While Smile was a moderately fun horror pic, it didn’t leave me all that eager for a sequel. In fact, I felt like the premise of the 2022 film—some sort of smiley…
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Tired premise: John Cena can’t quite salvage Amazon Prime’s ‘Ricky Stanicky’
Peter Farrelly, director of the Academy Award-winning (and treacherously overrated) Green Book, returns to his hard-R comedy roots with Ricky Stanicky, a comedy that becomes tiresome despite a fine effort by John…
A director overindulges: Despite a great premise, solid performances and a good ending, Netflix’s ‘Leave the World Behind’ is just OK
Leave the World Behind, the new apocalyptic thriller from writer-director Sam Esmail, left me on the fence between “liked” and “disliked” more than any other 2023 film. It’s a great-looking movie with…