Honoring Poe: Netflix’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ masterfully weaves the legend’s works into a modern horror story
It’s been a long time since I’ve read the works of Edgar Allan Poe, back in my high school and college days—so long that I […]
Movies
Drab downer: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ takes a video game premise and removes all life from it
Five Nights at Freddy’s is both streaming on Peacock and making big box office in a wide theatrical release—and I opted to stay home and […]
Instant classic: Scorsese, DiCaprio and De Niro masterfully tell a despicable real story in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
The true story of the 1920s Osage Nation Indian murders gets a sweeping, epic and appropriately dark treatment from director Martin Scorsese—at the top of […]
She’s fearless: ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ stands among the best concert films ever made
Taylor Swift, one of the most blessedly prolific artists in recent years, has struck again. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, a concert film announced mere […]
A horror travesty: Everyone involved with ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ should be deeply ashamed
Director David Gordon Green was a reliable auteur through his 2018 Halloween reboot. I liked that first chapter of his Halloween revamp—but the final two […]
Great premise, wrong decade: Amazon’s ‘Totally Killer’ could have been fun with better direction
The terrific premise of Totally Killer is done in by a lack of visual flair—and confusing tonal shifts. This Amazon Prime slasher film comes in […]
Contraption contradiction: ‘Saw X’ is the franchise’s best film so far—but it’s so implausible
The producers of the Saw franchise are looking for all sorts of ways to continue the series. They gave laugh man Chris Rock a crack […]
Alien Adventure: Kaitlyn Dever’s quiet performance in Hulu’s ‘No One Will Save You’ amazes
Kaitlyn Dever gives her best performance slot gacor maxwin yet in No One Will Save You, a fun and scary new alien home-invasion movie from […]
Wrestling with homophobia: Gael Garcia Bernal is a force in Amazon Prime’s ‘Cassandro’
Cassandro tells the real-life story of Mexican “exotico” and openly gay wrestler Cassandro, with Gael Garcia Bernal going all out in the central role. Bernal […]
A tedious ‘Haunting’: Kenneth Branagh’s newest Hercule Poirot film is a snoozefest
Director and star Kenneth Branagh keeps chugging with his third movie based on the Agatha Christie mystery novels in which he plays famous detective Hercule […]