Review: Now Streaming on Shudder, Glorious Succeeds as an Emotionally Dark Morality Play
Some days, a horror film concept just sells itself on paper. In Glorious, the new offering from Rebekah McKendry (All…
Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home Is Just Nostalgic and New Enough to be a Great Addition to the Superhero’s Canon
In my comic book reading patterns, Spider-Man was always my guy. Not because of his cool powers or even the…
Review: Fictional National Champions Asks Important Questions About a Real-Life Sports Debate
Not a bad week for J.K. Simmons. In addition to showing up as actor William Frawley (Fred, from “I Love…
Review: Aaron Sorkin Goes Into the Writers Room, and Personal Lives of Lucy and Desi, in Being the Ricardos
Take a minute and think about the people in charge of a television show watched and adored by millions every…
Interview: Chicagoan Jake Johnson on Making Ride the Eagle During the Pandemic, Without Making it Feel Like the Pandemic
One of my favorite Chicagoans is actor, writer and overall truly nice guy Jake Johnson, who I first met in…
Review: Ride the Eagle Sends Jake Johnson on a Quest to Get to Know His Mother and Himself Better
After seeing so many movies lately that were made pre-pandemic (as well as a handful quite obviously made during), it…
Review: A Time-Traveling, Alien Invasion Action Flick, The Tomorrow War Is Good for an Evening In with the Sound Up
The Tomorrow War is the latest sci-fi action film in which the time-travel math doesn’t quite add up (which didn’t keep…
Review: Cop Drama 21 Bridges Never Crosses Into Anything Interesting
The best thing I can say about the new crime actioner 21 Bridges is that it’s mercifully short, and that…
