Triple Frontier is an action thriller, bro, a real edge-of-your-seat heist film, bro, and also really sticks it to the man when it dares to mention how much veterans are left behind in society, bro. B…
For Your Consideration: One Day at a Time
In the era of nostalgia and TV and film reboots, One Day at a Time has been a refreshing and timely re-imagining of the 1975 sitcom with a Cuban-American family and the everyday struggles they face at…
The Umbrella Academy Season 1 Review: Family Dysfunction Gets the Superhero Treatment
The Umbrella Academy series leaves many questions in its wake, and they’re not entirely those it wants us to ask. That’s not to say it doesn’t have a lot going for it. For one, it…
Russian Doll Season One Review: A genre bending tale of introspection and buried trauma
*** Beware spoilers *** Nadia (played superbly by Natasha Lyonne) is a mess. Selfish, cynical and often isolated, she’s refreshingly unlike many female leads on television, defined by their inn…
‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Review: You’re Probably Not Ready for Dan Gilroy’s Arthouse Horror | Sundance 2019
The relationship between critic and art is one fraught with dangers of compromise, hypocrisy, and a cynicism as deep as it is wide. “Art,” of course, applies to film, television, video gam…
Carmen Sandiego Season 1 Review: The Master Thief is Still Fun, but Less Interesting
Many people – this writer included – were somewhat irked when Netflix announced that in its new Carmen Sandiego series, the title character would be a straight up heroine rather than a villain or anti…
Sex Education Series Review: A John Hughes Tribute For Today’s World
Some shows don’t exactly need to get all the details right to feel true. Good thing the Netflix series Sex Education isn’t trying to. It clearly wants to evoke a feeling that is both of ou…