Plot & Overall Impressions There’s an inviting familiarity to The Last Rodeo that doesn’t pretend to be anything more than a heartfelt rodeo drama—and it works. Written and co-directed by Jon Avnet, alongside star Neal McDonough, the film tells the story of Joe Wainwright, a world-champion bull rider long retired,...

Plot & Overall Impressions In an era clinging to cynicism, Superman (2025) emerges as a bright, audacious defibrillator—jabbing at our world with reminders that hope, goodness, and compassion might not be outdated. Director and co-writer James Gunn doesn’t waste time on origin stories. Superman is already Clark Kent, bustling through...

Plot & Overall Impressions There’s something almost absurdly comforting about watching a Jurassic movie roll by, teeth glinting and palms sweating in unison. Jurassic World: Rebirth—the seventh installment and fourth World chapter of the franchise—leaps back to our screens with a bold new mandate: extract dinosaur DNA from three colossal...

Plot & Overall Impressions Americana, Tony Tost’s debut feature directed and written by himself, lands squarely within that unpredictable modern-day Western–crime–dramedy mash-up. With a storyline built around a sacred Lakota "ghost shirt" spilling into the black market, it draws in a ragtag cast of South Dakota outsiders. The premise—quirky, bold,...