Look, I walked into the theatre smiling and left in tears. Need I say more?
With Materialists, Celine Song cements herself as one of the most quietly devastating storytellers working today. Following the critical success of Past Lives, she once again delivers a film that feels both deeply personal and universally true—this time turning her gaze toward the brutal contradictions of modern dating.

Materialists isn’t just a romance. It’s a meditation on how we assign value—not just to things, but…

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve already seen the original How to Train Your Dragon—the 2010 animated film that launched a trilogy, several TV series, and built an expansive world. Now, the original films director Dean DeBlois returns to adapt his own creation into live-action. But the big question remains: does it soar... or is it just toothless? (Pun totally intended.)

Going in, Mason Thames felt like a wildcard as Hiccup, it could’ve gone either way. He…

To be completely transparent I never thought too highly of the 2019 Joker movie, the takeaway after my first viewing was that it made some bold swings yet never really clicked due to how derivative it was, a poor mans Taxi Driver if you will. After a second viewing I saw a different side to this movie, the side a lot of people gravitated towards, a movie that is celebratory in its nihilism, a movie that is a reflection of…

Karate Kid Legends feels like its caught between being two different movies. On one side, there's an interesting student becomes teacher story - making an old dog learn new tricks. On the other side of the coin is a studio-mandated nostalgia trip clinging to tournament tropes and legacy cameos. The result is a film that moves fast and looks slick, but never quite lands the emotional punch it’s after.

The characters are thinly drawn, more cliché than archetypal. Dialogue swings…