ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING delivered a solid, satisfying finale along with a bloody cliffhanger for next season.…
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RAILROAD “kills two cats with one arrow” as it takes the ensemble cast and splits them into two hilarious stories his week. The first involves Nandor and Guillermo. Their power play is flipped on its head as we see their dynamic change via their workplace comedy roles. Elsewhere, Colin and Lazlo’s dynamic continues to be a weekly highlight. They create a railroad scheme with some of the best one-liners in E4. RAILROAD graduates “Third Eye Blind” style thanks to a…
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THE LINCOLN LAWYER offered a great season of twists, turns, shocking moments, deaths, and a "family company" audiences will find thoroughly entertaining.…
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SHAUN OF THE DEAD is a witty look at the undead. It leaves viewers with a silly grin on their faces until the gruesome end. It was a successful zombie movie that killed off main characters in a grisly way, all while keeping the tone light and acceptable.…
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EMILIA PEREZ is a story of love and an F.U. to masculinity. It’s beautifully complicated in all the right ways only director Jacques Audiard could make. It has been twenty-four hours since I saw it, and I still can’t shake its haunting music, themes, dance numbers, and, most importantly, the lead performances. Karla Sofía Gascón will surely be nominated, Zoe Saldana delivers the best performance of her career, and Selena Gomez reminds us that she can sing and dance. With that…
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There are two things that horror movies tend to iconize. The obvious ones are horror characters. Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, and Leatherface are what I like to call the big four. Venerable horror figures with franchises that can last the test of time. Horror characters that multiple actors can play without anybody getting upset about it. I’m a man of a certain age, and the Halloween costumes of all four characters are just as relevant now as they were in…
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A soaring tale about society and the environment, this Hitchcock classic claws at you, then flies high above expectation.…
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Every theatre arts teacher has one or two plays or musicals they always wanted to produce and direct on stage. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS was one of mine. There never seemed to be the right time, and timing is everything when creating an okay season for my community. It is a regret. Ever since I first heard the opening number of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, I was smitten with plant fever and a huge crush on Seymour, played by Rick…
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The best docs are the ones that surprise you and take a huge left turn in the middle. And that is exactly what this fantastic documentary offers. The last movie Howard Hughes made in 1951 was a complete fiasco – it was about Genghis Kahn and the Mongol Conquerors, but get this: It starred John Wayne in the title role with an almost entirely white cast! I swear I could not make this up. The movie was hugely expensive and…
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