The real Ned Kelly once said that “the darkest life may have a bright side.” This sentiment may be true, but we can’t really say the same for the new Australian western True History of the Kelly Gang, at least when…
1917 Review: In ‘one take,’ Sam Mendes delivers one of the decade’s best war films
In Sam Mendes’ 1917, there are two battlefields in motion. First, a literal motion, as the audience is taken on a pulse-pounding survival mission over the course of a single day during the first World War, in which two British…
Marrowbone Movie Review: Too much weight placed on nonexistent mystery
Old houses carry an intrinsic eeriness, but the horrors we conjure up in our own imagination are often far more terrifying than whatever the dull truth turns out to be. With recycled set pieces and plot beats, Marrowbone commits the…
TV Review: 11.22.63 “Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald”
In the sixth episode of 11.22.63, Billy (George Mackay) and Jake (James Franco) have found themselves at odds with one another, thanks to Billy becoming a close friend with Lee Harvey Oswald (Daniel Webber.) Believing that his interference with the…
TV Review: 11.22.63 – 1×5 “The Truth”
In this week’s episode of 11.22.63, “The Truth,” Jake Epping (James Franco) has found himself in a rift with Sadie Dunhill (Sarah Gadon,) after she stumbled upon one of Jake’s spy recordings of Lee Harvey Oswald (Daniel Webber). Realizing he…
TV Review: 11.22.63 1×4 “The Eyes of Texas”
In this week’s installment of the Hulu exclusive series 11.22.63, Jake Amberson (James Franco) and Bill (George MacKay) have begun surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald (Daniel Webber) from his apartment in Dallas, Texas. With the date set at March 25, 1963,…
Ally’s Movie Review: Pride
Inspired by a true story, Pride begins in the summer of 1984. Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support…