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Matthew Creith
Jun 14, 20232 min read
Review: Pixar Misses the Mark with "Elemental"
"Elements don't mix!" In the grand tradition of Pixar movies, "Elemental" might be among some of my least favorites. But I am very aware...
Matthew Creith
May 31, 20233 min read
Review: Miles Morales Heads Into Uncharted Territory in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"
Spoiler alert: "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" ends on a cliffhanger. This shouldn't be too much of a surprise since a third...
Matthew Creith
May 25, 20233 min read
Review: White People Problems Creep Into "You Hurt My Feelings"
"Is she jealous of the homeless?" Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus can do no wrong. She has proven herself worthy of being bestowed the title of...
Matthew Creith
May 17, 20234 min read
Review: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Unhinged in 'Fast X'
"Everybody becomes family. It's like a cult with cars." I'm never going to apologize when a movie makes me smile from start to finish....
Matthew Creith
May 12, 20234 min read
Review: 'BlackBerry' Proves Communication Is Not Universal
"Men will no longer commute, they will communicate." The BlackBerry was a revolutionary invention when it was released to the general...
Matthew Creith
May 11, 20233 min read
Review: 'Hypnotic' Fails to Test the Boundaries of Reality
"What you're seeing isn't real." Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has played around with various genres for most of his career. Since hitting...
Matthew Creith
May 5, 20233 min read
Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Gives Rocket a Revenge Arc
"The story has always been yours." The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in the business of introducing new superheroes and villains to its...
Matthew Creith
Apr 20, 20233 min read
Review: ‘Ghosted’ Navigates Modern Dating and Espionage
"I let my emotions cloud my judgment." Boy meets girl at a farmers market. Girl flirts with boy, but boy is too oblivious to know it....
Matthew Creith
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Review: ‘Renfield’ Attempts To Escape The Fangs Of An Abusive Relationship
Irish author Bram Stoker created a new horror subgenre by introducing “Dracula” in the late 1800s. Since then, several incarnations have...
Matthew Creith
Apr 3, 20233 min read
Review: 'Air' Introduces Legends By Way of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
"World class players don't wear third class shoes." You could call it a biopic. You could call it a behind the scenes look at the...
Matthew Creith
Mar 27, 20233 min read
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (SXSW)
“That is one pudgy dragon…did he eat the last one?!” Truth-telling time: I have never played the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. I...
Matthew Creith
Mar 21, 20233 min read
Tetris (SXSW)
"Good ideas have no borders." At SXSW, I had the opportunity to attend the world premiere of "Tetris," the new AppleTV+ movie starring...
Matthew Creith
Mar 8, 20233 min read
Scream VI
A spoiler-free review. “You fuck with my family, you die!” If 2022’s poorly titled fifth installment, “Scream,” taught us anything, it’s...
Matthew Creith
Feb 28, 20233 min read
Creed 3
“Damian’s fighting the world, and he’s trying to hurt people.” “Creed 3” is battling its way into movie theaters this week. With it comes...
Matthew Creith
Feb 23, 20233 min read
Cocaine Bear
"An apex predator, high on cocaine, and you're going towards it?!" Set in 1985, the true story elements of "Cocaine Bear" concern drug...
Matthew Creith
Feb 14, 20232 min read
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
“It’s never too late to stop being a dick.” Welp, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Five officially kicks off this week with “Ant-Man...
Matthew Creith
Jan 26, 20233 min read
You People
Modern love has come a long way since the days of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," the 1967 romantic drama that dealt with interracial...
Matthew Creith
Jan 4, 20233 min read
A Man Called Otto
"I haven't even left yet and they're trying to erase us." Otto Anderson is a cantankerous older man living in a snowbound metropolis...
Matthew Creith
Dec 16, 20224 min read
Babylon
"Welcome to the wonderful world of sound." Damien Chazelle hit it out of the park with his mainstream debut feature film, "Whiplash," a...
Matthew Creith
Dec 8, 20222 min read
Empire of Light
"Nothing happens without light." The year is 1981, and we are transported to England to the run-down movie theater palace known as the...
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