Movie Review: Live by Night

Ben Affleck has proven himself to be a competent director. He usually knows just what kind of look and feel he wants in regards to his films, which is why Live by Night is so hard to swallow. It’s a…

TV Review:11.22.63 “The Kill Floor” 1×2

This episode of 11.22.63 feels like pure, unfiltered Stephen King suspense at its finest. Within the first few moments, you’ll already know how fierce and bitter this one’s going to be, as we follow a young child being bullied by local boys. They torment…

TV News: Hulu releases official trailer for ‘11.22.63’

“When you’re close to changing something, you feel it push back.” After a double dose of teaser trailers in November 2015 and December 2015, Hulu has finally released the official trailer for its original thriller series 11.22.63. The eight-part limited event, based…

Movie Review: August: Osage County

For better or worse there is no doubt that August: Osage County is a performance heavy film. Directed by John Wells (The Company Men) the movie tells the story of one of the most dysfunctional families we’ve seen onscreen. The…

The Film Canon: American Beauty (1999)

It begins with the voice over of a dead man. If you recall, Billy Wilder’s black comic masterpiece Sunset Blvd. also begins with narration courtesy of a corpse. Like William Holden and Gloria Swanson in American Beauty‘s cinematic ancestor, the…