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American Horror Story 9.01 Recap: “Nothing Bad Is Gonna Happen Here”
The ninth season of American Horror Story, dubbed AHS 1984, has a fun premise and a totally rad opening credits sequence. Will that be enough to sustain another year of a series long past its prime? I’m not sure how confident I am about that.
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American Horror Story 9.01 Recap: “Nothing Bad Is Gonna Hap
The ninth season of American Horror Story, dubbed AHS 1984, has a fun premise and a totally rad opening credits sequence. Will that be enough to sustain another year of a series long past its prime? I’m not sure how confident I am...
Now Streaming: Undone
Star Rosa Salazar is so good in Amazon’s new animated, existential sci-fi mystery series Undone that I almost want to check out that Alita: Battle Angel movie she was in after all… Almost. Let’s not go crazy here.
From Silents to the Seventies: Jezebel
Jezebel may be a poor man’s Gone with the Wind, but it’s still a very rich cinematic experience, thanks to Bette Davis’ Oscar-winning performance and William Wyler’s superior direction. Fans of Golden Age classics and diva Davis w...
TIFF Journal: Ford v. Ferrari
When the film ended at the festival premiere of Ford v. Ferrari, director James Mangold and stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale took the stage and proudly declared that they didn’t know (or care) anything about racing. I thought, ...
Fear the Walking Dead 5.14 Recap: “Spaghetti Ain’t Si
Fear the Walking Dead gives us a few more details about the mysterious new antagonist group introduced last week, some of which may actually cause more confusion. The show also finds time for a musical number, if you can believe i...
Now Streaming: The I-Land
Ever since Lost went off the air, a lot of TV shows have come and gone trying to be the next Lost. I can’t think of any quite so shameless about it as Netflix’s The I-Land.
TIFF Journal: Hustlers
Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers is based on a 2015 New York Magazine article about a group of exotic dancers who essentially roofied a bunch of finance men and stole their money via credit card fraud. On first blush, it sounds like an ...
TIFF Journal: Waves
Trey Edward Shults’ third feature, Waves, is about actions and reactions, how different circumstances cause emotions to ebb and flow. This story of family disintegration speaks to uncomfortable issues and is sure to generate plent...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 15th, 2019 – Out of t
If you spent all your money last week replacing half of your Disney movie collection, the good news is that that week’s new Blu-ray and Ultra HD titles will probably not seem nearly as appealing. As always, however, you might find...
Weekend Roundtable: Best Book-to-Movie Adaptations
Most times, when people think about movies adapted from novels, the inevitable conclusion is that the book was better. Every so often, however, a film will come along that successfully captures, or even improves upon, its source.
Haunt Review: Send in the Scares
While 2019 has brought us some notable aquatic horrors, it looks like the late summer actually belongs to clowns. From Gags to It: Chapter Two to Clownado and now Haunt, “hot girl summer” should be rebranded “creepy clown summer.”...
Raise Hell Review: No Fury Like Texan Scorn
Capturing the razor-sharp tongue of what might be the last great political columnist would be a feat and perhaps a fool’s errand. Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins puts up a good fight to get her big personality on the s...