D Categories Podcasts Right on Cue August 13, 2022 Dustin O’Halloran and Herdis StefánsdĂłttir on the foggy textures of The Essex Serpent The composer duo opens up about their beguiling score for the Apple TV+ miniseries.
W Categories Reviews TV August 10, 2021 What If…? explores the roads not taken for better and worse Marvel Studios rolls out its most insular effort to date on Disney+ with plenty to please the fans.
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?
B Categories Podcasts Right on Cue July 9, 2021 Behind the music of Loki with composer Natalie Holt The composer talks theremins, Wagner, and the twisty score to Marvel's latest series.
& Categories Reviews TV June 8, 2021 “Loki” bursts with metafictional charm, but lacks much energy Marvel gives its original bad boy his own series but misses what's so fun about that idea.
& Categories Reviews TV December 4, 2020 “Earth at Night in Color” illuminates for the casual wildlife observer Impressive new technology powers Earth at Night in Color but may be wasted on the seemingly intended audience.
I Categories Anniversaries Movies October 16, 2020 Inside the blood-soaked Gothic romance of “Crimson Peak” Guillermo del Toro's criminally overlooked ode to Daphne du Maurier turns five, and it's as potent as ever.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 17, 2020 “Thor: The Dark World” Feels Like MCU Filler Thor's second standalone adventure buckles under the weight of too many characters and a confused directorial hand.
A Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 12, 2020 Assembling “The Avengers” An unlikely team of heroes could have been a clichĂ©, but Joss Whedon's first foray into the MCU worked because it toyed with its moving parts.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 10, 2020 “Thor” Thunders Onto the Screen as Marvel’s Millennial Kenneth Branagh's Shakespearean tale of a godlike alien shows the cracks in Marvel's firmament amid its immature protagonist.