The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C+ Nope is a bit of a departure for director Jordan Peele in that it emphasizes a Spielberg-esque sense of fun over beating you over the head with social messages. I’m sure that there are social messages in this movie, but they are much easier to ignore if you are looking […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C When I saw the trailer for Where the Crawdads Sing, I thought it looked like a highbrow version of the 1974 exploitation revenge flick Gator Bait. Unfortunately, not quite. While this movie’s plot does revolve around a reclusive swamp woman being accused of murder, she does not go on a […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C- Thor: Ragnarok is one of my favorite movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), largely because the chemistry between the main characters combined with the quirky humor and tone set it apart from other MCU entries. Returning director Taika Waititi apparently took one lesson from the success of Ragnarok: people […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C+ I’ll just say upfront that I don’t really care about Elvis. I don’t particularly dislike him, I just never understood the fascination with him. That leaves me in a bit of an awkward position with this review because I don’t know a damn thing on Elvis’ life (which will come […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: A The Black Phone is my favorite movie of 2022 so far and a reminder that horror is my favorite genre despite how much I hate most modern horror films. Based on a short story by Joe Hill (aka Stephen King’s son), this is the most original horror movie that I’ve […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D My mother loves the original Jurassic Park and has come with me to see every movie in this series since that first film back in 1993 when I was nine years old. The moment that the end credits started to roll on Jurassic World: Dominion, she turned to me and […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: B Watcher is a solid Hitchcockian thriller that only played in theaters for about five minutes. That’s a shame because, despite some issues, this is one of the best thrillers that I’ve seen in years. Anchored by an excellent performance by Maika Monroe, this is an old-school suspense film that delivers […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C Crimes of the Future was my most anticipated film of the year because it features the return of director David Cronenberg, best known for the excellent and horrific 80s version of The Fly. Cronenberg hasn’t made a movie in eight years and I had assumed that he was retired. Furthermore, […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: B+ Top Gun: Maverick may be the best sequel I’ve ever seen to a movie that I don’t like. It may be heresy for somebody my age (born in the 80s) to say this, but I find the original Top Gun to be a plotless, meandering bore and I admittedly groaned with […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D Alex Garland directed two of my favorite films of recent years, Ex Machina and Annihilation, so I had high hopes for his latest effort, Men. Sure, the trailers weren’t particularly inspiring and the title warns of identity politic bullshit, but I still had faith in the man. Unfortunately, that faith was […]