Much like writer/director Jesse Armstrong’s series work on programs like Succession, In the Loop, and Veep, as well as his screenplay adaptation of Downhill, Mountainhead straddles the line between sensational […]
Even with a handful of shortcomings, I have to give Tornado points for showing me something I’ve never seen before. Set in the desolate landscape of 1790s Britain, the film […]
Rather than do a simple book tour for his 2022 memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, U2 front man Bono did a series of theater appearances that were more like […]
It’s been 15 years since the last Karate Kid movie (the Jackie Chan-starring The Karate Kid, which was more about kung fu than karate, if we’re being honest), and more […]
First published in 1996, the DC Comics miniseries “Kingdom Come” has become a pillar in the comic book pantheon. The amazing Gouache watercolor style paintings, the work of Alex Ross, […]
There was a time not too long ago that a film like Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth, now streaming on AppleTV+, would’ve garnered a major theatrical release, a star-studded premiere […]
They say necessity is the root of invention, and while writer-director Laura Piani may not have invented anything entirely new with the winning French rom-com Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, […]
Using 40 hours of new, raw interview material from its subject as framework, the two-part documentary Pee-wee As Himself explores the complex and conflicted life of Paul Reubens, who somehow comes […]
Adapted from yet another one of author R.L. Stine’s Fear Street books (specifically The Prom Queen) and following up the 2021 trilogy of films directed by Leigh Janiak, Fear Street: […]
I believe it’s safe to add yet another film to the growing pantheon of horror titles that are actually family dramas in disguise. From writer/director Julia Max (helming her feature […]
Tom Cruise has been playing Ethan Hunt for 30 years; let that sink in. Sure, he’s taken on close to 20 non-Mission: Impossible roles since the first film in 1996, […]
Unlike many other issue-oriented documentaries that capitalize on the controversy of the moment and round up a group of talking-head “experts” on a subject to expound on the extremes of […]