Written by Taylor Baker "“Kinds of Kindness” is one of the sharpest films of the year and a real performance showcase for Plemons and Stone. It doesn’t reach the heights that “Alps” or “The Favourite” did, nor is it trying … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "Stop me if you’ve heard this before: after a bumpy road and some time off the air, a guy named Russell T. Davies becomes showrunner for “Doctor Who,” rebrands his new season as “season one,” casts … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson "Kerr drops in on conversations between different family members as they languorously pass the time together. In crisp static shots that come to form a mosaic, husbands watch football together, wives chat in lawn chairs outside, … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson "The third installment in a trilogy of horror films that pay homage to the cinematic styles of yore, Ti West’s “MaXXXine” is mostly an exercise in shallow window-dressing, a compendium of on-the-nose references with an inflated … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker "In “Hit Man,” Powell stars as Gary Johnson, a college professor who moonlights as a contractor with the New Orleans police department. He assists a task force that stops murders before they happen. After a co-worker … Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams "The further each episode brings us to the mid-season point, the slower things feel. Every episode is a slow burn, with some scenes dedicated solely to set the mood that a character is in. Vaughn does … Continue reading.
Written by Nick McCann "“The Road Warrior” sets us firmly in the series’ now iconic wasteland. The direction is much more assured this time around, once again letting the world and chaos organically develop through visuals. Which take on a … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson "“Mars Express” is a detective mystery that spirals into the seedy underside of a futuristic society. The setting is a human-colonized Mars, and the narrative trappings are familiar: humans and androids co-exist, tech corporations dominate..."… Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker "The film features some gorgeous cinematography and great character work by Jodie Comer. But it isn’t sticky and lacks a grounded emotionality that the film, or at least Jodie’s character Kathy, yearns for."… Continue reading.
Written by Nick McCann "Post-apocalypse fiction owes its style in part to George Miller. Leather-clad figures of justice, endless desert landscapes, a harsh culture, and survivors losing their humanity as time passes. Anything in that vein can be traced back … Continue reading.
