Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie, based on the novel by Victory Headley, stars Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner, Sense8) as D, a young Jamaican sent to London to complete a drug deal … but the plot thickens as he follows the trail of his brother’s killer. The film’s prologue and various flashbacks star a young […]
I have a proposal for Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy: Let’s just spend the rest of the Westworld season with Maeve and her band of interesting supporting characters (including their delightful Shogun World counterparts). Let’s follow them as they explore the parks and Maeve’s ever-growing power. Let’s see Maeve try and find her daughter (who I […]
I’ve consistently praised Aubrey Plaza’s great work throughout the first season and a half of Legion, and I’ve certainly wanted to see more of her and Lenny as the series continues to unspool itself. So while it was lovely to get an hour centered on Lenny (even if it was just an hour answering the big […]
My main complaint about season one of Westworld (which was also the main complaint of seemingly every other TV critic) was that the series was far more concerned with creating and springing its puzzle box traps than with crafting a complex and interesting story populated by complex and interesting characters. By the end of season […]
When we last left our heroine June (the handmaid formerly known as Offred), she was taken by what appeared to be the Eyes (the Gilead secret police) and placed in the back of a van, headed off to an uncertain fate. For those fearing the new season of The Handmaid’s Tale would take its time to […]
Spring once marked the end of the television season. Now, however, it marks the beginning of the prestige TV season, with networks pulling out all the stops to get their best and brightest shows to the masses just in time for the all important Emmy push to begin. Over the next month, I’ll be highlighting […]
Indie director Wes Anderson has made his first animated film since 2009 with his Japanese set Isle of Dogs, mixing his signature style and bringing back a bit of darkness and grit to the animation genre. Ten centuries ago the cat-loving Kobayashi clan went to war with dogs and nearly won until a boy known as The Little Samurai stood […]
The Simpsons is over 30 years old, a show that has lasted 29 seasons and has over 625 episodes at the time of writing. It is the longest-running animated series and it has had quite a journey from its start as a way for an old drunk who made humans out of his rabbit characters to pay […]
R-rated comedies have been a staple for Hollywood since the success of The Hangover – relatively cheap films that are highly profitable but often a lazy form of filmmaking. Fortunately, Game Night is an R-rated comedy that stands above many of its competitors. Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) are a highly competitive married couple who spend one […]
2013’s Pacific Rim was the perfect monster film. Though disparaged by critics who aren’t fans of the genre, for audiences who are, the perfect storm of invading aliens and huge mecha-suits, alongside the implacable determination of the human spirit — it all comes together to create an unrivaled action-packed and genuinely moving visual spectacle. It’s also a […]
