• Intense

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’

10 years ago tomorrow, Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released in theaters, setting the tone for everything that followed in the MCU's Infinity Saga. Still, after over 30 feature releases, Winter Soldier remains a high point for the franchise with a fresh take on superhero movies, infusing hallmarks of the genre with elements of...

• Adventurous
• Fun

‘Renegade Nell’

Derry Girls standout Louisa Harland gets to be a new kind of Disney+ hero in Renegade Nell, an enchanting adventure series from the creator of Happy Valley and Gentleman Jack. Renegade Nell opens with Nellie "Nell" Jackson (Louisa Harland) stumbling onto a robbery in the woods. What shocks both highwayman and victim is the fact that the seemingly...

• Adventurous

‘Outer Banks’

Is anyone else missing Outer Banks as much as I am? It has officially been over a year since Season 3 was released on Netflix and I am so ready for more adventure, mystery and John B. But until that time comes, there's nothing wrong with going back to the hit show's debut season, which follows Outer Banks locals John B., Kiara, JJ and Pope —...

• Adventurous
• Fun

‘Road House’ (2024)

Amazon's acquisition of the vaunted MGM film library a few years back put some delightful things in motion, not the least of which is a reboot of Road House, the trashy basic cable fave best epitomized by Patrick Swayze's inimitable catchphrase "Pain don't hurt." Road House 2024 director Doug Liman does a good job adapting the property for today's ...

• Nostalgic
• Weird

‘BMX Bandits’

Let's be clear: BMX Bandits is not a good movie, nor was it a successful movie. I don't even think it's reached the level of cult classic, even if it rightly deserves to be. What BMX Bandits is, though, is available to stream on Peacock — and it stars a 16-year-old Nicole Kidman. It's not often that you get to see a legitimate film icon cut...

• Adventurous
• Fun

‘The Marvels’

The latest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Marvels, is now streaming on Disney+, and unlike some of the other recent entries to the franchise, this movie is pure fun and shouldn't be missed. All at once a sequel to Captain Marvel and Disney+ series WandaVision and Ms. Marvel, The Marvels is a team-up movie that was first teased at ...

‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ (2024)

Nearly a decade after Mr. & Mrs. Smith — the sexy, action-packed 2005 film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie — premiered, Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane gifted the world a reimagined TV series of the same name. The original Prime Video series also follows Jane and John Smith, two spouses who also happen to be spies. But unlike the...