The last time Rian Johnson made a sequel, the very worst Star Wars fans, Internet trolls and bots dragged him through the mud for The Last Jedi. But he got the last laugh two years later when his very own franchise launching film Knives Out was a surprise hit and Oscar nominee, right before The Rise of Skywalker embarrassed itself retconning Johnson’s last work.

Yet three years later, Johnson is back in the sequel well with Glass Onion, which doesn’t…

Spectre presents a James Bond tale directed by Sam Mendes which has a record length and budget, isn't just throwing out action set piece after action set piece, has multiple references to Bond movies of the past, goes deeper into Bond's personal past than ever before, includes a lot of meta commentary about how Bond's spy style is obsolete as a bureaucrat tries to update it into the 21'st century, reveals a villain who uses cyber warfare to destabilize everything…

The murder mystery genre is among the most enduring in film and literature, which makes it extra hard to mine anything new from it no matter how many twists, turns and murders are thrown up. Writer/director Rian Johnson knows a bit about trying to refresh a time honored, decades-old genre and formula himself – and the very vocal minority that ranted against Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi for various toxic reasons haven’t let up on him about it…

Though we will never say goodbye to James Bond, the Daniel Craig version of him has certainly had a very drawn-out farewell. But almost a year and a half after it was supposed to be his story’s time to die, No Time to Die is finally here to close one of the most rollercoaster chapters in Bond history. As such, the Craig era's overall back-and-forth pattern of extreme highs and bitterly disappointing lows plays out over one two-and-a-half hour long…