The Out-Laws (2023) – Movie Review and Summary
“The Out-Laws” is a pleasant “watch because it is new, and you feel you’ve watched everything else” movie.
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Nimona (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
What better way to end 2023 Pride than a movie like “Nimona,” which reminds you how quickly hate spreads when powered by fear and the power behind being able to self-identify?
Sheroes (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
“Sheroes” is the generic yet less entertaining version of Spring Breakers, with more guns and less sense. If I could walk out of this movie, I would.
Perpetrator (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
“Perpetrator” is more interested in ways to use and shoot blood than truly give life to its characters and anything it sets up plot-wise.
Bottoms (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
“Bottoms” might be one of the first notable dark-humor teen sex comedies that don’t feel like a female version of something you saw before.
Fubar (2023): Season 1 – Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Fubar” is a callback to his action movies, but you’ll have a better time rewatching those action movies than watch this.
Becky 2: The Wrath of Becky (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
“The Wrath of Becky” largely delivers what is to be expected—a sarcastic, violent, teenage girl killing nationalists who underestimate her.
American Born Chinese (2023): Season 1 – Review
American Born Chinese is ambitious and nuanced in its Asian American representation, yet there are parts that feel watered down or changed by its Disney overlords.
Mother’s Day (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
While “Mother’s Day” has a big personality character and decent action scenes, it lacks the emotion, adventure, or drive necessary to keep it from becoming background noise.
The Little Mermaid (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
“The Little Mermaid” thankfully takes enough from the Broadway musical and further creative license from the Hans Christian Anderson story to make an entertaining, though serviceable, film.
Robots (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
“Robots” is a forgettable comedy that seems to yearn for when men got to be funny and women were meant to be seen and buzzkills.
Fast X (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
“Fast X” is so entertainingly bad that it might be considered good.
Knights of the Zodiac (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
Save your time by skipping “Knights of the Zodiac” and read or watch the original 1980s “Saint Seiya” series instead.
Hypnotic (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
Robert Rodriguez and Ben Affleck’s “Hypnotic” is a messy but intriguing movie with twists that change the movie’s characters, genre, and entire story.
The Mother (2023) – Movie Review and Summary (with Spoilers)
Netflix and Jennifer Lopez’ “The Mother” is an intriguing drama suffocated by a bad action movie.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) – Movie Review
Guardians of the Galaxy may be a rocky and exhaustive journey, but its heart in Rocket provides a fitting end to Marvel’s gang of misfits.
Pretty Stoned (2023) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In the pursuit of the next “Half Baked” or “How High,” MTV presents its latest attempt to make a classic in “Pretty Stoned.”
The Covenant (2023) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
An Army sergeant gathering intel on the taliban enlists the aid of an Afghan translator/interpreter who ends up saving his life through impossible odds.
The Mandalorian (2023) – Season 3 Review
Mando, Grogu, and Bo-Katan work to unite the varied Mandalorian factions under a growing threat from Moff Gideon.
Polite Society (2023) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
“Polite Society” has all the workings of a sleeper hit thanks to its blend of action, comedy, and injection of culture to make it stand out.
Ghosted (2023) – Movie Review with Spoilers
After two hours of little comedy, romance, and confusing action, you’ll wish you would have ghosted this movie after seeing it.
Beautiful Disaster (2023) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While”Beautiful Disaster” may appear like another strange, bad boy with potential story, it is far better than the movies you’d want to quickly compare it to.
Mafia Mamma (2023) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
“Mafia Mamma” doesn’t feel like a theatrical release but rather a movie you’d expect to be released on a streaming platform.
The Mandalorian Season 3/ Episode 6 – Chapter 22 “Guns for Hire”
Jack Black, Lizzo, and Christopher Lloyd are the welcome guest stars in this whimisical and farcical episode where Mando, Grogu, and Bo-Katan travel to the outer rim planet of Plazir-15 to recruite renegade Mandalorians to return to the original fold.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) – Review
Lively animation cannot redeem underdeveloped characters and overstuffed references in the disappointing Super Mario Bros Movie.
The Mandalorian: Season 3/Episode 5 “The Pirate” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Pirate King Gorian Shard invades the small city of Nevarro with Greef Karga and it’s citizens having no choice but to run to the outskirts hoping for a rescue.
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) – Review/Summary
In “John Wick: Chapter 4,” the sheer relentless craft in action will amaze you, exhaust you, then amaze you again.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” delivers the kind of fun and funny, action/adventure that, hopefully, they don’t milk into a franchise.
Shazam! The Fury of the Gods (2023) – Movie Review
Shazam! Fury of the Gods returns as a sequel with the super hero family battling a wicked trio of twisted sisters complete with a dragon and monsters wreaking havoc on Philadelphia.
The Mandalorian: Season 3/Episode 3 Recap – Chapter 19 “The Convert”
Tie Fighters and the New Republic Regime are a sign of new challenges lying in wait for Mando and Grogu.
The Mandalorian: Season 3/Episode 2 – Chapter 18: “The Mines of Mandalore” – Recap/ Review
Mando, Grogu, Bo Katan, and R5 face off against a number of nefarious dwellers of the deep in the salt mines beneath the Civic Center on Mandalore.
65 (2023)- Movie Review/Summary
65’s serious tone stifles a fun premise of Adam Driver fighting dinosaurs.
The Mandalorian: Season 3/Episode 1/Chapter 17: The Apostate – Recap/Review
IMando and Grogu are reunited on a quest of redemption that leads them to the waters of Mandolore where the question is what lies beneath the murky depths?
Suzume (2023) – Review/ Summary
Makoto Shinkai continues his streak of visually stunning and emotionally impactful anime with “Suzume.”
Children of the Corn (2023) – Review/ Summary
“Children of the Corn” feels like the kind of release done so a studio can hold onto the license.
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre (2023) – Review/ Summary
While Aubrey Plaza sometimes seems out of place, especially when paired with Jason Statham, Hugh Grant immensely compensates.
Creed III (2023) – Review/ Summary
It has long been said that men fight through what they feel, especially towards each other, and in “Creed III,” we see that in real-time as two brothers fight through shared pain and trauma.
Cocaine Bear (2023) – Review/ Summary
“Cocaine Bear” meets the expectations of madness you’d expect it to have.
Under His Influence (2023) – Review/ Summary
In this “Did he or didn’t he” film, a social media influencer falls for a young man who may have killed his teacher, but the evidence is slim against him.
