Archive - P.O.V. Paul's Overview

Superman: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Success

Superman is incredible due to its acting, cinematography, and storytelling.

Jul 8 •

June 2025

28 Years Later: A New Entry or Hope

28 Years Later reinvigorates the franchise by returning to basics with a character-driven story dynamically shot with great acting and editing.

Jun 18 •

Materialists: Sweet, But Shallow

The film succeeds in acting and general style, while it fails by its overly simplistic writing.

Jun 11 •

May 2025

Caught by the Tides: The Beauty in Time Passing

Caught by the Tides is a treasure in form, performance, and structure.

May 21 •

Bring Her Back: A Fun and Freaky Ode to Grief

Bring Her Back uses great performances and a fun yet harrowing script to make a great horror film.

May 16 •

Mission Impossible: The Underwhelming Final Reckoning

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning is crippled by its bloated writing and flashback laden editing but saved by its performances and a few action…

May 14 •

April 2025

A Nice Indian Boy: A Nice and Consistently Surprising Rom-Com

A Nice Indian Boy uses great performances and insightful writing to make an occasionally corny yet wonderful rom-com. This movie made my day.

Apr 28 •

Sinners: A Grand and Satisfying Black Supernatural Horror Epic

Sinners uses compelling performances, sumptuous cinematography, and a magnificent score to become a flawed but powerful film.

Apr 10 •

March 2025

Death of a Unicorn: A Messy but Effectively Earnest Horror Comedy

Death of the Unicorn is an action comedy horror movie that despite some spotty jokes becomes a great time through its excellent performances and cynical…

Mar 25 •

Black Bag: A Deadly Mediation on the Work/Life Balance

Black Bag uses excellent performances, a great sense of style, and complexly clever writing to create an entertaining and tense relationship drama…

Mar 12 •

Novocaine: A Painless yet Slight Action Excursion

Neutered but dynamic fight scenes elevate this clever action comedy slightly above mediocrity.

Mar 11 •

Opus: An Ambitious yet Slight Exercise in Thrills

Opus looks beautiful and has an excellent lead performance from Ayo Edebiri, but squanders its potential despite thrilling returns.

Mar 7 •

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