Death-Centric Dark “Comedy” Is Overly Slow And Hardly Humorous
While I’m pretty agnostic when it comes to genre, I’m a huge fan of dark comedy. Straddling comedy and drama, or maintaining a sardonic sense of humor without coming across as overtly cruel, are challenging tasks for filmmakers. I can…
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Maria Bakalova, Daryl Wein Star In A Genre-Confused Romp With Little To Say
While hardly the first entry in that tried-and-true subset of film revolving around someone lured to any manner of nondescript palatial estate by an individual possessing more than a hint of mystery, only for things to soon spiral rapidly out…
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One of the Most Timely Movies of 2025
A journalist should never become the story, and yet, far too frequently, they do. Nearly twenty years ago, the assassination of American-Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya sent shockwaves around the world. She was a social commentator turned investigative journalist who unknowingly…
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Natasha Lyonne’s Murder Mystery Comedy Returns With a More Uneven Ride
Most probably know what a "whodunit" is, but what exactly is a "howcatchem"? To put it simply, it's the same formula that most detective shows and crime procedurals follow, but reversed, where the crime and killer are revealed up front,…
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I Was Genuinely Shaken After Watching This Methodical Thriller About A Disturbing Road Trip
As someone who watches a lot of horror movies and TV shows, it's rare for a film to truly terrify me. While pulse-pounding scares and creepy premises still make me feel something while watching various movies, those feelings often fade…
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A Graceful Debut That Lingers
Isaiah Saxon’s feature directorial debut, The Legend of Ochi, is a tenderly woven tapestry of myth, nature, and the unbreakable bonds forged in unlikely places. The film strikes a delicate balance between intimate character moments and sweeping landscape vistas, telling…
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Maybe the Throuple Was the Friends We Made Along the Way
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Doctor Odyssey Episode 16. What could possibly be the perfect chaser to the shot-to-the-heart that last night’s 9-1-1 proved to be? Obviously, a healthy dose of Doctor Odyssey! After last week’s twintastic…
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After Bobby’s Death, This Show Has Become the One Thing I Never Thought It Would Be
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for 9-1-1 Season 8 Episode 16.The one thing sustaining my excitement about 9-1-1 over the last two weeks has been the wild belief that Bobby Nash (Peter Krause) might still be alive. Sure, we…
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I Wish This Mostly Familiar Horror Movie Had Actually Committed To Its One Cool Idea
Despite the name, truly scary horror movies are rare. They can famously be found at any budget level, but actually frightening an audience takes skill, and I'm typically walking into a horror film more hoping to be scared than expecting…
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After Tragedy, It’s a By-the-Numbers Western With a Few Surprises
Well, it finally happened. It took two years to get the movie in the can, and almost as long again to get it finished and ready to go. For a long time, people speculated that it would never see the…
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Ben Foster Delivers A Gripping Performance In Thin Yet Disturbing Psychological Thriller
Jason Buxton’s psychological thriller, Sharp Corner , takes a smart approach towards critiquing masculinity tangential to life purpose. The story, originally written by Russell Wangersky, was part of a larger compilation of shorts in Walk Away. The book unconventionally explores…
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Tina Fey and Steve Carell’s Unremarkable Netflix Comedy Is Closer to Motel 6 Than ‘The White Lotus’
Between the success of projects like The White Lotus and Glass Onion, “rich people going on vacation” seems to be a whole genre that’s emerging nowadays, and it’s not hard to understand why. There’s nothing like the escape that watching…
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