A spectacle to behold with an underlying arc that makes it more satisfying than a 2 1/2-hour bite of eye candy.

Run Time: 1:44
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: DeWanda Wise, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, ...

There is nothing imaginary about how bad a misfire this movie is even for the Blumhouse base.

Run Time: 2:21
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Adult Themes, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Cast: Christiana Dell’Anna, David Morse, Romana Maggiora Vergano, ...

An engaging account of a woman whose faith and personality allowed her to make a difference in the face of astronomical odds.

Feels like a failed attempt to infuse the Coen Brothers’ wry aesthetic into a B-movie tableau.

It is never a good sign when any documentary elements of a bio-pic are more arresting than the dramatized portions.

"Madame Web" is another example of a comic book movie no one was clamoring for.

"Lisa Frankenstein" is a bad Tim Burton movie with two unlikable main characters.

All the pleasure hinted at by the trailer is illusory. This is the month when Hollywood jettisons its refuse and this particular sampling belongs buried deep in a landfill.

"Origin" offers plenty to ponder and argue; the result is powerful and compelling.

As a sci-fi thriller, it does not disappoint but neither does it go above or beyond what one might reasonably expect based on the trailer.