Action-Adventure

Spider-Man: Far From Home Is Far From Perfect

July 3 2019, by Louie Fecou

So the only people more worried about Spider-Man: Far From Home than the fans are the producers, as this movie has a lot of things...

Shaft (2019) Review: How Many Shafts Is Too Many?

June 28 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

In Tim Story’s Shaft, there are three John Shaft’s, and you have to imagine that’s a couple too many. Richard Roundtree was the first, and to...

The Wolf’s Call Review: Ears Save The World In French Netflix Thriller

June 21 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

In the French Netflix thriller The Wolf’s Call, known in its native tongue as Le Chant du Loup, François Civil plays an underwater acoustics expert by...

Jessica Jones Recap: A Shallow Grave

June 17 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

This Jessica Jones Season 3, Episode 7 recap for the episode titled “A.K.A The Double Half-Wappinger” contains spoilers. Jeri Hogarth can always be relied upon...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review: A Monster Fraud

June 4 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

When I was eight years old, I was picked on in school for drawing Mothra in my notebook (too “girly,” I guess). I was so...

Malibu Rescue Season 1 Review: Life’s A Beach

June 3 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

If, like me, you had the distinct displeasure of watching the prequel movie to this new teen-focused Netflix Original series, creatively titled Malibu Rescue: The Movie,...

Avengement Review: Brutal And Brilliant Adkins Action

May 28 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

For those in the know, the Scott Adkins actioner is a very specific, very beautiful thing, and his recent collaborations with the reliably demented Jesse...

Game of Thrones Finale Recap: None Of That Made Any Sense Whatsoever

May 20 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

This Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 6 recap for the episode titled “The Iron Throne” contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on...

Maria Review: Is Christine Reyes The Next Big Action Star?

May 17 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Pedring Lopez’s actioner Maria, which arrived on Netflix today directly from the Philippines, understands the single most fundamental rule of balls-to-the-wall genre filmmaking: Clarity. Say what...

Revisions Review: Mechas and Monsters

May 14 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Revisions feel like fairly standard fare that somehow manages to be inventive but incredibly familiar at the same time. It has some interesting ideas but some...

Into the Badlands Series Finale Recap: The End. Or Is It?

May 7 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

This Into the Badlands Season 3 Episode 16 recap for the episode titled “Seven Strike as One” contains spoilers. Farewell, Into the Badlands. You were bizarre and...

‘Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back’ Film Review

May 4 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back is the directorial debut of Tom Edmunds and stars Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk), Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton), Christopher...

‘Baki’ Season 1, Part 2 Netflix Review

April 30 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

This Baki Season 1 Part 2 review is spoiler free. You can check out our thoughts on the first half of the season by clicking...

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Film Review

April 27 2019, by M.N. Miller

There have been very few immersive experiences of pure Hollywood joy like Avengers: Endgame. What Marvel has accomplished in the past decade-plus of films is...

‘Backfire’ (2017) | Film Review

April 24 2019, by M.N. Miller

Oh boy, when it comes to B-movie bliss, Netflix is the place to be. That, of course, is their penchant for obtaining thousands of films...

‘Hellboy’ (2019) Film Review

April 17 2019, by M.N. Miller

Legendary director Guillermo Del Toro’s vision of Hellboy, came when many had grown tired of the superhero genre. Studios were churning these films out with...

‘Alien Warfare’ Film Review

April 7 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

You’d be forgiven for thinking that everything about Alien Warfare is a joke. Alas, it isn’t, and so its earnest all-American seriousness turns what might have been...

‘Triple Threat’ Film Review

March 26 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Rarely do I wish that I liked a film more than I like Triple Threat. As a longtime enthusiast of dumb action cinema and a longtime adversary...

‘Paskal’ Netflix Film Review

March 15 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Paskal, the new Malaysian action movie from Adrian Teh that debuts globally on Netflix today, opens with an insistence that the following is based (however...

‘Burn Out’ Netflix Film Review

March 15 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Yann Gozlan‘s Burn Out, about a speed-demon motorcycle racer forced to moonlight as a drug courier, is nothing new. In fact, it’s everything old; a well-worn...