InReview

Feb 28, 2025 | inreviewcritics.com | Mitchell Chapman

What a ride. After six seasons, “Cobra Kai” has finally come to a close. And at long last, we finally have world karate champions! Coming into Season 6 Part 3 (the overall series finale), the Sekai Taikai world karate tournament has been called off just before its championship matches got underway because a kid was killed during a brawl — which John Kreese (Martin Kove) of Cobra Kai naturally helped instigate. @inreviewmovies Cobra Kai Season 6 Episode 9 reaction: Robby vs. Kwon and Kenny’s return.

Feb 20, 2025 | inreviewcritics.com | Mitchell Chapman

What is “Saturday Night Live” never made it to air? According to director Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night,” that almost happened. The biopic dramatizes the lead-up to the comedy variety show’s inaugural episode in 1975, in which then-green Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) must cut down a three-hour show starring other unknown 20-somethings, most of whom would later become comedy legends. NBC, led by executive David Tebet (Willem Dafoe), shows great interest in this creative yet unproven endeavor.

Feb 18, 2025 | inreviewcritics.com | Mitchell Chapman

If you loved “Squid Game,” you know Seong Gi-hun’s journey couldn’t end with just one season. For one, the show is just too popular. Netflix couldn’t resist continuing it, whether it needed it or not. There’s also no way Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) could be content with sitting on his big pile of money, knowing that the deadly games he was a part of last season are still going on. In fact, that’s the driving force behind Season 2. Despite being the sole survivor and victor of the games, he has no peace.

Feb 4, 2025 | inreviewcritics.com | Mitchell Chapman

With “Nosferatu” and “Wolf Man” playing in theaters last month, it was truly Halloween in January. I’ve already reviewed the former; today we’ll focus director Leigh Whannell’s take on the latter. “Wolf Man” is, at its core, a tragedy. We open in 1995, where hunter Grady Lovell (Sam Jaeger) is out on a hunting trip in remote Oregon with his son, Blake (Zac Chandler), when they encounter a werewolf. Grady has been aware of this creature for some time, and it’s made him paranoid.

Jan 30, 2025 | inreviewcritics.com | Mitchell Chapman

What’s left of the Suicide Squad? Monsters, of course. That’s the premise of James Gunn’s “Creature Commandos.” After the events of “The Suicide Squad,” that film’s elite unit made up of prisoners has been banned by the powers that be. Well, sort of. Its leader, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), can’t recruit humans anymore. But monsters and metahumans are another matter.