Recap: Survivor 50 Episode 6: Blood Moon Rising
It’s never a good sign when Jeff Probst promotes a Survivor episode with the threat of an unprecedented, game-altering twist. The core game of Survivor is so inherently compelling that […]
Review: Now Streaming on Hulu, Pizza Movie Is a Drug-Infused Trip Where a Simple Delivery Becomes an Epic Journey
This is a good month for filmmakers Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney. Later this month sees the release of the terrific dark horror/comedy/love story Over Your Dead Body (an English-language […]
Review: Based on the Video Game Franchise, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Is for SuperFans, but Few Others
If you like The Super Mario Galaxy Movie or its 2023 predecessor (The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the second-biggest film of that year, situated squarely between Barbie and Oppenheimer), then […]
Retrospective: The Who’s Tommy Has Its 50th Anniversary; IMAX Screens Crisp 4K Scan
This article was written by Lauren Weiner. The late ‘60s were a glorious time for music. A big force in that gloriousness was the UK. Said nation produced dozens of […]
Review: Time Traveling, Mafia Crime and Romantic Affairs in a Messy but Entertaining Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
When your script is in doubt, add a time-travel plot line. That’s what it feels like writer/director BenDavid Grabinski (Happily) deduced could save his decidedly average crime comedy Mike & […]
Review: They Will Kill You Offers Familiar Horror Tropes and Mediocre Action in an All Too Common Subgenre
It’s shocking to consider that there was a time not that long ago when this film and Ready or Not 2 were coming out on the same weekend, instead of […]
Recap: Survivor 50 Episode 5: I’ve Got a Blank Parchment, Baby, and I’ll Write Your Name
Last week, Survivor 50 was preempted by an installment of The Zac Brown Smile Time Flower Power Variety Hour–ok, not really, but the show dedicated a third of its airtime […]
Review: Alpha Follows a Teen Facing Her Fate in an Apocalyptic Alternate Timeline Featuring an Inexplicable Epidemic
Alpha (Mélissa Boros) is a troubled 13-year-old girl living with her single mother (the great Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani, Paterson) in coastal France as the earth is dealing with multiple […]
Review: Sofia Coppola Turns to Documentaries in Marc by Sofia, But She’s a Bit Too Close to Subject, Friend and Designer Marc Jacobs
I’ll fully admit: I have a soft spot for fashion-related documentaries, probably typified by The September Issue, which admittedly is more of a doc about publishing…but still. And while I […]
Review: In The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, Filmmakers Grapple with the Good, Bad and Possible in the Realm of AI
The subject of AI-driven technology means different things to different people; in fact, some people label something AI when it actually isn’t, meaning that there are also various levels of […]
Review: In Netflix’s Vladimir, an Uninspiring Plot Is Far Less Profound than It Aims to Be
The older-woman-with-a-younger-man trope is having a moment. With films like Babygirl, The Idea of You, and May December released in recent years, it’s not surprising to see a series like […]
Recap: Survivor 50 Episode 4: Zac Brown Overstays His Welcome
When the Survivor 50 trailer dropped at the end of last year, fans were mostly thrilled to get a sneak peek at the milestone season. One element, however, was met […]