The final season of the dark comedy asks heavy moral questions and grapples with big themes, but also cares deeply about the notion of humanity in even extreme contexts. …
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The third installment in the ‘Magic Mike’ trilogy tries to replace the magically sexy strippers of the earlier films with what it considers “real” dancers, but the attempts to “elevate” the story to “serious cinema” fails to replicate any of the earlier…
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‘Tár’ doesn’t perfectly manage its attempt to grasp the current cultural shift in how we deal with artists who abuse their power, but it’s sharper than a lot of other attempts. …
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Once we’ve settled into its beautiful world, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ feels a bit like a slog through every possible sickly sweet theme that can be crammed into it.…
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Is 'EEAAO' a marker of a massive shift in cinema, or a reprieve from how much drivel we are being offered in the rest of current cinematic theatrical landscape?…
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The horror film is shockingly simple, sparse in design and concept, but opens the viewer up to the fear of the unknown.…
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The third (and likely final) season is strikingly narratively grounded, and sometimes appallingly realistic in its representation of modern young adulthood.…
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This series succeeds at rebooting/revamping structured sitcoms.…
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‘Sick’ has a strikingly simple premise, but its heart sort of feels like it has no idea what it's saying.…
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Reflecting on the character of Sally Reed in ‘Barry’ and her attempts to find artistic meaning in her trauma.…
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