Kaitlyn Booth


Dune: Part Two Review: Has A Few Small Issues But Is Overall Excellent

Dune: Part Two Review: Has A Few Small Issues But Is Overall Excellent

Dune: Part Two has a few issues, most of which can be linked back to the decision to make this a true Part One and Part Two experience, but they aren't pervasive enough to ruin an overall excellent film. Director: Denis Villeneuve Summary: Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against […]

Madame Web Review: Some Good Ideas Are Kneecapped By Poor Execution

Madame Web Review: Some Good Ideas Are Kneecapped By Poor Execution

Madame Web has some good ideas, but poor execution mimicking the worst aspects of early 2000s comic book movies drags down the entire production into something as thin and flimsy as a spider web. Director: S.J. Clarkson Summary: Cassandra Webb develops the power to see the future. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she […]

Lisa Frankenstein Review: Would Have Worked Better As A Short Film

Lisa Frankenstein Review: Would Have Worked Better As A Short Film

Lisa Frankenstein has a solid enough premise but seems to run out of ways to execute it well, and ultimately, it feels like the material is better suited to a short film than a feature-length production. Director: Zelda Williams Summary: A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her crush, who happens to […]

Poor Things Review: Discovering Humanity Through Carnal Desires

Poor Things Review: Discovering Humanity Through Carnal Desires

Poor Things is a twisted, beautiful tale of a woman trying to find herself and discover her own humanity through carnal desires. Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Summary: The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter. What is it […]

Migration Review: Illumination Ends The Year On A High Note [For Them]

Migration Review: Illumination Ends The Year On A High Note [For Them]

Migration doesn't hold a candle to most of Pixar's library or even the top half of Dreamworks, but in terms of Illumination films, it is by far one of their stronger entries that leans into its premise and has fun with it. Director: Benjamin Renner and Guylo Homsy (co-director) Summary: A family of ducks try […]

Rebel Moon Review: Zack Snyders Fractured and Clichéd New Universe

Rebel Moon Review: Zack Snyder's Fractured and Clichéd New Universe

When director Zack Snyder was presented with a blank check from one of the biggest streamers in the business and creative freedom, he released Rebel Moon, a film without an original moment in its body to the point that it would be funny if it didn't take itself so incredibly seriously. Director: Zack Snyder Summary: When […]

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Review: A Watered-Down End to the DCEU

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Review: A Watered-Down End to the DCEU

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a mess of a film in every way that counts: in the story, in special effects, and in the end, none of it matters or amounts to anything because we all know this is a chapter ending with nothing to actually say about said ending. Director: James Wan Summary: […]

Wonka Review: Candy Coated Whimsey Sweetens A Few Bland Ingredients

Wonka Review: Candy Coated Whimsey Sweetens A Few Bland Ingredients

Wonka isn't a perfect film, but the combination of the whimsey and how earnest everything about it is helps recapture the original movie's magic while presenting a new and unique experience. Director: Paul King Summary: Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, "Wonka" tells the wondrous story of […]

Dream Scenario Review: An Interesting Concept Better Suited To A Short

Dream Scenario Review: An Interesting Concept Better Suited To A Short

Dream Scenario has an extremely interesting concept they don't do quite enough with and how to extend it to a full movie, making it better suited to a short than a feature film. Director: Kristoffer Borgli Summary: A hapless family man finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him […]

Napoleon Review: Stunning Battle Scenes Cant Compensate For The Rest

Napoleon Review: Stunning Battle Scenes Can't Compensate For The Rest

Napoleon might prove that no one can direct cinematic battle scenes better than Ridley Scott, but the rest of the film falls short, and those bombastic battle scenes cannot compensate for it. Director: Ridley Scott Summary: An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to […]

Wish Review: Classic Disney Homage Held Back By Modern Disney Baggage

Wish Review: Classic Disney Homage Held Back By Modern Disney Baggage

Wish is a beautifully animated homage to classic Disney, but the film in front of us is weighed down with the baggage that all of the modern Disney movies seem to have. Director: Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn Summary: Wish will follow a young girl named Asha who wishes on a star and gets a […]

The Ballad Of Songbirds &#038 Snakes Review: Some Stumbles In Adaptation

The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes Review: Some Stumbles In Adaptation

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes stumbles in adaptation from book to film primarily in the structure, and while it also runs a little too long, it's not a bad return to this world for those familiar with this franchise or those who know next to nothing. Director: Francis Lawrence Summary: Coriolanus […]

The Marvels Review: A Delightful If A Bit Messy Return To Form

The Marvels Review: A Delightful If A Bit Messy Return To Form

The Marvels feels like a return to form for the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it is a film focused on telling the story of its three leading ladies and not future endeavors, and those three ladies are all a ton of fun to watch. Director: Nia DaCosta Summary: Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those […]

Priscilla Review: A Film About Priscilla Is Still All About Elvis

Priscilla Review: A Film About Priscilla Is Still All About Elvis

Priscilla is a film that is supposed to tell her more about the title character, but somehow, Elvis and his presence still takes over and looms large over this production. Director: Sofia Coppola Summary: When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone […]

Saw X Review: The Knives Are Still Plenty Sharp in This Franchise

Saw X Review: The Knives Are Still Plenty Sharp in This Franchise

Saw X might be the tenth film, but it proves that with the focus on the right characters and crew, the knives are still plenty sharp in this franchise. Director: Kevin Greutert Summary: John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is back. The most chilling installment of the SAW franchise yet explores the untold chapter of Jigsaw's most […]

The Creator Review: Very Good Sci-Fi That Falls Just Short Of Great

The Creator Review: Very Good Sci-Fi That Falls Just Short Of Great

The Creator is a bold and often beautiful piece of high-concept science fiction that is very good but can't quite cross the finish line into extraordinary. Director: Gareth Edwards Summary: Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form […]

Oppenheimer Review: Tapping into Something Extraordinary and Terrible

Oppenheimer Review: Tapping into Something Extraordinary and Terrible

Oppenheimer is a well-acted and directed biopic that makes some interesting decisions that cause the already insanely long runtime to feel even longer and clunkier than it already did. Director: Christopher Nolan Summary: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in developing the atomic bomb. From the moment it was announced that Christopher […]

Barbie Review: The Universal Appeal of Breaking Outside of the Box

Barbie Review: The Universal Appeal of Breaking Outside of the Box

Barbie is a miracle movie because there is no universe where this should have been approved, let alone given the budget it got, and the fact that it all works so well is why this movie will live on for years. Director: Greta Gerwig Summary: To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect […]

Gran Turismo Review: A Decent Racing Film With Bonus Video Game Quirks

Gran Turismo Review: A Decent Racing Film With Bonus Video Game Quirks

Gran Turismo would be a decent racing movie on its own, but the connection to video games, it being based on a true story, and how they integrate video game mechanics elevates the entire production. Director: Neill Blomkamp Summary: Gran Turismo is based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs – […]

Blue Beetle Review: A Solid Superhero Film Doesnt Reinvent The Genre

Blue Beetle Review: A Solid Superhero Film, Doesn't Reinvent The Genre

Blue Beetle hits all of the familiar notes of the superhero genre and is a solid origin story for a new young hero. However, it doesn't bring anything particularly new to the genre either, aside from the family dynamic. Director: Angel Manuel Soto Summary: An alien scarab chooses college graduate Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic […]