Tag: Cinema
Rambo: Last Blood: R-rated Rambo in ruins
It’s an old and easily spotted Hollywood trick: Set up a group of easy-to-hate villains, then dole out their presumably just desserts while inviting...
Men in Black: International review: Latest instalment won’t alienate
With Men in Black: International, director Gary Gray serves up an amusing and stylish reboot of the sci-fi comedy franchise that kicked off in...
Dark Pheonix Review: A hero’s got to know her limits
A superhero story that's focused on relationships
Though sombre in tone, the Marvel Comics-based sci-fi adventure Dark Phoenix (Fox) has a fundamentally moral outlook and...
Aladdin Review: A rags to royalty adventure
Though the magical tale of Aladdin is centuries old, it’s probably best known to contemporary audiences through two relatively recent products of pop culture:...
Uglydolls Review: Where who we are is what matters
By Joseph McAleer
UglyDolls calls to mind that age-old saying, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
The ‘ugly dolls’ of this movie are based...
Cinema and bar bring back good old days
Every social interaction, with even our closest friends, is marked by the telling of stories, from how awful lunch was and how stingy the...
Shazam! Review: Is this really suitable for youth?
Family life is exalted over egotistical self-reliance in Shazam! (Warner Bros.), director David Sandberg’s DC Comics-based origin story.
Though there’s a warm tone to the...
Dumbo Review: This Disney remake fails to fly
By John Mulderig
The sight of a cuddly baby elephant taking to the skies is clearly meant to send spirits soaring in Dumbo (Disney), director...
Wonder Park Review: Fine, uninspiring, not for the young
By John Mulderig
The most frequently used word in the animated adventure Wonder Park is “splendiferous.”
But the constant, eventually annoying, repetition of the term only...
Captive State: Ambitious, but still unsatisfactory
By John Mulderig
With the sci-fi drama Captive State (Focus), director and co-writer Rupert Wyatt has set out to tell a thoughtful, complex story and...
Captain Marvel review: Another comic tale, but not bad
By John Mulderig
Wit, positive messages and lavish production values buoy the movie setting out the origin story Captain Marvel.
While some of the mythos in...
How to train your dragon: The hidden world Review
By John Mulderig
In his 1922 book What I Saw in America, the great Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton reflects on how beautiful New York’s Times...
