Film & TV

Rating: A- The line between stardom and artist is a difficult one to walk within the Hollywood system. Val Kilmer always felt like an actor torn between the two disparate worlds of movies. Coming up around the same time as his Top Gun co-star Tom Cruise, Kilmer always walked a different path. Where Cruise chose […]

Rating: B- The allure of Mars is almost mystical. The idea that our cosmic neighbor is both so similar and so different from the planet we call home has been the spark of countless imaginations for time immemorial. Even today, a new corporate fueled space race is in effect with the nebulous but tantalizing goal […]

Morgan Neville returns with a beautiful look at the life of Anthony Bourdain.

The joys come too little, too late for this milkshake.

Late is better than never, but only just.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson creates a loving and powerful ode to the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969.

While not as amazing as the Twitter thread that inspired it, Zola is still an often uproarious road trip through modern American culture.

Diminishing returns sully a film ripe with ideas.

#family is forever, and so is this series.

TVA revelations bring Loki to new directions.

Out of all the knock-around noir detective novels out there, L.A. Confidential is one that will consistently rank high on almost anyone’s list who’s a fan of the genre. The 1990 novel by author James Ellroy is the third in his L.A. Quartet series, and is densely-packed story filled with corrupt cops, prostitutes, sex, drugs, […]

At least it’s not Cars.

Mischief as far as the eye can see.

Creator Tom Fontana and cast members of HBO’s prison drama reminisce about the show and discuss its massive, albeit often overlooked, cultural footprint

After news of a Season 2, the creators and cast of ‘Hacks’ discuss their ‘revolutionary’ approach to their unconventional ‘love story’

Sometimes heart counts more than predictability.

The God of Mischief leaps to television in a stunner of an episode one.

Maybe next time they can conjure up a better script.

Rating: B- With the use of personal surveillance technology on the rise amongst police departments across the country, ethical concerns are becoming an increasingly prevalent part of the national dialogue. It’s not untempting to compare the rise of surveillance cameras in general to George Orwell’s 1984—as played out as the comparison has become in today’s […]

Summer 2021 is shaping up to be a fantastic season for movies.