Brandon Moeller

If you’ve seen The Phantom Menace, then you already know what to expect from every film in this trilogy: stilted performances, overly-complex plotting, and far too many computer generated characters and environments. I can accept that this is Lu... Read the full review »

Revenge of the Sith reinvigorated my interest in Star Wars in 2005, and each subsequent viewing has produced a similarly rousing affect: at closing credits my skin is blanketed with goosebumps, and warm, cathartic waves of relief and gratification... Read the full review »

Rogue One offers a few things I had always been keen to see in a Star Wars film: images of the galaxy under Imperial rule, and a more substantial bridge between the first two trilogies. This film also took several viewings for me to warm up to bec... Read the full review »

There are a number of observations to be made about Murder on the Orient Express, but one stands above all the others: Kenneth Branagh loves him some Kenneth Branagh. So much so that his impressive co-stars become totally irrelevant behind the ons... Read the full review »

Sifting through my feelings about Thor: Ragnarok is proving to be an unexpected challenge. Walking out of the theatre tonight I was feeling mostly positive. The film is as funny and lively as Iron Man with the scope and visual effects bombast of T... Read the full review »

Despite a disappointing opening weekend take (less than $100M domestic. Ouch), and an unenthusiastic critical response, Justice League is hardly the abject failure some would have you believe. A share of this chilly reaction is deserved; the film... Read the full review »

Rian Johnson's voice and style are well-suited for telling Star Wars stories, but if he wasn't interested in continuing the one JJ Abrams began then he should have been given a different project from the very beginning. I'm repelled by the tonal... Read the full review »