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Movie reviews, opinion pieces, High Fives and everything built around an actual point of view.

Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, wearing a blue and red jacket with a cut on her cheek in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Reviews & Rants · Movie Rant

What Happens When Success Becomes an Actor's Career Ceiling

From Jennifer Garner and Alan Ritchson to Xochitl Gomez and Mark Hamill, Hollywood fame can open doors—and make the next role harder to land.

November 12, 2026

Godzilla roars with his mouth wide open, jagged dorsal spines rising above his dark, orange-lit body against a smoky sky

Reviews & Rants · Movie Review

GODZILLA MINUS ZERO REVIEW: TWO KAIJUS, TOTAL DESTRUCTION, ONE HELL OF A MOVIE

Godzilla Minus Zero delivers massive IMAX spectacle, Ghidorah at his nastiest, and a sequel that tops Minus One, despite a few jarring edits.

November 4, 2026

Clayface film hero artwork

Reviews & Rants · Movie Review

CLAYFACE REVIEW: DC GETS ITS HANDS DIRTY AND GETS IT RIGHT

James Watkins and Mike Flanagan help turn one of Batman's strangest villains into a bloody, disturbing body-horror movie that proves Gotham has plenty of stories to tell without the Dark Knight.

October 26, 2026

Vintage black 45 RPM record with a red-and-cream High Five to the Face label and the title 5 Cover Songs I'll Fight Someone Over

Reviews & Rants · High Five

HIGH FIVE: 5 COVER SONGS I'LL FIGHT SOMEONE OVER

Five covers worth fighting over: Ryan Adams, Jude, Better Than Ezra, Gus Black and The Commitments reinterpret songs from Taylor Swift, Bread, Love and Rockets, Blue Öyster Cult and the 1930s.

October 21, 2026

Ryu concentrates a glowing purple energy attack between his hands in Street Fighter

Reviews & Rants · Movie Review

STREET FIGHTER REVIEW: LANDS A FEW GOOD HITS, BUT FAR TOO MANY MISSES

The characters look right, the soundtrack is great, and some of the performances are surprisingly good. So why does a movie about a fighting tournament spend so little time showing us the tournament?

October 18, 2026

Other Mommy film promotional artwork

Reviews & Rants · Movie Review

Other Mommy Review: More Mommies Than Scares

Jessica Chastain and a terrific father-daughter pairing can't rescue a supernatural horror movie that runs out of steam long before it runs out of story.

October 9, 2026

Three adults posing together at an event, with the person in the center wearing a tan dress

Reviews & Rants · Movie Rant

Nepo Babies Aren’t the Problem. Bad Nepo Babies Are.

Hollywood has always had nepo babies. Some prove they belong. Others keep getting chances anyway. Then there’s Dakota Johnson.

October 7, 2026

Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett at a formal event in Verity

Reviews & Rants · Movie Review

Verity Review: There Is No Light or Much Sense, It Turns Out

Anne Hathaway goes dark, Josh Hartnett delivers, and Verity keeps you interested until an ending that starts coming apart the more you think about it.

September 30, 2026

Black-and-white behind-the-scenes photo from the original Star Wars production

Reviews & Rants · Movie Rant

George Lucas Can Change Star Wars. But What About the Ones He Didn’t Direct?

George Lucas has every right to change Star Wars. But Empire and Jedi were directed by Irvin Kershner and Richard Marquand. Whose vision counts?

September 28, 2026

Austin Abrams running through a snow-covered street at night in Resident Evil as bodies fall from the rooftops around him.

Reviews & Rants · Movie Review

Resident Evil Review: The Game I Never Knew I Wanted to Play

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil captures the feel of the games with terrific cinematography, plenty of laughs, and an adventure I wish I could play myself.

September 20, 2026

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