Genre Movies

Movies streaming now and coming soon: honest reviews of the best movies on Netflix, Prime Video, Max and every streamer, with binge-worthy picks and new releases.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Taught Fox the wrong lessons: great Three Rivers opening, studio checklist after the island. 6.5 on IMDb from 573K. Watch act one at full speed, rest as documentation.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

The first stumble, still not the disaster: the cure metaphor is bitter and good, Phoenix gets the B plot she deserved. 56% on RT, 6.7 on IMDb. The rough patch before the reboot fixed the brand.

X2: X-Men United (2003)

The template every sequel had to beat for a decade: White House breached, the church flood, not one weak character thread. 85% on RT. The Fox era's peak.

X-Men (2000)

The grey, sincere immigration drama that kicked the door in: Stewart vs McKellen, the Kelly hearings as McCarthyism, 7.3 on IMDb from 690K. Every modern superhero film owes it one.

Madame Web (2024)

11% on RT: a Spider-Man movie without Spider-Man, three actresses above their material, a production story more interesting than the film. 3 out of 10.

Morbius (2022)

15% on RT, the most meme'd superhero film ever, and sadder than the jokes. A 2013 movie that opened in 2022 with sequel bait and no sequel.

Venom (2018)

Hardy and the symbiote play it as a sitcom and it works. 84% on Rotten Tomatoes on the strength of the banter alone. Dumb, but not guilty.