A Baby Driver star goes Black Mirror in Jonathan, the sci-fi drama from co-writer-director Bill Oliver. Well, more accurately, the Ansel Elgort-topper approaches the twisted anthology, links arms with it in the moonlight and walks down some of the same paths…
Album Review: Smashing Pumpkins – “Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol.1”
“Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.” 23 years after Billy Corgan first screamed that line, it doesn’t seem to apply to him anymore. Maybe it never applied to him at all considering he’s…
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a Violent, Heart-breaking Old West Meditation on Mortality
Death has always been a punchline for Joel and Ethan Coen. Its suddenness, its finality, its nihilistic impartiality—these anxieties have flooded their films since their very first, 1984’s Blood Simple, a neo-noir about murderous vengeance horribly spiraling out of control.…
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Movie Review -Not enough magic left for this “Harry Potter” prequel series
On the surface, what made the Harry Potter film franchise great is present in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. You can see the components clear as day, as if you’ve lined up all the ingredients for a potion next to…
Widows Review: Viola Davis Shines in this Reinvigorating Take on the Heist Thriller
Viola Davis continues to perform on a level all her own in Steve McQueen’s taut and thrilling Widows. A socio-political heart pounding heist, McQueen demonstrates his impressive versatility with this 12 Years a Slave follow up, proving that he can and will tackle…
Disney Releases First Teaser For ‘Toy Story 4’
Disney and Pixar continue to mine the world’s childhood nostalgia with its biggest gamble to date. The animation giants released the first trailer for Toy Story 4 on Monday. The third sequel to Pixar’s game-changing children’s film is the first directorial…