lore and a biting challenge to the socio-political status quo into a underdog tale that wears its cinematic influences and cultural aesthetic on its sleeve. What starts as tale of a street-sm…

Director: Denis Villeneuve Writers: Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, Frank Herbert Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler Runtime: 2 Hour 46 Minutes Synopsis: Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Kriss, Ro, Bra…

Quick Take: Madame Web should’ve been a fun and fantastical origin story for a dynamic comic character with real spin-off potential. Instead it’s a mishmash of barely interesting plot points, disjointed visual trickery, and underwhelming performances. More than anything else, Madame Web proves it’s not enough to throw all the “expected” set pieces …

Director: Todd Haynes Writers: Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik Starring: Natalie Portman, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore, Gabriel Chung, Andrea Frankle Runtime: 1 Hour 57 Minutes Synopsis: Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about …

Director: William Oldroyd Writers: Luke Goebel, Ottessa Moshfegh Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Shea Whigham, Anne Hathaway, Sam Nivola Runtime: 1 Hour 37 Minutes Synopsis: A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn. Who doesn’t love a “leave them crazy white women alone” film? Eileen is a g…

Director: Ava DuVernay Writers: Ava DuVernay, Isabel Wilkerson Starring: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti Runtime: 2 Hour 15 Minutes Synopsis: The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. The review crew discuss…

Director: Paul KingWriters: Simon Farnaby, Paul King, Roald DahlStarring: Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthurRuntime: Hour MinutesSynopsis: With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.The crew review their second mu…

Director: Takashi YamazakiWriters: Takashi YamazakiStarring: Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura AndoRuntime: 2 Hour 4 MinutesSynopsis: Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.The Crew reviews Godzilla Minus One.Like what you hear? Subscrib…

Director: Sean DurkinWriters: Sean DurkinStarring: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallanyRuntime: 2 Hour 12 MinutesSynopsis: The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.The Iron Claw has an absolutely fa…

Director: Yorgos LanthimosWriters: Tony McNamara, Alasdair GrayStarring: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy YoussefRuntime: 2 Hour 21 MinutesSynopsis: The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter.Kriss, Ro & Brandon disc…

Director: Bishal DuttaWriters: Bishal Dutta, Ashish MehtaStarring: Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty GabrielRuntime: 1 Hour 39 MinutesSynopsis: An Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend and, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger b…

Director: Michael MannWriters: Troy Kennedy Martin, Brock YatesStarring: Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Giuseppe FestineseRuntime: 2 Hour 4 MinutesSynopsis: Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari's auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treache…

Director: Blitz BazawuleWriters: Marcus Gardley, Alice Walker, Marsha NormanStarring: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey HawkinsRuntime: 2 Hour 20 MinutesSynopsis: A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.Ro, Kriss an…

Director: Hayao MiyazakiWriters: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Runtime: 2 Hour 4 MinutesSynopsis: Already acclaimed as a masterpiece in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki’s new film begins as a simple story of loss and love, and rises to become a staggering work of imagination.Already acclaimed as a masterpiece in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki’s new film begins as a simple …

Director: Cord JeffersonWriters: Cord Jefferson, Percival EverettStarring: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae, Sterling K BrownRuntime: 1 Hour 57 MinutesSynopsis:Starring Jeffrey Wright in one of his most beautifully nuanced performances, American Fiction is both a wicked…

Capsule Review: Napoleon is unimaginative, uninspired, and unrelentingly dry. The score and sound design are masterful, but Scott expects them to do too much work in this inert bolder of a story. It's doesn't even give good costume drama - and I say that as a lover of costume dramas. Listen as Ro chats with Kriss about how Ridley Scott tricked her …

Capsule Review: Wish is a low-key rebellion story told from through the lens of a teen who's sense of safety and optimistic outlook on life crumble. Wrapping a story about challenging the status quo up in an enchanting tale about wishing on a star makes good use of its uneven story book and musical moments. Wish doesn't quite has that ineffiable so…

Capsule Review: Whether or not you're a fan of the originl Hunger Game's trilogy, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a dark and violent downward spiral into villiany you didn't know you needed. Suzanne Collins (finally) showcases her understanding of dystopian hellscapes. And this adaptation proves it by turning what could feel like a needless r…

The Marvels brings everything you want in a comic book team-up movie to the table: far-reaching stakes, a dynamic ensemble – here a trio made up of Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani), and Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) – and high energy adventure rife with action-, tragedy, trauma-bonding, and hilarious shenanigans. It…

Director: George C. WolfeWriters: Julian Breece, Dustin Lance BlackStarring: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Amel Ameen, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, CCH PounderRuntime: 1 Hour 46 MinutesSynopsis: Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washin…

Killers of the Flower Moon is an incisive commentary on the ideology of "manifest destiny" in furtherence of white supermacy as justification for murder. Adapated from the 2017 nonfiction book, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by journalist David Grann, Killers pulls audiences into the heart of a plot against w…