Film – Spider-Man: No Way Home
Underwhelming outings aren’t uncommon in the MCU these days, but at least Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) delivers something differently underwhelming. The concluding volume of the latest Peter Parker trilogy, …
Film: Palm Springs
When all is said and done, does Palm Springs (2020) do all that much to set itself apart from its fundamental ancestor, Groundhog Day? Well, no, but it’s a winning, …
TV: Counterpart (Season 2)
The first season of Counterpart wowed me with its high-concept, genre-fusing premise and polished, immersive execution. It also raised unanswered questions and left room for elaboration, so I was anxious …
TV: Veronica Mars (Season 4)
If you can revive a beloved television series, should you? In the era of Peak Television, Hollywood’s answer tends to be “of course.” The results, however, have ranged from the …
Lightspeed Review: Maniac & Counterpart
I’m extremely fond of the two shows I reviewed in this month’s Lightspeed. Maniac presents an inventive, bizarre retrofuture in a tale of star-crossed friendship, while Counterpart may be the ultimate TV experience …
Film: Whiplash
Whiplash (2014) is a film about the extreme lengths people will go to achieve greatness. It’s the story of Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller), an ambitious young jazz drummer at a …
Film: Jennifer’s Body
And now to the tonal disaster that is Jennifer’s Body (2009), a coming-of-age horror kludge that’s part dark comedy, part gross-out violence-fest, and part Diablo Cody over-cleverness. The film centers …
Film: Burn After Reading
Sunday night I watched the latest Coen Brothers film, Burn After Reading (2008), an offbeat and at times hilarious send-up of the paranoid contemporary spy thriller. Yeah, this is my …