Reviews Perry Mason Chapter Seven Recap: Thank this nice man By: Megan Sunday The show barrels toward its finale and finally starts to pick up steam, as Perry finds his lawyerly footing.
Reviews “Summerland” dazzles in the past more than the present By: Clint Worthington Gemma Arterton is bristly and charming in this WWII-era melodrama, but it's almost a little too weightless for its own good.
Reviews “Olympia” pulls back the curtain on screen legend Olympia Dukakis By: B.L. Panther Olympia Dukakis is given a warts-and-all portrait that highlights her tremendous power and the foibles of "no bullshit" Method acting.
Reviews “The Secret: Dare to Dream” serves up a steaming pile of hokum By: Gena Radcliffe Rhonda Byrne’s bestselling “law of attraction” nonsense gets a cloying, predictable romantic spin with better performances than it deserves.
Filmmaker of the Month We’ll never forgive Joel Schumacher his “Trespass” Joel Schumacher's final film is a hodgepodge of hokey thriller twists and a ridiculous performance from Nic Cage.
Reviews “Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy” rolls out a worthy first chapter with “Siege” By: Justin Harrison Netflix and Rooster Teeth team up for a dark, compelling set of stories about everyone's favorite robots in disguise.
Reviews Shudder’s “Host” mines effective scares out of COVID-era communication By: Clint Worthington Rob Savage wrangles a tight, heart-stopping screen-based horror flick out of six actors, practical scares, and a Zoom call.
Reviews “The Weight of Gold” explores the mental hurdles of Olympians By: Clint Worthington Michael Phelps produces and narrates a heartfelt piece of mental health advocacy for Olympic athletes.
Anniversaries “Look, it’s the gentleman guppy”: “Waterworld” at 25 Say what you will about Kevin Costner's disasterpiece, but it's a reminder of the time when studios were willing to wade into uncharted seas.
Anniversaries 25 Years of “The Net,” and the new age of techno-thrillers A look back at a time when "the internet" was portrayed as a mysterious boogeyman that could destroy your life.
Reviews “The Umbrella Academy” keeps the apocalypse light for season 2 By: Tim Stevens The second season of Netflix's comic-book adaptation sends its fractured superhero family into the past, to mixed results.
Features “Charlie Wilson’s War” wins some of its battles A token of the aughts and a swan song for Mike Nichols, this 2007 drama runs on more hermetically sealed Aaron Sorkin writing to okay results.
Reviews Perry Mason Chapter Six Recap: Disorder in the court By: Megan Sunday Perry Mason finally heads to the courtroom and starts picking up the pace.
Features Joel Schumacher took a baffling trip into occult horror in “Blood Creek” Despite its future A-list cast & spooky atmosphere, "Blood Creek" is an incoherent misstep for the versatile director.
Reviews “The Kissing Booth 2”: plenty of kissing, not so many booths By: Beau North Inexcusably long but otherwise harmless, the sequel to Netflix's hit teen romcom offers more comforting fluff.
Features “Phantom of the Opera” is a series of dull notes Joel Schumacher inexplicably drained Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary Broadway musical of every bit of its camp and queerness.
Reviews “Radioactive” isn’t enough to make your systems blow By: Sarah Gorr Marjane Satrapi's biopic of Marie Curie can't cure what ails you, even with a strong Rosamund Pike turn at the center.
Reviews “Amulet” is too sparse to ever come to life By: Matt Cipolla Romola Garai's directorial debut, Amulet, aims to mix body horror and feminist storytelling but instead feels like a short film stretched to feature length.
Features “The Number 23” is a summation of Joel Schumacher’s filmography With loss of control dressed up in nutty numerology, Joel Schumacher's 2007 thriller is a flawed thematic tie-in to his other work.
Reviews “Impetigore” drags you through the curse of country life By: Clint Worthington Indonesian horror maestro Joko Anwar returns for another piece of chilling, atmospheric folklore.
Features “Phone Booth” is a tightly wound study in obsolescence Joel Schumacher's cracked tableau of New York City's shifts at the turn of the millennium remains a time capsule in the guise of a neo-noir.