‘The Guilty’ review: Jake Gyllenhal’s sit-down thriller isn’t worth staying on the line for

Netflix’s latest crime-thriller, The Guilty, has that name for a reason. Guilt consumes Jake Gyllenhaal’s character, a 911 operator named Joe Baylor—the only character the audience really gets to see—and a worried, abducted woman on the phone, Emily Lighton (Riley…

‘Love Hard’ review: An amusing, catfishing disaster that is somehow endearing

From December 1 to December 25, people all over prep for the holidays by watching Christmas movies, often where characters in their picture-perfect Christmas towns stumble upon “the one.” Netflix’s new film, Love Hard, follows this same overused formula. Like…

Album Review: Snail Mail – “Valentine”

One of the many charms Lush, the 2018 debut album from Lindsey Jordan and her band Snail Mail, was its dated quality. Though a musical highlight in the 21st century, Lush sounded like it could’ve debuted in the 1980s during…

“I Don’t Live Here Anymore” review: New album by The War on Drugs is too nostalgic for its own good

A messy album is one where tracks seem haphazardly chucked at a wall, with mismatched production styles devoid of cohesiveness. The War on Drugs don’t do this on I Don’t Live Here Anymore. Instead, they’ve inadvertently created such a harmonious…

‘Stargirl’ season 2 finale review: “Summer School: Chapter Thirteen” enacts Eclipso’s master plan

DC’s Stargirl is stepping out of the darkness and into the light of brighter plots to come. “Summer School: Chapter Thirteen” was a thrilling conclusion that closed the book on the Eclipso story. The Justice Society of America (and their…

‘Spencer’ review: Kristen Stewart shines in Pablo Larraín’s latest, dark drama

In the dizzying and beguiling Spencer from director Pablo Larraín, there’s a running commentary on how frosty the Sandringham House is. For all its acquired decadence and displays of excess, it’s chilly more often than not, and Diana complains several…

‘The Morning Show’ 2×08 review: Sorry for your loss

This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 8 of The Morning Show, “Confirmations.” AppleTV+’s The Morning Show has never really figured itself out. Season 1 wanted to be a hard-hitting takedown of misogyny and workplace sexism by way of #MeToo (and…