Category: Reviews

REVIEW: Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer is a masterpiece. Usually, I don’t like to throw words like that around so soon after seeing a movie, but when this one ends, you’ve got to exhale. This a three-hour-long film about people discussing theoretical physics that’s more exhilarating than many thrillers, filled with basi...

REVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 5, “Harvest”

“Harvest” is the point in a story where you kind of just want it to end. I enjoyed most of Secret Invasion in the beginning, but this episode makes it clear that the setup is not going to have a satisfying payoff. There are too many story strands to tie up in a week, too …

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REVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 4, “Beloved”

“Beloved” is, for the most part, a return to form for Secret Invasion, an episode more in line with the first two, which were good spy thrillers, than last week’s “Betrayed,” which mixed some decent elements with another blatant Disney character assassination. There are some inconsistencie...

REVIEW: The Idol – Season 1 (2023)

Recently The Idol hit HBO and the newly rebranded Max streaming service. Created by Euphoria mastermind Sam Levinson and starring Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp, this series follows popstar Jocelyn (Depp) as she spirals out of control in the wake of her mother’s d...

REVIEW: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

In certain ways, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is exactly what it needs to be; in other ways, it falls short, as the series has pretty much since the beginning. Fortunately, it works in the ways it most needs to, especially right now, as moviegoers are starved for unabashed enterta...

REVIEW: Nimona (2023)

Nimona has had an interesting path to the screen. This adaptation of ND Stevenson’s graphic novel began life at Blue Sky Studios, best known for animated comedies like Ice Age and Rio. The film was 70% complete when Disney purchased the studio and scrapped Nimona. A year later, Annapurna a...