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Review: Paul Feig Directs The Housemaid, a Twisting Tale of Two Women and Their Very Different Experiences in the Same House

Based on the best-selling 2022 book by Freida McFadden and adapted by Rebecca Sonnenshine, The Housemaid is something of a wild-ride thriller about Millie (Sydney Sweeney), a young woman with […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 19, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Sydney Sweeney Transforms to Play a Groundbreaking Boxer in Tragic Yet Triumphant Biopic Christy

    Less a pure boxing film and more a tragic biopic with a hopeful ending, Christy chronicles the story of Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney, looking almost unrecognizable in early scenes), who […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Groundbreaking Boxer Christy Martin Discusses Biopic Christy, Casting Sydney Sweeney and Teaching Her to Bounce Pass

    Because she was born in West Virginia and was the daughter of an actual coal miner, groundbreaking boxer Christy Martin was nicknamed the “Coal Miner’s Daughter” in the early part […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 5, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Based on Real Events, Ron Howard’s Eden Delves into Humanity’s Basest Instincts on an Isolated Island

    Based on a true story from about 100 years ago, writer Noah Pink and director Ron Howard tell the story of Dr. Friedrich Ritter (Jude Law) and his wife Dora […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 22, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney Star as Mother and Daughter in Echo Valley, A Taut, Character-Driven Drama

    Firmly in the realm of B-movies, director Michael Pearce’s (Beast, Encounter) Echo Valley is certainly elevated by the work of terrific and compelling actors, who consistently pick up the slack […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 13, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Sydney Sweeney Brings Sex Appeal and Media Attention to Immaculate, a Mediocre Giallo-Wannabe

    The story goes that actor Sydney Sweeney (Anyone But You, Euphoria, Madame Web) was given the script for Immaculate many years ago, but the project fell through and didn’t get […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 22, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Dakota Johnson Enters the Marvel Universe with Madame Web, a Frustrating Addition to the Spider-Man Franchise

    Unlike some (many?), I haven’t grown weary of superhero films as a genre. What I have grown exhausted by are specifically Sony-made Spider-Verse movies that try to walk the line […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 16, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Allows Filmmakers Space to Take Big Swings, For Better or Worse

    As our coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival continues, our critics encountered a few of the event’s less remarkable, or at least less memorable, offerings. Krazy House They can’t […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • February 8, 2024
    • Fashion , Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Stunning Locations and Beautiful People Aside, Anyone But You Is a Rom-Com Without Much of Either

    The characters in the new romantic-comedy Anyone But You spend a great deal of time walking away from each other when their feelings get hurt rather than sticking around and […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 22, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Reality, Sidney Sweeney Brings a Real-Life Interrogation to Captivating, Suspenseful Film Experience

    Coming into the new HBO production Reality, I had virtually no idea what this tense little slice of reality was about, or that it was essentially a re-creation of one […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 30, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Third, Fourth Films in Blumhouse Horror Series, Evil Eye and Nocturne, Don’t Exactly Thrill

    Evil Eye

    During the month of October, Amazon Prime Video is releasing a quartet of films from Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios. They’re being promoted as horror films, but by my assessment […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 13, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Clementine is Part Psychological Thriller, Part Drama, Part Something Else Entirely

    Clementine

    More of an alluring curiosity than a proper coming-of-age story, Clementine, the feature debut from writer/director Lara Jean Gallagher, features two captivating lead performances trapped in a story that is […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 8, 2020
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