Consider the Hulkbuster. This latest version of Iron Man-Brand Power Armor is huge and heavy and metal, but not without some surprising degree of agility....
Author: Trevor F Bartlett
Ex Machina
Ex Machina” is a total stealth bomb. It sneaks up on you, introducing a lot of familiar concepts about the potential impact of the development...
Film review: Star Trek Beyond
It's not perfect, but co-star and co-writer Simon Pegg has helped engineer a story that moves the franchise in the right direction in Star Trek Beyond.
Hail, Caesar!
Scarlett Johansson as a steamy ingénue with the mouth of a longshoreman. Ralph Fiennes as a well-clipped film director who knows exactly what he wants....
Jupiter Ascending
2015, Rated PG, 127 minutes Jupiter Ascending” poses one unique challenge: nearly any description of this flick invariably makes it sound way better than it...
Jurassic World
Few things are more excruciating than watching a half-wit attempt to act smart. It’d be bad enough if it was just Chris Pratt we were...
Mad Max: Fury Road
There are many valid reasons “Mad Max: Fury Road” may not be the movie for you. In-world continuity is very important to you. You’ll need...
Maps to the Stars
It may not be exactly breaking news that Hollywood is caught in its own circle, damned to perennial repetition and doomed forever to walk in...
Nightcrawler
2014, rated R, 117 minutes When you hear that Hollywood has produced a budding new director, with a debut feature that just knocks it out...
Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Is Batman v Superman that bad? Spoiler: yes. But Trevor F Bartlett finds a silver lining.
Review: Captain America: Civil War
In Captain America: Civil War, the extended family of superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to grow, evolve, and punch the hell out of each other.
Review: Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad may not be as grim and full of despair as Man of Steel or Batman v Superman, but when it comes to superhero movies, the execs at Warner Brothers still don't seem to know their audience — or think very highly of it.
Review: The Hateful Eight
It could be said that Quentin Tarantino is a pervert. And not just in the “Wow, he sure likes long lingering shots of his actresses’...
Review: X-Men: Apocalypse
In the latest installment of the X-Men film franchise, Marvel Cinematic history is altered, Oscar Isaac delivers a bizarrely bad performance, and Professor X preemptively admonishes us to forget everything we see.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
It should never be forgotten that “Star Wars” was conceived by a motor head. George Lucas was raised a long time ago on a diet...
The Babadook
2014, Not Rated, 94 minutes The Babadook” is a very silly name for a very serious movie. This debut feature from Australian director Jennifer Kent...
The Martian
You might not think that spaceflight and movie-making have much in common. But, turns out, the success of either relies heavily on planning, preparation, ingenuity,...
What We Do in the Shadows
You know what’s awesome? Surprises. You know what’s surprising? “What We Do in the Shadows.” If there’s one thing that’s more played-out than vampires, it’s...




















