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Review: Actor Ron Perlman Takes Center Stage in The Baker, an Action Thriller That Leans on Its Cast

Ron Perlman is a national treasure, and few people know that better than filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who has placed Perlman in nearly all of his films, including the Hellboy […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 28, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Podcast Host Solves Mysteries and Gets More Than She Bargained For in Susie Searches

    Actor-turned-first-time-filmmaker Sophie Kargman’s Susie Searches had its premiere almost a year ago at the Toronto Film Festival, and it seemed to disappear until recently. The title comes from the name […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 28, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Beanie Bubble Charts a Toy Phenomenon and Its Founders’ Epic Rise and Fall

    You can add Beanie Babies to the growing list of cultural phenomena of a particular era that are getting a film origin story. Or, in the case of The Beanie […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 28, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Review: Another Month, Another Nicolas Cage Movie That Sees the Actor Lean Into the Unhinged

    Well, a month has gone by, so it’s time for a new Nicolas Cage movie. Sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re bad, sometimes they’re crazy. But usually they’re bad. The latest, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 28, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Disney’s Haunted Mansion Gives the Beloved Theme Park Ride a Welcome New Narrative

    When I was a kid, one of the first pieces of vinyl I ever owned was an audio version of Disney’s The Haunted Mansion, containing all the music, voices and […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 27, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Ellie Kemper and Cast Don’t Get Much to Work With in Mediocre Rom-Com Happiness for Beginners

    Much like with her debut film, The Volunteer, writer/director Vicky Wright chooses to place a woman in an apathetic fog at the center of her sophomore effort, Happiness for Beginners […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 27, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (S16, Ep5) — Stellar Cameos Can’t Save Dull Episode About Celebrity Liquor

    Well, that was disappointing. When I learned that none other than Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul were going to be on Always Sunny this week, I was very excited. This […]

  • Sam Layton
  • July 21, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: The Idol (S1, Ep4) — Penultimate Episode Painfully Drags Its Way Towards the Finale

    This one wasn’t even fun. I really, truly hated last week’s episode of The Idol with a passion that I haven’t felt for bad TV this year. After two decent […]

  • Sam Layton
  • July 21, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (S16, Ep4) — Dennis Delights in Exerting Control Over the Gang

    If there’s one thing you can count on when it comes to Always Sunny, it’s that Dennis (Glenn Howerton) always gets at least one episode to be a complete and […]

  • Sam Layton
  • July 21, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: They Cloned Tyrone Pops Visually, and as a Sharp Parody of Conspiracy Movies

    There’s just enough crazy going on in this directing debut from Juel Taylor (writer of Creed II, Shooting Stars, and of course, Space Jam: A New Legacy) to make it […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 21, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Family Secrets and Childhood Anxiety Don’t Add Much to Second-Rate Horror Film Cobweb

    Adding to the long list of family dramas couched in the framework of a horror movie, Cobweb (the feature filmmaking debut of Samuel Bodin) tells the story of 8-year-old Peter […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 20, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Earth Mama Follows a Young Mother Determined to Do Right by Her Kids, Even When It’s Hard

    Although many of the details are different, writer/director Savanah Leaf’s directorial feature debut portrait of Black motherhood, Earth Mama, feels like it’s cut from the same layered cloth as A.V. Rockwell’s […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 20, 2023
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