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Unchosen is a religious-themed thriller that features a tremendous cast of British and Irish talent, and it was both compelling and frustrating. The Fellowship of the Divine is a patriarchal, conservative Christian sect based in Surrey. Within that sect are Rosie (Molly Windsor) and Adam (Asa Butterfield), a married couple with Adam being a rising star. […]
Well, on the plus side, this wasn’t a genre-specific episode. But once again, the idea behind the episode – at least the A plot, as the B plot on the planet was more successful – was stronger than the execution of it. And that failure of execution can be tracked to two key pieces of […]
This week’s episode of Ted Lasso was a weird one. On the one hand, there were several really lovely sections that went a long way at fleshing out key characters within the season. And on the other, there were moments so outlandish and strange that they went beyond the point of stretching the bounds of […]
Robin Hood is one of the most enduring figures in folklore. He has appeared in every form of media imaginable. Michael Sarnoski, the writer/director of Pig and A Quiet Place: Day One, aims to deconstruct the legend of the outlaw. Robin Hood (Hugh Jackman) is an old outlaw who lives on the fringes of society. He has killed many […]
Once upon a time, there was a little film called Hanna, a rare arthouse action film. It’s a film that has a cult audience but deserves more love and attention. Hanna Heller (Saoirse Ronan) is a 16-year-old girl who lives in the northern forests of Finland. Her father, Erik (Eric Bana), has been training her […]
I was all set to really dislike this week’s Strange New World installment. Not because it was based on a soap opera*, but because out of seven episodes this season, six have been “very special episodes” based on a different genre of storytelling. As Alan Sepinwall mentioned in a recent review of the series, if […]
I’m starting to get a bit worried about the direction of this season of Ted Lasso. Perhaps it’s a coincidence that this is also the first episode of the season that wasn’t provided for critics for our pre-season reviews, but we’ve hit the halfway point in the season and are rapidly running out of runway […]
If you turned off the adaptation of Cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood before reaching the halfway point of its short, sixty-minute runtime, you’d likely mistake it for Japanese military propaganda, which is unmistakably curdled by what comes after. Although the location, time period, and details of the ongoing conflict are left unspecified, everything about […]
Spa Weekend is a female-led comedy from the duo Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, the writers of the first Hangover movie and directors of the Bad Moms films. Spa Weekend sees the pair return to familiar territory. Jane (Leslie Mann), Coco (Michelle Buteau) and Sophie (Anna Faris) have been friends since middle school, but have […]
Sir Ridley Scott may be approaching 90 years of age, but he is still one of the most prolific Hollywood directors. He enters the world of post-apocalyptic drama with an adaptation of Peter Heller’s novel The Dog Stars. In the near future, humanity has been devastated by a pandemic. Hig (Jacob Elordi), an optimistic pilot and […]