G Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month February 27, 2023 Glass shatters the modern superheroic mode to moving effect M. Night Shyamalan closes the Eastrail 117 trilogy with a deliberate anticlimax and deep empathy in place of spectacle, and the results are striking.
S Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month February 26, 2023 Split saw Shyamalan give James McAvoy the roles of a lifetime McAvoy approaches the superpowered Kevin Wendell Crumb and his alters with care and empathy, overcoming sketchy psychology.
H Categories TV December 23, 2019 His Dark Materials Season Finale: “Betrayal” Shots are fired & Lyra suffers an unimaginable loss in a sober end to a solid debut season.
H Categories Movies December 16, 2019 His Dark Materials Recap: “The Fight to the Death” Iorek reclaims his throne & Lyra gets both a new name & a family reunion in an uneven penultimate episode.
H Categories TV November 19, 2019 His Dark Materials Recap: “The Spies” Lyra finally understands what it means to have a family, as Mrs. Coulter cranks things up on the evil dial.
H Categories TV November 5, 2019 His Dark Materials Recap: “Lyra’s Jordan” HBO & the BBC's lavish adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy series is off to a fine, visually stunning start.
I Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies September 4, 2019 IT Chapter Two Review: Flailing Like a Hapless Clown The second half of Andy Muschietti's Stephen King adaptation sinks under its mishmash of tones.
W Categories Movies June 5, 2019 With “Dark Phoenix”, The X-Men Series Eulogizes Itself The pioneering superhero franchise gets its last hurrah in the form of a messy, somber swan song.
G Categories Movies January 16, 2019 Glass Review: M. Night Shyalaman has lost his damn mind Like a hammer through a window, Glass shatters whatever goodwill M. Night Shyamalan had once recovered.
O Categories Features Movies January 15, 2019 Of Two Minds: Dissociating Ourselves from “Raising Cain” With Glass coming out, we plumb through our collective psyches to discuss Brian De Palma's split-personality thriller Raising Cain.
