Review: “The Bikeriders”

As someone who spends approximately 85% of her time driving around the Midwest, I’m afraid I have no choice but to call bullshit on The Bikeriders’s portrayal of the region. It isn’t so much an aesthetic issue, although it’s fairly obvious that the film, set in Chicago and its nearby suburbs, wasn’t shot in Illinois […]

Review: ”Venom: Let There Be Carnage”

I’ll be the first to admit that I— along with many others— entered 2018’s “Venom” with the wrong expectations (you can read my lukewarm review from its initial release here). I distinctly remember sitting in the theater, not quite able to believe what I was watching. A gritty, serious comic book movie, “Venom” is not. […]

Review: “Venom”

2 out of 5 stars. “Venom” is an awful movie. It’s so mind-numbingly stupid, it’s difficult to believe that it was made with (likely) all seriousness. But there’s something so wacky in the film’s violence and humor, in addition to a strong lead performance by Tom Hardy, that it enters the realm of movies that […]