Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is absolutely a mixed bag of tricks. The high points are stratospheric, but the low ones are frequently head-scratching.
The man in the hat is finally allowed to walk into the sunset for good. Cue up the iconic John Williams theme.
The Flash is aggressively okay.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is arguably the best film with the word “Transformers” in the title.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is an instant classic.
Not only is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 my favorite film of the series, but it’s also quite possibly the best entry in the entire MCU.
While Korpi is a nightmarish demon to this film’s German antagonists, for everyone else Sisu is a blood-splattered dream action aficionados won’t want to wake from.
I don’t have a lot of nice things to say about The Best Man. It isn’t very good.
Cage’s Wagnerian theatricality as Dracula is enough to warrant the ticket price all by itself. Watching him sink his teeth into Renfield with such malevolent relish is a deliciously debauched feast worth gorging on.