The pope has died, and as such, a new pope is to be elected and it’s fallen on Dean Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) to head up the conclave and determine who shall be elected the new Holy Father. Unfortunately for Dean Lawrence, he’s having a crisis of faith while simultaneously having to navigate fellow cardinals from across the world. The four standout nominees quickly become front and center: American Cardinal Aldo Bellini (Stanley Tucci), Canadian Cardinal Joseph Tremblay (John Lithgow), Italian…

In what could be one of the most divisive, controversial, or overlooked films of 2024 we have Alex Garland's "Civil War" in theaters now. Dropping the viewer into a fictionalized, albeit close-to-home, dystopian near-future of a modern United States in a seceded scenario. But rather than following the troops and a particular side of the fight, we're following it through the viewfinders of press on the ground eager to ensure history is documented.

A few of my friends saw Civil…

RRR has been sitting in my queue for nearly all of 2022, but with it getting a ton of new buzz with a second-life on Netflix, I finally hit play on THE best superhero-but-not-really-a-superhero movie of the year.

Full disclosure: I have never seen a Bollywood, or in this case, a Tollywood film, (thanks to my friend Sandy for educating me!) but I'd heard the tropes and general expectations of what many big budget films from the area offer: wild…

This past Saturday, a few friends and I gathered in the theater to sit down for the new Spider-Man flick. Seats reserved, hype built, and despite one of us falling asleep during a pivotal scene, we all walked away with spiders and nostalgia dancing around our heads.

(This is a difficult review to share without potentially spoiling, or at the very least hinting at plot points, but I'll do my best! 😅)

Picking up right where the previous Holland Spider-Man…