On Becoming a God in Central Florida Premiere Recap: “Go-Ge
The awkwardly lengthy title of Showtime’s new dark comedy On Becoming a God in Central Florida seems indicative of a problem with the series: It doesn’t know when or how to stop.
The awkwardly lengthy title of Showtime’s new dark comedy On Becoming a God in Central Florida seems indicative of a problem with the series: It doesn’t know when or how to stop.
Long Shot is a high concept rom-com that stars Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron, who form a highly unlikely couple on screen. While on first look it’s not much more than the fantasy tale of a guy getting a girl way out his lea...
The Aftermath reflects on what could have been a fascinating period, the window following the Second World War, where the challenges of building peace proved to be even more morally complicated than the seemingly simple process of...
HBO’s new drama series ‘Big Little Lies’ is a prestige production stacked with multiple Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy winners and nominees both in front of and behind the camera. Ultimately, that seems like kind o...
In ‘The Guard‘, writer/director John Michael McDonagh made an adorably Irish twist on the bad cop genre. That film did rather well, so now he’s been allowed to cross the ocean and serve up more of the same with a...
It’s hard to imagine that anyone out there was really begging for a new Tarzan movie. The jungle hero raised by apes lost his cultural cachet long ago, even with a Disney cartoon to help stretch out the legacy. However, bloc...
Few films about teenagers (especially teen girls) capture that fragile era of life with the necessary level of awkward pain, discomfort and confusion. Teen stories are typically all about raunchy ruckus or inspirational coming-of-...
Partway through the series finale of ‘True Blood’, Pam asks Eric, “Are you just winging it or do you have a plan here?” I’d like to ask the same of the show’s writers. After seven years, is this...
I know, I know. Even though I’m giving Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ a positive review, so many people out there will loathe the film for being pretentious, long, slow and far from subtle. Unapologetically...
Most of the negative early reviews for ‘Straw Dogs’ seem to have one thing in common – each reviewer made up his or her mind prior to seeing it that the movie would be worthless. With a closed mind, anyone familiar wit...
I am loving the amnesiac Eric storyline on this season of ‘True Blood’ so much that I’m willing forgive some of the less interesting stuff going on in the show right now. Of which, unfortunately, there’s a ...
After a lackluster start and a slow recovery, ‘True Blood’ is finally starting to warm up this season. This week’s episode features a very entertaining storyline, a great comedic performance from one of the main ...