Movies

★★★½ Beast is directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Everest) and comes from the writing team of Ryan Engle and Jaime Primak Sullivan (Breaking In). While some of the action goes beyond the realm of belief, the film is still a thrill ride that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats once the action gets...

★★ Secret Headquarters feels like it was created by an artificially intelligent movie generator, picking pieces from the most successful action-adventure movies, and mashing them all together. Superhero? Check. A-list headlining actor? Check. A group of children banding together in order to overcome evil? Yes, it’s all here. Co-directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman don’t...

★★★½ Director David Leitch (Deadpool 2) presents Bullet Train, written by Zak Olkewicz (Fear Street: Part Two – 1978) from the book by Kôtarô Isaka. And while it initially looks like it will go off the rails, the result is a violently lighthearted thrill ride. Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is working through his demons as a...

★★★½ In his directorial debut, Jared Stern, writer of the Lego Batman movie, warms audiences’ hearts with the DC League of Super-Pets. The 3D computer animated comedy follows familiar superhero tropes but will entertain moviegoers who attend for more than just to see the heroes save the day. With a truly star-studded cast, Super Pets...

★★★★ If an audience missed The Premise, created and directed by B.J. Novak in 2021, they might be surprised at the genius of Vengeance. He proves his triple threat skills as a writer, director, and actor with this, his debut feature. In his carefully crafted hands, this detective story cajoles audiences into laughter while simultaneously...

★★½ Writer/director Jordan Peele (Get Out) presents Nope, yet another mind-bending film. But even with a great cast and phenomenal camera work, the movie is a rare miss for the celebrated creator. OJ Haywood (Daniel Kaluuya) and his father Otis, Sr. (Keith David) run a Hollywood-respected trained horse farm, with occasional help from OJ’s sister...

★★★★ Based on the international bestseller by Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing is directed by Olivia Newman from a script by Lucy Alibar (Beast of the Southern Wild). The tale is engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking, driven by a cast that fills the screen perfectly and settings that convey both hope and despair. Kya Clark...

★★ Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) directs, co-writes (with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson), and has a starring role in Thor: Love and Thunder. But the script is thin, too familiar, and excessively campy, which causes the film to suffer before getting to anything of substance. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has been traveling with the Guardians of the Galaxy,...

★★★★ Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Juliet) is back, this time writing and directing the dramatized biopic Elvis. Luhrmann’s script with Sam Bromell (The Get Down) and Craig Pearce (The Great Gatsby) tells the story of the larger-than-life rock and roll icon in a magnificent way that only this flamboyant director could achieve. Young Elvis Presley...

★★★★ In 1995, Disney/Pixar introduced audiences to a delightful movie that begged the question: Do toys have feelings? Decades later, the same studio has decided to revisit one of its most beloved toys, Buzz Lightyear. The boy, Andy, in the original Toy Story longed for a Buzz Lightyear action figure for his birthday. He received...