‘Ballerina’ review: ‘World of John Wick’ affair declines to be different

The Movie Guru: John Wick’s ‘Ballerina’ and ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ both could have been better

‘From the World of John Wick: Ballerina’ (in theaters) There’s a better movie lost in the middle of “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina.” The full title is a sign of that, an ungainly thing that loses its own identity in ties to a different franchise. The movie itself has the same problem, too caught up in checking off familiar boxes to play to its own potential strengths. Doing so would have actually made it fit in better with the “John Wic…

REVIEW: Something ‘Wick’-ish this way comes in 'Ballerina'

You probably already know where you stand on the John Wick action movies.

Why the Fiery But Not So Peaceful 'Ballerina' Rocks

Ballerina, spun from the John Wick franchise, lacks the saga's go-for-broke spirit. That changes in a hurry in the crazed third act.

'Ballerina' pirouettes through familiar 'John Wick' beats - Eden Prairie Local News

Ana de Armas as Eve in “Ballerina.” Photo courtesy of Lionsgate A franchise needs to reach a healthy stage of maturity before it can begin to produce spin-offs from the main feed. It took “Star Wars” seven episodes before it sidestepped with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” It took until the ninth installment of the “Fast & Furious” series to get the buddy adventures of Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham’s…

Movie Review: Ana de Armas is better at killing than ballet in ‘Ballerina,’ a John Wick spinoff

There are so many killings per minute in a John Wick movie, you can easily believe most everyone's an assassin. And that's actually the case in “Ballerina,” a spinoff starring a game and energetic Ana de Armas, which ends up…

The Incredible Action in 'Ballerina' Masks How Dumb the Rest of It Is

Ana de Armas stars alongside Keanu Reeves, Lance Reddick, and Norman Reedus in the 'John Wick' spinoff.