A Quiet Place: Day One
A serviceable prequel to the first two Quiet Place films, depicting the day when the alien monsters invaded Earth. Our new lead is a dying poet who finds herself on…
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
A year after the death of King T’Challa, his sister (Letitia Wright) and Wakanda face threats from the outside world, including a water-breathing people. The sequel to Black Panther (2018)…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
As Rey (Daisy Ridley) is in Jedi training, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) faces threats from both the Resistance and an emperor who is supposed to be dead… The final chapter…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The evil First Order is now in control of the galaxy, but Rey (Daisy Ridley) is trying to convince Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to come out of retirement and help…
The Force Awakens: Saving Another Franchise
Adam Driver, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley. Photo: Lucasfilm There are some people out there who call themselves fans of Star Wars but still pretend like the trilogy of prequels…
12 Years a Slave: Land of the Unfree
Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures The historian Sue Eakin was born in Louisiana five decades after the end of the Civil War and she specialized in…
Black Panther: Royal Rumble
Chadwick Boseman. Photo: Marvel At the premiere of this entry in the Marvel franchise, the praise was universal and looked a little bit like how Get Out (2017) was received.…