Being stranded on an island is a terrifying experience in and of itself. But what if it’s a perilous, unforgiving wilderness? Yellowjackets, a series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, was one of the biggest surprises of 2021. The Showtime television…
Movie Review: “Jem and the Holograms”
Certain movies these days try to get by on appealing to people’s nostalgia. Remakes and reboots of franchises and properties from American youth have become more and more commonplace in Hollywood. But once in a while, Hollywood gets the nostalgia…
TV Review: Wayward Pines 1×01 “Where Paradise Is Home″
[Based solely on the first episode] We’ve all been there. After a night of partying too hard, you wake up on the floor of some unknown place, having no recollection of how you got there and even what happened the…
Movie News: Jem and the Holograms Gets a First Look, Release Date
Out of all the movie reboots on the horizon, not one gives me pause more than Jem and the Holograms. This upcoming movie is based on Jem, the (truly outrageous—had to do it at least once) ‘80s Hasbro cartoon that…
SXSW Review: Hellion
Who would’ve thought during the first season of “Breaking Bad” that Aaron Paul of all people was going to be a breakout star? Considering that the writers reportedly wanted to kill off the character of Jesse Pinkman at the end…
Movie Review: August: Osage County
For better or worse there is no doubt that August: Osage County is a performance heavy film. Directed by John Wells (The Company Men) the movie tells the story of one of the most dysfunctional families we’ve seen onscreen. The…