Walking out of the theater from Robert Schwentke’s “Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins,” I couldn’t help feeling a sense of coyness. For everything action-oriented about the story, there was a reserved feeling. The film is full of incredible spectacle and strongly defined characters whose arcs are carried to their logical conclusion, especially for an origin...

I've always been amazed that 1996's "Space Jam" became such a fixture in pop culture.  Besides a great soundtrack, it's a rather awful movie.  MJ can ball, but he can't act and the plot is little more than a celebration of Jordan's talent.  I've continued to wonder who the target audience of these movies...

Scarlett Johansson has been a part of the MCU for over 11 years after first appearing in "Iron Man 2."  That's a long time for a character as prominent as "Black Widow" to go without a standalone movie or TV series of their own.  The reasons (excuses) were the usual misogynistic fare.  "No one...

Andy Warhol famously said, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” This applies equally to the rambunctious “Zola” from A24, now in theaters. Based on a viral Tweet and judiciously covered by the Rolling Stone article, “Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted” by David Kushner...

Premiering at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and handily winning both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” a magnificent look at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival demonstrates what work, determination and most importantly, a celebration of music looks...