★★★★ The surprise horror hit of the year has finally made its cryptic debut to Blu-Ray! Osgood Perkins, notably the son of film legend Anthony Perkins, has been toying within the genre for quite some time—2020's Gretel & Hansel was a flawed movie with some great visuals and an absolutely fantastic score, and I have … Continue reading Film Review: Longlegs Blu-Ray
Film Review: Killer Heat
★★ A solid noir-driven whodunnit has not come along in ages, so Killer Heat certainly had potential. Couple that with a solid main trio of a cast in Richard Madden, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Shailene Woodley, and at the very least, there should be plenty of fun to be found within. Unfortunately, an altogether humorless affair … Continue reading Film Review: Killer Heat
Film Review: Long Gone Heroes
★★★ Apparently, the worst thing to ever happen to Venezuela was "discovering the oil underneath it." Yes, Long Gone Heroes has arrived in a blaze of glory to proclaim loudly that oil mining is bad, and corruption runs deep. Writer/director John Swab leans into every gritty action cliche in the book, collecting an ensemble of … Continue reading Film Review: Long Gone Heroes
TV Review: The Penguin
Against all odds, Matt Reeves crafted a surprising masterpiece with his gritty, Se7en-esque take on the caped crusader with his 2022's flick, The Batman. A world so rich with detail ends up being the perfect fit for episodic television. The tertiary baddie of The Penguin still made a major impression in the Reeves film, and … Continue reading TV Review: The Penguin
Film Review: The Critic
★★★ (Written by Intern, Sean Barry) The Critic aptly rewards patient viewers by steadily improving in quality as the story progresses. Despite a relatively slow beginning, tensions snowball until its gripping conclusion. A surprising story structure ultimately makes this project more than a simple star vehicle for veteran actor Ian McKellen. Gorgeous period-accurate costumes, sets, … Continue reading Film Review: The Critic
Film Review: Greedy People
★★★★ (Written by Intern, Sean Barry) In light of growing police brutality scandals flooding the country, more stories concerning police and their misadventures on the job have risen to the forefront. Some showcase dramatic beats, while others take a more comedic approach. Greedy People lies somewhere in the middle, boasting initial satirical humor that ultimately … Continue reading Film Review: Greedy People
Film Review: MaXXXine
★★★★★ In this outrageously entertaining finale of his surprise X trilogy, writer/director/editor Ti West culminates the story of “being a star” that he has been building towards since the very beginning. Switching gears into grimy 80s slasher sleaze, MaXXXine presents an entirely different subgenre of horror than either of its predecessors. Stylistically owing much to … Continue reading Film Review: MaXXXine
Film Review: Hit Man
★★★★ After first bearing witness to actor Glen Powell’s formidable talent as Dickie Dollar Scholar, Chad Radwell, in Ryan Murphy’s excellent-yet-short-lived Scream Queens, it instantly became obvious that he was destined for greatness. In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined the breakout star he would eventually be hailed as, leading major summer tentpoles … Continue reading Film Review: Hit Man
Film Review: Marmalade
★★★★★ 2024 just started, and even still we already have one of the most unique and entertaining features of the year. Stranger Things breakout Joe Keery certainly knows how to pick them. Marmalade emerges as a semi-hybrid genre mixture, carefully blending crime, comedy, romance, and drama to intoxicating effect. As with Spree before it, Marmalade … Continue reading Film Review: Marmalade
TV Review: Tokyo Vice – Season 2
For its sophomore season, Max original crime/drama series Tokyo Vice swings for the fences. Picking up directly after its multiple dangling threads from last season’s finale, the seedy underbelly of 90s Tokyo greets us for a return. Many new additions—including a couple strong characters, and a major shift in the status quo—keep things feeling fresh. … Continue reading TV Review: Tokyo Vice – Season 2