As a slow burn psychological thriller, You Were Never Really Here delivers a brutal look into the life of a tormented hired gun named Joe (Joaquin Phoenix). Director Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) understands how to wound…
High Maintenance Season 2 Premiere Review
Last year felt incredibly long. Tonight it felt even longer as I realized that High Maintenace was off the air for the entirety of 2017. Most significantly, the last new episode to air was on October 21, 2016, still a…
Sundance 2018 Review: Private Life
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is rarely discussed because critics don’t regard it as a “natural birth.” You either conceive your own child or adopt, but god forbid anyone injects shots and meds in their ass to increase their chances of…
Sundance 2018 Review: Blindspotting
Blindspotting is a comedy, except when it’s not. The switches are jarring, but that’s real life. One minute, you’re driving home from work after a seemingly normal day, the next, you’re a witness to a police shooting against an unarmed…
The X-Files 11×03 Review: “Plus One” Works Better on the Character Level
There’s a mish mash of ideas happening in “Plus One.” Doppelganger, telepathy, the concept of evil, the fear of growing older, the uncanniness of the “other” all have a part to play in this episode of The X-Files, “Plus One.” But…
Grown-ish 1×04 Review: “Starboy” Has Zoey Tutoring an Athlete
No, the Weeknd did not make an appearance in this week’s Grown-ish. However, this week centered on the star basketball player that we lowkey met during last week’s episode. Remember when Zoey ran into a boy asking for directions on…
Fresh Off the Boat 4×13 Review: “The Car Wash”
This week’s Fresh Off the Boat episode, “The Car Wash,” was very lackluster. It was the epitome of a filler episode that the season could’ve done without. The biggest issue with this episode was that Eddie did pretty much nothing. Other…