Little Review: A Cute & Heartfelt Age-Changing Comedy

Little Little successfully puts a funny new spin on age-changing comedy with a surprisingly heartfelt message about staying true to yourself when growing up. Age - changing comedies are nothing new to Hollywood , withBigand13 Going on 30taking immature preteenager , aging them up to become adult and unavoidably teach them a lesson about not growing up too fast . In Universal Pictures ' up-to-the-minute comedy , Little , that special formula is invert , with an adult woman being turned back into her 13 - year - honest-to-god self - to hilarious effect ....

April 12, 2019 · 6 min · 1101 words · Dawn Taylor

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy Review

Related Master Z delivers its fair share of pulpy entertainment and stylish martial arts fights without bringing anything particularly fresh to the genre. They might not be a full - foul up shared universe just yet , but theIp Manfilms have certainly occupy a footstep in that direction thanks to the Max Zhang - contribute spinoff , Master Z : Ip Man Legacy . The originalIp Manand its sequels were box office run into in China that lift lead Donnie Yen to newfound levels of popularity in his homeland ( and , at last , led to him reach international celebrity in films likeRogue One : A Star Wars Story ) , so it stands to reason that an off - shoot could do something similar for Zhang ....

April 12, 2019 · 6 min · 1241 words · Marcia Odonnell

Missing Link Review: Laika's Latest Has Great Animation, But a Thin Plot

Missing Link Missing Link is quite the visual feast, but its unremarkable narrative and characters (save for the charming Mr. Link) leave something to be desired. In an era where the majority of mainstream animation is estimator - engender and designed to have all-encompassing appeal , Laika has been content to trip the light fantastic to the beat of a far more idiosyncratic metal drum since it go micturate give up - question features ten yr ago ....

April 12, 2019 · 6 min · 1177 words · Glenn Richards

The Perfect Date Review: Noah Centineo Shines In Netflix Rom-Com

The Perfect Date Netflix’s The Perfect Date is a fairly standard and entirely enjoyable rom-com that excels as a starring vehicle for the charming Noah Centineo. In 2018 , Netflix found a great deal of succeeder in adapting contemporary unseasoned grownup romance novels to feature - length original motion-picture show withThe osculate BoothandTo All the Boys I ’ve Loved Before . Now , Netflix continues that trend with its latest read-only storage - com , The Perfect Date , an adjustment of Steve Bloom ’s 2016 novelThe Stand - In ....

April 12, 2019 · 6 min · 1146 words · Julie Zhang

Falcon Age Review: A Beautiful Friendship

Falcon Age Falcon Age is about more than the bond between you and your (adorable) bird. It’s about reclaiming your culture, and it’s a story told beautifully. animate being - lover know what it ’s like to have a exceptional alliance with a furry ( or feather ) friend . Whether they own a Chihuahua or a Furby , they work up a connection to this puppet , one that surpass the boundaries of language ....

April 9, 2019 · 6 min · 1247 words · Eric Avila

Dangerous Driving Review: Race, Crash, Repeat

Dangerous Driving The original creators of Burnout successfully bring the action racing genre back to basics with Dangerous Driving, a classic, pure, hardcore racing experience! There are two types of games ; those which countenance the player to sit around back and relax , and those which force them to lean fore in unbreakable attention . Dangerous Drivingis the latter . Three Fields Entertainment have always worn their origin on their arm ; comprised of veterans from Criterion , the team behind the fabled PS2 - era colonnade racing series , Burnout , TFE is dedicate to make a genuine replacement to the venerate franchise using an indie budget and seven - someone team ....

April 8, 2019 · 5 min · 1015 words · Jodi Norman

Overwhelm Review: A Brutally Difficult Retro Sidescrolling Shooter

Related Ruari O’Sullivan’s Overwhelm is a tough-as-nails retro shooter that’s strangely addictive but only for the most dedicated and sadistic gamers. Overwhelmlives up to its title in every common sense of the word . break by one man , Ruari O’Sullivan , Overwhelmis an attempt to make an 8 - routine sidescrolling shooter for the current generation of gaming . The title first released in June 2018 on Steam and has been port over to the Nintendo Switch ....

April 6, 2019 · 5 min · 893 words · Christina Rodriguez

Space Junkies Review: Top-Quality Gunplay but Light on Content

Related Ubisoft’s Space Junkies sets the groundwork for a great competition-ready zero-G VR shooter, but a lack of content and character dulls its shine. The announcer inSpace Junkies , Ubisoft ’s firebrand new VR gun for hire , is trying his honorable to do an feeling of Fred Schneider from the B-52 . Through an overblown , somewhat mocking Sprechgesang , he welcomes new player into the tutorial and beyond , a dogged unseen interpreter urging and guiding , attempting to found some character to tip the resultant Hawaii - jinks of this zero - somberness FPS , and while it ’s a kind of admirable energy , there seem to be more than a few all important qualities missing from this new PlayStation VR biz that passably under - delivers on its potential ....

April 6, 2019 · 8 min · 1518 words · Ellen Good

Pet Sematary Review: Sometimes Stephen King Movies Are Just Decent

Pet Sematary Pet Sematary captures the bruality of King’s source material, but its attempts to add shocking twists to the original narrative yield mixed results. In the wake of the ongoing Stephen Kingaissance in film and boob tube , it was credibly inevitable thatPet Sematary- one of the writer ’s most popular and ( in)famous horror stories ever - would finally find its elbow room back to the bountiful screen ....

April 5, 2019 · 6 min · 1120 words · Luke Hogan

Shazam! Review: A Charming, If Uninventive Superhero Origin Story

Shazam! Shazam! is a wildly fun superhero adventure, with plenty of humor and heart, but struggles at times to strike a good balance between levity and drama. The in style ledger entry in Warner Bros. and DC Films ' on the side entitle DC Extended Universe , Shazam ! , introduces witness to one of the airheaded superhero premise in the franchise . A teenage son is granted powers by a magical staff - wielding wizard , and in doing so , dedicate the male child the ability to transform into an adult superhero - fully equipped with a promising red wooing and lily-white cape ....

April 5, 2019 · 6 min · 1203 words · Brandon Stewart

The Head Hunter Review: Medieval Creature Feature is Low-Budget Fun

Related Armed with a pulpy spirit and plenty of monster gore to go around, The Head Hunter makes for enjoyably gnarly fantasy horror B-movie entertainment. With films likeThanksKillingand theCritters : Bounty Huntershort under his knock , director Jordan Downey is firmly in his low - budget wheelhouse onThe Head Hunter . A mashup of medieval fantasy and monster horror , Downey ’s latest movie has riddle at a handful of festivals ahead of its spill , and even won some liberal prizes at Portugal ’s Fantasporto 2019 in February ....

April 5, 2019 · 6 min · 1129 words · Adam Banks

Unicorn Store Review: Brie Larson Shines In Shallow Coming-Of-Age Story

Unicorn Store Brie Larson’s feature directorial debut, Unicorn Store, has more style than substance, but a charming lead performance and important message buoy it. The offbeat , impulsive coming - of - age comedyUnicorn Storefirst premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival before finding a dispersion home with Netflix . The streaming service of process has made a name in Hollywood for its feature film film strategy , releasing a form of movies that range from high visibility acquisitions likeThe Cloverfield Paradoxto major fare of their own likeBird BoxandRoma ....

April 5, 2019 · 5 min · 980 words · Nicole Gibson

Mechstermination Force Review: A Retro Game in Rare Form

Mechstermination Force Though the difficulty may be a deterrent to some, Mechstermination Force’s terrific core mechanics make trying (and dying) worth the effort. Taking down a literal US Army of grunts or overcoming a particularly perilous platforming section is satisfying in any video secret plan , but nothing quite compares with beat a foreman . That ’s why hirer battles are often the most buzz about part of any new secret plan release that features these enemy ....

April 4, 2019 · 5 min · 869 words · Kenneth Wilson