Bland Sci-Fi Action That Wastes Talent
In Osiris, a high-concept premise crashes under the weight of lifeless execution, threadbare characterization, and unconvincing visual effects. Written and directed by William Kaufman, the film assembles a promising cast led by Max Martini and Deadpool’s Brianna Hildebrand, with Linda…
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Starz’s Steamy, Emotional Prequel Series Changes Everything You Knew About Jamie and Claire’s Love Story
With the end of Starz's epic adaptation of Outlander looming, the initial expectation might not have been that there was more story to tell — but fittingly, showrunner Matthew B. Roberts has gone back to the past as a way…
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Seth Rogen’s Rom-Com-ish Apple TV+ Show Continues To Be A Good Hang
The second Apple TV+ series released this year that features Seth Rogen, “Platonic” season two definitely isn’t going to get the amount of insidery raves and Emmy nominations that “The Studio” received. Yet, after a first season that began a…
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Sophie Brooks’ Attention-Grabbing Premise Beats The Discourse, Even With Shaky Execution
This age of modern dating, and its myriad uncomfortable situations and odd terms, has already spawned a number of movies aimed at capturing the difficulties of finding love today. Whether it's covering the strangeness of social media or the concept…
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Leanne Morgan and Chuck Lorre’s Charming, Relatable Netflix Sitcom Will Have You Laughing Out Loud
With humble beginnings in booking comedy gigs and putting out comedy specials on YouTube, Leanne Morgan steadily climbed her way onto Netflix, where she released her stand-up special Leanne Morgan: I'm Every Woman in 2023. This year, she tried her…
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Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne’s Friendship Faces New Challenges in One of the Year’s Best Comedy Series
Apple TV+'s Platonic, a celebration of complicated friendships hailing from co-creators Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller, is finally back. The show's brilliant Season 1 saw complicated besties Will (Seth Rogen) and Sylvia (Rose Byrne) overcoming Will's divorce, Sylvia's relationship issues,…
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A Disjointed Reel of Edgy Ideas
Mitzi Peirone’s Saint Clare, based on Don Roff’s novel Clare at Sixteen, is a film that sets its sights on being a subversive, blood-tinged thriller about faith, trauma, and psychopathy. With a leading performance by the underrated Bella Thorne, a…
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I’m This Dark Comedy Horror’s Target Audience & I Couldn’t Love This Nostalgia-Baiting Movie More Than I Already Do
Ick is a fun, nostalgia-packed horror film that I loved every second of. Directed by Joseph Kahn and starring Brandon Routh as a former high school all-star jock whose dreams failed to carry him beyond an injury, Ick blends alien…
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A Hilarious, Much-Needed Shot In The Arm For Studio Comedies
In the background of a shot in the Police Squad headquarters, men emerge through a doorway marked “COLD CASES” from what appears to be a giant freezer. No character ever comments on it. This clever play on words has no…
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Mike Judge’s Revival Is Modern, Relevant, and Still Just as Hilarious
Revivals of beloved TV shows have been an increasingly common trend over the past decade or so, from successful reboots like Twin Peaks: The Return, to misguided attempts like the ill-fated return of Roseanne. Animation has been no exception, with…
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Michael Winterbottom’s Intense Political Thriller Is a Powerful WWII Story That’s Remarkably Relevant Today
Given today's political climate, a film about the social issues and warring ideologies in Israel is highly relevant, and Michael Winterbottom is probably one of the best people to deliver it. Before he directed Shoshana, he worked on the documentary…
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The Naked Gun Review | Flickreel
Leslie Nielsen underwent an interesting onscreen evolution. Coming from a dramatic background, he became synonymous with the spoof genre after Airplane! and The Naked Gun. Liam Neeson is perhaps the only living actor who could follow in his footsteps. Like…
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