Project Hail Mary Review | Flickreel
Like The Martian, Project Hail Mary is based on an Andy Weir novel with a script from Drew Goddard. Over a decade later, we still haven’t made it to Mars, but The Martian approached the concept in a way that…
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Haute Couture of the Psyche
Mother Mary is the kind of film that feels less like a traditional narrative and more like an emotional séance—an eerie, intimate summoning of ego, artistry, and buried resentment. Written and directed by David Lowery, this psychological drama-thriller leans heavily…
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Don’t Let This Moving Family Drama Be All About Its Ending
In the opening scene of Omaha, a father wakes his young daughter in the early hours of the morning. His tone is gentle but firm: He needs her to get up and grab a few treasured possessions. Her little brother…
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Deborah Vance Is On A Mission To Cement Her Legacy Before It’s Too Late
In case you hadn’t heard, “Hacks” is coming to an end. At least that’s what creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky have declared ahead of its fifth and now final season. And, as with the previous four…
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‘The Rookie’ Wraps Up With a Chenford Cliffhanger That Saves an Uneven Season 8
ABC's The Rookie has offered plenty of exciting twists and turns this season. Our favorite police force has dealt with several terrifying villains, and we've even had a pretty blissful season of Chenford romance. But there were also some disappointing…
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Netflix’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ Miniseries Is a Powerful Adaptation With a Few Missteps
If you're of a certain age, there's a very good chance you've read William Golding's classic 1954 novel Lord of the Flies, which has been required reading in many schools. The book, about a group of young boys stranded on…
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NightBound | Film Threat
Rogelio Rios’s found-footage short NightBound traps a man in his own home as supernatural forces close in around him. What begins as a desperate escape becomes an endless nightmare of impossible choices and inescapable horror. A man (Rogelio Rios) sits…
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FROM Season 4 Episode 1 Review
FROM Season 4 Episode 1 opens up and immediately reminds you that this show does not care about easing you back in. There’s no warm-up, no “previously on,” no gentle reintroduction to the chaos. It picks up right where we…
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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Ready or Not left us on a mic drop of a finale. While it seemed there was little else to say about Samara Weaving’s Grace, it did leave a few balls in the air. When we last saw Grace, she…
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An Imbalanced Yet Effective Follow-Up to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
When “The Handmaid’s Tale,” based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, first premiered in 2017, it felt like a bleak calling card of our time. Now, nearly ten years later, “The Testaments,” also based on Atwood’s…
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A Masterful Biopic That Lives Up To The King Of Pop’s Legendary Status
Neither adaptations of Michael Jackson's life nor biopics of famous singers are anything new. Elvis and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody both hit the big screen in 2022 alone, and Bob Marley: One Love wasn't far behind in…
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Netflix’s Sports Comedy ‘Running Point’ Is Still Hilarious but Starting to Get Repetitive in Season 2
Running Point had no right to be as excellent as it was when it released in 2025. Then again, it had the creative backing of the likes of Mindy Kaling, David Stassen, and Sal Saperstein himself, Ike Barinholtz. Plus, it…
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