Brightburn (2019)
Brightburn uses a cunningly simple premise – what if Superman, but evil? – to chillingly simple effect.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Fun! Funny! …Just not as fun or funny as The Lego Movie.
Power Rangers (2017)
Power Rangers, essentially It Gets Better: The Movie, understands the difference between seriousness and sincerity.
Love & Mercy (2015)
Whether or not you’re familiar with the life story of Brian Wilson, Beach Boys leader and troubled genius, Love & Mercy’s story will be a familiar one. How that story is told distinguishes is what the film from a raft of interchangeable musician biopics. Its potentially conventional rise-fall structure is softened by splitting the narrative…
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
There are two Pitch Perfects in Pitch Perfect 2. The first Pitch Perfect is pretty much the Pitch Perfect you’d expect – the first one all over again. This Pitch Perfect takes the Ghostbusters approach to sequels, by repeating all the same beats and bits note for note. All female a capella group the Barden…
The Lego Movie (2014)
In an era where blockbuster movies direct their immense budgets towards overcoming the restrictions of cinema, The Lego Movie succeeds by embracing its limitations. Those limitations are found in its animation; computer-generated, sure, but constructed from Lego blocks in their millions. Directors/screenwriters Phil Lord and Christopher Miller get a lot of mileage out of their…
