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3.5/4
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Indyfreak - wrote on 06/14/25
Number 8 in this spy series may be a half hour too long. But the action and spectacle is outstanding. The plane sequence is worth the ticket price alone. Tom Cruise may be in his sixties now, but he can still handle the stunts, fights, and chases.
Rating of
3/4
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/13/25
Danse Macabre
While it may be easy to dismiss Ballerina as John Wick... but a girl - it turns out that having the man behind John Wick (that would be Chad Stahelski) come in to fix some issues - early test screenings for the film were apparently quite disastrous - turns this from a spinoff into an action film that can hold it's own against the Wick Juggernaut.
While Ana de Armas may seem like a strange choice to play the badass lead, she takes some early advice from her Ruska Roma superior and learns to …
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3/4
The Phoenician Scheme
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/11/25
"The Phoenician Scheme" is middle of the road Wes Anderson. The script and style are all over the place. Some scenes gave me a laugh while others just fizzled out with a whimper and left me pondering what the punchline was supposed to be. Positives include the engaging bonding transformation between Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton (although a little recycled from the Bill Murray and Owen Wilson dynamic in "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou") and a delightfully scene-stealing supporting …
Rating of
3.5/4
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Norrin - wrote on 06/08/25
“Ballerina” is an extremely entertaining spin-off movie set in the John Wick universe between John Wick 3 and John Wick 4. Ana de Armas literally kicks ass as the lead ballerina assassin. The story is creative and fun, and the action sequences are as well done and over the top as any John Wick action scenes. And it also features cameos from other John Wick characters, including the man himself who gets to do more then just talk. The violence level is extreme, maybe even more violent …
Rating of
3.5/4
Bring Her Back
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/04/25
Trauma and grief are hardly strangers to modern art-house and elevated horror films, but like "Talk to Me," the near nonstop dread, moments of humor, and great lead performances earn this disturbingly warped vision its stripes. 17-year-old newcomer Billy Barratt really holds his own even when up against esteemed veteran Sally Hawkins who is basically playing both the Toni Collette and Ann Dowd characters from "Hereditary" at the exact same time here.
Rating of
3.5/4
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/31/25
Saving the Best for... Last?
It's kind of amazing that it has been nearly 30 years since the original Mission: Impossible debuted on the big screen. But here we are and if (because it never say never) this is the final film in the series, Christopher McQuarrie gives us an action film for the ages - and a great send-off for fans of this franchise.
The Final Reckoning picks up a few months after the events of Dead Reckoning with the program known as The Entity running wild with its own version of reality - complete with …
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3/4
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 05/28/25
A fast, fun, and fine finale to the series, exposition dumping and force feeding of Member Berries and all.
