The Nun Review: ‘Conjuring’ Spin-Off Has None of the Emotional Depth—Or Scares—That Made Its Parent Franchise Work

With all due respect to the considerable talents of horror wunderkind James Wan, the heart and soul of the Conjuring franchise has never been its scares or monsters, but the relationship between its married paranormal investigators/demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren…

Movie Review: Lowriders

Being able to see someone like yourself in mainstream media is something few minorities get to experience. This “luxury” is something that should be available to everyone but is mostly scarce even today. That’s why I understand the appeal of…

Movie Review: ‘The Hateful Eight’

Quentin Tarantino, the only contemporary director of a blaxploitation film, a samurai movie and a Nazi revenge fantasy, baptizes his audiences in blood, rebirthing them through vengeance. But what’s most fascinating about Tarantino’s latest three films – Inglorious Bastards, Django…

33rd Reeling Film Festival: What To Watch

  After 33 years, Reeling Film Festival is still going strong and nothing proves that more than this year’s line-up. Aside from the diverse films from all around the world, Reeling will also be showing two highly anticipated, major studio…

TV Review: FX’s The Bridge 2×2, “Ghost of a Flea”

At this point, if you walk into a random apartment that supposedly houses a person connected to drug cartels, but that person has been replaced by some kind of foul odor, it should probably be assumed a dead body is…

TV Review: FX’s The Bridge 2×1, “Yankee”

Many times there are just things you do not expect to see.  Lyle Lovett serving as the first character we see in this second season of FX’s The Bridge, moments before we follow him into a house soaked in blood,…

Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Dom Hemingway’ Is True To Itself, But Its Story Betrays

We’ve all heard that there is no honor among thieves, but some people forget why. Being a thief, you typically aren’t around people who value silly things like honor, honestly or even human life, so being an honorable thief is…