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After 2018's biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, it seems that it's time for retrospectives looking into the lives and careers of some of the late 20th-century musical icons. However where  Rhapsody was a super-sanitized and wildly fictionalized account of Mercury's career, the new Rocketman, starring Taron Egerton as the similarly unique Elton John, is a fantasy-laced full-bore musical that carries far more truth and energy than it's predecessor. 

So, Godzilla: King of the Monsters is one of those movies that every genre fan wishes would come along. Unfortunately, as every Dungeons & Dragons

I’ve been often asked about what my review rating scores mean. What’s a 6 vs a 7? Is a 5 a recommend thing or not? Why are critics so negative all the

It's become clear with the changing of the content landscape that Disney has long since abandoned hope of doing what'd it had done for nearly a century -

Leave it to Guardians of the Galaxy's James Gunn to produce a tight little thriller like 'Brightburn'. Written by James' brother Mark and cousin Brian,

Heading into the third film in the John Wick franchise, it's a refreshing kind of sequel - one that knows exactly what is expected out of it, and it takes

For as much as popular culture loves the classic fantasy works of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Adventures of

It's been with trepidation that fans of Pokémon have been awaiting the arrival of the first live-action adaptation of the mega-franchise to the big

Whether Avengers: Endgame wound up being the best superhero film of all time, or something as horrid as Age of Ultron, there is no debating that this

Any horror fan has seen at least one or two films where a possessed human fights against monsters to keep them under control and contained within them

Every year it seems we're faced with the premise that some studio is going to drop an adaptation of one or more of Stephen King's stories. This time it's

It was back in 2014 that Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi brought their small-budget indie film, What We Do In The Shadows, to Sundance. Their unique

With each generation of horror films, there are different levers that filmmakers pull on to make us cringe and jump. Jordan Peele's newest film, Us, leans

Another spoiler-free review of "Captain Marvel", the sardonic and imperfect 21st MCU film that is every bit the success it needs to be.

Fighting With My Family, the new origin-story chronicling the real-life rise of Saraya-Jade Bevis to become WWE superstar Paige, is something entirely

Sure, traditional superheroes have successfully  made the leap from comics to  the big screen, however when it comes to manga, the success rate has been

I have a guilty pleasure when it comes to romantic comedies, I'll admit it. I've seen 50 First Dates, My Best Friend's Wedding, and Bridget Jones's Diary

While settling into to watch Netflix's latest limited-series Russian Doll, we didn't have a lot of advance knowledge about it. We'd heard something about

There's nothing at all wrong with moderate-budget/limited-cast science fiction films that are more thought experiments than robots and explosions. So

Netflix's latest feature film release, Polar, is an enjoyable carnival ride of violence and mayhem that will directly appeal to fans of the Smokin' Aces

There are few filmmakers as frustrating as M. Night Shyamalan - he has some considerable talents in creating an interesting premise, and his technical

HISTORY latest series Project Blue Book is the latest in the science-fiction family of shows that revolves around a partner team setting out to uncover

Bird Box is one of those films that just appeared relatively out of nowhere on the top of Netflix's, "suggested for you" listing. Sure, another horror

Remember that moment of shock on watching X-Men: First Class and walking out of the theater and thinking, wow, that was actually really good? That's about

Warner Bros. has managed to pull off another perfectly serviceable entry into their DC Extended Universe of films with Aquaman. Is it great or memorable?

Let's be honest, since the first trailers started to emerge, Mortal Engines has seemed to be a film that the studio had no idea how to sell to audiences.

In most cases, that headline might seem like ridiculous hyperbole, but when it comes to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the film is simply the best

Ralph Breaks the Internet is delightful, charming, has more heart than Ready Player One, and a better internal logic than Tron: Legacy. In short, it's a

If you've seen the trailer for the latest take on the Robin Hood story, you have to have some inkling of what you're about to get into. Anyone looking for

Readers of this are going to wonder- is it true? Is Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as lackluster and joyless as the prior films? We can cut