Category: Reviews
REVIEW: Bullet Train (2022)
The trailers for Bullet Train advertised a fun, goofy, violent summer movie with charming actors and Japanese versions of American pop songs, and it delivers all of those things. What the ubiquitous YouTube ads didn’t reveal is that it’s a much smarter movie than it appears, a subtly thoughtful ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville: New Horizons – Episode 10 “Future Unknown”
The Orville: New Horizons episode 10, “Future Unknown,” is out, marking the end of this incredible season. As the title suggests, the future of The Orville is shrouded in mystery. Will Disney and Hulu renew the show for a season 4? Will it rot on the shelf? Will the involvement of Disney corrupt...
Read MoreREVIEW: Westworld – Season 4, Episode 6, “Fidelity”
**Spoilers** “Fidelity” finds young Frankie and her mom seeking out the other outliers. They find one such young man and take him to their safe house. In the present, C and Bernard head to a place where Maeve can be rebuilt. Meanwhile, Hale questions the host Caleb again, and when he ref...
Read MoreREVIEW: Nope (2022)
Jordan Peele is a filmmaker that arrived in 2017 with style and has yet to leave the public consciousness. Like most people, I loved Get Out and eagerly waited to see what Peele would come up with next. That movie is thematically satisfying and delivers a round of great performances headed by Dani...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville: New Horizons – Episode 9 “Domino”
The penultimate episode of The Orville: New Horizons, “Domino,” sees the beginning of the end of this Hail Mary season. This episode is full of surprises from its competent writing, incredible character arcs, the decision of whom to make the villains, and some impressive twists in several suppor...
Read MoreREVIEW: Westworld Season 4, Episode 5, “Zhuangzi”
**Spoilers** “Zhuangzi” finds William having dinner with a pair of hosts. Clementine tells him a guest has gone too far, and he finds a house full of host corpses. Cristina bashfully discusses her wonderful date with Maya, who is still having nightmares. At work, Cristina writes a story ...
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