To All the Boys: Always and Forever Ends the Trilogy in Grounded Fashion, Anchored Around the Leads’ Great Chemistry with Each Other
To All The Boys I Loved Before was part of Netflix’s 2018 wave of romcom revivals. While there were other good movies like Always Be My Maybe, it’s All The Boys that spawned two sequels. While the first sequel, To…
Malcolm & Marie is An Ambitious (and Flawed) Take on A Couple (and their Egos) Coming to Blows
Malcolm & Marie is, at once, both captivating and exhausting. Produced during the pandemic and filmed at a single location with only two actors, it features strong, bold performances from its leads and a gorgeous black and white cinematography by…
Space Sweepers is a New Space Epic Following the Fine Traditions Set by the Likes of Cowboy Bebop
Directed by Jo Sung-Hee, Space Sweepers is the first of its kind: a space sci-fi epic that looks gorgeous despite a lean budget of only $21.5 million. It takes inspiration liberally from sources like Cowboy Bebop, Guardians of the Galaxy…
The Little Things is a Crime Thriller That Fails to Earn its Unconventional Ending, Despite Strong Performances
The Little Things feels like a relic from a bygone era, and for good reason too. It’s not just that the film is set in 1990- the script itself was written by John Lee Hancock in 1993. The 90s saw…
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors Tackles Important Issues, Set under the Backdrop of a Murder Case
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is the second season of the Criminal Justice series, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t accessible to viewers who haven’t watched the first season. Following on the footsteps of the original series on BBC, Behind…
Hitman 3: A Brilliant Conclusion to the Trilogy, with Plenty of Creative Kills and Inventive Level Design
The last five years have been good if you’re a Hitman fan. Sure, we also got the laughably ridiculous film Htiman: Agent 47 and then there’s the general miasma of living under the Trump administration, but we have been spoiled…
Cyberpunk 2077: a Good Game Buried Under an Ocean of Bugs
Cyberpunk 2077 was supposed to be the biggest video game launch of the last five years. Developer CD Projekt Red gained a lot of goodwill with the success of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and their new game seemed to…
Tandav is a Slow-Paced Political Thriller That Squanders its Strong Acting Performances
If you saw Tandav’s trailer, you might have already seen the warning signs. Sure, the show boasts a stellar cast and a director (Ali Abbas Zafar) who is known for directing Salman Khan blockbusters, but its story is overblown and…
Outside the Wire is an Average Sci-Fi Action Flick that Raises Important Questions (And Fails to Answer Them)
Outside the Wire is one of those Netflix action movies that seem promising at the first glance, but end up underperforming despite having good elements. Described by some reviewers as a cross between Terminator and Training Day, it takes place…
Vikings Delivers Fitting Endings for its Characters in Final Season
Vikings has travelled down a long and bumpy road since the death of its first protagonist, Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Flimmel). While the seasons since then haven’t been perfect, they remained engaging enough- and maintained the excellent production values for long…
