With precious few exceptions, the parody spoof genre is one of the laziest forms of entertainment a filmmaker can turn to when in need of a quick, easy buck. For every true gem like ‘Airplane!’ or ‘Blazing Saddle...
Three episodes into the new season, I’ve already resigned myself to the fact that ‘Agent Carter’ isn’t getting any better this year. The show is still drearily dull. Given its short seasons, I’ve made...
A strong January comes to a solid close. Is this a good indicator of what’s to come in 2016?
How do you even review a movie like ‘Fifty Shades of Black’? Pointing out that it’s stupid barely even feels relevant. Of course it is. That’s the type of parody comedy that the Wayans clan has been selling...
Based on a remarkable Massachusetts Coast Guard rescue mission from 1952, ‘The Finest Hours’ is an attempt to revive old-timey adventure movies. It’s not just a period piece in terms of the costumes and props; th...
It’s easy to whine and moan about the overabundance of Found Footage horror movies. Yes, the conceit is overplayed and requires a certain checklist of conventions that can be frustrating to trudge through. However, when a fi...
We’re definitely back on track now. This week’s very suspenseful and exciting episode of ‘The Expanse’ may be the season’s best since Episode 4.
The more that ‘The Flash’ tries to justify some of its sillier and more fantastical ideas with “science,” the less sense it makes. The series might not have this problem if the show-runners would stop writi...
The ‘Kung Fu Panda’ series has always been far better than it had any right to be. Hinged on a simple cartoon premise (cute animal who has no business learning martial arts becomes master, d’awww…), it’s fi...
Based on a character who first appeared in Neil Gaiman’s comic series ‘The Sandman’ and was later spun off to his own book published by the DC Comics Vertigo imprint, Fox’s new primetime series ‘Lucif...
After the terrible premiere episode on Sunday, Fox quickly followed with a second episode of the newly revived ‘The X Files’ on Monday night, which will be the show’s regular timeslot for the rest of its run. It ...
Fourteen years have passed since ‘The X Files’ closed on television, with one box office dud feature film in between. Riding the current wave of nostalgia for any property that used to be popular once upon a time, Fox ...
