Eddington is Ari Aster’s fourth feature film. This time, he satires politics during the COVID pandemic. Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) is the sheriff of Eddington in New Mexico. He has political differences regarding the mayor’s, Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal), COVID policy. Joe also has personal issues with Ted due to Ted’s previous relationship with Joe’s […]
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Materialists Review
Materialists is Celine Song’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut, Past Lives. This time, she looks at the pitfalls of modern dating in New York City. Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a successful matchmaker for a high-end matchmaking service. During the wedding of one of her successful matches, Lucy meets two men: Harry (Pedro Pascal), a […]
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review
Marvel’s first family finally joins the MCU and takes their first steps with a solo adventure in a new cinematic. Four years ago, The Fantastic Four revealed themselves to Earth-828. Their appearance ushered in a golden age of peace and scientific progress. Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) and Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) find out they’re expecting […]
The Last of Us – Convergence Review
A bit of housecleaning before we dive into the review. I have not played The Last of Us and have (miraculously) managed to remain completely in the dark about the contents of the second game – upon which this and the remaining seasons of the series will be based. So, these reviews will not call […]
The Last of Us – The Price Review
This might end up being an unpopular opinion, but the much anticipated return of Pedro Pascal’s Joel to The Last of Us via flashback this week left me mostly cold. Now, that’s not the fault of Pascal, who was acting his ass off throughout the episode, but more so the fault of Craig Mazin and […]
The Last of Us – Feel Her Love Review
This week’s episode of The Last of Us had a delightful smattering of what makes the series work, as well as all the elements that drive me nuts. Which, to be honest, is a pretty impressive combination for a single hour of television. And the tease of a flashback episode next week? Yeah, that’s something […]
The Last of Us – Through the Valley Review
A bit of housecleaning before we dive into the review. I have not played The Last of Us and have (miraculously) managed to remain completely in the dark about the contents of the second game – upon which this and the third and final season of the series will be based. So, these reviews will […]
The Last of Us – Future Days Review
A bit of housecleaning before we dive into the review. I have not played The Last of Us and have (miraculously) managed to remain completely in the dark about the contents of the second game – upon which this and the third and final season of the series will be based. So, these reviews will […]
Gladiator II Review
Gladiator II joins the likes of Twisters, Alien: Romulus, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as a long-awaited sequel to a popular film. Gladiator II sees a new character forced into the Colosseum and potentially becomes a catalyst for change. Sixteen years after the events of Gladiator, the Roman Empire is ruled by the tyrannical twin emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger). The last […]
The Wild Robot Review
Chris Sanders returns to Dreamworks Animation for the first time since 2013’s The Croods. This time he adapts Peter Brown’s award-winning children’s novel The Wild Robot. A Universal Dynamics robot, ROZZUM Unit 7134, (Lupita Nyong’o), or Roz for short, washes up on a remote island with no human inhabitants. The robot sets out to find […]










