“Wicked” – or “Wicked Part I” as the film is titled – opens with a tragic jubilating “No One Mourns the Wicked.” It’s a dark song that encapsulates the spirit…
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” is another Aardman classic tale that is just as humorous and whimsy as its predecessors. The hilarious misadventures of the eponymous inventor and his…
When Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” hit theaters 24 years ago, it was a sword and sandals epic that sentimentalized Coliseum games’ violence and the Roman Empire’s political drama through rousing performances,…
Chris Sanders’ ‘The Wild Robot’ is a testament to the versatility of animation, proving it to be a visually captivating medium that never compromises on emotion or intellect. Dreamworks Animation’s…
The Transformers franchise has earned its massive following after releasing countless TV and film iterations in its nearly 40-year history. While only a few have found critical success, the interest…
The “Planet of the Apes” franchise has been reimagined and rebooted more than a few times since its release in 1968. However, it has never lost its iconic status as…
“Alien: Romulus” is a back-to-basics sci-fi horror that uses several callbacks to tell a brand new story that doesn’t concern itself so much with the larger mythology. Ridley Scott’s “Alien”…
“Deadpool & Wolverine,” Marvel Studios’ latest that bridges the gap between itself and Fox’s Marvel superhero IPs, is the multiverse film we’ve all been waiting for. To say that it’s…
Any horror film that is a part of a legacy franchise is bound to be met with some apprehensiveness given their track records. Most of those reboots and spinoffs aren’t…
There’s little room for a sequel of a natural disaster blockbuster like Twister. And yet, Twisters achieves the impossible as director Lee Isaac Chung with a screenplay by Mark L.…