2022

THE BATMAN: An Operatic Morality Thriller
THE BATMAN: An Operatic Morality Thriller

The Batman is a three-hour gritty detective crime thriller disguised as a superhero film.

PAM & TOMMY (S1E7) "Destroyer Of Worlds": Can You Fix What's Broken?
PAM & TOMMY (S1E7) “Destroyer Of Worlds”: Can You Fix What’s Broken?

While some storylines were more engaging than others, the episode leaves you wondering, and worrying, about how its creators will end it all.

Glasgow Film Festival 2022: ASHGROVE
Glasgow Film Festival 2022: ASHGROVE

While it doesn’t always tie its themes together, Ashgrove still manages to dig behind the veneer of its story and ask a compelling question.

PAM & TOMMY (S1 E6) “Pamela In Wonderland”: Down The Rabbit Hole Of Misogyny
PAM & TOMMY (S1 E6) “Pamela In Wonderland”: Down The Rabbit Hole Of Misogyny

“Pamela in Wonderland” establishes an effective contrast between perceived happiness and success against a system and a society designed against women.

STUDIO 666: Foo Fighter Frightners
STUDIO 666: Foo Fighter Frightners

If you can go along with all its winking and ribbing of rock culture, there’s enough self-deprecating, decapitating humor for a bloody fun meta-horror.

PAM & TOMMY (S1E5) "Uncle Jim And Aunt Susie In Duluth": There Is No Stopping This Ticking Time Bomb
PAM & TOMMY (S1E5) “Uncle Jim And Aunt Susie In Duluth”: There Is No Stopping This Ticking Time Bomb

While Pam & Tommy opened to the euphoric bliss of a celebrity couple and marriage, the cracks have begun to show as the sex tape begins to gain steam.

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: An Unnecessary Sequel
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: An Unnecessary Sequel

Unnecessary and poorly planned out, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a sequel easily dismissed, the power of what made the original clearly forgotten.

DEATH ON THE NILE: Branagh (and his Moustache) Steer A Sinking Ship
DEATH ON THE NILE: Branagh (and his Moustache) Steer A Sinking Ship

Death on the Nile is certainly better than his recent films, but it relies too heavily on its director/actor being enamored with his own material.

PAM & TOMMY (S1E4) “The Master Beta”: There Is More Than Meet The Eye
PAM & TOMMY (S1E4) “The Master Beta”: There Is More Than Meets The Eye

Pam & Tommy’s “The Master Beta” contains a gut-wrenching ending, the perceived actions of Pamela and Tommy justified in the pain and agony of the moment.

PAM & TOMMY (S1 E1-3): Transformative Performances Meet Narrative Creativity
PAM & TOMMY (S1 E1-3): Transformative Performances Meet Narrative Creativity

While the series does find its slower moments in episode three, the performances of these two alone are the driving force to return for more.

INVENTING ANNA Season 1: Fake It Till You Make It
INVENTING ANNA: Fake It Till You Make It

Inventing Anna is an engaging and mesmerizing story of exploration, desperation, psychology, and redemption. A Binge-worthy venture.

HAPPENING Trailer
Sundance Film Festival 2022: HAPPENING And GIRL PICTURE

In his final report from Sundance Film Festival, Wilson Kwong reviews Happening and Girl Picture.

Sundance Film Festival 2022, Report 3: YOU WILL NOT BE ALONE, SOMETHING IN THE DIRT, PALM TREES & POWER LINES And HATCHING
Sundance Film Festival 2022, Report #3: YOU WON’T BE ALONE, SOMETHING IN THE DIRT, PALM TREES & POWER LINES And HATCHING

In her last report Kristy Strouse reviews You Won’t Be Alone, Something in the Dirt, Palm Trees & Power Lines and Hatching!

Sundance Film Festival 2022: DUAL and ALICE
Sundance Film Festival 2022: DUAL and ALICE

Whether it’s science fiction or simply a sensational real-life story, who doesn’t enjoy an inventive…

Sundance Film Festival 2020: GOD'S COUNTRY
Sundance Film Festival 2022: GOD’S COUNTRY

With God’s Country, director Julian Higgins takes an introspective dive into the underbelly of humanity’s darker instincts.