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First Viewing Viewing Date: August 6th Via: Cinema Plot: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. Rating: 8.6/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 24th Via: Cinema Plot: The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro. Rating: 7.2/10 You can read my review here

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 18th Via: Cinema Plot: As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past. Rating: 6.2/10

Joyous, visually superb celebration of pop culture

“Steven Spielberg's first major action blockbuster in some time, Ready Player One reaffirms the filmmaker's status as one of modern cinema's most reliable creators of big-screen spectacles. With Spielberg dedicating much of the last few years to historical dramas (Bridge of Spies, The Post), it's enc” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 10th Via: Stan. Plot: Two bumbling store clerks inadvertently erase the footage from all of the tapes in their video rental store. In order to keep the business running, they re-shoot every film in the store with their own camera, with a budget of zero dollars. Rating: 6.9/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 8th Via: 4K Blu-ray Plot: Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father disappeared. Rating: 6.3/10 You can read my review here

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 4th Via: Blu-ray Plot: A demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to Earth. Rating: 6.7/10

Aggressively flat and generic

“Helmed by veteran cinematographer but first-time director Lawrence Sher, Father Figures was actually filmed in 2015, but it took two years to finally see the light of day after test screenings and reshoots. Sher worked on several notable comedies as a director of photography, including the Hangover ” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 3rd Via: Blu-ray Plot: Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him. Rating: 5.0/10 You can read my review here

An easily watchable drama, worth seeing

“2018's The 15:17 to Paris is perhaps the first outright critical bomb for veteran filmmaker Clint Eastwood. Although the movie earned passable if unspectacular box office numbers, critics and audiences were unkind to Eastwood's latest directorial undertaking, despite its good intentions. Like the to” read more

A superb throwback sci-fi action-thriller

“Ostensibly emerging out of nowhere, 2018's Upgrade is one of the biggest film-going surprises of the year; an old-school, dark, noir-ish sci-fi action-thriller reminiscent of The Terminator and RoboCop. Upgrade was written and directed by Australian filmmaker Leigh Whannell, who knows a thing or two” read more

Viewed: Seasons 1-2

The idea of an Exorcist TV show never appealed to me...until viewer response was alarmingly positive, convincing me to binge the only two seasons of this show that will ever exist. This is a dark show, and it manages to create an agreeable connection to the original movie that I simply cannot spoil. No punches are pulled throughout this show; there's gore and violence, while the exorcism scenes are disturbing and unnerving, as they should be. I also grew to really like the show's two main characters. This is an anthology series, with a new story arc per season as opposed to something serialised like The X-Files, but the payoff is outstanding; the final episode of the second season in particular reaches an emotional climax that would only be possible in long-form television format. Unfortunately, despite the anthology angle, the show remains unresolved, as it ends on an uncertain note intended to set up the planned third season. Alas, this is another great show that has been cut down before its time. It's absolutely worth watching!