Rating: 2 and 1/2 Stars — About 40 minutes into Tar, I thought to myself that I would’ve received the same comprehension of the film if all the dialogue had been done in German. …

Rating: 2 and 1/2 Stars — Once upon a time, the year was 2011 and four Shrek movies had finally run their course. The last salvo was fired when Dreamworks Animation released a Shrek spinoff featuring Puss in Boots, the beloved feline originally appearing in Shrek 2. …

Rating: 3 Stars I’m not sure how director Angus MacLane got through the Disney pitch room with, “It’s a kid-friendly Ad Astra starring Buzz Lightyear,” but here we are. Beneath vibrant colors and stunning animation, there are well-fleshed-out characters and dialogue packed into Lightyear’s hour and 40-minute run time. Indubitably…

Rating: 4 Stars — This may be a strange statement but as I was watching Full Metal Jacket, I did not feel like I was watching a war movie. There were all the elements of a war movie in Kubrick’s 1987 classic, but I genuinely felt I was being presented with an unfiltered view…

Rating 2 and 1/2 Stars — As the credits came to a close and Thor: Love and Thunder finished with a final post-credits scene, there was a perturbed atmosphere of indifference among my fellow movie-goers. The fourth installment of the Thor series wasn’t lacking in dazzling special effects or beautifully conceptualized environments. In other words, director…