John Rocha

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Mar 13, 2026 4/5 Hoppers is Pixar’s best, most complete film in years. A precocious story about a crusading outsider using Avataresque technology to save a patch of nature. The animation is vibrant, the VO work is just stellar, and it features a topical, resonant message. Go to Full Review Hoppers (2026) 94% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jul 8, 2025 4/5 SUPERMAN is a comic book lover's dream that triumphantly opens James Gunn's DC Universe. A rousing, vibrant, action packed, quick witted and touching film with stand out performances from David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult and Edi Gathegi. Go to Full Review Superman (2025) 83% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 23, 2025 Inside Out 2 is the best PIXAR sequel ever. It deftly taps into the universal experience of young adults with new emotions, coming of age experiences and moral quandaries to navigate while also being a moving commentary on the importance of mental health. Go to Full Review Inside Out 2 (2024) 91% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 23, 2025 4/5 Fede Alvarez revives the franchise in this taut, moody, and terrifying thriller with standout work from Cailee Spaeney and David Jonsson. Alvarez evokes the best (and most insane) parts of the Alien movies while carving out his own corner of the universe. Go to Full Review Alien: Romulus (2024) 80% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 23, 2025 3/5 A slightly disappointing legacy sequel from Tim Burton featuring the glorious return of Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara to a franchise they made famous, but in a film overstuffed with characters, plot holes and ridiculous story beats. Go to Full Review Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 76% 100%

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 23, 2025 4/5 A fun, action packed and, yes, touching thriller with a standout performance from Aaron Pierre as Terry, a black man confronted by a sea of racist, small town cops as he tries to free his cousin and smash the corrupt stranglehold the law has on that town. Go to Full Review Rebel Ridge (2024) 95% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 23, 2025 2.5/5 Todd Phillips delivers an inspired, thought provoking and challenging sequel that works so well until it completely falls apart in its final third with confounding character choices and plot resolutions and a final twist that insults fans of 2019's JOKER. Go to Full Review Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 31% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 23, 2025 4/5 Jason Reitman directs a fantastic and frenetic trip back to the night that SNL was born complete with inspired performances from Gabriel LaBelle, Cooper Hoffman, Dylan O'Brien, Cory Michael Smith, Rachel Sennott and the great J.K Simmons as Milton Berle. Go to Full Review Saturday Night (2024) 77% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 23, 2025 2.5/5 Paul Mescal delivers a primal, combustible performance in this disappointing sequel from Ridley Scott. Denzel chews a colosseum's worth of scenery that almost saves this uninspired rehash of 2000's GLADIATOR with terrible CGI and a flat finale....almost. Go to Full Review Gladiator II (2024) 70% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 21, 2025 3/5 A moody, atmospheric horror from Leigh Whannell that thrusts you immediately into its story. Christopher Abbott brings an electric, temperamental energy to a man barely holding onto his life and sanity leading to a truly inventive wolf man transformation. Go to Full Review Wolf Man (2025) 47% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Feb 13, 2024 4.25/5 The Greatest Night in Pop is an enjoyable, illuminating, and surprisingly funny documentary full of some revealing behind the scenes stories. You get a front row seat to the making of WE ARE THE WORLD from the people who lived it. What an absolute joy. Go to Full Review The Greatest Night in Pop (2024) 98% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Feb 13, 2024 2/5 Madame Web is a boring and ineffectual film that paralyzes its acting talent with a poisonous script full of laughable dialogue, nonsensical character choices and unearned moments of emotional closure while not delivering on any of its superhero promise. Go to Full Review Madame Web (2024) 10% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 31, 2024 3/5 A disappointing, predictable and way too long spy comedy that's devoid of any fun electricity, magic or charm. Henry Cavill and Sam Rockwell do standout here despite Matthew Vaughn's direction doing way too much to impress you in this pretty simple story. Go to Full Review Argylle (2024) 32% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 27, 2024 4.75/5 A humorous yet profoundly moving film that explores how devastating it is to create distance between ourselves and the people or things that hurt us. Paul Giamatti delivers his best work, Da'Vine Joy Randolph is a wonder and Dominic Sessa is a true find. Go to Full Review The Holdovers (2023) 97% 91%

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 27, 2024 3.75/5 An interesting and engrossing film detailing the relationship of Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegere that mostly soars under Bradley Cooper's confident direction, but stumbles with its final few notes. Carey Mulligan delivers career best work here. Go to Full Review Maestro (2023) 78% 63%

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 27, 2024 4.25/5 The Iron Claw lays bare the story of the Von Erichs in a poignant, devastating and genuinely moving film from Sean Durkin. Zac Efron goes next level with his haunted and quiet portrayal of Kevin Von Erich and Holt McCallany matches him beat for beat here. Go to Full Review The Iron Claw (2023) 89% 40%

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 27, 2024 4.5/5 A brilliant, biting yet genuinely moving comedy that satirizes the white liberal AND the condescending intellect of color while exposing the convenient compromises we make to achieve our selfish righteousness. This is career best work from Jeffrey Wright. Go to Full Review American Fiction (2023) 93% - -

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 27, 2024 4/5 A delightfully magical tale featuring a wonderful and tender performance from Timothée Chalamet. It expands the Willy Wonka mythology in some fun, vibrant and musical ways under the beautiful, light and touching direction from Paul King. A genuine treat! Go to Full Review Wonka (2023) 82% 47%

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 27, 2024 2/5 Sadly, a flaccid, final DCEU film that tries to coast on the chemistry of Momoa and Patrick Wilson that ends up crashing on the rocks with some terrible humor, ridiculous scenarios, nonsensical story beats, and a villain that is supremely wasted. RIP DCEU Go to Full Review Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) 33% 40%

John Rocha The Outlaw Nation (Youtube) Jan 27, 2024 2.5/5 Ferrari is a high speed car crash of a movie with a convoluted script full of underdeveloped characters, emotional tones that are all over the place, laughable CGI and uneven performances from the cast...except for Penelope Cruz. A true disappointment. Go to Full Review Ferrari (2023) 73% 60%