Happy Death Day
This is a stupid film. But it knows that it’s stupid, so that’s all right.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Happy Death Day
This is a stupid film. But it knows that it’s stupid, so that’s all right.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Happy Death Day
This film is constructed with incredible precision, and the direction is on point too. It’s just such a shame it’s wrapped up in such a banal story.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Baby Driver
The funny thing is, I would have liked this movie just fine without all the Marvel crossover stuff that the fans have been dreaming of for the better part of a decade.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Spider-Man: Homecoming
If you only see one superhero movie this year, make it this one.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Wonder Woman
The complete lack of threat is really what kills this film for me. People dangle off the end of spaceships that are crashing through forests, or fall several stories to the ground with nary a bruise.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
A brilliant and honest comedy with horrific undertones, Get Out cleverly uses its genre trappings to create a bold and unique film.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Get Out
Colossal is a wonderfully unexpected night out at the cinema. But I wonder if it needs a trigger warning.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Colossal
This is a confident film that bursts out of the gate strong and barely ever falters.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Beauty and the Beast
The situations are contrived, characters come and go, and there’s no real narrative propelling the story along.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading The Secret Life of Pets
It’s an emotional journey, and a triumphant and touching story of a character who was simply a comedic sidekick in the first film.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Finding Dory