Movie Reviews
Film and television reviewed the way I’d want to read them — with a rating that means something, an honest accounting of what works and what doesn’t, and craft notes for writers who want to understand how the machinery operates.
Each review includes a craft notes section for writers — specific observations about structure, character, world-building, and what the film does that you can actually use. Not theory. Technique you can steal.
Woke Disasters (19)
Artemis Fowl (2020)
Kenneth Branagh's 2020 Disney+ Eoin Colfer adaptation. Substantial production failure where multiple compounding decisions destroyed the source material.
Birds of Prey (2020)
Birds of Prey, formally titled Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), is the Harley Quinn solo film between Suicide Squad...
Charlie’s Angels (2019)
Charlie's Angels (2019) is the second reboot of the 1976 television series and one of the most commercially unsuccessful spy-action films of the late...
Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
Don't Worry Darling is the psychological thriller whose production controversies generated more public discussion than the film itself. Olivia Wilde...
Frozen 2 (2019)
Frozen 2 is the sequel to the 2013 Walt Disney Animation Studios film that became the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Chris Buck and Jennifer...
Ghostbusters (2016)
Ghostbusters (2016) is the all-female reboot of the 1984 Ivan Reitman comedy, directed by Paul Feig. The script came from Feig and Katie Dippold. Kristen...
He’s All That (2021)
Mark Waters's 2021 Netflix gender-flipped remake of She's All That. Addison Rae casting reflects social media platform commercial framework.
Lightyear (2022)
Lightyear is the Pixar feature framed as the in-universe movie that made Andy from Toy Story want a Buzz Lightyear action figure. Angus MacLane directed...
Men in Black: International (2019)
Men in Black: International is the franchise reboot that replaced Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. F. Gary Gray...
Mulan (2020)
Mulan (2020) is the live-action remake of the 1998 Walt Disney Animation Studios musical. Niki Caro directed. Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and...
No Time to Die (2021)
No Time to Die is the final entry in Daniel Craig's James Bond tenure and one of the most divisive Bond films in the franchise's sixty-year history. Cary...
Ocean’s Eight (2018)
Ocean's Eight is the all-female spinoff of Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) trilogy. Gary Ross directed. Ross and Olivia Milch wrote. Sandra...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the middle entry of the Disney-era sequel trilogy. Rian Johnson wrote and directed. Mark Hamill returns as Luke Skywalker, now...
Strange World (2022)
Strange World is the Walt Disney Animation Studios feature that recorded one of the worst opening weekends in modern Disney theatrical animation history...
The Hustle (2019)
The Hustle is the gender-flipped remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), which was itself a remake of Bedtime Story (1964). Chris Addison directed...
The Marvels (2023)
The Marvels is the Captain Marvel sequel that team-ups Brie Larson with two female MCU successors. Nia DaCosta directed. Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik...
Tomb Raider (2018)
Tomb Raider (2018) is the reboot of the Lara Croft film franchise built on the 2013 Crystal Dynamics video game continuity. Roar Uthaug directed. Geneva...
What Men Want (2019)
What Men Want is the gender-flipped remake of the 2000 Mel Gibson romantic comedy What Women Want. Adam Shankman directed. Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, and...
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Wonder Woman 1984 is the sequel to Patty Jenkins's 2017 Wonder Woman and one of the steepest critical reversals in modern superhero cinema. Jenkins...


















