The underrated sequel (Unmarked Spoilers) The OG Ghostbusters are back, baby. You got Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Ackroyd), Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson). After saving the world by besting a literal god, everything should be coming up roses, right? Wrong. Much like Men in Black 2 or Alien 3, this is …
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If there’s something strange…
The beloved original and not so beloved remake. (Unmarked Spoilers) Ghostbusters is a 1984 film about an awesome Ray Parker Jr. song and nothing else. I’m kidding, of course. It’s about the antics of a team of ghost hunters as they try to save the city from a supernatural menace. The film was remade in 2016, …
Welcome to the Jungle
Cruising (Unmarked Spoilers) Dr. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt) is a scientist searching for the Tree of Life, whose petals cure any disease. Unfortunately, she was born in a time where she had the wrong parts and gender to be taken seriously. No, not today, 1916. She has a map. She just needs an arrowhead to …
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
Luckily this movie’s more heaven than hell. (Unmarked Spoilers) Shaun (Simu Liu) is an unambitious valet who spends his days Ferris Bueller-ing cars with his best friend Katy Chen (Awkwafina). At one point, Katy shoots down the possibility of them becoming a couple, and for the most part, they do have a like brother and …
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Don’t hate the player
Just a sweet sweet fantasy, baby (Unmarked Spoilers) Guy (Ryan Reynolds) is a friendly non-player character in Free City, this multiplayer game that’s all about destruction. Every day he and his buddy, Buddy (Lil Rel Howery), sit in the background as players, distinguished by their sunglasses, hold up the bank where they work. Everything changes when …
Duper
Before any Guardians or Squad, there was the Crimson Bolt (Unmarked Spoilers) Frank Darbo (Rainn Wilson) is a troubled man whose wife, Sarah (Liv Tyler), is “stolen” by a drug lord named Jacques (Kevin Bacon). Subsequently believing himself to have been given a mission from god, Frank becomes a superhero, the Crimson Bolt, to rescue …
Downtown
Not what I was expecting in the best ways. (Massive Unmarked Spoilers) Eloise “Ellie” Turner (Thomasin McKenzie) has recently come to Soho to study at the London College of Fashion. Except when she goes to sleep, she’s transported to her dream destination, the Swingin Sixties. More specifically, she sees through the eyes of Sandie (Anya …
Should this be Halloween 3 or 10?
Either way, it’s not the final chapter. (Unmarked Spoilers) Michael Meyers (James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle). Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). Halloween. You know the drill by now.
Shhhhh
Here’s proof that sometimes you don’t need a sequel. (Unmarked Spoilers) Years after Rocky (Jane Levy) and her crew broke into his house to rob him, the Blind Man (Stephen Lang) is now raising a daughter, a young girl named Phoenix (Madelyn Grace). Their relationship is loving but starting to become strained due to the …
Oldie, but not a goodie
Well, that should have been better. (Unmarked Spoilers) Guy (Gael García Bernal) and Prisca Cappa (Vicky Krieps) decide to give their kids one last vacation as a family at a luxury resort before telling them they’re getting a divorce. Unfortunately for the family, they and several other strangers wind up trapped on a beach that …
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