★★★★ For fans of shows like Julie and the Phantoms, Disney/Hulu’s ghostly gem, Darby and the Dead, comes for the jugular! It seems very on-trend right now to emulate the excellent dark comedies of the late 90s and early 2000s like Jawbreaker, Mean Girls, and The Craft, and screenwriters Becca Greene and Wenonah Wilms channel … Continue reading Film Review: Darby and the Dead
Film Review: Matriarch
★★ Focusing primarily on body horror and cult-esque mania, Matriarch feels like it is trying too hard at times. Though it can frequently come off as pretentious, I was actually into some of the freakier elements. For much of the runtime, we aren’t quite positive as to why Laura (Jemima Rooper, Flowers in the Attic: … Continue reading Film Review: Matriarch
Film Review: Grimcutty
★★ With an impressive deluge of great horror flooding our eyeballs in 2022, it’s difficult to recommend something as pedestrian and poorly made as Grimcutty. I did admire that the script by John Ross (who also directs) attempts to comment on our connection to technology, but how can one possibly be bothered when the acting, … Continue reading Film Review: Grimcutty
TV Review: Reboot
With just about every show that exists receiving a reboot, sequel, or spiritual successor, it was only a matter of time before someone released a project quite literally about making a reboot. Titled (what else) Reboot, imagine a ridiculous fictional sitcom that plays up every age-old trope we’ve come to know and love yet ended … Continue reading TV Review: Reboot
Film Review: Not Okay
★★★★★ For any lover of dark comedy, Not Okay may easily work its way up to being their favorite film of the year. The satirical nature of writer/director Quinn Shephard’s script makes some of the most effective and raw moments palatable and memorable. By bringing up so many moral questions right off the bat, Shephard … Continue reading Film Review: Not Okay
Film Review: The Princess
★★★★ Hulu has been absolutely slaying the original film game as of late, with Fresh becoming one of my favorite films of the year, along with a handful of excellent rom-coms including Fire Island and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Now, in a collaboration with 20th Century Studios, Hulu throws their hat into the … Continue reading Film Review: The Princess
TV Review: Love, Victor – Season 3
When Love, Simon hit theaters back in 2018, it was groundbreaking for being a mainstream queer rom-com in wide release. Love, Victor didn’t make quite the same splash when it came to Hulu in 2020, but it carried many of the same vibes as Becky Albertalli’s signature Creekwood universe. Leading man Michael Cimino killed it … Continue reading TV Review: Love, Victor – Season 3
Film Review: Fire Island
★★★★ Here is a sentence I never thought I would write: from Disney and Hulu comes the best gay rom-com I have seen in a very long time. Bursting with the energy of the modern LGBT experience, Fire Island takes us on an annual vacation to “gay Disneyland” with a diverse and colorful cast of … Continue reading Film Review: Fire Island
Film Review: The Valet
★★★ Existing outside the reality of any plausible scenario, absurdist romantic comedy The Valet is the perfect fit for streamer Hulu. Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving headline this quirky easy watch, complete with a sugary-sweet message. Those longing for a bygone throwback or a meta modern take on the genre can look elsewhere; The Valet … Continue reading Film Review: The Valet
TV Review: The Dropout
Any Amanda Seyfried project is cause for minor celebration, and Hulu’s newest, The Dropout, brings Seyfried into 2022 in a major way. Last year, Seyfried approached a harrowing story of post-partum depression with emotional maturity, resulting in an incredible performance in A Mouthful of Air. Now, she fills the shoes of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, … Continue reading TV Review: The Dropout