Alien invasion stories are nothing knew to the film canon with plenty of history to contend with when attempting to bring new life to the genre. What The Vast of Night, directed by Andrew Patterson, does so well is put…
Happy Death Day 2U Review: Multiverse theories join time loops for a dinner party with slasher thrillers
During Happy Death Day, as Tree (Jessica Rothe) kept dying and starting her day over, I couldn’t get past the total lack of clarity of why this was happening to this particular character. There’s a bit of an emotional journey…
Miracle Workers Review: Steve Buscemi and Co. Introduce “Existential Doom” to Heaven
Miracle Workers gives us a heaven that is run like a factory, with the majority of angels in the role of office drones and low-level factory workers. Most of them have been there for thousands of years, but their work…
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Review: Everything is not awesome, and that’s okay
If The Lego Movie proved it was possible to see the good in an otherwise uniform society, then The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part proves it’s okay if everything isn’t always awesome. Sure, this second installment has a lot…
Supernatural 14×13 Review: “Lebanon” Marks 300 With a Heartwarming Winchester Family Dinner
Landmark episodes of Supernatural are usually pretty meta. But hitting 300 is something special, so why not celebrate it by bringing back the character pretty much responsible for sending the Winchester brothers off on this 15-year-long hunt? John Winchester (Jeffery…
Supernatural’s Journey to 300: John Winchester’s 5 Best Moments
Jeffery Dean Morgan is only credited for 13 episodes on Supernatural, but there’s no denying the impact his character, John Winchester, has had on the show. John’s disappearance in the pilot episode is the inciting incident that sets the brothers…
‘The Report’ Review: Slow Start Turns To Thrilling Investigation Of CIA’s torture program | Sundance 2019
Adam Driver spends a lot of time yelling at people in government buildings during The Report. And yet, this dry, simplistic approach to a film based on true events is a great political thriller that dives deep into the CIA’s torture,…
