I’m a big Fast & Furious fan, but I haven’t written about any of those movies here. Let’s change that.
What’s It About? When street-racing mercenary Dominic Toretto abandons his family to join a high-tech crime syndicate, it’s up to his old crew to track him down and find out why.
STRAIGHT UP: Fun, but far from the franchise’s best. 3/5
The highest-grossing anime film of all time has finally come to my city!
What’s It About? An unusual bond forms between Taki and Mitsuha, two Japanese high school students, when they begin waking up in each other’s bodies – but this seemingly random phenomenon may actually have a greater purpose.
STRAIGHT UP: Colorful, inventive, and full of warmth. A true delight. 4.5/5
Red Comet Reviews features a TV series for the first time!
Voltron (1984) was a great show that aged like a bottle of fine milk. Can this new one inherit my hopes and dreams?
What’s It About? Five travelers from Earth are chosen to become the paladins of an alien princess, and must use the power of Voltron – five lion-shaped machines that can combine to form a mighty robot – to defend the universe from a vicious conqueror.
STRAIGHT UP: Has all the tools to surpass the original. 4.5/5
Let’s just get this over with.
What’s It About? Five supervillains are forced into action as a black-ops squad in order to accomplish a secret mission in Midway City.
STRAIGHT UP: A few solid performances can’t save this train wreck. 1/5
I swear this isn’t a superhero movie.
This is a TRADITIONAL REVIEW, so full text after the break.
Pokémon is back! Time to revisit the hypest movie of my childhood.
What’s It About? When the bio-engineered Pokémon Mewtwo escapes from its lab, it’s up to the young adventurer Ash and his friends to contain it before its power threatens the whole world.
STRAIGHT UP: Leave the memories alone. 0.5/5
I couldn’t fit what I really wanted to say about The Nice Guys into just a few short sentences, so instead I’ve chosen to write my first-ever TRADITIONAL REVIEW for Red Comet Reviews.
Full text after the break.
A little something special for Valentine’s Day.
What’s It About? After a shady scientist disfigures his face and kidnaps his girlfriend, smart-mouthed mercenary Wade Wilson – aka Deadpool – sets out to gleefully extract violent revenge.
STRAIGHT UP: Funny, raunchy, irreverent – the right movie for right now. 4/5
As a casual fan of Quentin Tarantino, I wanted to take a look at his newest film.
What’s It About? Eight strangers, each carrying baggage from the Civil War, hole up in a cabin together to escape a blizzard, and begin to discover that most of them have very good reasons to want to kill each other.
STRAIGHT UP: Too self-indulgent, despite its technical merits. 2/5
This might be the biggest movie of all time. Let’s compare notes.
What’s It About? Scavenger Rey and ex-Stormtrooper Finn inherit a droid carrying information about the missing Luke Skywalker’s whereabouts, and get mixed up in a plot to determine the fate of a galaxy.
STRAIGHT UP: Great action and characters elevate a familiar plot. 4/5
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