Action Juice

The remake of Road House is the movie version of the Ryan Reynolds “But why?” gif. From its first scene to its last, this movie will constantly perplex anyone who’s... Read More

A couple of weeks ago, I went and saw Michael Mann’s first movie in nearly nine years, Ferrari. Prior to that film, the last one Mann had directed was Blackhat,... Read More

Making a so-bad-it’s-good action movie isn’t rocket science. For starters, you have to find a screenplay that’s simple but intelligible, and most importantly, that leans into the bombast with humor... Read More

Words cannot adequately describe how ecstatic I was to watch Ferrari, the first film in eight years from my favorite filmmaker, Michael Mann. Yet, I knew going in that this... Read More

I’m in the midst of a disheartening streak. The last three movies I’ve reviewed have been, to varying degrees, pretty disappointing. That’s because each one was directed by a renowned... Read More

Written and directed by Academy Award-winner Brian Helgeland, Finestkind is the latest in a long line of crime dramas by the veteran filmmaker. This is the guy who penned L.A.... Read More

Fast Charlie is a peculiar movie, blending high-end elements with low-end ones in a manner I’ve scarcely seen before. On the high-end, it’s directed by Phillip Noyce, the guy who... Read More

Since I’m a few weeks late to the Napoleon review party, I didn’t think I’d write anything about it after watching it, which I finally did in IMAX this past... Read More

Having just finished my first ever watch of John Adams, I decided to stick with Paul Giamatti and give his latest film, The Holdovers, a shot. Well, that wasn’t the... Read More

I was twelve years old when I first watched David Fincher’s Panic Room back in 2002, and somehow, I haven’t re-watched it since. To this day, I remember what my... Read More

Looking at its box office, it seems I wasn’t the only one who was skeptical that a two-plus-hour Gran Turismo movie was worth their time. I’m not saying it did... Read More

Reptile is one of those films that receives mixed-to-bad reviews, and yet, I have a hard time understanding why. For one, critics’ tendency to disproportionately trash Netflix movies seems to... Read More

The last decade of action flicks has been dominated by superhero franchises and gun-fu blockbusters like John Wick. Yet, The Equalizer trilogy has somehow managed to secure a small but... Read More

Why do I keep watching Liam Neeson movies? Maybe it’s the tradition of watching nearly every one for fifteen years, or maybe it’s simply cinematic masochism. Whatever the reason, it’s... Read More

If you browse through my other reviews, then you’ll probably notice that I tend to stick to a handful of genres: action, horror, mystery, etc. That being said, if the... Read More