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A Haunting in Venice marks the third time Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in a Poirot film. This time he adapts Hallowe’en Party and aims to make a leaner film. It’s 1947 and Hercule Poirot (Branagh) has entered retirement and lives in Venice. His bodyguard, Vitale Protfoglio (Riccardo Scamarcio) ensures no one comes close to the famous […]
The First Slam Dunk is an anime film based on the manga series and anime series Slam Dunk. The manga’s creator, Takehiko Inoue, adapts his own work for the big screen. Ryota Miyagi (Shugo Nakamura) is a small yet determined basketball player who plays as the point guard for Shohoku High. As Shohoku High plays in the […]
During the ‘shared universe’ era, The Conjuring Universe has been one of the most successful. The Nun II is both the second film in The Nun series and the ninth film in The Conjuring Universe. Four years after the events at Saint Cartha’s monastery, Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) has become a committed nun, and she has taken on a young nun, […]
Deus ex Purrgil. That was my immediate thought as soon as Ahsoka returned from Jedi Purgatory (also known as the World Between Worlds, although this felt more like a test of her abilities than a portal through time like in Rebels) – how fortunate for her and the rest of her crew that a pod […]
The Other Black Girl, the new Hulu series that is based on the Zakiya Dalila Harris novel of the same name, would best be described as a Jordan Peele-horror story meets Single White Female. At least that’s my main takeaway after watching the ten-episode season (the season ends with enough additional story to support a […]
Denzel Washington, Antoine Fuqua, and Richard Wenk return for a third and final film in The Equalizer series. This film sees Robert McCall take on the Mafia in Southern Italy. After a mission in Sicily Robert McCall is shot and falls unconscious when driving through Southern Italy. Robert is taken in by Enzo (Remo Girone), the doctor […]
A few episodes into The Changeling, the new AppleTV+ adaptation of the novel of the same name, I didn’t know quite what to make of the series. Was it the story of new parents, torn asunder by a horrific bout of post-partum depression? Was it a horror story of a child that wasn’t a child, […]
We’re now officially halfway through Ahsoka, and right one time we have the split between our two heroes. Huyang warned you guys to stay together, Ahsoka and Sabine. But no, you split up and now Sabine has given into her desire to see Ezra once more (who is decidedly not the now dead Marrok the […]
My Dad the Bounty Hunter is a coming-of-age animated sci-fi adventure series by Everett Downing Jr. and Patrick Harpin. It is a continuation from the first season, which came out in February. It comes at a time when Black-centered animations are blossoming. This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the […]
Cobweb is based on a screenplay shortlisted on the 2018 Black List. This film sees a young boy face many forms of horror. Peter (Woody Norman) is an eight-year-old boy who lives in an old house with his overbearing parents. He is bullied at school, and he hears unusual and unsettling sounds at home. Peter learns about a […]