Solo: A Star Wars Story, Disobedience, The Rider, Beast Reviews

Solo: A Star Wars Story
Dir. Ron Howard
Watch Trailer

Star Wars movies used to be major cultural events. With long gaps between the films' release dates, the hype was strong with this franchise - the 16 years between Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace, and the 10 years between Revenge of the Sith and The Force Awakens, gave fans the chance to speculate and mouth-froth for a good chunk of the calendar. Now, risking quantity over quality as well as audience hype, Disney plans to release a new Star Wars film once a year, and it remains to be seen if this decision to oversatiate people's willingness to see yet more lightsaber duels, "pew pew pew"-ing, and nostalgic references to past films will continue to thrive. It's concerning to see that this is the state of the modern blockbuster, but at least Solo: A Star Wars Story is a ton of fun!

Deadpool 2, Breaking In, Tully, You Were Never Really Here Reviews

Deadpool 2

Dir. David Leitch

Watch Trailer

The first Deadpool movie came as a subversive revelation for the superhero genre - from the opening credits it brought a biting, self-referential humor into the mix, with a witty script and hilarious performances that combined the pop culture-obsessed raunchiness of Family Guy with hyper-violent, R-rated action previously unseen in any Marvel movie. Fox took a risk and it paid off big-time, meaning a sequel was inevitable. But while Deadpool 2 has its moments, it fails to recapture that same "lightning-in-a-bottle" punk rock energy as its predecessor.

Avengers: Infinity War, Rampage, Truth or Dare, Chappaquiddick Reviews

Avengers: Infinity War

Dir. Anthony & Joe Russo

Watch Trailer

NOTE: Minor spoilers ahead, so if you want to know nothing, you may want to skip this review!

The epic crossover movie to end all epic crossover movies, Avengers: Infinity War was inspired by one of the biggest crossover series in comics, 1991's The Infinity Gauntlet. Much like its source material, the film features dozens of Marvel characters, most set up in the preceding 18(!) films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and brings them together to fight the hulking, purple-headed alien conqueror Thanos, who literally wants to kill half of all the beings in the universe in order to save resources (how eco-friendly of him!). He'll have the power to do it if he finds all the infinity stones for his gauntlet, so practically every single Marvel superhero - from Earth-bound characters like Iron Man, to the space-traversing Guardians of the Galaxy - must come together to stop Thanos and his minions from enacting his sinister plan. It's a total comic book story, for better or worse.