Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Haunted House Drama Things Heard and Seen Barely Manages a Scare, Any Real Drama

Things Heard and Seen

Things Heard and Seen, based on the novel by Elizabeth Brundage, All Things Cease to Appear, is the latest work from the writing/directing team of Shari Springer Berman and Robert […]

Steve Prokopy /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Mank Delves into the Process, Memories and Later Years of a Classic Hollywood Screenwriter

Mank

The first thing you should do before seeing David Fincher’s Mank is re-watch (or watch for the first time, you cinema philistine) 1941’s Citizen Kane and maybe even do a little […]

Steve Prokopy /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: You Should Have Left Should Have a Little More Depth

You Should Have Left

I think the message of writer/director David Koepp’s latest, You Should Have Left, is that in a perfect world, toxic men all get their comeuppance in the end. As we […]

Steve Prokopy /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Animated, Direct-to-VOD Scoob! Is Somehow Too Much and Not Enough

Scoob

If it’s possible for a film to be both too much and not enough, then that’s probably the best way to describe Scoob!, the latest studio feature film that was […]

Steve Prokopy /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: For Summer Fun at the Movies, Mamma Mia! Sequel is a Sure Thing

Mamma Mia 2

Let’s get this out of the way up front: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, like its predecessor (and smash hit, currently sitting at $144M worldwide gross), is silly from start […]

Lisa Trifone /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Paul Schrader’s First Reformed Is Combustible, Captivating

First Reformed

I’ve been watching a lot of movies for a long time, and yet I’d be the first to admit I have a lot to learn about the movies. I went […]

Lisa Trifone /
Feature, Film, Film & TV, Review

Film Review: The Last Word, Held Together By A Nuanced Performance by Shirley MacLaine

Judging a film based on a its trailer is something I’m quite vocal about avoiding. I live by the rule that trailers always get it wrong; even when they don’t, […]

Steve Prokopy /