Not knowing how much control Ryan Coogler would get to make the kind of movie that he’s capable of making had me worried about how Black Panther would turn out. The guy is a great young filmmaker with loads of ability, but Marvel has always controlled a great deal of the movies that have come out. This made me unable …

In just about every movie that gets released from anywhere in the world, there’s a point to be made about something somewhere during its time on-screen. We’re all looking for some kind of payoff or some form of development in terms of characters and/or plot. That’s usually not too much to ask and is to be expected by the masses, …

With War for the Planet of the Apes, people will be looking for something that will end the trilogy started in 2011 while also setting up everything for the previous movies that began back in 1968. While it’s able to successfully accomplish that, it does something else that is rarely ever done in all of film. By some miracle, Matt …

I never include spoilers in my reviews anyway, so the request to not have them in this piece about Star Wars: The Force Awakens isn’t really causing me to alter my approach. The only thing I have to change is the I highlight the summary since that’s a part of what they don’t want spoiled. Then again, even if no …