Steve Prokopy
Interview: Actor Wendi McLendon-Covey on Voicing a Cloud in Elemental, What She Won’t Miss About The Goldbergs, and the Fun of Barb & Star Go to Vista del Mar
Long before Wendi McLendon-Covey was given the choice supporting role in 2011’s Bridesmaids, she was best known for playing Deputy Clementine Johnson on Reno 911!, after nearly 10 years as […]
Review: Maggie Moore(s) Uses a Coen-Like Approach to a Character-Driven Crime Drama
Borrowing heavily in tone and story from the Coen Brothers, but with a little less polish, writer Paul Bernbaum borrowed from a real-life event (the opening title card says something […]
Review: A Sequel to a Standard-Issue Actioner, Extraction 2 Goes for Longer Fight Scenes and More Backstory
The first Extraction film was an interesting animal. Back then, I rarely watched made-for-Netflix movies, unless they happened to also run in theaters, which was rare when this film was […]
Review: In Elemental, Pixar Excels at Their Trademark Captivating Animation and World-Building
The creatives at Pixar have covered a lot of ground in their nearly 30 years creating feature films, but one of the subjects they have rarely touched upon is love. […]
Review: In The Flash, a Crowded Storyline, Cast and Sense of Nostalgia Overwhelm an Otherwise Interesting DC Comics Character Film
The truth is, the long-delayed solo film The Flash is one of the more enjoyable experiences I’ve had recently with a DC Comics character on the big screen, and it […]
Interview: Writer, Star and Comedian Dewayne Perkins on The Blackening, Subverting Horror Genre Expectations and the Most Chicago Thing About Him
Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, The Blackening star/co-writer (with Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver) Dewayne Perkins graduated from Curie High School and was t he first […]
Interview: Past Lives Filmmaker Celine Song on Relationships as Culture, Casting a Small, Perfect Ensemble, and Sticking to Personal Projects
Fist-time writer/director Celine Song was only just beginning to make her name as a playwright when the pandemic shut down the New York run of her celebrated play Endlings just […]
Review: Daliland Explores the Surrealist Painter’s Later Life, in Odd and Mostly Meaningless Ways
I’m genuinely confused about what we’re supposed to learn about the iconic enigma who was Salvador Dali or art in general or the period in which Daliland is set (most […]
Review: Eva Longoria’s Flamin’ Hot Glosses Over the Spicy Story of Creating a New Snack Sensation
Once again, Hollywood has given us the origin story of a pop culture sensation that somehow managed to shift the way consumers and corporations looked at the world. In most […]
Review: A Solid Action Flick, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Brings a Long-Anticipated Crew to the Big Screen
Sometimes, a gifted director, a shorter runtime, and a unstoppable period soundtrack is all you need to pivot a franchise in the right direction. For the Transformers universe, the previous […]
Review: Men’s Fashion, Gay History and a Party-Like Atmosphere at All Man: The International Male Story
From directors Bryan Darling and Jesse Finley Reed, the documentary All Man: The International Male Story tells the decades-long, trend-setting story of a male-centric clothing catalog that turned into one […]
Celebrate National Drive-In Day—Pile Everyone Into the Car and See a Film on an Outdoor Screen
The beloved institution of the drive-in theater celebrates its 90th anniversary on National Drive-In Day, Tuesday, June 6, the exact day in 1933 when Richard Hollingshead invented the format in […]