Between Shoplifters and Parasite, new movies about “scamilies” (that’s my new term for “scam artist families,” don’t wear it out), continue to provoke fascinating ideas about class warfare and the lengths people will go to in order find a sliver of success in…
TV Review: Westworld 1×03 “The Stray”
(SPOILERS) The questions continue to mount in Westworld, and it now ranges past just the park and control room. After the first two episodes zipped by with heavy exposition and intriguing characters, episode three, titled “The Stray,” executes a different approach in a slower-paced…
TV Review: Westworld 1×01 “The Original”
(SPOILERS BELOW) Westworld is without question HBO’s biggest make-or-break series since Game of Thrones first premiered. Sure, their miniseries and TV movie departments have continued to perform well, but the network has struggled to conjure the next big hit series. After several…
Movie Review: Into the Forest
I have a fascination with looking at old photographs, especially those taken of familiar landscapes and landmarks. Seeing how nature is slowing being turned into smooth concrete or towering, iron structures feels reassuring but also bleak. I get a similar feeling…
First trailer for Into the Forest debuts
For a film that I had known very little about before today, the Ellen Page starring Into the Forest is now one of my most anticipated of the year and this is all due to a quietly chilling trailer. Haunting, beautifully captured…
Movie Review: ‘Strange Magic’
Gary Rydstrom’s Strange Magic is a nice film. But, as Mr. Sondheim reminds us, nice is different than good. It is a nice film for several reasons, chief among them being the central plot itself. Predictably for a film based…