The films that feel like they’re giving you the entirety of a life, getting to the heart and soul of what it means to be a person, are few and far between, but they feel exceptional when they’re able to…
Nov 5, 2025
There’s something almost bizarrely impressive about how little a film like “Sacrifice,” the latest from filmmaker Romain Gavras, has to say about the state of our world and yet how loudly it all continues on anyway. Despite gesturing towards urgent…
Nov 5, 2025
There’s a point in Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere where Bruce’s manager, Jon Landau (Jeremy Strong), plays the tape for his latest record, Nebraska. The Columbia Records executive (David Krumholtz) doesn’t understand what Springsteen is going for. It’s a more…
Nov 3, 2025
One of my very favorite things that 9-1-1 does is when the show has "begins" episodes that show flashbacks from the main characters' lives to show impactful moments in their careers as first responders. These episodes are typically about them…
Nov 3, 2025
One of the reasons for the surprising longevity of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise is in its main character’s very sponginess. Along with most other characters that reside in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) is stretched and molded, cut up, sliced,…
Nov 1, 2025
Simon Stone’s The Woman in Cabin 10 sails into familiar waters of psychological paranoia and maritime mystery, but it never quite finds its sea legs. Adapted from Ruth Ware’s 2016 bestselling novel, the film attempts to be both a sleek,…
Nov 1, 2025
Since Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show was suspended on ABC and later reinstated in response to public outrage, concerns over the state of free speech in the U.S. have persisted. Which voices get heard and which ones are silenced have been…
Oct 30, 2025
Though it’s been a minute since she’s had a film to really sink her teeth into, “Hedda” proves you should never bet against writer-director Nia DaCosta. Taking on the Henrik Ibsen play “Hedda Gabler” and making it something entirely her…
Oct 30, 2025
Scott Derrickson turned in one of the creepiest commercial horror films of recent memory with The Black Phone, which played like an adaptation of an overlooked Stephen King story. Actually, King’s son, Joe Hill, wrote the source material. Where the…
Oct 28, 2025
Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva's (Cote de Pablo) days as fugitives come to an end in the satisfying finale of NCIS: Tony & Ziva. The show erred on the side of caution, leaving practically no loose ends that would demand…
Oct 28, 2025