Jordan Peele set his own bar incredibly high with his directorial debut, Get Out. Though thematically a big departure, Us shows that Peele’s strong voice as a terror craftsman is not just limited to one category of horror fi...
With two Cicadas on the loose, The Flash has his hands full this week. You know, it occurs to me that birds eat cicadas in real life. Perhaps it’s time to bring back Hawkman and Hawkgirl!
The most interesting thing (and perhaps the only interesting thing) about ABC’s new legal drama The Fix is that the show was co-created by former prosecutor Marcia Clark, who’s clearly using it as a wish fulfilment fan...
Suffering the most juvenile and sexist aspects of Heavy Metal (the movie and illustrated magazine) and 1990s anime, Netflix’s new animated sci-fi anthology series Love, Death + Robots has a handful of good episodes, includin...
Though it lacks the raw electricity of the 1932 Katharine Hepburn/John Barrymore version, the more sedate 1940 remake of A Bill of Divorcement employs a fine cast to tell a delicate if dated story of domestic strife and mental ill...
Nine seasons in, The Walking Dead seemed to have lost most of its power to shock a long time ago. As it turns out, however, the show is still capable of surprising and even disturbing its jaded viewers.
One of the most inventive and exciting uses of animation from 2018 hits Blu-ray and Ultra HD this week. Also, the Mary Poppins reboot.
This Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day, the time of year when it’s most socially acceptable to indulge in the devil’s water. This brings to mind some of our favorite movie and TV moments involving alcohol. Let’s ...
Certain themes in human suffering are consistently repeated and seemingly unavoidable. Transit impeccably highlights the experiences of refugees by creating a world that is, sadly, timeless.
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...
“Greetings to you, Earthlings. I am Princess Dragon Mom. I have taken over this planet. Now I own the Earth, and you’ll be my slaves for all eternity! The disasters you experienced are just small examples of our great ...
If Barry’s plan to simply ask evil villain Cicada nicely to give up his powers seemed kind of half-baked, The Flash sort of addresses that this week. Unfortunately, the episode then doubles-down on it in a very unconvincing ...
