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BULLET TRAIN MOVIE REVIEW The co-director of John Wick and director of Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde (David Leitch) helms this new action comedy based on a Japanese novel, Maria Beetle. Now, most action comedies don’t seem like there’s enough plot going on to have been based on a novel, but Bullet Train has so […]

IRMA VEP SERIES REVIEW In 1996, writer director Olivier Assayas made Irma Vep, a film about the (fictional) feature film remake of the (real) seven hour, 1915 silent serial, Les Vampires. Over 25 years later, Assayas has turned his previous film into a ten part HBO miniseries. In the original, actress Maggie Cheung played herself, […]

MS.MARVEL SERIES REVIEW This seventh Disney Plus MCU series is based on one of Marvel’s newer comic hero success stories, the teenager Kamala Khan. A huge fan of the Avengers and more specifically, Captain Marvel, Kamala dreams of what seems to be the impossible, becoming a hero herself. But, as it turns out she’s got […]

NOPE MOVIE REVIEW Writer/Director Jordan Peele returns with his third feature film horror movie, Nope. Reuniting with the star of his debut feature Get Out, Daniel Kaluuya plays OJ Haywood. He and his sister Em (Keke Palmer) in the wake of their father’s sudden death, are left to run his ranch where they raise horses […]

PERSUASION MOVIE REVIEW For an author who only ever wrote six novels, Jane Austen’s work has seen a LOT of adaptations. Some have been award winning films, like the 2005 Pride & Prejudice or 1995 Oscar winning Sense & Sensibility, while others have been modern reimaginings, like Clueless or Bridget Jones’ Diary. Time and again, […]

THE SUMMONED MOVIE REVIEW Hello there OOU members, and welcome to couples therapy. It doesn’t matter if you have any conflicts or issues you need to work through, really you’re here for “self discovery.” What you’ll discover is that this movie is basically similarly conceptual of every horror movie from the past 5 years, rolled […]

GONE IN THE NIGHT Gone in the Night is the tale of Kath (Winona Ryder) and her younger, less mature boyfriend Max (John Gallagher, Jr.). To salvage their strained relationship, the couple decides to spend a weekend in a remote cabin in the woods. If movies have taught us anything, it’s that nothing good ever […]

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING MOVIE REVIEW Based on Delia Owens’ bestselling novel of the same name, Where The Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned child living alone in the marshes of North Carolina during the 1960s. Despite being poor, uneducated, and ostracized by the community, Kya (Daisy Edgar Jones) grows up to […]

BEAUTY MOVIE REVIEW One of the most important and exciting directors in the indie film world, Andrew Dosunmu, teams up with screenwriter Lena Waithe for Beauty, the story of a promising young songstress on the brink of fame and success that’s totally not based on any famous singer whatsoever. I mean sure, throughout the course […]

THE FIRST LADY SERIES REVIEW As the old saying goes: behind every successful man is a great woman telling him to move the hell over…I may be paraphrasing slightly. Showtime’s newest limited series weaves together the stories of three iconic women: Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Viola Davis), all […]

MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU MOVIE REVIEW How are there five films in the Despicable Me universe? Oh wow, I just said, “The Despicable Me Universe”. I mean…really. Well now we know why. Because our own Spider-Mike is an honest-to-god big fan of these films. And for this latest entry, the second prequel after 2015’s […]

ELVIS MOVIE REVIEW Director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) takes on the story of one of the most legendary singers in history, Elvis Presley. And if you are familiar with Luhrmann’s filmography and know at least something about Elvis (I mean, is it possible not to?) you probably have some idea going into this what to […]

SPIDERHEAD MOVIE REVIEW With the combined efforts of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the screenwriters of the Deadpool films, and Joseph Kosinski, the director of Top Gun Maverick, you could make assumptions about the sort of movie you’re going to get. Action, satire, dark comedy all smashed together into some fantastic new flick. And with […]

THE BLACK PHONE MOVIE REVIEW In a dark, grimy, soundproof basement…no one can you scream. That’s at least the case for our young hero in the new film, The Black Phone. Scott Derrickson is back with a new horror film co-written by C. Robert Cargill and adapted from Joe Hill’s short story of the same name. […]

FLUX GOURMET MOVIE REVIEW Peter Strickland’s (In Fabric) latest film, Flux Gourmet, is a feast of sight and sound commenting on the pretentious art world. Fatma Mohamed, Ariane Labed, and Asa Butterfield star as a trio of musically talented culinary artists that have been accepted in the prestigious Sonic Culinary Institute. Gwendoline Christie runs said […]

THE OFFER SERIES REVIEW From the same studio that brought you that obscure little art film The Godfather comes a (highly fictionalized) dramatization of the making of The Godfather. This ten episode miniseries from showrunner Michael Tolkin (The Player) comes to Paramount Plus just in time for the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 […]

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE MOVIE REVIEW Let’s talk about sex, baby. Let’s talk about a woman named Nancy. Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be. Let’s talk about sex. But hold on. This isn’t some lewd review about some porn. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. […]

LIGHTYEAR MOVIE REVIEW Pixar’s latest is the story of Buzz Lightyear. Not the Toy Story Buzz, but the character that the toy was merch of. You see, an opening scrawl informs us that the young Andy’s favorite movie was…this movie. I guess in the context of the Toy Story universe, the original voice actor for […]

MOON KNIGHT SERIES REVIEW In the latest Disney Plus/Marvel Cinematic Universe show, the action moves to first London and then Egypt. New York’s just got too damn many superheroes in it. Oscar Isaac plays Steven Grant, a man with sleep issues, lots of knowledge of Egyptian lore, but not much self-confidence. He works in the […]

MOONSHOT MOVIE REVIEW It would appear that someone pitched a rom-com involving a college road trip where a dopey, yet lovable and of course attractive young guy sneaks onto a prestigious academic excursion that he is not qualified to be on in order to chase the love of his life, who he only just met, […]

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 MOVIE REVIEW The Blue Blur is back! After the events of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic(Ben Schwartz) is living comfortably with his new family the Wachowskis (James Marsden and Tika Sumpter) in Green Hills ready for more. After being invited to a tropical escape from the city for a wedding, Sonic is […]