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Putting Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Kathryn Hahn, and Casey Wilson into a limited dark comedy series sounds like the perfect recipe for a hit. And I will admit to being incredibly excited to dig into The Shrink Next Door, the eight-episode AppleTV+ series that has all four sensational actors bouncing off each other. But boy, […]
Belfast, writer-director Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical story about a snippet of his childhood in the capital city of Northern Ireland is, for my money, his best film since Much Ado About Nothing all the way back in the early ‘90s. For a filmmaker who has a tendency to get a bit too wrapped up in the […]
Chloé Zhao’s movies are beautiful. They feature incredible photography of natural landscapes, and ultra-naturalistic dialogue often delivered by non-actors cast off the street. Her films are deeply meditative and authentic and have the capacity to really touch audiences who are open to a different kind of movie. It made perfect sense that she swept last […]
Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whitaker return for one final season of Doctor Who. Series 13 had a strong start with one of the most entertaining episodes during the Chibnall/Whitaker era. Many forces are drawn to Earth. These include the Lupari, a dog-like alien race, the Weeping Angels, the Sontarans, and worst of all, a space cloud […]
Ron’s Gone Wrong is the first feature film from Locksmith Animation. Their first film was a delightful experience that shows as it explores the perils of big tech and social media. In the near future, the CEO of Bubble, Marc Weidell (Justice Smith) announces his new innovation, the B-Bot. The B-Bot becomes the most desirable product […]
The Paranormal Activity franchise was a pop-culture phenomenon for the first half of the 2010s. The release of a new Paranormal Activity was essentially an annual tradition, as the series churned out sequels nearly every October. It reinvigorated the found-footage genre, and in doing so, made a killing at the box office. Its star faded […]
The Black Death was one of the traumatic events in world history. It was a pandemic that has been estimated to have killed between 75 million to 200 million people. This event serves as the backdrop for the Anglo-German horror film Black Death. In 1348 the Black Death is sweeping across England. It has even […]
There are certain films that are difficult to write about without ruining them. It’s easy to explain your thoughts on a final reel twist if your audience is fine with explicit spoilers. But then there are films you don’t want to spoil. Stories with endings you want to discuss but can’t. Surprise twists and turns […]
Netflix has become a home for original sci-fi. Their original content includes films like the dystopian thriller What Happened to Monday and the space drama Stowaway. One of Netflix’s acquisitions was the Australian film I Am Mother, a wonderfully interesting film in the sci-fi genre. In the future there is an extinction event. The future of humanity lies in […]
Ironclad is a rarity because it’s a British action film. It was one of many historical action films released in the early 2010s to capitalise on the success of 300. The year is 1215. King John (Paul Giamatti) has reneged on Magna Carta and hired an army of Danish pagans. William d’Aubigny (Brian Cox), an ennobled wool […]