‘Stranger Things 5 – Volume 1’ TV Review: I Said Upside Down You’re Turning Me [A]
It’s hard to believe it was almost 10 years ago that we first saw Will Byers kidnapped from a lonely road in Hawkins, Indiana and... Read More
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‘Palm Royale’ TV Review: Soirees, Serial Killers and Soap Tropes Make Sophomore Season More Confident and Absurd Than the First [B+]
“If a woman falls in public and no one catches her, does anyone hear her cry?” Kristen Wiig’s Maxine Dellacorte muses in the new season... Read More
‘Pluribus’ TV Review: Rhea Seehorn is the Worst Person in the World [A]
It’s been three years since Vince Gilligan’s acclaimed series Better Call Saul finished its six season run, expanding the story of Saul Goodman from his... Read More
‘I Love LA’ TV Review: Rachel Sennott Finally Has Her Star Vehicle with Erewhon-infused Social Climbing Series [B+]
Rachel Sennott told me to get an eating disorder in 2019 – not directly, but in a hilarious video posted on her Instagram satirizing trailers... Read More
‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ TV Review: Newest Pennywise Installment Bites Off More Than It Can Chew [B-]
For two nights in November 1990, my high school classmates and I were riveted and delightfully frightened by the TV event of the season: the... Read More
‘The Chair Company’ TV Review: Tim Robinson Goes Off the Deep End in Unhinged Conspiracy Comedy [A]
I fell once when I was younger, playing baseball in a local youth league. I was running to catch a ball that popped into foul... Read More
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Review: John Cena Shines in James Gunn’s Wonky Multiverse of Sadness [C+]
The superhero genre has been a problem for Warner Bros. for some time now. Since director Christopher Nolan’s celebrated The Dark Knight trilogy, their property... Read More
‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3 Review: Marriage, Money and Clocks Keep the High Society Drama Ticking [B+]
The great hat extravaganza of 2025 is coming — that is, The Gilded Age is returning. It’s been close to two years since we’ve seen... Read More
‘And Just Like That…’ Season 3 Review: Sarah Jessica Parker Shines, but this ‘Sex and the City’ Spinoff Keeps Getting Carried Away [C+]
Are you a Carrie, a Miranda, a Samantha, or a Charlotte? Sex and the City first aired almost thirty years ago, and yet, find a... Read More
‘You’ Season 5 Review: It’s Joever for Your Serial Killer’s Favorite Serial Killer [B]
“The fantasy of a man like you is how we cope with the reality of a man like you.” The story has come full circle... Read More
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10 
41st Spirit Awards Nominations: ‘Peter Hujar’s Day,’ ‘Lurker,’ ‘Train Dreams’ Lead