Mark Pacis

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer Review: Christopher Nolan’s Period Magnum Opus

Mark Pacis

Most biographical films settle for the quick and painless version of their subject’s stories. The best ones focus on a ...

Fantasia Film Festival 2023

Films to check out at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival

Mark Pacis

For several years, Fantasia Film Festival has become my favorite film festival to cover every year. At this festival, I ...

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Review – Glass Half Empty

Mark Pacis

After several shaky early installments, the Mission Impossible franchise has found its stride. None of the films were necessarily bad, but a ...

Avatar

Avatar – 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review

Mark Pacis

Fourteen years ago, James Cameron released Avatar to the world and changed the landscape of the moviegoing experience, for better or worse. ...

The Blackening

The Blackening Review – Reinventing the Genre Through Laughter

Mark Pacis

When Get Out arrived in theaters, most moviegoers assumed it would be a horror satire similar to Shaun of the Dead or Cabin in the ...

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Blu-ray Review

Mark Pacis

When I reviewed The Super Mario Bros. Movie in April, I said that the film relied too much on nostalgia and not ...

Elemental Review – Polar Opposites

Mark Pacis

Pixar Animation has always been an animation studio that has prided itself on excellence. For over a decade, it has ...