It's tough to imagine a motion picture with more pressure on it to perform than 'Wicked'. A big screen adaptation of the Broadway darling, 'Wicked'...which itself is associated with the beloved land of Oz, a story that generations have been in love with for close to 100 years....well, to be blunt, expectations for thi...

I'll admit right out front, I didn't think this would work. 'Gladiator II'? The term "jumped the shark" did come to mind. But then, that crazy genius Ridley Scott goes and ADDS sharks to the coliseum. And murderous foaming-at-the-mouth baboons. And most importantly, a psychotic he-hasn't-been-this-deler...

As a film reviewer, I recognize something good when I see it, and Jason Reitman's picture 'Saturday Night', capturing the madcap race to get the very first episode of 'Saturday Night Live' to air back in 1975, is good. It's very good. However, as a fervent 'Saturday Night Live' fan, I have to admit, there was a wee bi...

Creatively, 'Joker: Folie a Deux' swings for the fences. Unfortunately, it seems to be playing with a Nerf bat. Translation - you can have the most ambitious, most eclectic ideas on the planet, but if they're BAD ideas and don't have any weight behind them, your result ain't gonna go far. It won't connect, and it wo...

August already? Wow. Where does the season go? Hopefully you've had a chance to take in a few movies this summer. The Aisle Seat did, and thought we should pass along thoughts on what's hot and what's not over the last month.. Deadpool & Wolverine As much a clever comedy about corporate marketing as it is a supe...

Not near as outstanding as it is just plain solid, 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' suffers the not entirely uncommon bad beat of sequels in the past - what came before it was SO damn good, to try and top it is a near impossible task. Here's what I do know after seeing 'Furiosa'...the Wasteland is always the perfect place to ...

If movies were graded on imagination alone, if heart was all that mattered, if good intentions won Oscars....well, suffice to say, 'IF' would be an absolute masterpiece. Oh, it's still a pretty great movie......IF you focus on what MAKES it great. Writer/director John Krasinski (who's also part of the cast of this one)...

At some point, the criminally underrated re-booted 'Planet Of The Apes' franchise will get its due. Oh, I realize the series has received generous reviews, and the box office take, beginning with 2011's 'Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes', continuing with 2014's 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' and culminating with 2017's...

It's a little bold to brand 'The Fall Guy' as "based" on the 1980's TV series that shares the same title. Perhaps "inspired by" would be a better fit for a label, 'cause save for the primary character's name, his profession, and the truck he drives....this movie is its own unique animal. But thankf...

There are countless words you could find to describe the film 'Civil War'.... Disconcerting? Without question. Eye opening? Yes, that's two words, I know. Topical? Absolutely. Here's the one word that truly gives me the chills though, one in which you hope fiction never drifts into reality... Premonition. Currentl...

Wait, Mothra is in this? Okay, now I'm excited. ...and at this point, if you have no idea WHY I'd be pumped to see 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' because of the appearance of something called Mothra - not only do you not understand the basics of monster movies, you probably should stay far, far away from this one. ...

This summer will make it four full decades since we were first introduced to 'Ghostbusters', and theatres had never seen (and truthfully, hasn't seen since) such a perfect mingling of comedy and supernatural sci-fi. So many solid moments from that film continue to stick with me forty years after first watching it. The...

The biggest mistake you could make going into 'Argylle' is taking it too seriously; this spy comedy is so silly, so ready to have fun, that if you believe that you're in for serious spy fare, well......disappointment, welcome. That said, if you're open to a good dose of fluff, this is a winsome sit. 'Argylle' features ...

What if?... Two very powerful words, perhaps the MOST powerful when it comes to creating great fiction. There are endless possibilities in imagining the never-was and never-will-be, and it's what makes 'Freud's Last Session' such an intriguing idea. Originating as a book, then a play and now a film, 'Freud's Last Sess...

They won't be studying 'The Beekeeper' in film schools years from now. There will be few, if any, cinephiles huddled together in discussion groups at coffee houses after viewing 'The Beekeeper' to analyze the movie's intricacies. And, aside from maybe an MTV movie award for some kind of film violence honour, don't ex...