Review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ is a Nice Surprise for a Video Game Movie

Video game movies are a mixed bag. Some of them, like Detective Pikachu and Final Fantasy: The Advent Children, are good, while others like Super Mario Bros., Assassin’s Creed, and the Resident Evil series are less than stellar. When I first saw the trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog, a film based on a video game franchise I grew up playing, I was disappointed, and a little bit disturbed by the underwhelming plot and by Sonic’s design. I thought it was going to be an ironic masterpiece. Once they changed his design, however, everything changed. I knew right from the remade trailer that I was going to love this film; and nobody on the Internet would convince me otherwise.

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Review: Don’t Believe the Critics, ‘Dolittle’ is… Pretty Decent

Classic novels have a reputation for constant adaptations. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, written by Hugh Lofting in 1923, is one of the ones with some of the most iconic adaptations – both the 1967 film starring Rex Harrison and the 1998 ironic masterpiece starring Eddie Murphy are both great for two very different reasons.

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Review: ‘Like a Boss’ is Bad, Even by Dump Month Standards

Going into Like a Boss after being bombarded with trailers on network television, I didn’t expect much. I thought that this was going to be bad movie the way that I thought Jexi was, as in “a dumb premise that’s so bad it’s funny”, but unfortunately that was far from the case, because this movie is just…bad.

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Review: ‘The Aeronauts’ is a Fun Adventure, But its Head’s in the Clouds

It’s one thing to have a bad biopic, but it’s a completely different thing to have a fake biopic. The Aeronauts, directed by Tom Harper of Peaky Blinders fame, is the latter, even if it’s a good film. The Aeronauts, advertised as a biopic, is based on the record-breaking flight of British climate scientist James Glashier (Eddie Redmayne), famous for reaching an altitude of 12,000 feet in a hot-air balloon. He is aided by a pilot friend of his, the flamboyant pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones).

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Review: ‘Playing With Fire’ is Not Fun For the Whole Family

One of the problems with family movies these days is that there’s too many that have nothing to offer. Andy Fickman’s Playing With Fire is exactly that – it’s ludicrously lazy with nothing to offer aside from cute kids and wasted talent. It’s a “family” movie in the same way that things like Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Daddy’s Home are – it’s a combination of common tropes found in family movies with absolutely zero of the authenticity and reliability of families that made a few hits in the genre stand out. For a good amount of its runtime, the film throws in a bunch of adult jokes that go over all the kids’ heads but make all the adults cringe – and that just adds to the film’s uninspired nature. Movies are able to overcome familiar frameworks, that of the “family” movie with adult jokes, if they offer up anything interesting like good acting or satisfying messages. Unfortunately, Playing With Fire doesn’t.

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Review: ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ is a Fresh Take on a Classic Franchise

With six films, a TV series, and countless video games, books, and comics under its belt, the Terminator franchise is one of the most prolific and recognizable action franchises in media. While the series has yet to have another entry as groundbreaking and universally loved as the first two films, that didn’t stop Deadpool director Tim Miller from trying.

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Review: ‘Parasite’ is an Oscar-Worthy Hit from Bong Joon-ho

I love Bong Joon-ho. Snowpiercer, the first film of his that I watched, and Mother are both awesome films in my opinion, and although I didn’t like Okja that much due to its wasted potential, I was still intrigued to see what he would do next once I saw it. Parasite was not what I expecting from him. It is a comedy film, but a very realistic one, focusing on complex social issues. This was kind of the opposite of what everyone expected him to do next. On top of that, it wasn’t just good, it was fantastic.

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Review: ‘Jexi’ is a Shallow Look at Big Tech’s Big Problems

Someone being in love with their phone sounds normal, and can be laughed off easily. But your phone being in love with you sounds absurd. Jexi, directed by John Lucas and Scott Moore of Bad Moms fame, uses that kind of mentality to create an eclectic look at phone addiction. Unfortunately, the film is consistently reluctant to be realistic despite being set in the real world.

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