A Western Tinged With Real-Life Sadness
Joel Souza’s Rust, a contemplative Western born from tragedy, arrives under the long shadow of an unspeakable real-life event. As a film, it seeks to tell a story of familial redemption and moral reckoning in the dust-blown plains of 1880s…
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Goodbye Old Negan, Hello New Lucille
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 premiere. After a nearly two-year wait, The Walking Dead: Dead City is finally back for a second season. In the first season, with Maggie's (Lauren…
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‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: “Feel Her Love”
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 4. As Ellie (Bella Ramsey) finally reaches Seattle on her quest for revenge, The Last of Us begins to put together some essential pieces for…
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I Can’t Believe It’s Taken CBS’ Holmesian Medical Drama This Long To Get Sort of Good
Editor's Note: The below recap contains spoilers for Watson Episode 12.The first half of Watson’s two-part season finale is the first time that the series has delivered on some truly top-notch writing. It’s a shame that it’s taken this long…
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Reenie’s Shady Client Puts Her and Colter Shaw in Serious Danger
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Tracker Season 2 Episode 19. If you had "Reenie (Fiona Rene) almost dies because of her creepy client" on your Tracker Season 2 BINGO card, congrats! Even before Leonard Sharf (Pej Vahdat)…
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Even With 50 Years & Multiple Rewatches, This Is Still One Of My Favorite Comedies Of All-Time
The British troupe of Monty Python are inarguably one of the best in comedy's history, having delivered some of my favorite movies and comedy sketches of all time. One that is in the midst of celebrating a major milestone is…
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An Insanely Absurd and Wacky Comedy
In his directorial debut, Eli Stern delivers a comedy that relishes its own sense of wild miscalculation in the form of California King. Part absurdist buddy romp, part romantic farce, and part low-stakes crime spree, the film unfolds like a…
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Thunderbolts Review – Where Trauma Meets Teamwork
Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes: Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster, and John Walker. After being caught in a deadly trap orchestrated by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, the group must embark on a dangerous…
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Until Dawn Review: Too Many Wrong Decisions
Supermassive Games’ beloved survival horror video game Until Dawn is quite literally all about making the right choice. Sure, it’s completely possible to beat the game with only one character left standing, but ideally, you want to make all of the…
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Asajj Ventress and Cad Bane Return for a Solid Detour Through the Galaxy
Amid their flagship projects, like the upcoming Maul: Shadow Lord and Star Wars: Visions Season 3, Lucasfilm has been giving a gift to Star Wars fans in recent years through their Tales of series. This trend began with Star Wars:…
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Sharper, Deadlier, and Even More Calculated
Seeing The Accountant nine years ago in the theatre with my parents is one of my most cherished and memorable moviegoing experiences in my life up to this point. It was one of the first times in which I vividly remember walking…
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Winter Spring Summer or Fall Review: Sweet but Uneven
Tiffany Paulsen’s Winter Spring Summer or Fall has all the ingredients for a memorable coming-of-age romantic drama: a meet-cute steeped in indie charm, charismatic leads in Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White, and a structure built around the symbolic passage…
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