X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Rating: ★★
Jun 11, 2016Comic-Book Superheroes
The seventh X-Men chapter arrives with a certain ennui. Bryan Singer creates some epic scenes but the sprawling ensemble and the series' ragged continuity makes it hard to invest in the characters, while the new villain looks like a B movie wizard and the mass destruction climax comes surprisingly by the book

The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 22, 2017Animation/Adventures in the Lego Universe
Third of the animated films based on the Lego toy line. This gets the same snappy fast-paced humour and witty fourth-wall breaking gags as its predecessors down pat and proves enjoyable, even if you suspect the novelty of the Lego Movie brand is starting to fade

The Predator (2018)

The Predator (2018)
Rating: ★★½
Jan 26, 2019Alien Huntsman Comes to Earth
Shane Black, a writer-director with a reasonable cult following, makes the sixth Predator film (he also appeared as an actor in the original). Black shakes the series up, introduces a number of new ideas and makes an okay entry