Archive for the ‘Reviews of movies’ Category
Harriet the Spy
{4.5/5} “There’s a difference between looking at stuff and really seeing it.” Harriet the Spy, released in 1996 Harriet is in sixth grade. She and her friends Janie and Sport always make fun of class president Marion. Harriet often goes out spying on people — she goes out looking for interesting things, and writes them […]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
{5/5} “We believe apes built this as a refuge for humans… Perhaps here humans were cared for, fed, maybe even taught.” Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, released in 2024 Noa, Anaya, and Soona are out gathering eagle eggs for bonding day. They catch a glimpse of someone not ape in the forest. They […]
Captain America: Brave New World
{4.5/5} “‘Sir, you invited me here to work together. So let’s work together.’ ‘I’m afraid that offer expired when your friend tried to kill me.’” Captain America: Brave New World, released in 2025 Thaddeus Ross is now President, and Sam Wilson is now Captain America. In Mexico Sam and the Falcon, along with a team, […]
The Gorge
{4.5/5} “I’m telling you there have been 9 Soviet/Russian heads of state and 13 US presidents since the coalitions were formed. And not one of them has known about the Gorge.” The Gorge, released in 2025 Levi is a sniper who’s recruited and taken by plane to an unknown location — he parachutes out, walks […]
Companion
{4.5/5} “Yeah, it’s fake. Never happened. I just randomly picked it from a drop-down list of meet cutes.” Companion, released in 2025 Josh and Iris are visiting friends at a secluded house. They have a fun evening, but in the morning a disaster happens. When Sergei, the owner of the house, tries to force himself […]
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
{4.5/5} “Ever since I sold out and got famous, we have gotten closer.” Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, released in 2024 Lydia Deetz hosts a ghost-hunter show, and one day she sees Beetlejuice in her audience for a second. Her stepmother Delia informs her that her dad was eaten by a shark after surviving a plane crash. Lydia’s […]
Beetlejuice
{4.5/5} “I’ve seen The Exorcist about 167 times and it keeps getting funnier every time I see it!” Beetlejuice, released in 1988 Adam and Lydia are looking forward to a vacation at home when they die in a car accident. When they realize they’re dead, at first they think it’s not so bad. But then […]
The Fall Guy
{5/5} “I’m just a boy in a neon suit, standing in front of a girl, reminding her that Notting Hill is her favourite movie.” The Fall Guy, released in 2024 Colt Seavers used to be a stuntman but he had a terrible accident on set. He left that life behind and now he’s working as […]
The Great Wall
{4/5} “A man must learn to trust before he can be trusted.” The Great Wall, released in 2019 William and Tovar are in China, looking for the black powder that they have heard of but not seen. They are attacked by a creature — William cuts off its arm with his sword and it falls […]
The Wild Robot
{4.5/5} “A Rozzum always completes its task.” The Wild Robot, released in 2024 When a Rozzum robot wakes up all it wants to do is help people. But there are no people around, only animals. When it gets struck by lightning, it finds raccoons playing with a bunch of its body parts. When it finds […]