Representation is really not enough to justify lackluster action films. An all-female cast in a spy movie is barely a step away from an all female cast of an Oceans movie, or a Ghostbusters film. These films are boxes checked…
‘Benedetta’ review: A righteous, erotic exploration of sexuality and conviction
Exploring female sexuality and faith, Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta turns what could have been a stuffy dirge of dogma into one of the best films of the year. Benedetta stands on the performances of its leads. Virginie Efira as Benedetta exudes…
‘Station Eleven’s reference to an old ‘Star Trek’ episode, explained
Though HBO Max’s Station Eleven is about a deadly pandemic, it’s also a heartwarming exploration of humanity’s strength. We see these themes played out in the episodes set 20 years in the future after the cataclysmic event, in which we…
The 10 Best Moments From TV in 2021
When we think about television in 2021, it’s not always as an entire episode or season of a show. Oftentimes, we think of them as moments—a few seconds of dialogue, a full scene, the way the actor or actress delivered…
‘Belfast’ review: Kenneth Branagh’s musings on home struggle to connect the past and the present
Belfast is a new semi-autobiographical film from director Kenneth Branagh, chronicling a young boy’s life during the Northern Ireland conflict, also known as “The Troubles,” during the late 1960s. Though this portrait of a loving family struggling to navigate a…
Top 51 episodes of ‘Supernatural’
Supernatural has a lot of episodes. Not counting these 51, there’s still 276 left on the table. In the couple of weeks it took to come up with this list, right up until the very early hours of today, I…
‘Roswell, New Mexico’ Interview: Chris Hollier and Michael Vlamis talk the happiness found at the end of Season 3
After two seasons that ended with tensions high and our characters on different wavelengths from each other, the finale for Roswell, New Mexico Season 3 is a breath of fresh air. Everyone is relatively happy (we see you, Kyle). However,…
