& Categories Reviews TV December 18, 2020 “The Mandalorian” season finale gets us in our feelings Season 2 ends with a fanservice-y bang, as the show breaks our hearts while straining under the weight of all its cameos and references.
& Categories Reviews TV December 4, 2020 “The Mandalorian” Chapter 14 Recap: the Empire strikes back Boba Fett returns, the Child is kidnapped, and Robert Rodriguez throws us into the action-packed midpoint of the season.
& Categories Reviews TV November 21, 2020 “The Siege” is another lore & action-packed episode of “The Mandalorian” Some season 1 faces return & we get an idea of why the Child is such a highly coveted bounty.
& Categories Reviews TV November 6, 2020 “The Mandalorian”: “The Passenger” is filled with chills and critters Season 2 continues to lay the groundwork for its broader story, as the show takes another detour to a snowy creature feature.
& Categories Reviews TV September 17, 2020 “The Chef Show” puts Jon Favreau back in the kitchen again Favreau returns with chef Roy Choi for another course of delicious food and relatable tricks of the culinary trade.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 14, 2020 The Enemy is Too Close to Home in “Iron Man 3” A surprisingly insightful, sensitive entry in the MCU explores Tony Stark's battle with guilt & PTSD.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 9, 2020 “Iron Man 2” Offers Marvel’s First Stumble Out of the Gate Jon Favreau's 2010 followup to the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe also shows the weaknesses of worldbuilding over structure.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 6, 2020 “Iron Man” built a hero – and a blueprint for a franchise Jon Favreau's acerbic superhero adventure set the template for the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- and rehabilitated Robert Downey Jr. into a movie star once again.
T Categories TV November 12, 2019 The Mandalorian Recap: Star Wars Goes West With “Chapter One” Disney+'s live-action Star Wars series shakes off its fan-film cobwebs and shows glimmers of space Western intrigue.
G Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies October 31, 2019 Greed Is Good (And God) in “The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese turned his camera to the grotesque excesses of the ultra-rich in The Wolf of Wall Street.
