Category: Reviews
REVIEW: Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
S. Craig Zahler is fast making a name for himself among cinephiles. His debut film, the horror/Western Bone Tomahawk, was a fine enough piece of genre entertainment, most notable for allowing Kurt Russell to play a grizzled cowboy again. But it was his follow-up, Brawl in Cell Block 99, which announ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 14, “Rapunzel and the Great Tree”
*SPOILERS* “Rapunzel and the Great Tree” starts off with a flashback to the dying king introduced at the beginning of “Beyond the Corona Walls.” Adira and Quirin bicker over whether to locate the Sundrop and use its power to combat the spread of the rocks when a mysterious third figure state...
Read MoreREVIEW: Us (2019)
In 2017, Jordan Peele made his directorial debut with the horror film Get Out. People had questions about whether the sketch comedian could realistically find success with a horror movie. To say Get Out was successful would be an understatement; it was both a critical and financial triumph, grossin...
Read MoreREVIEW: Shazam! (2019)
Movie serials have a storied history in Hollywood. Besides serving as the inspiration for Star Wars and Indiana Jones, this format also gave us the first representations of comic book heroes on the screen, with Superman being portrayed by Kirk Alyn (who later appeared in a cameo role in Superman: Th...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 11 “Lasting Impressions”
After a one-week absence (and before a three-week hiatus!), The Orville resurfaces this week with “Lasting Impressions,” a return to the slower, more character-driven episodes that began the season. Like “Blood of Patriots,” the focus is on Gordon, as new facets of his personality are explor...
Read MoreREVIEW: Gotham – Season 5, Episode 10 “I Am Bane”
Two weeks ago, a trial culminated in a wedding. In many ways, it would’ve been poetic to have the show end there, particularly as it was the last episode to be filmed. However, the producers have a couple of treats for us before a much-anticipated time jump, and it starts with what will be the &he...
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