Existential Review: The Midnight Gospel.
Despite a clever art style, The Midnight Gospel is so full of bad takes that I felt entitled to a hot take. I really wanted to like The Midnight Gospel. [more]
Netflix
Binge or Purge?: Kengan Ashura.
Looking for trashy, hyper-macho escapism? Yeah, me too! After having stocked up on Serious Films ™ for the Oscars, I felt the need for the opposite: dumb, mindless, fun. I [more]
Oscars 2020: Marriage Story.
Marriage Story features tremendous talent but can’t divorce itself from problematic gender expectations. Marriage Story feels like a union between an early Woody Allen “love on the rocks” story and [more]
VOD Review: Dolemite Is My Name.
Netflix‘s raucous biopic of Rudy Ray Moore delivers on every front. Mark your calendars: Eddie Murphy is officially back. His force-of -nature performance as the legendary Rudy Ray Moore is [more]
Coming Soon Trailers. Joker, Judy.
Coming Soon Trailers. Joker, Judy. Joker arrives amidst controversy, and the Judy Garland biopic expands nationally after a limited engagement. We’re apparently up the J’s in Hollywood’s Rolodex. The elephant [more]
Coming Soon Trailers: Abominable.
Coming Soon Trailers: Abominable. We’re up to our eyeballs in animated Yeti lately as Abominable hits theaters as the only wide release. It seems that cartoon Sasquatch and abominable snowmen [more]
VOD Review: The Dark Crystal – Age of Resistance.
VOD Review: The Dark Crystal – Age of Resistance. Jim Henson’s dark fantasy returns, expanded and re-imagined to speak to another time and audience. The Dark Crystal was a watershed [more]
VOD Review: Invader Zim – Enter the Florpus.
VOD Review: Invader Zim – Enter the Florpus. Invader Zim returns to Earth via a Netflix special that captures the charm of the original series. Falling down the rabbit hole [more]
Binge or Purge?: Wu Assassins.
Binge or Purge?: Wu Assassins. Netflix’s mystical martial arts series does a lot of things right. And a few things wrong. But mostly right. After the weary sigh that was [more]
Existential Review: Rocko’s Modern Life – Static Cling.
Existential Review: Rocko’s Modern Life – Static Cling. This revived show about needlessly revived shows is itself needless. I think with Netflix‘s revival of Rocko’s Modern Life, I can confidently [more]
Coming Soon Trailers: The Lion King.
Coming Soon Trailers: The Lion King. Disney’s latest adaptation has theaters all to itself this weekend. If you’re looking for something new at the cineplex this weekend, I hope you [more]
Coming Soon Trailers: Stuber, Crawl, The Art of Self Defense.
Coming Soon Trailers: Stuber, Crawl, The Art of Self Defense. Buckle up, we’ve got a buddy cop flick, giant alligators, and Jesse Eisenberg doing karate. This should be interesting. Well, [more]