★★★★★ Even more casual viewers of NBC’s Saturday Night Live can acknowledge the peaks and valleys of the long-running program. Between sketch comedy, the weekend update, a musical guest, celebrity host, and clever asides, the format has become a norm of television. By this point, on the cusp of ringing in its 50th birthday, the … Continue reading Film Review: Saturday Night
Fantasia 2022: Glorious
★★★ Single-setting films with a limited cast have become quite the rage in the aftermath of 2020’s pandemic. Glorious joins the pack with its small-scale rest stop location, yet thrives by making the repercussions of its terrors to be universe-reaching. With Aussie actor, True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten, in the lead role, director Rebekah McKendry carries … Continue reading Fantasia 2022: Glorious
Film Review: National Champions
★★★ In what has to be one of the more generically-titled movies of 2021, National Champions comes late into the year carrying a specular J.K. Simmons performance inside the coat of a semi-boring drama. While I have no doubts about the intention of the filmmakers to craft a story worth telling, I personally did not … Continue reading Film Review: National Champions