the trench

  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Has Its Moments, But Mostly Fizzles

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Has Its Moments, But Mostly Fizzles

    At one moment in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, characters are running through a mutated jungle, chased by lion-sized cockroaches while avoiding violent, human-eating plants. In another moment, multiple characters are standing around, their hair flowing wildly, delivering wooden dialogue that’s almost as painful for them to say as it is for us to hear.…


  • Meg 2 Tries and Fails to Be Big, Dumb Fun

    Meg 2 Tries and Fails to Be Big, Dumb Fun

    If I were to sit here and spew out every single thing that happens in Meg 2: The Trench, you’d probably get very excited about it. Purely as a list of bullet points, the film has everything you’d want in a movie about big, killer sharks: bigger killer sharks, unfathomable action scenes, terrifying new creatures,…


  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Looks Both Wet and Wild

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Looks Both Wet and Wild

    Aquaman used to be the butt of so many superhero jokes for so long, but that pretty much changed the minute Game of Thrones’ badass Jason Mamoa put on Arthur Curry’s scaled, skin-tight armour for Warner Bros. It’ll be great to see Mamoa speed-swimming through the seven seas when Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom releases…