TV TV Reviews

The Bear Season Five Post Mortem

This review contains spoilers for the final, fifth season of Hulu’s The Bear. Over the years, The Bear has struggled with cohesion. Its highs have been truly spectacular, providing episodes of television that will hold up for decades as examples of just what you can do with a single character or a single, unbroken shot. […]

Film Film Reviews

Leviticus Review

Although Jennifer Kent’s debut film, The Babadook, brought international attention to the Australian horror scene, little would come of it until nearly a decade later. Talk to Me kicked off the wave we’re currently riding, for better or for worse (mostly better). That’s fortunate for writer/director Adrian Chiarella, for while the involvement of Mia Wasikowska […]

Film Film Reviews

The Furious Review

Hong Kong was once at the forefront of action cinema the world over. While the ’80s were a time of maximalist, muscular blockbusters flooding out of the United States, the East Asian city (then a British colony) punched well above its weight. Following the work done by Bruce Lee and the Shaw Brothers to soften […]

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Disclosure Day Review

Steven Spielberg returns to extraterrestrial sci-fi with the conspiracy thriller Disclosure Day. Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor) is on the run with his girlfriend, Jane (Eve Hewson), after stealing information and an advanced device from his employer. This coincides with Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt) undergoing a sudden metamorphosis where she develops telekinetic powers and becomes able […]