Home Movie Reviews ‘Nanny’ Review: Nikyatu Jusu’s Devastating Debut Uncovers the Horrors of the American Dream A dynamic performance by Anna Diop helps to give life to an unsettling tapestry of tragedy that lays bare the darkness lurking beneath the…
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At the very least, the Mouse House avoids the laziest possible mistake with “Hocus Pocus 2.” This sequel to the childhood and camp classic, which arrives nearly three decades after the original bewitched audiences, does not amount to just a…
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“Everything’s going to be different from now on,” muses Allie (Justin Theroux) in Season Two of Apple TV+’s Mosquito Coast. As if. When it comes to the beleaguered Fox family in the small-screen adaptation Paul Theroux’s best-selling novel, one thing…
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Throughout his storied career, Quentin Tarantino has crafted characters that transcend the bounds of the films in which they exist, embodying a bold and distinctly cinematic vision of ensemble storytelling. From immortalized fan favorites like Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson)…
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Although the genre seldom goes out of fashion, fans of horror comedies have been particularly spoiled for choice of late, with Henry Selick's animated film Wendell & Wild, indie found footage film Deadstream, and Netflix's Addams Family spinoff series Wednesday…
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2022, a year of cinematic tributes, big-screen spectacles, a continued surge of streaming, and, of course, superheroes reigning supreme. The medium continues to see its highs and lows following the peak of the pandemic, but revisiting these films, it’s hard…
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In the new four-part limited Netflix series The Witcher: Blood Origin, the Continent is ruled by elves in a prosperous era, long before their ruin in 2019’s The Witcher. The prequel offers fans a look back in time, before monsters…
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Writer/director Florian Zeller cannot manage to reproduce the magic of “The Father” with his latest film, “The Son.” This latest screen adaptation of Zeller’s trilogy of stage plays about families falling apart, co-written with Englishman Christopher Hampton, expands its setting…
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In Emma Needell’s short film, Life Rendered, a young man embraces his true self in virtual reality. Mark Redman (Owen Teague) lives a dual life. By day, he takes care of his disabled father (Luce Rains) on his family farm in…
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In the early 2010s, Disney became more afraid of taking risks after a series of massive box-office failures like John Carter and Mars Needs Moms, which led the company towards working on projects that were more obviously sure things. Because…
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According to his costar Kate Hudson, she had to fight for the actor to land his role in the film. "I’m such a cheerleader for actors in our industry, but for rom-coms, you need that guy to have chemistry with,"…
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Netflix is cracking into 2023 in a huge way with their series, Kaleidoscope. Created and sorted so that viewers could watch in any order, the heist mystery chronicles a quarter of a century, beginning 24 years prior to the crime,…
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