There must have been something in the water in the mid-to-late ‘90s, as we had fortyish women like Davis, Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver all carrying action films.

The latest Marvel release is being positioned less as an actual film and more a wokeness bargaining chip for social media debate.

It’s not exactly fair to compare Kong: Skull Island to 2014’s Godzilla reboot.

I Am Not Your Negro is exhilarating, breathtaking cinema that demands to be meditated upon, re-watched and discussed.

It's as if slapping on that signature red neck tat regressed Diesel's talents to the days of Linkin Park, JNCO jeans and Mountain Dew Code Red.

Tarantino’s films are never perfect.

Age of Ultron represents the peak of a certain brand of frenzied, all-in action filmmaking, moving along with relentless, mesmerizing force.

[xrr rating=3.25/5]If you hated Kick-Ass, stay the hell away from Kingsman: The Secret Service. But if you’re the type of viewer who can forgive comedic violence and tap into your inner comic geek, then Kingsman is a fun, but inconsequential, night at the movies. Just don’t take any of that too seriously, and you’ll be just fine. Based on the …

[xrr rating=3.0/5]We’re now waist deep in Phase 2 of Marvel’s plunge into the cinematic arena. Iron Man has three solo films under his…whatever he uses for a belt and Thor has two. Only the poor, misunderstood Hulk is being left out as our nation’s favorite unfrozen super-soldier (Chris Evans) returns for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. But Cap’s got a …

[xrr rating=1.75/5]My biggest fear going into The Avengers, the supposed culmination of the barrage of Marvel Universe comic book movies that have been bombarding us the past few summers, was that it would be a Frankenstein-pastiche of characters fighting for screen time and therefore reducing each superhero’s part into a mere cameo. While that preemptive fear was allayed by generous …