Author: Phillip McSween

In Nerve, Emma Roberts plays the role of Vee,  a girl who is the picture of innocence. Vee has somehow made it to high school without doing a

I, Robot provides a fun mystery with a few predictable, but interesting, turns. The mystery aspect is clever enough to keep you guessing without frustrating you to the point

The crew of the USS Enterprise is back in Star Trek Beyond heading out into the far reaches of space on a routine mission. An unwarranted attack from a

I walked out of Ghostbusters fully confident of the A-rating I was going to give it. I had my arguments all prepared of why this and that critic was

In this sequel to Finding Nemo, a fish by the name of Dory, who just happens to have short-term memory loss, is on a mission to find her

A part of my job as a movie critic is not just to help determine whether or not the reader should see a movie at all, but also

Ebert’s site gave Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates a mere 1.5 stars while the movie bottomed out at a disappointing 40% on Rotten Tomatoes. As unbiased as I

As a black man, I’ve always had a special appreciation for the X-Men series because it mirrors the history of my race somewhat. Here you have a different

Every now and then a movie comes along that you have to go and see out of pure intrigue. In 2015, it was The Gift. The trailer is

Buddy Comedies are easy to do. Directors and writers, before you get your panties all twisted in a bunch, allow me to elaborate. Buddy comedies stem from a

During game seven of the NBA Western Conference Finals this year, Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors (who was losing at the time), pulls his

The Jungle Book transports you into a beautiful world filled with incredible set-pieces. If director Jon Favreau’s intent was to have each location create a shift in mood, he

I wanted a little more. Don’t get me wrong, The Nice Guys is a darn good movie and the things it does, it does fairly well. The action, the

I’ve seen a lot of movies which means I’ve witnessed characters pass off and on the screen time and time again. In the grand scheme of a two-hour

There’s not a whole lot to dislike about Captain America: Civil War. I do think the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) has a way of making Captain America appear