Alistair Ryder

3 weeks ago | looper.com | Alistair Ryder

RATING : 6 / 10 Straight to the point action storytellingInventive animation The animated fight sequences aren’t always as clean as they need to beThinly drawn characters can’t sell the emotional beats Social media has recently been taken by storm as millions have tried to argue whether 100 men could beat a gorilla in a fight.

3 weeks ago | vaguevisages.com | Alistair Ryder

2020s Vague Visages’ Knock Out Blondereview contains minor spoilers. Tom DeNucci, Seth Koch and Rick Lazes’ 2024 documentary features Kellie Maloney, Chelsea Brickham and Amy Wade. Check out the VV home page for more film criticism, movie reviews and film essays. The appetite for celebrity documentaries easily outweighs the unique perspective a single interviewee can bring, which can be a curse for any filmmaker in the genre.

1 month ago | looper.com | Alistair Ryder

RATING : 5 / 10 The best staged fights of the franchise An endearing twist on the familiar Karate Kid formula The strong first hour is hindered by the fact that this is a legacy sequel Jackie Chan & Ralph Macchio are pointless additions to the story In "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," a franchise-expanding running gag is established from the get-go, when we discover every iteration of the hero — be it Peter Parker or another civilian alter ego — shares the same beats of their origin...

1 month ago | vaguevisages.com | Alistair Ryder

2020s Vague Visages’ Love on Trialreview contains minor spoilers. Kôji Fukada’s 2025 movie features Yuki Kura, Erika Karata and Kenjiro Tsuda. Check out the VV home page for more film criticism, movie reviews and film essays. For those unfamiliar with the hyper-stylized worlds of K-Pop and J-Pop, the significance of Rose’s “Toxic Till the End” music video will likely get lost in translation.

1 month ago | looper.com | Alistair Ryder

RATING : 3 / 10 John Krasinski and Natalie Portman at least have good sibling chemistry A lazy imitation of better adventure films from Indiana Jones onwards Boring, formulaic plot Guy Ritchie directing on autopilot So much time is spent obsessing over the fact that nobody has managed to make a good shark movie since "Jaws," that the fact nobody has made a classic archaeology movie since Steven Spielberg's original "Indiana Jones" trilogy concluded goes comparatively unnoticed. As the...