In a world where studio blockbusters bend over backwards to try and craft cinematic universes, crack way too many jokes and push the boundaries of visual effects, it’s really nice to just have a summer movie where Idris Elba squares…
Interview: Composer John Frizzell makes serious music out of silly heroes in ‘Beavis and Butt-Head: Do the Universe’
In Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, put-upon average Texan Tom Anderson in the film’s climax gets carted away by federal law enforcement officials after a device containing a deadly virus is found in his camper, left there by a neglectful…
‘Joe Pera Talks With You’ taught us how to appreciate life’s small treasures
With the crushing news that Adult Swim has decided not to pick up Joe Pera Talks With You for a fourth season, I did what I think any Joe Pera fan would do in a moment like this—I ate a…
‘Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe’ review: Paramount Plus, heh, you said ‘mount’
While a lot of 90s exports age like day-old nachos in this neverending conquest for Hollywood to mine every little corner of nostalgia that exists in our pop culture sphere, there is nothing asinine about having Beavis and Butt-Head back…
‘The Bob’s Burgers Movie’ review: Show triumphantly flips to big screen
If you’d like to know how perilous the jump from television animation to feature animation can be, ask the guys who tried to pull off the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie. A silly promotional LED placard of one of its…
Interview: Two years later, Daniel Lombroso reflects on the impact of his documentary ‘White Noise’
When filmmaker Daniel Lombroso released his 2020 documentary White Noise, he couldn’t have possibly known that an unprompted “sequel” was just around the corner. It wasn’t one of Lombroso’s making, more of a culmination of what his observational political documentary…
‘The King’s Man’ review: This unexpected prequel takes a more serious, historical turn for the franchise
For a film series primarily known for its spunk, it’s a bit shocking to see Matthew Vaughn take his third foray into the Kingsman universe and ring it dry of its bite. What often felt like a direct lampoon of…
