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Review: Wes Anderson Returns to the Familiar While Keeping It Fun, Thoughtful in The Phoenician Scheme

By this point, if you don’t know at least a bit of what to expect—the color schemes, the deadpan dialogue, the kooky costumes and haircuts—when going into a Wes Anderson […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • June 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Stephen King Adaptation, The Life of Chuck Explores Life, Family and the Joy of Dancing in Three Chapters

    Life is not remembered in a straight, unbroken line; we remember moments: the best and the worst can be recalled vividly in most cases, but our brain holds onto what […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 6, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Expanding the John Wick Franchise, Ana de Armas Stars in Ballerina, an Actioner Familiar in Tone and Cast

    Unofficially subtitled “From the world of John Wick”—in case you couldn’t tell from the copious amount of violence, stunts, and eastern European mythology—Ballerina technically takes place between John Wick: Chapter […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 6, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In HBO’s Mountainhead, Four Ultra-Rich Men Gather to Bicker, Banter and Barter Against the World’s Future

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 30, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Daughter Seeks to Avenge Her Father in Character-Driven Actioner Tornado

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 30, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Bono: Stories of Surrender, the U2 Frontman Recounts His Life More as the Stuff of Legend than History

    Rather than do a simple book tour for his 2022 memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, U2 frontman Bono did a series of theater appearances that were more like a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 30, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Karate Kid: Legends Revisits Familiar Characters (and Dialogue) More for Nostalgia’s Sake than the Film’s

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 30, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Legend of Kingdom Come Spotlights the Art of Alex Ross

    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, […]

  • Alex Orona
  • May 29, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth Is a Fun Adventure Flick, if Not a Must-See Big-Screen Blockbuster

    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 […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • May 23, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: First-Time Filmmaker Laura Piani’s Winsome Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Proves RomComs Are Here to Stay

    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, […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • May 23, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Two-Part Documentary Pee-wee As Himself Offers a Comprehensive Look Into the Life and Motivations of Comedian Paul Reubens

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 23, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In R.L. Stine’s Fear Street: Prom Queen, 1980s Teen Drama Is Too Broadly Drawn for Thrills

    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: […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 23, 2025
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