Westworld Episode 3.04 Review: “The Mother of All Exiles”
The latest episode of HBO's Westworld explores what happens when an android develops a messiah complex.
WrestleMania’s Firefly Funhouse Match was WWE Pro Wrestling at its Weirdest – and Best
Without a live audience, WrestleMania 36 instead became a showcase of surrealist theatre and a Marvel movie's worth of franchise history.
James vs. His Future Self Review
James vs. His Future Self is a sci-fi dramedy about a single-minded scientist who must outwit his future self to make the discovery of the century.
Coffee & Kareem Review: The Anti-Green Book
Netflix's foul-mouthed buddy comedy Coffee & Kareem is the anti-Green Book.
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Review: The Hidden Gem You Must Find
A sobering, surprising, and ultimately moving portrait of true friendship.
Resistance Review: Before Jojo Rabbit, There Was Marcel the Mime
Resistance offers a super hero origin story of sorts for Marcel the Mime.
Westworld Episode 3.03: “The Absence of Field” Review
Like many of Westworld’s best hours, The Absence of Field mostly focuses on a crisis of identity.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episodes 7.05-6 Review
The greatest character in Star Wars canon is Ahsoka Tano
My Brilliant Friend Episode 2.02: “The Body” Review
MY BRILLIANT FRIEND episode 2.02 explores what it means to be lost within life itself.
To Live to Sing Review: Culture at a Crossroads
A song of resistance soars above the towering condominiums in Johnny Ma’s To Live to Sing. The film, Ma’s sophomore feature after Old Stone, is an evocative portrait of culture at a crossroads. To Live to Sing takes the gritty realism of Ma’s debut feature a step further. Inspired by a Sichuan opera company he […]
Westworld Episode 3.02 Review: “The Winter Line”
The idea of "The Winter Line" is embedded into the episode’s understanding of how its characters are trying to escape from the obstacles and fortifications before them on their respective journeys.
My Brilliant Friend Episode 2.01 Review: “The New Name”
My Brilliant Friend Episode 2.01 Review: “The New Name”
Star Wars the Clone Wars 7.04: “Unfinished Business” Review
The story of Star Wars at its core is a story about the fallibility of people to the trappings of power. The story of Anakin Skywalker is perhaps its most integral, strongest, and weakest. The storytelling of Anakin’s journey is muddled, but the overall arc is a famed one.His arc is of a man who […]
Westworld Episode 3.01 Review: “Parce Domine”
After a brilliant first season and a muddled second season, Westworld's third outing keeps the mysteries intact, increases the thrills, and streamlines that feeling of deliberate confusion significantly.
Bloodshot Review: Can Diesel’s New Superhero Franchise Challenge the MCU?
Bloodshot is a comic book adaptation that stars Vin Diesel as an indestructible former soldier on a quest for vengeance.
