The Odyssey is the definitive showcase both of everything Christopher Nolan does best and of all his weaknesses as a writer and as a director.
Category: Action
The Furious (2026) – Movie Review
You could choose any single fight in this movie and it would exemplify all the tenets of good action filmmaking: talented stunt performers, insane choreography, long, unbroken takes that let the action speak for itself, characterization through fighting style, exploiting the set piece, raising the stakes… That single fight that you chose would be the highlight of any Hollywood blockbuster, but here there are literally dozens of them.
Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning (2025) – Movie Review
The frenzied exposition of the beginning takes away from the spectacular action of the rest.
Godzilla Minus One (2024) – Movie Review
Godzilla Minus One would be a great movie even without the monster; with it, it becomes a fantastic disaster/kaiju movie with a poignant anti-war drama at its heart. Not to be missed!
Furiosa (2024) – Movie Review
Setting aside the academic discussion of whether Fury Road “needed” a prequel, Furiosa enriches the world of Mad Max while standing on its own as a fantastic action movie.
Ballerina (2023) – Movie Review
Eh, it could be worse, I guess.
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) – Movie Review
¡En español! Mission Impossible is once again the perfect summer blockbuster: fun globe-trotting spy action with incredible practical stunts, made all the more impressive by contrast with the superhero garbage that seems now, finally, to […]
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) – Movie Review
Once again, the Spider-Verse thrusts the medium to new heights with stunning creativity.
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (2023) – Movie Review
Everything you could ask from a The Three Musketeers adaptation: gorgeous production, visual spectacle, plenty of entertainment.
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) – Movie Review
Bigger, better, cooler, longer, grander.
The Film Tower 