I’ll just go ahead and join the cat-cophony: The decision to slather Cats in creepy CGI hobbles it right out of the gate.
6 Underground continues the eternal battle, wherein Michael Bay pits sound and fury against mind and spirit. There can be no doubt who will win in the end: After 128 minutes of relentless pummeling, my brain resembled that pink slime they use to make McNuggets. Dizzying but never dazzling, frantic but never exciting, 6 Underground squanders the…
For this episode of Cinemavino, Sean Jordan joins us to watch and discuss Die Hard.
While Jumanji: The Next Level hits a lot of the same high notes as its surprisingly tolerable predecessor, it also feels overlong, mechanical, and contrived.
I’ve seen it twice now, and the second swirl and sniff really opens the bouquet of just how pungent this monsterpiece really is.
When it comes to ratings, sequels like Frozen II present a unique conundrum: This movie treads the same trodden path that showered its predecessor with box office billions, but it does that with meticulous skill and self-confidence. It also feels strangely disposable, like those plastic cameras they used to hand out at wedding receptions. So...do we dock…
For this week’s episode of Cinemavino, Sean Jordan joins us as we drink some delicious red wine and discuss Chapter Five of The Mandalorian
Brittany Runs a Marathon wasn't made by Judd Apatow, but it has a lot of the same look and feel: Its titular heroine lives somewhere between always being drunk and always being hungover. She scarfs down junk food and scoffs at any loser who dares to do any kind of actual adulting. Like her spiritual…
A relentless gloom hangs over Dark Waters: Dishwatery clouds fill the sky, ready to pelt the ground below with mud-stained rain. Characters shiver and pull their coats tight to their bodies. The frozen air seems unbreathable. This grayscape makes the perfect environment for Dark Waters, a distressing story pulled from real events. A slow-rolling lawsuit against a…
New Cinemavino is live! This week, The Mandalorian delivered what many are calling a "filler episode." As the midpoint episode, it really didn't do a whole lot to move the plot forward. Hopefully the series will regain a little momentum with next week's episode. As a whole, The Mandalorian is a great-looking series and still has a lot to offer.…
