Gary Dowell

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Sep 26, 2019 For all its rough edges, IT: Chapter Two is largely rewarding. Go to Full Review It: Chapter Two (2019) 62% 78%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Aug 12, 2019 Holland continues to bring a wide-eyed, boyish charm to the role, and his chemistry with his co-stars remains intact. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) 91% - -

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Aug 12, 2019 ...there's enough here to keep kaiju fans hooked for at least one more outing. Go to Full Review Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) 42% 83%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Aug 12, 2019 ...fans will have to settle for (re-)reading the comics, (re-) watching the 1990s animated series adaptation, and dreaming of what could have been. Go to Full Review Dark Phoenix (2019) 22% 64%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Aug 12, 2019 There's a mellow dignity to it, as it takes a blunt, somber, sobering view of the looming apocalypse rather than checking off genre tropes every five minutes. Go to Full Review The Dead Don't Die (2019) 55% 38%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons May 31, 2019 There is an amazing depth and pathos to the Hellboy comic books, but you wouldn't know it after slogging through this iteration. The character, the fans, and the cast all deserve far better than this. Go to Full Review Hellboy (2019) 17% - -

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons May 31, 2019 Breezy and light on gravitas, Captain Marvel doesn't shake up the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it does find a few new ways to perk up the umpteenth superhero origin story. Go to Full Review Captain Marvel (2019) 79% 45%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons May 31, 2019 That it succeeds isn't a surprise... The real surprise -- to the relief of many -- is the level of quality to which this complicated and admittedly busy piece of pop art rises. Go to Full Review Avengers: Endgame (2019) 94% - -

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons May 28, 2019 Shazam! is a nice palate cleanser between servings of Marvel grit...light-hearted and tightly-plotted. Go to Full Review Shazam! (2019) 90% 81%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Feb 21, 2019 Rather than a objectified victim, Alita has agency more often than not, and the movie has enough go-for-broke energy to match her determination. Go to Full Review Alita: Battle Angel (2019) 61% 90%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Feb 14, 2019 Almost everything is awesome in Mike Mitchell's obligatory sequel... Go to Full Review The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) 84% 79%

Gary Dowell Lake Highlands Advocate (Texas) Feb 13, 2019 There's a lingering atmosphere of dread permeating Destroyer, and Kidman is in masterful control throughout even -- and especially -- when Bell is in moral freefall. Go to Full Review Destroyer (2018) 74% 50%

Gary Dowell Dallas Morning News Jan 29, 2019 B A documentary that is stirring and enlightening. Go to Full Review Ghetto (2002) 81% 75%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Dec 28, 2018 Nevertheless, it's a bubbly concoction that goes down easy, and the adolescent target audience isn't likely to nitpick. Go to Full Review Mary Poppins Returns (2018) 80% 64%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Dec 27, 2018 Aquaman is rough around the edges but nevertheless an enjoyably silly ride that unabashedly embraces the cheesiness and weirdness of its world and runs -- er, swims -- with it at full speed. Go to Full Review Aquaman (2018) 66% 72%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Oct 19, 2018 ...the result is a weird, atonal, campy mess. Go to Full Review Venom (2018) 31% 81%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Oct 19, 2018 Let's just say Goddard is adept at setting up viewer expectations just enough to thoroughly undermine them later. Go to Full Review Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) 75% 75%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Sep 13, 2018 Sadly, there are indeed no brains to be found in The Nun. Go to Full Review The Nun (2018) 24% 35%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Aug 29, 2018 It's an above-average, one-viewing wonder that at least manages to be more than a one-joke movie. Go to Full Review The Happytime Murders (2018) 23% 40%

Gary Dowell Dark Horizons Jul 4, 2018 Hard-boiled with a dash of absurdist pulp, Sicario: Day of the Soldado lacks the subtle nuances and gritty realism of the original but earns points for taking chances without slipping into spectacle... Go to Full Review Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) 62% 65%