Lilies Not For Me is a quietly devastating period drama that examines the cruel intersection of queer identity and institutional control. Set in a 1920s English medical facility where homosexuality is pathologized as a disease to be “cured,” the film…
Read moreIt’s really no secret that I’m one of the seemingly few people who has consistently loved the recent phases of the MCU, even if I can admit that they’re nowhere near as good as the good old days ten years…
Read moreWhen Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith premiered in May 2005, it was heralded as the final chapter in a long-anticipated saga. George Lucas’ operatic conclusion to the prequel trilogy bore the burden of not only…
Read moreThe teen slasher will never go out of style. Sure, the waves of cinematic trends always come and go, but for the horror genre, there is arguably no safer staple than what Roger Ebert dubbed the "Dead Teenager Movie." They…
Read moreWhen Criminal Minds returned on Paramount+ under the sequel title Criminal Minds: Evolution, it quickly set itself apart by introducing one of the series' most dangerous unsubs. Elias Voit (Zach Gilford), the deadly Sicarius Killer, plagued the Behavioral Analysis Unit…
Read moreEditor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Andor Season 2 Episode 9.Once again, we have arrived at the end of an arc. Andor is officially staring down the barrel of the final year of Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) life…
Read moreEditor's Note: The below recap contains spoilers for Andor Season 2 Episode 8. Picking up the morning after the previous episode, Andor Season 2 Episode 8 opens with a distinctly uneasy feeling. The Ghorman massacre is upon us, and there…
Read moreEditor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The Rookie Season 7, Episode 17.The world feels like one big dumpster fire right now, and last week's episode of The Rookie did not offer any breaks from that feeling. Seth Ridley (Patrick…
Read moreEditor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Andor Season 2 Episode 7. Once more, Andor jumps a year into the future and lands in the midst of 2 BBY. In the intervening time since Luthen’s (Stellan Skarsgård) ploy to…
Read moreI enjoy sci-fi films, especially those that tap into extraterrestrial concepts, such as movies about aliens. Some of my favorite movies growing up were E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, offering a sort of emotional wonderment I haven't…
Read moreThe drama genre often gets a bad rap. As the one category that cannot be categorized, it feels like the place where all the movies that aren't funny enough to be comedies, exciting enough to be action, or scary enough…
Read moreAction films these days, particularly ones that are working on a lower budget, live or die on what their main hook is. This often comes down to a statement like "It's 'EX big budget hit action movie' but with...", such…
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