My Reviews(236)

The French Dispatch
While not being the strongest Wes Anderson film, largely due to how the anthology aspect hinders the narrative, The French Dispatch still has all the clever direction and dry wit that have made him such an iconic director and is still plenty of fun to watch from start to finish. Anderson never fails to tell a uniquely bizarre story, and for better or worse, The French Dispatch is a perfect showing of that.

Tangled
While often overshadowed by Frozen, Tangled is still an incredibly strong Disney film with its strong writing, catchy songs, and gorgeous visuals, especially when it comes to animating Rapunzel's hair. It's easily one of the best Disney films of the past decade, if not the best, and anyone looking for something that plays into the classic formula while still doing its own things should certainly give it a try.

Bullet Train
While initially coming off as a cliche action film, Bullet Train works incredibly well thanks to its great fight scenes and clever writing that always leaves the viewer guessing where things will go. The story has a bit of a rushed ending, but anyone looking for a great action comedy would be remiss to it up.

Batman: The Animated Series
Between its gothic set pieces, great character designs, and stories that strike a perfect balance between appealing to children and appealing to adults, Batman: The Animated Series more than deserves its reputation for being one of the greatest animated shows of all time. The series perfectly laid the groundwork for the iconic DCAU, and much like the shows that followed it, it's easy to understand why Batman: The Animated Series is often seen as the best depiction of the DC Universe.

Luca
Like many of Pixar's recent films, Luca doesn't have the tightest script and doesn't reach the same emotional highs as their stronger films, but between the strong visuals, great comedy, and excellent themes of friendship and family, it's no less fun to watch. Even with its shortcomings, Luca still gets to the heart of what makes Pixar so great, and that makes it plenty worth watching from start to finish.

Detective Pikachu
While Detective Pikachu doesn't have the tightest script and has all the typical cliches of a buddy comedy where a human character is teamed up with a talking animal, the film still does an amazing job of bringing tons of Pokemon to life in a story with plenty of heart and charm. It wasn't the best adaptation Pokemon could have hoped for, but it's a film that's plenty fun to watch, nonetheless, and fans of the franchise are sure to be satisfied with what they see.

The Karate Kid Part III
While The Karate Kid Part III still has a lot of great action writing, it's ultimately the weakest of the original trilogy thanks to how much it copies the first film and its unfitting increase in comedy, the absurd nature of its villain being the biggest problem. Surprisingly, though, Cobra Kai used elements of The Karate Kid Part III for some of the best plot lines of the show and even made the villain one of the best characters in the franchise, so it's still worth watching, if only to better understand all that.

The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part II has all the same great action and comedy that made the first film such a hit, and with a far more serious narrative centered around Mr. Miyagi, it has far more going for it and ends up being even stronger than the first film. It might not be as iconic as its predecessor, but anyone who liked The Karate Kid is sure to love its sequel just as much, if not more.

The Karate Kid
Thanks to a near-perfect balance of action and clever writing, The Karate Kid is the epitome of 80s camp while still having plenty of heart to give people a reason to care about the cast and story. The Karate Kid is one of the most iconic movie franchises of the 80s, and with how great the first film was, it's easy to see how that came to be.

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace more than earns its divisive reputation with its ugly visuals, clunky dialogue, and annoyingly slow pacing, but the action and set pieces do a lot to sell it as a film, most notably the climactic fight against Darth Maul. It wasn't the start the Prequel Trilogy needed, but there are far worse films to watch, both in and out of the Star Wars franchise.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Owing to the dark narrative of the original novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of the darkest films in the Disney canon, and the competent writing and stellar direction does a great job to spin that into an engaging story from start to finish. The clashing tone of the comedic relief brings it down a bit, unfortunately, but it's still one of the best 90s Disney films, by far.

Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 was a film no one expected or asked to be made, but the gorgeous visuals and emotionally bittersweet writing more than justified its existence and made it one of the most iconic Pixar films ever made. Toy Story 3 ultimately wasn't the finale to the franchise, but it's still the best ending to the original era of the franchise a person could have asked for.

Family Guy
Much like The Simpsons, Family Guy is an adult animated sitcom with a major drop in quality in its later years, but some of the most recent seasons do succeed at selling a lot of the same comedy and clever writing that made it such a hit to begin with. The offensive and pop culture-laden nature of Family Guy's humor might be a turnoff to some, but that shouldn't detract from how great a show it is more often than not.

Superman & Lois
With how much the DCEU had tainted the image of Superman to many people, Superman & Lois excellently brings him back to being a kindhearted beacon of hope while also doing a great job of highlighting the importance of Lois and the rest of his family in his life. Some story arcs fall into the same melodramatic trappings that made the Arrowverse so divisive, but anyone looking for a quality Superman show should still give it a try.

Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation doesn't have the same stellar legacy as The Office, but with its great character writing and willingness to be as goofy as possible within the realms of reality, it's still a great show to watch and easily one of the best Michael Shur comedies to date. The fact that it has far less drastic a drop in quality than The Office is also great to see, and overall, it's unlikely to ever disappoint.

Deadpool
While Deadpool has some odd pacing and a script that's often too reliant on hit-or-miss comedy, it's still a film with great action, greater jokes, and a surprising amount of heart from start to finish. The X-Men films are infamously mixed in quality, but almost a decade later, Deadpool remains one of the best films under the brand, if not the best.

Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2 succeeds at having a far more compelling narrative while still showing off great action and comedy, but it's ultimately brought down by hitting far too many of the same beats of the previous film. Anyone who liked the first Deadpool is sure to like this one, but it's a bit disappointing that it couldn't do more to capitalize on its success.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy was a breakout success for the MCU, and Vol. 2 excellently followed it with even better comedy and a script that went much further with its drama and character work to great effect. It was one of the best films of Phase 3 of the MCU, if not the best, and it made it clear that the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise was anything but a fluke.

The Suicide Squad
With far fewer restrictions than what he had with the MCU, James Gunn not only put everything great about the action, comedy writing, and character work of Guardians of the Galaxy into The Suicide Squad, but went even far with the violence and general absurdity to make a beautifully chaotic film. It's one of the best DCEU films that succeeds in every area 2016's Suicide Squad failed in, and overall, it was a great start to Gunn's career of running the new run of DC movies.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
While The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has great action and an engaging character arc for Bucky, it's ultimately brought down by poor pacing, the unsympathetic nature of its villains, and for how it makes zero effort to change the status quo, despite how much it revolved around that being a necessity. It's far too easy to understand why it's seen as the weakest MCU show, and it will be a miracle if Captain America: Brave New World can retroactively save it.