KATRINA BABIES is a documentary focused on how the children felt during Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath when the levees flooded New Orleans.…
Continue ReadingGeorge Miller is a filmmaker known for grandeur and spectacle. His films are famous for providing engaging storytelling mixed with borderline-bombastic visuals and are nearly always a memorable, impression-making experience. As a result, they are often considered cinematic events. In his first film since 2015’s smash success MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Miller impressively balances intimate, thoughtful storytelling with his signature stellar aesthetic whimsy. At its heart, THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING is a story about storytelling and its effects on…
Continue ReadingBAD SISTERS is a quirky, dark comedy set along the coast of Ireland.…
Continue ReadingLet me begin by saying, “I loved this movie.” Let me follow that up by saying, “Not everyone is going to love this movie.” I don’t care. In 2009 the world was gifted the film ORPHAN, about a well-meaning family who adopts a creepy young girl with many secrets. The film had no business being as good as it was and quickly earned its place among the creepy-children-of-horror sub-genre. Now, 13 years later, the prequel no one knew we needed…
Continue ReadingI am sitting on my couch weeping after watching the final episode of FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL.…
Continue ReadingAfter a very effective premier established exposition and lore, the new Marvel series’ second episode has gotten its story underway in a big way. Rather than fighting in the streets, Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) uses her smarts, education, and career drive to maintain justice. Maslany continues to showcase her comedic chops as our new favorite green, latent, lawyer/superhero, delivering more than one literal laugh-out-loud moment. (The Emmy-winners career has been chiefly drama-laden until now.) She’s a total delight to watch.…
Continue ReadingONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING’s finale was a “Killer reveal party” or was it just a “killer party?”…
Continue ReadingHOUSE OF THE DRAGON is building up empathy, complexities, and relationships that are only subtly alluded to in the source material.…
Continue ReadingIn PRETEND DADDY, the most intense episode of this season (and perhaps of any "non-scripted" show), Nathan is facing negative repercussions of his brand of comedy.…
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