Hot Summer Nights aspires to be little more than a flipbook through the 90s. Carnivals, diners, and drive-in movie theaters make up most of the backdrop, but nothing ever feels authentic as the motivation for anything happening on screen is quickly left…
Sicario: Day of Soldado Movie Review: More action, less nuance
As a sequel, Sicario: Day of Soldado stands on its own from predecessor Sicario, but it lacks the nuance of the other film. While there’s certainly more action in this new installment, the story feels light where it requires depth. There…
Hereditary Movie Review: Ari Aster Has Created Something Terrifyingly Dreadful and Magnificent
Full disclosure — when it comes to horror, you’ll typically find me hiding behind my hands, but nothing has shaken me more than Ari Aster’s Hereditary. At just over two hours, it’s an unrelenting, dread-inducing portrait of a family descending…
The Magicians: Quentin Coldwater’s a Hero Just Like Us
“My entire life, ever since I first read Fillory and Further, I’ve been waiting for some powerful being to come down and say ‘Quentin Coldwater, you are The One.’ Every book, every movie, it’s about one special guy. Chosen. In…
Supernatural 13×21 Review: “Beat the Devil”
I love this episode. “Beat the Devil” is about reliving our past traumas when circumstances dictate it. With a rich history of trauma, Supernatural hasn’t always dealt with the emotional aftermath successfully. But that’s the ultimate beauty of the show’s longevity…
Supernatural 13×19 Review: “Funeralia”
Supernatural has been bringing characters back from the dead more often than usual, and I couldn’t get behind the returns because they seemed to be mostly for plot reasons. That’s what I thought Rowena was going to be used for.…
Still Digging “Holes,” 15 Years Later
The early star power of Shia LaBeouf outside of Even Stevens began fifteen years ago in a little Disney movie called Holes. A Shawshank Redemption for a younger generation, Holes remains a classic for its story of friendship and intertwining tales…
