What if Texas and California were to secede from the United States and join forces to wage war against their former home country?

It’s such a shame that there’s so much to detract from what “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” does right.

"I couldn’t latch onto anything enjoyable about 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.'"

Mark Wahlberg stars as Michael Light, the captain of a team of “adventure racers,” teams that participate in multi-day races of over 500 miles across various treacherous terrains.

"As an overall effort this movie may be just as complacent as Po is in the first act, but the 'Kung Fu Panda' franchise knows what brings audiences comfort."

"This film is likely to fare even better than its predecessor at next year’s Oscars, and is frankly the first 'must-see' film that I’ve seen in a long time."

Fans will probably find much of value here, but the film was never able to capture my interest in a way that even “Mugen Train” could.

'Bob Marley: One Love falls into most of the familiar traps of the music biopic...'

"Ugh, what’s with all these movies going for the wrong ratings lately?"

'The confusing nature of the movie’s reality makes for a confused tone.'

Bob Garver: "'Anyone but You' is bland and corny and the characters are idiots."

"I know this movie probably wants me to give it the next letter grade up, but I’m afraid it will have to settle for a…"

Tina Fey and Tim Meadows reprise their roles without singing, and 'it’s less a welcome nostalgia act and more of an unflattering copy.'

"This is a bland, unoriginal horror movie with dull characters and even duller scares."

"'Migration' isn’t a particularly imaginative family film. It’s certainly cute and harmless enough that I don’t think anybody will truly detest it."

"This movie is the best argument yet for why this version of the DCEU in its entirety should just be cut adrift."

"It’s impossible to get too mad at a movie like this, one that the family can all agree to see together during the holidays."

"Maybe 'The Boy and the Heron' makes more sense to people well-versed in Miyazaki’s style."

"I’ll be honest, I had a hard time enjoying 'Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,' despite Beyoncé being an incredible artist"

"Something tells me that Napoleon himself would have a hard time hiding a smirk over how badly I underestimated his biopic."

Bog Garver: "This movie is the unwelcome slog that I expected"

"I know that the MCU can produce hits for both the movies and home, but it needs to make better decisions about which properties should be which."

"I think the majority of people enjoy the movie for about half its runtime, and then it takes a downturn that sends them home unhappy."

From a technical standpoint, the movie does everything pretty much perfectly.