Of course, the outcome of the film is never really in question. However, the joy is in the way that the film arrives there.

Michelle Yeoh shines in this trippy sci-fi epic about a woman struggling to pay her taxes, run her family’s laundromat, and save the multiverse.

Direct-to-video martial arts action comedies from the mid-to-late ’90s don’t get much better than this.

A shallow, mean-spirited movie obsessed with proving its own cleverness time and again.

Tran Quoc Bao’s first feature film is a martial arts comedy gem.

Netflix’s latest romantic comedy offers a fresh spin on the romcom formula — and an awesome Keanu Reeves cameo.

Yes, there’s lots of ping pong, but also a surprisingly nuanced exploration of the thin line between friendship and rivalry.

The ultra-gory post-apocalyptic BMX action film with a heart of a gold that you’ve been waiting for.

Pixar’s Inside Out is pure cinematic magic. Also, it reminds me of Mad Max: Fury Road. (No, seriously.)

When the film worked — which it did, more often than not — it left me positively giddy with a huge smile on my face.

There were many brilliant ideas and scenes throughout the film, but in the end, they just didn’t gel for me.

Consider it the filmic equivalent of a bacon double cheeseburger with a big side of greasy fries.

The world could always use some more goofily charming, historically irreverent sci-fi.

Swing Girls is far better than it frankly has any right to be, thanks to the sheer amount of fun, enthusiasm, and aplomb it contains.

The constant quirkiness and oddity becomes as rote and routine as any generic Hollywood melodrama.

A gently nostalgic, bittersweet look at how Asian films of yore shape the characters’ memories and actions.

Singin’ in the Rain is absolutely full of starry-eyed, classic, incredibly infectious Hollywood panache.

The American Astronaut works best if you think of it as a tweaked version of classic black-and-white serials.

Silly, cheesy, and fluffy — and unashamedly so.

Skipping the fan service, this Full Metal Panic spin-off focuses on goofy humor.