The highly anticipated extension of The Lord of the Rings franchise is finally here. In a drama set thousands of years prior to both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The…
Jo Koy says ‘Easter Sunday’ is art imitating life
We spoke with the stars of Universal Pictures’ family flick Easter Sunday. Jo Koy and Lydia Gaston portray a son and mother in the new movie about the cultural nuances of a Filipino-American family surrounding their holiday celebration. I asked…
‘Thirteen Lives’ review: Ron Howard returns with an inspirational, true-life tale
Back in 2018, the Chiang Rai Province of northern Thailand was devastated by the flooding of the Tham Luang Nang Non cave. 12 soccer players as young as 11-years-old, along with their coach, became trapped more than 2 miles into…
‘Persuasion’ review: Jane Austen fans will find full agony
Netflix is no stranger to adapting incredibly popular novels into films and television series, and they usually give fans what they want (see To All the Boys, Kissing Booth, Bridgerton, and one of my personal favorites, The Queen’s Gambit). It…
‘The Black Phone’ review: Ethan Hawke grabs the screen in this killer, throwback thriller
Ethan Hawke is no stranger to horror, specifically when directed by Scott Derrickson and written by C. Robert Cargill, as seen in 2012’s Sinister. But it’s safe to say Hawke has outdone himself with The Black Phone, extending his villain…
‘Lightyear’ review: Pixar is mocking us, aren’t they?
For the first time in the history of the Toy Story franchise, we get to see things from the perspective of Andy Davis (did you know Buzz and Woody’s owner had a last name this whole time?) and understand what…
‘The Bad Guys’ review: ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ for the whole family
Four-quadrant animated films usually deliver feel-good stories with worlds dominated by animals. Well, DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys is in a league alongside BoJack Horseman, at least, blending its fantastical world with both sentient and incognizant animals living amongst humans,…
