& Categories Movies Reviews March 29, 2021 “Godzilla vs. Kong” is the brain-dead monster mash you’re looking for It's dumb as a box of rocks, but Adam Wingard's addition to the American-produced MonsterVerse hits its spectacle sweet spots.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Sundance 2021 February 10, 2021 Sundance 2021: “Passing” lingers in the gulf between black & white Rebecca Hall adapts Nella Lawson's novella about Black social mobility (and its corresponding resentments) to haunting effect.
& Categories Reviews TV December 14, 2020 “The Stand” buckles under the weight of Stephen King’s source material CBS All Access' all-star miniseries adaptation of the timely Stephen King novel bogs itself down in a helter-skelter structure and an acute lack of stakes.
O Categories TV August 25, 2019 On Becoming a God in Central Florida Recap: “Stinker Thinker” Thinks Big The first episode of Showtime’s new series sets up a dark comedy that satirizes pyramid schemes & hustle culture. We’ve all encountered one of them..
M Categories TV June 6, 2019 Meryl Alone Can’t Save the Second Season of “Big Little Lies” The cultural phenomenon returns, minus its star director, with a little more Streep in its step.
L Categories Movies April 29, 2019 Long Shot Review: Rogen and Theron Spin the Stoner Rom-Com Into Gold Against all odds, Jonathan Levine manages to transform a stoner comedy with Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron into a charmingly sweet political romance.
T Categories Movies March 23, 2019 The Aftermath Review: Sumptuous but Surface-Level Melodrama While Keira Knightley and cast give off some elegant looks, this post-WWII costume drama floats passively along the surface of its subject.
T Categories Movies March 22, 2019 The Hummingbird Project Review: Tackling Low-Latency Trading at a Snail’s Pace Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard try to make millions in milliseconds in this plodding critique of capitalism.
