Move Over, Benoit Blanc; Uzo Aduba’s Quirky Detective Elevates Netflix’s White House Murder Mystery
You know the murder mystery genre has made a resurgence — or perhaps never truly died — when there's even a scene in a new murder mystery show remarking on it. That's the case, no pun intended, for Netflix's new…
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I Had Fun With Bill Skarsgård & Anthony Hopkins’ Occasionally Absurd Action Thriller Despite A Flawed First Impression
Locked gets off to a shaky start, not only as the shaky camera pans across various locations in a city, but also as the film introduces its central conflict. Eddie Barish (Bill Skarsgård) is a young man seeking money to…
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‘Survivor 48’ Episode 4 Recap: Better Swap Around
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Survivor Season 48, Episode 4. Numbers are important on Survivor. So is knowledge. Sometimes, you can lay out the best plan, but when Jeff Probst throws that curveball, it's time to reset. For…
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Disney’s Live-Action Remake of Their First Classic Isn’t as Dopey as You’re Expecting
88 years ago, Disney released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, their first feature-length animated film, which not only completely changed the possibilities for the studio, but changed movie history by showing what animation could do. After years of honing…
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David Mitchell’s BritBox Murder Mystery Isn’t Just Another Crime Procedural
I’m not a twin, but I spent a lot of my childhood wishing I was. It always seemed so cool, the idea of sharing a face with someone, even pretending to be them just for fun. It might also explain…
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Snow White Review | Flickreel
Let’s be fair, people. I’m not going to unpack all of the controversy leading up to Snow White’s release, but it’s safe to say most of the internet has already made up their minds. That’s not how film criticism should…
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Bill Skarsgård Meets Hell on Wheels in This Darkly Humorous Crime Thriller
Who doesn't love a good vigilante movie? There will always be injustice in the world, and we little folks almost always find we have zero control over the rights and wrongs of it all, so it can make for a…
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Rachel Zegler Is The Perfect Disney Princess But That’s Not Good Enough To Overshadow Live-Action Remake Problems
Much has been said about Disney's latest live-action remake, Marc Webb's Snow White, in the years and months leading up to its release. Relentless discourse, the kind only heightened by social media and poor faith readings, has surrounded this movie…
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Did We Really Need Two Robert De Niros?
Martin Scorsese may have directed some of the greatest crime dramas ever to be created, but Robert De Niro starred in most of them. The unofficial trilogy of Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman is a testament to that fact, and…
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Ellen Pompeo’s Uneven Hulu Drama Rips From Infamous Headlines, But Doesn’t Break the Mold
Ellen Pompeo wants to break the Meredith Grey mold she's inhabited for the past two decades on Grey's Anatomy. Her first starring project since putting on those iconic blue scrubs is Good American Family, another "ripped from the headlines" true…
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Oppressed Princess Reclaims Kingdom From Occupying Tyrannical Queen In Otherwise Boring, Loud Spectacle
Gaudy, noisy, overwrought and tedious, Disney’s live-action “Snow White” movie is sometimes dull, sometimes excruciating and not at all good. However, it has one unintentionally delicious element that makes the movie semi-tolerable: the ways in which its narrative mirrors the…
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Robert De Niro Is Back For Another Tired Gangster Flick, But This Time, There Are Two Of Him
Robert De Niro adds another gangster movie to his long list of genre credits with The Alto Knights, but it's far from a victory lap. Loosely based on the mafia bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, both played by De…
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