Don’t expect much depth in the way of plot or characterization, and the framing device and fourth chapter don’t make a ton of sense to me in of what they reveal about exactly how the Yautja are making use of their advanced technology. Still, Killer of Killers largely delivers on taking advantage of its anthology structure and the medium of animation to provide us with what you probably came here for: namely, a variety of gory human vs. Predator battles…

John Wick spinoff Ballerina - credited to director Len Wiseman of Underworld fame (infamy?), but rumored to have been reshot to the point where most of the final film was ghost-directed by main franchise director Chad Stahelski - unsurprisingly isn’t as tightly constructed or paced as the proper series. Nonetheless, Ballerina does more than enough to justify its existence, with de Armas making for a pretty credible action lead, and there’s a lot of truly fantastic set pieces here, some of my…

Actual song lyrics from Disney’s Wish:

“So I look up at the stars to guide me / And throw caution to every warning sign”*

“I can't help it / If mirrors love my face / It's genetics! / Yeah, I got these genes from outer space”

“When it comes to the universe, we're all shareholders / Get that through your system (solar!)”**

It’s been thirteen years since Tangled gave us Walt Disney Animation Studios’ last proper villain (as in, not one…

interesting HIV-scare premise makes for an ultimately unsatisfying gay teen coming-of-age flick set in 2011, and which feels awfully like an indie movie that would have been made in that year. strong points are an overqualified ing cast and a cute romance subplot (which ends, well, unsatisfyingly), but found Sivan's character to be an unlikable prick for a large swath of the running time and didn't care much for the ending.

without getting into plot details, it’s also weirdly sex-negative and…