Movie Reviews from Chris

★★ ☆ ☆ Colony (2026) Runtime: 122 minutes MPAA: Rated R for bloody violent content and some language. Yeon Sang-Ho's Colony has a great idea - what if zombies possessed intelligence, constantly evolving based on the data it receives? The director of Train to Busan never skimps on the production and makeup department, delivering gory and goopy zombies that chase down humans in increasingly dire ways. It also tries later on to play with themes of moral dilemma and sacrifice. But the weak screenplay constantly lets it down, with thinly written characters and questionable plotting, putting all its aspirations on hold. It's also strange sometimes that the film indirectly becomes a Biology lecture, then a science experiment, and then more biological concepts thrown around. Colony rushes through its set-up and doesn't define the geography clearly, so it becomes confusing on character motivations and whether an office building and mall are even related to each other. It begins in C...

★★ ★ ☆ Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) Runtime: 145 minutes MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sequences of action/violence and some language. What if everyone forgot who you are? Picking up from where Spider-Man: No Way Home left, Destin Daniel Cretton's Spider-Man: Brand New Day finds Peter Parker (Tom Holland) living from the consequences of Far From Home and its immediate predecessor, where a chain of events ripple through what he has to deal with and accept. The revelation of his identity by Mysterio caused mass speculation, and a botched (and arguably contrived setup) spell by Dr. Strange caused things to turn chaotic, eventually forcing Peter to make Strange cast a spell that erased him from everyone's memories. He visits a coffee shop, where MJ (Zendaya) doesn't recognise him. As the years pass by, he lives alone and anonymously protects New York City as the friendly neighbourhood Spiderman, all while constantly watching Ned Leeds' (Jacob Batalon) livestream as he and MJ go...

★ ⯪ ☆ ☆ Supergirl (2026) Runtime: 110 minutes MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, action, language, and smoking. The best part about Craig Gillespie's Supergirl is that it suggests how grief can consume us, removing all sense of rationality, filling us with denial, anger and the desire for revenge, something that Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) warns Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley) not to pursue, warning her that she'll be corrupted with guilt by her actions. Other than that, there isn't anything particularly novel about this low-stakes venture, a structural and visual mess that's noisy, from the overloaded chaos of fights to the incessant soundtrack that permeates the proceedings. It uses a dying dog and a quest for revenge, but the worldbuilding, character progression and other subtle thematic hints of oppression and bride slavery on page can't match what's shown on the screen. There's committed performances from Alcock and Jason Momoa as Lobo, ...

★★ ★ ☆ The Odyssey (2026) Runtime: 172 minutes MPAA: Rated R for violence and some language. Let's get back to the assigned star rating later. When the trailer for Christopher Nolan's newest film The Odyssey was released, it was savagely condemned for controversial casting choices and lacking Greek representation. Yet, the outcry was almost instantly silenced the moment the film hit theatres, with the majority deeming it a masterpiece. Again, perplexing online discourse and the insistence to use superlatives or derogatory statements. Can we have an era of thoughtful conversations instead of instant verdicts? Back to the topic. It's a bit of a surprise that Nolan has pivoted from intellectual logic mazes to a complex biography in Oppenheimer and now Greek mythology in The Odyssey. Based on Homer's poem, he injects the ancient epic with his signature nested and non-linear storytelling, ear-splitting action sequences, Shepard tone, paired with Ludwig Göransson's overla...