‘Pantheon’ series premiere review: The future is bright in the animated science fiction drama

Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s best efforts, the metaverse has a long way to go before it becomes a reality. The only newsworthy thing the social media founder achieved with his costly virtual reality platform is applying functional legs onto stiff digital…

‘The Batman’ review: The Dark Knight returns with a more hopeful take on vengeance

Matt Reeves’ The Batman will likely go down as a mold-breaking movie when it comes to the current state of superhero fatigue, where at this point, most comic-book film franchises have started to blur together, not really going for a…

Wildlife Movie Review: A confident directorial debut from Paul Dano

Paul Dano’s directorial debut is a quiet, contemplative view of the everyday struggles of Americans in the 60s. In the midst of economic struggle, 14-year-old Joe (Ed Oxenbould) watches the disintegration of his parent’s marriage while navigating his new life…

Sundance 2018 Review: Wildlife

Paul Dano’s directorial debut is a quiet, contemplative view of the everyday struggles of Americans in the 60s. In the midst of economic struggle, 14-year-old Joe (Ed Oxenbould) watches the disintegration of his parent’s marriage while navigating his new life…

Movie Review: Okja

Even as adults, I still believe we need fairy tales. There’s that transitionary period in life where we essentially go from a Disney-esque outlook on life to a Grimms’ fairy tale style one. It’s necessary, especially since our adult lives…

Movie Review: Swiss Army Man

The first image that we see in Swiss Army Man is of Hank (Paul Dano) wrapping a noose around his neck. He’s about to commit suicide on a deserted island when he sees a body wash up on the beach.…

TV Review – War and Peace (2016) | A great melodrama, a mediocre adapation

This past Christmas, I received an opulent Folio Society edition of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace from my father. I spent the next month setting out on what fans of the novel refer to as “The Long March.” Even at…