K Categories Reviews TV September 13, 2021 Kin’s tremendous cast makes a dance out of its familiar steps A familiar study of an Irish crime family, Kin gives a host of terrific actors a chance to shine, both individually and together.
T Categories Movies Reviews September 2, 2021 This overly familiar action revenge thriller is too little, too Kate Mary Elizabeth Winstead works tirelessly to uplift Netflix's latest derivative shoot-em-up, to disappointing results.
F Categories Fantasia 2021 Festivals Movies Reviews August 22, 2021 Fantasia 2021 Dispatch: Indemnity, Yakuza Princess, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Action flicks from South Africa and South America, and a gentle slice-of-life anime, mark our latest dispatch.
T Categories Movies Reviews August 20, 2021 The Protege is the kind of solid meat-and-potatoes thriller we don’t get anymore Maggie Q gets a down and dirty action vehicle that doesn't reinvent the lady-assassin wheel but has plenty of fun along the way.
H Categories Movies Reviews July 20, 2021 Hydra Blu-ray review: strong acting, great fights, killer mood Hydra, from master action director Kensuke Sonomura, boasts both thrilling duels between lethal assassins and warm, skillful character work.
T Categories Reviews TV July 16, 2021 The Loki finale: a god of mischief & a deal with the Devil The Disney+ series concludes (for now) on a mindbending cliffhanger that asks: what do you do when you no longer have glorious purpose?
R Categories Interviews Podcasts Right on Cue TV July 16, 2021 Reza Safinia on Warrior and the links between meditation and music The composer and multi-instrumentalist breaks down his score for the Bruce Lee-inspired action series, and his dual albums Yin and Yang.
T Categories Movies Reviews July 2, 2021 The Forever Purge closes the series with a nihilistic whimper James DeMonaco's bracing, didactic series about the evils of American carnage hits its end, as brutal as it is thunderously unsubtle.
& Categories Movies Reviews June 23, 2021 “F9” is more of the same, for better and for worse The latest entry of the perennial series is a mixed bag of the movies' trademark ridiculousness and shoddy, lackluster action sequences.
& Categories Movies Reviews June 12, 2021 “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” is a perpetual explosion with dialogue Patrick Hughes’ follow up to The Hitman’s Bodyguard brings plenty of action, but little else.
