Video Vendetta

Watch something else instead.

Way too long and with a lopsided supporting cast, the film still finds some bright spots and is a good showcase for Taraji P. Henson’s underused lowbrow side.

Depressing, distressing and self-obsessing, the films in competition for the 2019 Live Action Short Oscar are some of my least favorite in recent memory.

A bit underwhelming in comparison to last year’s lineup, the 2019 animated shorts are uniformly likable if not overwhelmingly so.

The rare remake that makes you wish the original had never existed.

A war hero-turned-beach-bum must choose between saving his child and ex from an abusive jerk or catching a really big fish. A film every bit as good as its premise would suggest — which is to say, not very good at all.