Movie Reviews and Other Writings

He's All That is a remake of the 1998 film She's All That. All of the same plot points are there, but instead of a tortured, poor artist, the person in "need" of the makeover is a guy who likes horses and photography and not a jock, but a streaming star who gives makeup tutorials is the maker. The film stars Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan, Madison Pettis, Peyton Meyer, Isabella Crovetti, Annie Jacob, Myra Molloy, Kourtney Kardashian, Matthew Lillard, and Rachel Leigh Cook. The

CODA (child of deaf adults) is about Ruby, the only hearing person in a family of deaf people. Ruby has been her family's interpreter since the time she could speak, but as high school graduation looms, she is realizing she needs to make a choice, stay on with the family or go to college and study music. The film stars Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, John Fiore, Lonnie Farmer, Kevin Chapman, Amy Forsyth, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Eugenio Derbez, and Marlee Matlin. The fil

Free Guy is about Guy, a bank teller in Free City, who doesn't realize he's in a video game and that he's not a main character. Guy becomes self aware when he takes glasses from a player and puts them on realizing his world has a lot more to offer. He chases the girl of his dreams, a player into the places he didn't know existed. On the other side, Millie, the player Guy has fallen for, is a game designer who had her code stolen by the company who owns Free City. Millie's on

The Suicide Squad is about a group of very low level supervillains sent into a dangerous situation in order to shave time off their prison sentences. Our "heroes'" mission is to invade Corto Maltese, the scene of a recent violent military coup, in order to stop the cadre of generals from unleashing the terror that is Project Starfish on their enemies. The film stars Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Daniela Melchior, David Dastmalchian, Peter Capaldi, Slyve