Film Review: ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ is a personal, pulse-pounding adventure
Kumandra, the setting of Raya and the Last Dragon, is fictional, but it is also not. It is not on any map, but one can... Read More
Reviews
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Swept Away’ and ‘Chicago’ (2002)
“More than any other example in recent memory, Chicago shows how much the element of surprise is missing from today’s movies.” – Mike Clark, USA... Read More
Film Review: ‘Tom & Jerry’ somehow makes New York less interesting with animated characters
There’s maybe one scene in all of Tom & Jerry that at least partly measures up to the catchy formula of the Hanna Barbera cartoons.... Read More
Film Review: Keith Thomas’ debut ‘The Vigil’ is a visceral, shomer scare
You can’t run away from your past. Your past is always there, over your shoulder, like the monster in a scary movie — spin your... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Freddy Got Fingered and A Beautiful Mind (2001)
“This film not only left me with an incredible sense of dread for the 80 minutes of my life wasted on this repulsive experience, but... Read More
TV Review: ‘Behind Her Eyes’ is Netflix at its best, worst, and most WTF
The mad, chaotic energy of Behind Her Eyes feels almost like a practical joke, the kind of prank you’d expect to end with an epilogue... Read More
RuPaul’s Drag Race recap S13 E8: “You Had Me At Yellow”
Hello, whores! Welcome to another delicious recap of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the show where every guest judge is “very special” no matter how many times... Read More
Film Review: ‘Silk Road’ is a true-story crime drama that is weirdly short on both
In one of the earliest scenes of Silk Road, a scraggly-bearded Nick Robinson half-heartedly perks up from his bed to address a radiant Alexandra Shipp... Read More
Julia Roberts: When ‘America’s Sweetheart’ wins an Oscar
When Julia Roberts won the Oscar, we all won the Oscar. It’s hard to find a metaphor that works properly, so let me go full... Read More
…Hit Me Baby (Fifty) One More Time: The 51 Greatest Britney Spears Tracks Ever
“Personally, I am still reeling from the events of this past weekend.”“The Super Bowl?”“No, the Britney documentary.” The above is how I started every professional... Read More
2026 Tonys: Laurie Metcalf (‘Little Bear Ridge Road,’ ‘Death of a Salesman’) May Join Elite Group of Double-Nominated Performers 
2026 Tribeca Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary with World Premieres of ‘Hadestown: The Musical,’ ‘Earth, Wind & Fire’ Doc 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 149 – ‘Killer of Sheep’ (Charles Burnett, 1978) 
‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Review: Careful the Spell You Cast, Children Will Listen (and Sometimes Kill) [C]