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

Despite being a spin-off rather than a sequel – as I would’ve preferred – to Guy Ritchie’s popular 2019 film The Gentlemen, Netflix’s series of the same name still intrigued... Read More

While True Detective: Night Country was getting all of the headlines and social media mentions, AMC+ had a murder-mystery show of its own running concurrently and under the radar. Created... 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 pressed play on the first episode of Slow Horses’ third season before the person whom I was with could see what we were watching. What followed were ten minutes... 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

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

A year ago, I complained that the first season of Bosch: Legacy failed to take any risks, resulting in a program that felt more like an eighth season of Bosch... 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

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

Frankly, I never thought we’d see another season of Warrior. When HBO mothballed Cinemax’s original programming, I assumed that would doom this show for sure. Of course, there was also... Read More