Kiernan Shipka and Diane Kruger’s performances in the new Roku series Swimming with Sharks is worth the price of admission. Their connection is immediate as soon as they lock eyes from across Joyce’s fancy exec office. As Lou’s motives become…
‘The 355’ review: This all-female spy thriller is not the representation we asked for
Representation is really not enough to justify lackluster action films. An all-female cast in a spy movie is barely a step away from an all female cast of an Oceans movie, or a Ghostbusters film. These films are boxes checked…
Movie Review: In the Fade
Germany may have backed the wrong horse with their entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards. Although director Fatih Akin (Head-On, The Edge of Heaven) had the noblest of intentions when using his latest film to…
Movie Review: ‘Disorder’
Disorder (or its French title, Maryland) seems to be a third in an increasing number of films that feature the talented Belgian star, Matthias Schoenaerts, in physically morose but deeply sympathetic roles of misunderstood tough-guys, tamed by their affection for…
TV Review: FX’s The Bridge 2×2, “Ghost of a Flea”
At this point, if you walk into a random apartment that supposedly houses a person connected to drug cartels, but that person has been replaced by some kind of foul odor, it should probably be assumed a dead body is…
TV Review: FX’s The Bridge 2×1, “Yankee”
Many times there are just things you do not expect to see. Lyle Lovett serving as the first character we see in this second season of FX’s The Bridge, moments before we follow him into a house soaked in blood,…
Gaby’s Movie Review: The Host (2013)
Many have hopes that The Host will be the new Twilight. And I can tell you now that’s not going to happen. You can slap Stephenie Meyer’s name on every bit of promo, and it still won’t happen. The Host…