Their face-off is a violently over-the-top slug-fest that lands the majority of its punches, and the ultimate victors are audiences who purchased a ring-side ticket to see these two warriors slug it out in the pursuit of apex predator supremacy.

Nobody whacked me square in the face. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla hasn’t looked this incredible since it played in theaters.

Cosmic Sin never comes together, drifting in space like a misbegotten artifact of a bygone filmmaking era its makers seem to be going purposefully out of their way to emulate as poorly as they possibly can.

It’s hard to imagine a more forgettable piece of sci-fi hooey than Chaos Walking.

The Marksman is a ponderous slog of a tale that rarely achieves anything close to a lasting impact.

Skyfire is a fast-paced disaster yarn overflowing in narrow escapes, sudden deaths and an overabundance of visual pyrotechnics.

Shadow in the Cloud was a surprisingly enjoyable flight of monstrous fancy that helped me start the year off with a happy smile.

Monster Hunter is exactly what you think it is going to be, nothing more, and certainly nothing less, and I’m okay with that.