
Stand and Deliver is an inspirational classic from 1988 starring Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante, and his class of rag tag students in East Los Angeles. It’s the story of how a new teacher shows a motley group of students in the inner city with backgrounds as gang members, dishwashers, and mechanics — the power of self-determination. He teaches the teenagers to believe in themselves through algebra and calculus.
The original Mothra is a fun monster movie that has way stronger lore, music, and special effects than most of its contemporaries.
On the Road captures the bleak, hyper-masculine world of long-haul trucking in Northern Mexico, where anything can and will happen. A hard-boiled, neon-noir romantic thriller, it shows the gritty reality of roadside diners, truck stops, and truck cemeteries alongside the expansive, breathless beauty of the Mexican desert highways.
"Godzilla vs. Kong" is all style and very little substance. It's also the most fun I've had in months.
The film does not add anything to its own conversation or genre, and falls flat once it’s about to end and must declare some sort of conclusion.