The Magicians 4×5 Review: “Escape From the Happy Place” allows us momentarily to come out of the dark

How much more can you ask for in a television series than the ability to…

The Film Canon: Hitchcock the Paranoiac Meets Highsmith the Misanthrope in Strangers on a Train (1951)

When Patricia Highsmith left the theater after seeing Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of her debut novel…

Album Review: SWMRS – “Berkeley’s On Fire”

Part of what makes underground punk rockers SWMRS so exciting is their innate understanding of…

High Maintenance 3×05 Review: “Payday”

People say that it’s difficult to write about something you enjoy and I am feeling…

Sugar, Spice, and Everything Not-So-Nice: 20 years of Jawbreaker (1999)

Starring the 90s collective of Rebecca Gayheart as the sweet Julie (Scream 2, Urban Legends),…

The Vast of Night Review: A small-scale alien abduction tale worthy of ‘The Twilight Zone’

Alien invasion stories are nothing knew to the film canon with plenty of history to…

Alita: Battle Angel Movie Review – Spectacular visuals save a lackluster script

After a 20-something year development battle, Yukito Kushiro’s cyberpunk manga series, Alita: Battle Angel, has…