Watchmen Episode 5 Recap: “Little Fear of Lightning”
Watchmen explores the cyclical nature of trauma in an episode that serves as a haunting showcase for Tim Blake Nelson.
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Pinocchio is a fairy tale to break your heart
Guillermo del Toro directs a whimsical stop-motion version of the classic children’s story that packs an emotional punch.
Just Mercy Review: Conviction Brought Down by Convention
Destin Daniel Cretton’s legal drama has its moments of impact and an impressive cast, but it’s far too lopsided to stick the landing.
Watchmen Season Finale Recap: “See How They Fly”
Damon Lindelof’s series comes to a conclusion that is as evocative and satisfying as it is rushed.
“The Report” is a Mostly Successful Political Thriller
Adam Driver delivers another powerful performance in Scott Z. Burns’ drama about C.I.A. torture in the Middle East.
Watchmen Recap: “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own”
Legacy and memory rise to the forefront of an intriguing Watchmen concerned even more directly with the shadows of the past.
Watchmen Recap: “She Was Killed By Space Junk”
An old character from the comics arrives reinvented, as we see the other half of the story thus far. Up to this point, Watchmen has been working hard to establish itself as a story existing within the periphery of the comics’ usual signposts. While we get the occasional glimpse of Dr. Manhattan, and this week … Watchmen Recap: “She Was Killed By Space Junk”
Watchmen Recap: “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship”
Episode two digs into more of the show’s thematic material, as answers give way to more questions.
Watchmen Premiere Recap: “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice”
Damon Lindelof stuns with a tight, incisive continuation of the impossible-to-film comic book. The prospect of making a Watchmen TV series, even on HBO, is a dicey one, to say the least. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal deconstruction of the superhero genre was long thought impossible to film, and (depending on who you ask) … Watchmen Premiere Recap: “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice”
Angel Has Fallen Review: Naught But for Nolte
The third entry in Gerard Butler’s mil-porn series about patriot dads is almost saved by the sudden appearance of a wild Nick Nolte.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Review: The Coen Brothers Spin Six Tales of Old West Tragicomedy
The Coen brothers return to the Old West for a darkly comic anthology of six stories of doomed men and women out on the frontier. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Watching a Western movie means feeling a strange surge of patriotism, of pride and awe for the American men and women who made … The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Review: The Coen Brothers Spin Six Tales of Old West Tragicomedy
The quiet realism of “Paranoid Park” showed Gus Van Sant at his indie best
Both tactile and ethereal, Gus Van Sant’s skateboarding drama saw him expand upon his neorealist work that spanned the 2000s.
Watchmen Episode 6 Recap: “This Extraordinary Being”
Six episodes in, the show does its deepest, most formally daring look at historical prejudice, policing and American mythology.