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

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

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

2023 has been a good year for sequels of long-running action film series, with Fast X, Indiana Jones 5, and now, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Oddly enough,... Read More

If there were ever going to be a movie that film buffs would struggle to remain impartial about, it was going to be the final Indiana Jones installment. After all,... Read More

In a manner that’s akin to last year’s Top Gun: Maverick, Extraction 2 allays my worry that Hollywood is losing the ability to produce old school action movie thrills. Sure,... Read More

When I saw John Wick: Chapter 4, everyone in the theater cracked up for a single standout trailer, and it was the one for Sisu. I was certainly one of... Read More

As Isaac and I prepared for our Academy Award podcast episode, I decided to check out a few of the acting nominations, with Paul Mescal’s intriguing me the most since... Read More

I’m not afraid to admit that I harp on superhero movies, overemphasizing my opinion that they fail to inspire (me) in the way that blockbusters of the past managed to.... Read More

It’s rare to find a real-life story that’s well-suited to be made into a motion picture, let alone multiple, but the Tham Luang cave rescue of 2018 is no ordinary... Read More

While many others have already seen Violent Night, I chose to wait until Christmas night to watch it. There’s just something about watching a Christmas flick on the actual day... Read More

In 1986, John McTiernan and his crew traveled to Mexico and crafted a nearly flawless movie that blended action, sci-fi, and horror in a truly original way. Of course, I’m... Read More

Other than Extraction, I can’t think of another English-language action movie from Netflix that I actually enjoyed, let alone that I felt deserved a sequel. Writer/director Joe Russo, half of... Read More

Every once in a while, Hollywood remembers that people tend to like romantic adventures suffused with comedy. Romancing the Stone set the contemporary standard back in 1984, though one might... Read More