“Brush Up on Your Adam Leon with the Director’s Breezy ‘Italian Studies'”

In which no one speaks Italian, because they’re too busy speaking Adam Leon. Continue reading →

“‘The Afterparty’ Review: Lord & Miller’s Apple TV+ Series Takes A Laid-Back Approach To Genre-Hopping”

How odd to watch a Miller & Lord thing and think: “Well, that was low-key.” Continue reading →

Sundance 2022: Review Round-Up

Coming in just in time at (checks notes) a month and change since the festival wrapped. Continue reading →

“The Most Dazzling Sci-Fi Movie Of 2021 Reveals A Dark Internet Truth”

Beauty, Beast, bad times on the interwebs. Continue reading →

“George Clooney’s Sentimentality Can’t Prop Up ‘The Tender Bar'”

The tender blah. Continue reading →

“‘Agnes’ Review: The Genre Subversion Of This Horror Nunspolitation Compels You”

Agnes / Beyond power of speech / When the one thing you want / Is the only thing out of your reach
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“Faith-Filled Kurt Warner Biopic ‘American Underdog’ Is Surprisingly Fine, If Not Good”

Yeah, I’m as surprised as you are. Continue reading →

“‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Reveals The Biggest Problem With ‘Game Of Thrones'”

How do you say “Denzel Washington is the coolest” in Shakespearean? Continue reading →

“‘Station Eleven’ TV Review: HBO Max’s Post-Apocalyptic Drama Is Essential Discomfort Viewing”

But first, you have to watch stations 1 – 10 to understand it. Continue reading →

“‘The Unforgivable’s Title Is Truth in Advertising”

I won’t ask your forgiveness for the delay posting this; I WILL ask for your thanks. Continue reading →

“The Reason To See Apple’s Underrated ‘See’ Is A Badass Blind Swordsman”

A profile of a great actor playing a great character, but also a rare admission that I was wrong. Continue reading →

“‘Being the Ricardos’ Sags Under the Sorkin of It All”

This could have been a good movie, but the writer-director couldn’t help Sorkin all the oxygen out of the room. Continue reading →

“‘The Summit Of The Gods’ Review: In Patrick Imbert’s Breathtaking Animated Film, Everest Is The True Star”

Sorta like the nectar of the gods and manna from heaven, but with more near-death experiences. Continue reading →

“‘The Hand of God,’ The Eyes of a Boy”

It’s a hand, but made into a fist, but with a single digit raised, and guess which one? Continue reading →

’14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible’ Aims High But With Too Broad A Scope [Review]’

If nothing is impossible, then why wasn’t it possible to make a good movie out of this story? Continue reading →

“‘The Feast’ Review: Lee Haven Jones Mixes Various Horror Tastes To Create A Delightfully Welsh Fright”

A feast for the soul…of Wales. This excerpt was the best I could do, I apologize. Continue reading →

“5-LP Set ‘Highway Butterfly’ Gathers Friends to Honor Neal Casal’s Music and Life”

Maybe one of the biggest albums of 2021, in literal terms. And figurative. Continue reading →

“Wendell B. Harris, Jr.’s Extraordinary ‘Chameleon Street’ Still Strikes A Nerve 30 Years Later”

A street that looks like every other street. Because…chameleon. Get it? Continue reading →

“Courtney Barnett Slows Down and Finds Happiness in Little Things on ‘Things Take Time, Take Time'”

Records this good don’t just happen overnight, so musicians: Take all the time you need. Continue reading →

“Adam Ethan Crow’s Haunted Airbnb Story ‘Lair’ Needs Stronger Layers”

Welcome to Adam Ethan Crow’s Airbnb LAIR. Continue reading →