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Dark Phoenix Review: The X-Men Franchise Goes Out With a Whimper
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Dark Phoenix is yet another underwhelming entry in the X-Men franchise as the series ends on a low note. Director: Simon Kinberg Summary: Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix Now the X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more[...]
nos4a2
Welcome to Bleeding Cool's weekly review of AMC's supernatural fantasy-horror adaptation NOS4A2, starring Ashleigh Cummings (Vic McQueen) and Zachary Quinto (Charlie Manx), with The Handmaid's Tale Kari Skogland directing the first two of the 10-episode series adaptation of author/executive producer Joe Hill's best-selling novel. Did series premiere "The Shorter Way" meet its responsibilities as a "pilot/first episode"? Absolutely[...]
'Rocketman' Soars With Warts and All Elton John Story [Review]
After 2018's biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, it seems that it's time for retrospectives looking into the lives and careers of some of the late 20th-century musical icons. However where  Rhapsody was a super-sanitized and wildly fictionalized account of Mercury's career, the new Rocketman, starring Taron Egerton as the similarly unique Elton John, is a fantasy-laced full-bore musical that carries far more truth and energy than it's predecessor. 
Mike Dougherty's Quote About 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' Is EVERYTHING We Wanted to Hear
Along the way, the human characters and their own stories fall into the background, no matter how relevant they would like to be. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Look, there's no way that watching various massive monsters battling it out with great special effects and CGI work isn't going to be a blast on a very visceral level.  But in[...]
14 New Photos from 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters'
O'Shea Jackson Jr and Millie Bobby Brown talking up the film… catch that at the bottom. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] So what's good? Let's come back to that. What's bad, well, where to start Charles Dance is a former MI6 agent turned rogue and trying to recruit kaiju to,. what? Wipe out half of humanity Thanos-style? It's never really laid[...]
Everyone's a Critic: How do Ratings and Reviews Work?
I've been often asked about what my review rating scores mean What's a 6 vs a 7? Is a 5 a recommend thing or not? Why are critics so negative all the time? I wanted to take some time this holiday weekend to come up with some of my own answers to the questions. One of[...]
'Aladdin' Gets its Wish of Being Enjoyable, Even if it Can't Escape its Origins [Review]
Aladdin, winds up falling closer to the latter side of that scale. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Every one of Disney's animated classics come with a great deal of legacy behind them It's been a full generation since the original Aladdin came to the big screen in 1992, which along with Beauty and the Beast  helped renew the primacy of[...]
James Gunn's 'Brightburn' Asks: What if Clark Kent Grew Up Evil? [Review]
It's wicked, graphically violent, and perfectly solid way to spend 96 minutes. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Set primarily on a small farm outside of the fictitious small community of Brightburn, KS, the film opens with Kyle and Tori Breyer (played by David Denman and Elizabeth Banks) trying their best to conceive a child of their own They've been trying[...]
'Nailed It!' Season 3
My only request? Please bring back Sylvia Weinstock as a guest judge! For a look back at Bleeding Cool's thoughts on the first two seasons of Netflix's Nailed It! as well as the holiday special, check out our reviews/recaps here, here, and here. Netflix Margo Staten is a Ukrainian born, raised in Brooklyn, organically driven, coffee loving, twice-divorced mother of one baby Einstein[...]
Aladdin Projected to Open at $70-$90M Plus 3 TV Spot and a New Poster
The film is the film is the film. Disney's Aladdin opens today in the UK and on Thursday May 23rd in the USA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcMtWwiyzpUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Aladdin – Official Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcMtWwiyzpU) [rwp_box id="0"] [rwp_reviewer_rating_stars id="0"] ​ [...]