Let’s A-Go!
When The Last of Us became a critical and commercial hit, it was easy to see why: The filmmakers adapted one of gaming’s most acclaimed...
Air: Gotta Be the Shoes
I was getting worried about Ben Affleck as a filmmaker. After Argo won that Best Picture Oscar 11 years ago, he followed it up...
Dungeons & Dragons: Harper Edge
A writer-director named Courtney Solomon spent a full decade trying to make a movie out of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and when...
Four Wicks
Before the pandemic, we ran a review of the third John Wick film by a fan of the series. I am not one, and watching...
Inside: Boxed Up
There are a lot of Finding Nemo references in Inside. Not only is the main character named Nemo and played by one of the...
Odds and Ends
I didn’t do this feature last year because I didn’t have enough entries to make a whole article about it. It’s returning with a...
Additional Screaming
I keep being suckered by these Scream movies. Each time, I go in thinking that this time they’ll finally get the formula right, and...
Oscar’s Gold
My editor asked me to do something different this year and analyze all the major categories at the Academy Awards instead of just the...
Creed III: Grudge Match
About 20 years ago, I read a movie review in the Star-Telegram saying that actors tended to hit age 40 before making their debuts as...
Of an Age: Riding in Cars With Boys
Not a great deal happens in Of an Age. I’ve decided I’m okay with that. These days, all the coming-of-age movies are relegated to...
