by | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
A murder mystery set at a luxury coastal resort filled with wealthy, glamorous, hateful suspects? Somebody should make a TV show about that. Somebody has, other than the makers of HBO’s eat-the-rich satire The White Lotus. The BBC’s latest Agatha Christie...
by | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
When most people sign up for a Disney+ subscription, they’re probably thinking about catching up with Disney Channel Originals they loved as kids or watching the latest Marvel movie at home. For most, Disney+ means access to endless streams of frothy entertainment,...
by | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
After leaving high school behind in the season 3 finale, Buffy the Vampire Slayer struggled to find its footing in young adulthood. Season 4 was an epic mix of highs and lows, with each episode being a toss-up between a series-defining masterpiece and a well-intended...
by | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
“Rey Skywalker.” With those two words, the final words spoken in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, many fans threw up their hands in disgust. Honestly, no part of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker worked beyond clunky fan service that, ironically, only further alienated...
by | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Warning: contains finale spoilers for Netflix’s Toxic Town. “Certain places get inside you, you know?” says Aimee Lou Wood’s character Tracey Taylor in Netflix’s Toxic Town. If Jack Thorne were a less sensitive screenwriter, that line might be seen as a gag in a drama...
by | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Hulu original series Good American Family premieres this month (March 19). The series stars Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) and is a dramatic retelling of the adoption of Natalia Grace. Inspired by true events, Good American Family follows a midwestern couple who...
by | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Anyone who decided to catch up with Anora because of Oscar buzz might find themselves confused early on. The movie begins as a Cinderella story with a sex worker in the princess role and the son of a Russian oligarch as the prince, and then switches to a broad farce...
by | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Stephen King’s 1980 short story “The Monkey” (which can be found these days in his outstanding 1985 collection, Skeleton Crew) tells the story of Hal Shelburn, a man who is obsessed with an old toy from his childhood, a wind-up monkey that seems to cause death...
by | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
This review contains spoilers for season 3 episode 3 of Yellowjackets For the past two seasons, Yellowjackets has expertly toed the line between thriller and outright horror, building suspense as we wonder whether or not there are actually supernatural forces at work...
by | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
A decade isn’t really such a long time ago, but it feels like ages ago if you’re a Star Wars fan who’s lived through the many highs and lows of the franchise since Disney acquired the rights to George Lucas‘ empire. That must go double for Daisy Ridley, who in that...
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