TV Review: Dark Matter (2×09) “Going Out Fighting”

Everybody has their own weaknesses. It just so happens that Two’s nanites were hers, which is ironic since they make her so powerful. How could she have known that they would fail her one day. After last episode’s ending this…

Movie Review: Southside with You

The romantic comedy flick can be like a minefield. If the film makes one wrong step, the whole story is ruined. Or if you want to go the Nicholas Sparks route, you just start dancing across the mines and make everything a catastrophe…

Album Review: Rae Sremmurd – “SremmLife 2”

Being young in the rap game is a real double-edged sword, especially nowadays. Thanks to the open access to rap music on the internet, young rappers have a free range to be whoever they want to be and can find…

Movie Review: My King

I’m not particularly fond of the recent trend in Francophonic cinema of break up movies where beautiful couples spend two hours screaming at each other, making their lives living hells. They’re practically Xavier Dolan’s bread-and-butter. But I find them exhausting,…

Gus Van Sant returns with The Sea of Trees

Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) is known for directing films that include strong and complex characters with profound themes. We haven’t heard much from him for a while (since 2012), but just a few days ago the trailer…

TV Review: Scream 2×11 “Heavenly Creatures”

The Persistence of Family Drama Nighttime, Casa Duvall: a shrouded figure disables the alarm and breaks in, grabbing a knife in the kitchen and heading upstairs. Bypassing Maggie, they creep over to Emma’s room, pausing at the picture of her…

Into the Past: Assessing Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby

After nearly ten years of production qualms, Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down is soon to be made available for streaming. With trademark flashy visuals and slightly overblown spectacle, Luhrmann tends to be a divisive director. I’m hit or miss with…