Review: The ‘Bad Boys’ franchise has fallen and shouldn’t get up

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ is a low point for the 29-year-old franchise, but something tells us this won’t be the last Smith/Lawrence joint

by John W. Allman June 13, 2024August 5, 2025

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ is a low point for the 29-year-old franchise, but something tells us this won’t be the last Smith/Lawrence joint

Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘The First Omen’ isn’t the first or even best ‘Omen’ movie, but it’s good enough

The religious horror genre is alive and thriving in 2024

by John W. Allman April 8, 2024June 30, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: Dev Patel delivers a new modern action classic with ‘Monkey Man’

It transcends those benchmarks of brawl and bullet-ballet fantasies by actually being about something more than the brutality that humans can inflict.

by John W. Allman April 8, 2024March 28, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ fails to answer the call

The fifth film in the franchise mistakes nostalgia for originality

by John W. Allman April 3, 2024June 24, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster’s ‘Night Swim’ drowns in its own ambition

‘Night Swim’ should terrify and unnerve me to no end.

by John W. Allman January 10, 2024June 9, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

It’s official, ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ is the worst movie you will see in 2023

A steaming pile of fish poop.

by John W. Allman December 22, 2023August 1, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: Just go ahead and give Emma Stone the Oscar for ‘Poor Things’

This feminist reimagining of Frankenstein is one of 2023’s best films.

by John W. Allman December 14, 2023July 22, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Do you dream of Nic Cage? You will after seeing his latest, ‘Dream Scenario’

by John W. Allman December 8, 2023June 5, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ is an interminable, scare-free bore wholly focused on selling merch

If there is one thing to champion here, it’s that the animatronic characters courtesy of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop are fantastically realized.

by John W. Allman October 27, 2023June 11, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Strays’ might be the funniest, raunchiest movie ever made abut a dog’s quest to destroy his owner’s penis

If it hadn’t been so funny, I might feel a little scarred.

by John W. Allman August 18, 2023August 4, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: There’s little to recommend about ‘Blue Beetle’ except for its vibrant Mexican heritage

And, surprisingly, George Lopez (I know, we can’t believe it either)

by John W. Allman August 18, 2023January 22, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Review: Possessed horror debut ‘Talk to Me’ creates a terrifying new reality

The practical effects are stellar, but it’s the story that really hooks you.

by John W. Allman August 14, 2023February 2, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Review: Super-sucky vampire tale ‘The Last Voyage of Demeter’ lacks bite

It just fails to generate any sense of genuine dread.

by John W. Allman August 14, 2023August 1, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Review: It’s official, ‘Haunted Mansion’ is the worst movie you will see this summer

It’s criminally unfunny.

by John W. Allman July 26, 2023August 1, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: Tom Cruise saves the summer movie season, again, with ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One’

I can’t wait for ‘Dead Reckoning, Part Two.’

by John W. Allman July 17, 2023January 15, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘North by Current’ unyieldingly resists conventional thinking about confronting trauma and trans embodiment in America

With his family, Madsen retraces generational addiction by restaging pivotal moments in lyrically-assembled images of home video with an ethereal narration

by Aditya Sudhakaran July 6, 2023February 18, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: We can all breathe easier knowing ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ doesn’t suck

Nostalgia can be a curious and tricky thing.

by John W. Allman June 30, 2023December 19, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

‘The Blackening’ isn’t scary or funny enough to justify paying for a theater ticket

It’s a horror movie that isn’t particularly scary; a slasher that isn’t particularly gory; and a comedy that isn’t particularly funny.

by John W. Allman June 23, 2023July 23, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: DC’s ‘The Flash’ stalls except for Michael Keaton’s triumphant return

It’s far from the greatest superhero movie ever.

by John W. Allman June 15, 2023August 18, 2023

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Tampa Bay movie reviews

Review: The ‘Bad Boys’ franchise has fallen and shouldn’t get up

Review: ‘The First Omen’ isn’t the first or even best ‘Omen’ movie, but it’s good enough

Review: Dev Patel delivers a new modern action classic with ‘Monkey Man’

Review: ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ fails to answer the call

Review: Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster’s ‘Night Swim’ drowns in its own ambition

It’s official, ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ is the worst movie you will see in 2023

Review: Just go ahead and give Emma Stone the Oscar for ‘Poor Things’

Do you dream of Nic Cage? You will after seeing his latest, ‘Dream Scenario’

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ is an interminable, scare-free bore wholly focused on selling merch

Review: ‘Strays’ might be the funniest, raunchiest movie ever made abut a dog’s quest to destroy his owner’s penis

Review: There’s little to recommend about ‘Blue Beetle’ except for its vibrant Mexican heritage

Review: Possessed horror debut ‘Talk to Me’ creates a terrifying new reality

Review: Super-sucky vampire tale ‘The Last Voyage of Demeter’ lacks bite

Review: It’s official, ‘Haunted Mansion’ is the worst movie you will see this summer

Review: Tom Cruise saves the summer movie season, again, with ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One’

Review: ‘North by Current’ unyieldingly resists conventional thinking about confronting trauma and trans embodiment in America

Review: We can all breathe easier knowing ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ doesn’t suck

‘The Blackening’ isn’t scary or funny enough to justify paying for a theater ticket

Review: DC’s ‘The Flash’ stalls except for Michael Keaton’s triumphant return