Denis Leary’s Military Sitcom Is Comfort TV at Its Best
There’s a moment during the Season 2 premiere of Going Dutch when the Stroopsdorf base camp — led by Denis Leary’s magnetic curmudgeon Colonel Patrick Quinn — undergoes a training exercise to evaluate the soldiers’ field combat abilities. This “team-building”…
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Netflix’s Dull Miniseries Proves That Not Every Agatha Christie Mystery Needs an Adaptation
Agatha Christie is one of those revered writers whose name alone is enough to warrant the audience's attention. Her works have been continuously adapted into every major form, to the point where even her lesser efforts have found their way…
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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Review
Although it made a heap of cash, many were disappointed that the first Five Nights at Freddy’s movie wasn’t rated R. Neither is its sequel, but let’s be honest. These movies aren’t for the hard-R crowd. They’re for kids. Yeah,…
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Avatar: Fire and Ash Review
Acting Cinematography/Visual Effects Plot/Screenplay Setting/Theme Watchability Rewatchability Summary: Avatar: Fire and Ash is a technically stunning continuation of the Pandora saga that delivers breathtaking visuals and confidently staged action, but struggles to evolve its storytelling. While James Cameron’s command of…
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Gorgeously Shot Documentary of Black Farmers Is a Tender-Hearted Portrait of a Fading Subculture
Brittany Shyne’s delicately laced documentary Seeds, which profiles a handful of Black farmers in the countryside of Georgia, announces itself through warmth and intimacy. No sooner has the film started that we are nestled inside the backseat of a car,…
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This Half-Baked Horror Feels Like Osgood Perkins’ Third Film In 16 Months
With the release of “Keeper,” Osgood Perkins marks his third directorial venture in the 16 months since “Longlegs” touched a cultural nerve. If it wasn’t already evident that Perkins is the hardest-working man in horror by the volume of work…
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The PBS Historical Drama Proves Again That Eliza Doesn’t Need the Duke
When it was announced ahead of Season 5 that the PBS Masterpiece series Miss Scarlet & The Duke would be losing its Duke, William Wellington (Stuart Martin), many fans were understandably concerned. Rebranding a series after such a central dynamic…
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Hayden Panettiere’s Disappointing Thriller Won’t Keep You Up at Night
For those hoping for more horrifying Hayden Panettiere after her return to the Scream franchise, might I warn you that her latest offering is more disappointing than bone-chilling. Directed by Brandon Auman, Sleepwalker is a psychological thriller focused on a…
Read moreAlbert Birney Channels Eraserhead in Oddly Pleasing Throwback to 1980s Computer Gaming
A palpable air of nervous anticipation hangs over OBEX. It's 1987; the Cold War is reaching its end and the internet age looms, full of promise both of possibility and of danger. For the agoraphobic "Computer" Conor Marsh (Albert Birney,…
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Silent Night, Deadly Night Review: A Blood-Red Christmas Reborn
Mike P. Nelson’s Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) is both a modern reimagining and a continuation of one of horror’s most enduringly controversial franchises. As the seventh overall installment—and the second remake of the 1984 cult classic—it carries the burden…
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'Primate' Review: A Campy, Gory, Killer Chimpanzee Jamboree
Animal attack movies are a curious genre. They're a cousin to monster movies and share their logic, though their antagonists are real-world creatures (albeit sometimes modified or made slightly larger or smarter, like the mako sharks in Deep Blue Sea).…
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Grotesque Horror Winner Picks Up Where ‘Lovecraft Country’ Went Wrong
The violent terrors of Jim Crow South racism, the dread of 1950s Cold War anxiety, and the eerie, cursed-town mythology of Stephen King skillfully converge in “It: Welcome to Derry,” the striking HBO prequel series that fuses America’s real horrors…
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