I’ve long said that people need to meet films where they are. Because if you accept what a film’s capacity is, you’ll set your expectations accordingly. Exhibit A is this year’s Flight Risk. One of the more recent products of our era of streaming slop, this had turkey written all over it. But I went…Read more Film Review: Flight Risk (2025)

In 1985's Commando, there is a fight between Arnie and Bill Duke that perfectly encapsulates that film's unique appeal. While the two actors trade sledgehammer blows, and the fight ends with Duke's character getting fatally impaled on a sharp piece of wood, the scene never gets too brutal and remains light and breezy throughout. Furthering…Read more Film Review: The Beekeeper (2024)

A classic case of a decent idea marred by poor execution, Novocaine is one of those films you want to like but ultimately can't. The film stars Jack Quaid, one of the most enjoyable of the nepo-babies that have taken over Hollywood in the 2020s. Here he plays Nate, a young(ish) assistant bank manager who…Read more Film Review: Novocaine (2025)