Category: Adventure
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Predator: Badlands Review: For the little ones
PREDATOR: BADLANDS (2025) Writer/director Dan Trachtenberg is on fire. First there was his thrilling character-focused Predator film Prey (2022), followed by this summer’s animated entry (and equally awesome) Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) and now third Predator: Badlands, with which Trachtenberg flips the script. Instead of a human protagonist, we journey with Dek, the runt…
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Top Five Worst Films of 2025
These lists are bullshit. Movies, film, art, blockbusters…they are designed to entertain us in exchange for money. It’s a system and that’s okay, as it’s what we got and it works for now. The good ones make us feel; feel excited, annoyed, joy, and away from our lives for a short while as we experience…
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review: Baby I love you
THE FANTASTIC FOUR:FIRST STEPS (2025) If you grew up on or rely on the cinematic Marvelverse for your superhero knowhow you may: 1. believe that back in the day the Guardians of the Galaxy was a comic series all of the youth were reading and 2. be unaware that the Fantastic Four is arguably the…
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Jurassic World Rebirth Review: Second born
JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH (2025) No. It is not as good as the original. But it is the second best in the franchise. And…to quote Jennifer Aniston from Picture Perfect (1997), “…that ain’t bad”. It’s great actually, once you get past it not being the first and best. Director Gareth Edwards has fashioned a fun adventure…
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The Old Guard 2 Review: Too many f**k-ing questions
THE OLD GUARD 2 (2025) I have some questions for the makers of The Old Guard 2. Number one: How the f**k did Discord find Quynh? Seriously, that could have been interesting. Perhaps she had been looking all this time, hadn’t given up like some people (Andy I’m looking at you) and finally the right…
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Predator: Killer of Killers Review: We will survive
PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS (2025) A few years ago, Dan Trachtenberg gave us Predator (1987-) franchise fans a refreshing entry with Prey (2022). Like Assassins Creed (the game), the franchise delved into another era and explored how human warriors of old might fare against the Yautja. The call came cirqua 1719, to the Comanche warrior…
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The Electric State Review: Relax, it’s not Waterworld
THE ELECTRIC STATE (2025) So the reviews are in for the Russo Brothers’ new big budget Netflix blockbuster and thus far, they are not great. It’s a 320 million dollar cautionary tale about the potential pitfalls and dangers of technology, staring two safe bets, as in the perpetually wise-cracking Chris Pratt and a generationally beloved…
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Moana 2 Review: No-ana
MOANA 2 (2024) It’s difficult to find a movie that the whole family can enjoy together, especially when there are younger kids in the mix. The older demographic is usually left suffering through corny or unnecessarily snarky drivel. Yet, films like The Wild Robot (2024) and Flow (2024) prove that it can be done, and…
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Elevation Review: Aim Higher
ELEVATION (2024) Once again we have a sci-fi monster movie (among my favourite genres) in which there are “rules”. Think A Quiet Place (2018) and Bird Box (2018), but instead of having to stay silent and avoiding direct eye contact, Elevation’s murderous creatures can’t get you if you are above a very specific elevation. An…
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Gladiator 2 Review: Little boy lost
GLADIATOR 2 (2024) Why? Well here we are, answering the question: Why was this film made? And why is it titled Gladiator 2? Alas, it is the official sequel to one of the most universally loved films of all time. A film that exuded so much confidence it boastfully roared at its audience: “Are you…