T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 14, 2021 TIFF: All My Puny Sorrows clings to its source material to its significant detriment All My Puny Sorrows, adapted from the novel of the same name, undermines strong performances by clinging too tightly to its source material.
A Categories Anniversaries Features Movies August 13, 2020 At 10, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” can still take on all comers 10 years later, Edgar Wright's comic adaptation lingers for its bevy of influences as much as its originality.
S Categories TV March 26, 2020 Star Trek: Picard’s Season Finale Embraces and Evades Death "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2" rushes to its finale and cheats its way to emotional catharsis.
S Categories TV March 19, 2020 Star Trek: Picard Lumbers Toward Its Finale in “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1” Synths, secret sons and doomsday prophecies arise in a messy penultimate episode establishing galaxy-ending stakes.
S Categories TV March 12, 2020 Star Trek: Picard Finally Gives Answers in “Broken Pieces” The overarching conspiracy cracks open on an episode that sets up the finale.
& Categories TV March 5, 2020 “Star Trek: Picard” Forges New Bonds From Old Ones on “Nepenthe” An interstitial episode finally bridges Picard and Soji's stories, thanks to the welcome return of some old friends.
& Categories TV February 28, 2020 “Star Trek: Picard” Uses a Blunt Instrument to Open “The Impossible Box” A sea of good ideas gets drowned in cliche as Picard and Soji face the truth.
& Categories TV February 20, 2020 “Star Trek Picard” Tries to Roll Sevens in “Stardust City Rag” Seven of Nine slings guns and runs a heist in an episode that's tonally all over the map.
S Categories TV February 13, 2020 Star Trek Picard Episode 4: “Absolute Candor” Mines Its Hero’s Regrets The show finally finds its groove with a detour, an abandoned boy, and a lost cause.
S Categories TV February 6, 2020 Star Trek Picard: “The End Is the Beginning” Stumbles to Gather Its Crew Synthetic threats and synthetic relationships pepper Picard's "gather the team" episode.
