The Ballad of Wallis Island Review
The Ballad of Wallis Island is a bit like Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Granted, the film doesn’t have any planes, trains, or cars. In fact, the only mode of transportation is a dinky boat that takes characters to and from…
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Ballard Checks In as Harry Checks Out for the Last Time
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for the Bosch: Legacy series finale. This is it. After a decade, Bosch reaches its final destination—and it’s not a place of peace. It’s not tidy. It’s not painless. But it is, as…
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No One’s Walking Away Clean
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Bosch: Legacy Season 3 Episode 9. Bosch: Legacy kicks off its penultimate hour with all the quiet tension of a loaded weapon—and then pulls the trigger. With Zorrillo in custody, a major…
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Viola Davis Struggles To Lead Another Dull, Assembly Line Actioner
Viola Davis, it would seem, always appears ready to surprise; with a career spanning nearly three decades and armed to the hilt with accolades, this uber-talent isn’t shy when it comes to balancing small-scale drama (“The Help,” “Fences,” “Air”) with…
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A Working Man Review | Flickreel
Jason Statham and director David Ayer delivered a surprise hit last year with The Beekeeper. They reteam in A Working Man, which again casts Statham as a seemingly ordinary man with a violent past who comes out of retirement to…
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A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Wheel of Time Season 3 finale. It's hard to even comprehend that we're here at the end of The Wheel of Time Season 3 already. (Maybe it wouldn't feel so sudden…
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I Respected This Surreal Reflection On Grief & Health More Than I Actually Enjoyed It
Callie Hernandez has enjoyed a very busy two years in front of and behind the camera, with her latest project being Invention. But unlike the similarly lo-fi, character-driven The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, which I fell…
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Netflix’s New Western Romance Series Is Perfect Escapism
Netflix has made a name for itself with expensive, show-stopper shows like Stranger Things and Squid Game and is racking up awards through dramas such as The Crown and Beef — yet its newest comfort drama, Ransom Canyon, is a…
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Elliot Stabler Is Back and Better Than Ever After His Procedural’s Move to Peacock
After a nearly year-long hiatus, Law & Order: Organized Crime has officially returned, as Season 5 begins a new chapter for the Dick Wolf procedural, now airing exclusively on Peacock. The fifth season of the Christopher Meloni-led show has promised…
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Michael B. Jordan Is Ferocious In Ryan Coogler’s Sensational & Soulful Blaxploitation Horror Thriller
“You keep dancing with the devil; one day he’s gonna follow you home,” a preacher prophetically forewarns to his son in a prologue within filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s sensational horror thriller, “Sinners.” And follow he does, and then some, in what…
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Jacob Elordi Navigates Love and Loss in Prime Video’s Visceral WWII Drama
Jacob Elordi has become one of the most sought-after names in Hollywood ever since his breakout role in Euphoria. This year alone, he is expected to lead On Swift Horses alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones, portray the monstrous creature in Guillermo Del…
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This Oddly Charming Fairy Tale Is Surprisingly Clever In Its Humor But Has No Business Being A Horror
Part Once Upon a Time, part Grimms' Fairy Tales, part gore fest, The Death of Snow White pulls no punches. Sanae Loutsis leads as the charming titular princess in a movie that sticks to the framework of the tale but…
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