Review: The Pick-Up Pairs Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson in a Clunky Caper
Director Tim Story is the king of two-film franchises. He helmed such series as the original Fantastic Four films, the Think Like A Man twofer, and the Ride Along movies, […]
Review: Pete Davidson Continues to Try On New Characters, Acting Styles in Effective Thriller The Home
When did Pete Davidson become the type of actor you could slot into just about any role? Actually, pretty much from the beginning of his movie career. Unlike another former […]
Review: Riff Raff Draws on a Stacked Ensemble Cast including Ed Harris, Bill Murray and Jennifer Coolidge, for an Action Pic with Family Drama
Filmmaker Dito Montiel has always worked on the outskirts of Hollywood yet has still found a way to pull together impressive casts for his humanistic stories, often about those living […]
Review: Dumb Money Chronicles a Recent Moment in Pop Culture, Financial History in Accessible, Hilarious Ways
It took me a few minutes to figure out what makes director Craig Gillespie’s (I, Tonya; Lars and the Real Girl) latest work, Dumb Money, different from the slew of […]
Review: A Solid Action Flick, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Brings a Long-Anticipated Crew to the Big Screen
Sometimes, a gifted director, a shorter runtime, and a unstoppable period soundtrack is all you need to pivot a franchise in the right direction. For the Transformers universe, the previous […]
Review: With James Gunn at the Helm, The Suicide Squad Brings Characters with Depth and a Story with Plenty of Fun
After working almost exclusively for several years on the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies (as well as contributing in no small part to the last couple Avengers movies […]
Review: Pete Davidson Does the Work to Grow Up in The King of Staten Island
There’s a scene early on in the new Judd Apatow-directed The King of Staten Island in which the central character, Scott Carlin (SNL’s Pete Davidson), is explaining to his oldest […]
Review: Pete Davidson Channels Star Potential in Big Time Adolescence
[Editors Note: Starting this week, Third Coast’s film coverage will shift to streaming options in order to continue to deliver critical takes on the latest films until cinemas re-open. We’ll […]