Review: Buddy Comedy Strays Puts Crude Humor and a Surprising Bit of Heart into a Dog’s Tale
Sometimes you can just feel that dogs want to be your best friend in the world, and other times, you can simply look them in the eyes and know they […]
Review: DC Comics’ Blue Beetle Leans Into Representation, But Sticks to the Same Old Super Hero Origin Story
For good reason, it’s been drilled in our collective heads for years now that representation is an important and wonderful thing. And the new DC superhero movie, Blue Beetle, is […]
Recap: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (S16, Ep8) — Bizarre, Brilliant Finale Gets Inside Dennis’s Head
“If I wanted my blood pressure to be low, I would simply command my body to make it low.” In It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the majority of the Gang’s […]
Recap: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (S16, Ep7) — Reynolds Sibling Rivalry Makes for an Entertaining Bowling Episode
If there’s one thing I miss about early Always Sunny episodes, it’s the relationship between the Reynolds siblings. Dennis (Glenn Howerton) and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) are the only members of […]
Recap: The Idol (S1, Ep5) — Deeply Miserable Finale Drags Itself to a Tiring Conclusion
When I first started watching The Idol, I felt as though there was hope for it, that it had things to say and interesting ideas to execute. When I finished […]
Recap: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (S16, Ep6) — The Gang Clings to the Past in Best Episode of the Season
Always Sunny is not a show particularly interested in themes or character progression—any moment of apparent growth is cut off at the knees by just how awful these people are. […]
Review: King on Screen Explores the Good, Bad and Scary Film Adaptations of Prolific Author Stephen King
Actor-turned-director Daphné Baiwir (2021’s The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland) clearly has a great affection for author Stephen King, but her latest documentary, King on Screen—as you might have guessed—is more […]
Review: Gal Gadot Sheds Her Superhero Armor for Action Pic Heart of Stone
Gal Gadot has absolutely proven she can play Wonder Woman across multiple films (including cameos in two other DC films this year), but I’m still not sure she’s proven herself […]
Review: Sir Ben Kingsley Finds the Heart and Emotional High Points of Feel-Good Alien Drama Jules
While filmmaker Marc Turtletaub has had a long and successful career as a producer, his latest work Jules is only his third as a director (following the intriguing Puzzle), and […]
Review: Kokomo City Celebrates Trans Joy Without Shying Away from Stark Realities
Watch enough documentaries over time and they’ll all start to feel the same. That’s especially true in a season of churn-and-burn docs dropped every week on streaming platforms, usually about […]
Review: The Collective Makes a Great Case for a Bad Action Movie
As you may have gleaned from my star rating, The Collective is not a good film. But that doesn’t stop it from being fascinating in the ways it is bad. […]
Review: Dreamin’ Wild Brings Music, and Dreams, of Days Gone By Back to the Surface
For reasons I’m very aware of, this one caught me off guard in the best possible way. When I was a much younger man (late teens-early 20s), I was in […]