Army of Thieves is a Charming Prequel that Plays Standard Heists Tropes Straight
Army of Thieves can feel like a confusing sequel to those who liked Army of the Dead. The zombies are mentioned and shown several times in the film, but most of the focus is on Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer), who…
Locke & Key Gets Darker in Second Season, But its Writing is Still as Infuriating as Ever
When Locke & Key arrived last year, I mentioned how exhausting and tired its whimsical, Harry Potter-like approach to a darker source material felt to me. The second season delves deeper into the lore, and thankfully, does bring more darkness…
Dune is One of the Most Visually Impressive and Faithfully Adapted Sci-Fi Epics Brought to Screen in a Decade
Dune is supposed to be one of those unfilmable sci-fi epics, like Foundation. While both franchises are being adapted to different mediums this year, Dune is much more faithful to its source material, and also manages to be an enthralling…
Titans Improves in Third Season, But Still Remains Frustratingly Flawed
Titans season three may just well be the best season so far, but there’s an important caveat. It sets up a promising story in its first three episodes, only to fall victim to bad writing, bullheaded character moments and missed…
Only Murders in the Building is a Fresh, Quirky Comedy that Thrives due to the Chemistry Between its Three Leads
Only Murders in the Building is a pleasant surprise, although, it really shouldn’t be, seeing as it features long-time collaborators and friends Martin Short and Steve Martin working their magic. Sticking Selina Gomez in with them to form a trio…
You Remains Deliciously Entertaining in a Fun (But Silly) Third Season
When You arrived in 2019, everyone fell in love with Joe Goldberg and his stalkerish ways. Not in love ‘love’, but more in a can’t-look-away-from-a-snake-swallowing-a-pig kind of way. The second season shook things up just enough that fatigue didn’t set…
Little Things Season Four Closes on an Understated, Wholesome Note
Little Things season one had premiered on Dice Media’s YouTube Channel in 2016 and after garnering over 15 million views within days, Netflix picked it up from season two. From thereon, Little Things catapulted to global recognition overnight. The series tells the…
Night Teeth Squanders a Promising Premise with Too Much Backstory
Night Teeth has a clever and simple premise: Collateral, but with vampires. The premise alone is intriguing, and while the movie has some fun with it, it gets too bogged down with worldbuilding and a perfunctory romance subplot. Benny (Jorge…
Squid Game Tackles Capitalism and Social Inequality in Deadly First Season
Every once in a while, Netflix releases a series that instantly becomes a phenomenon. And valid reasoning can be raised behind the success of each of these shows. Money Heist only rose to fame after the release of its third…
No Time to Die Pulls the Curtain on Daniel Craig’s James Bond in Satisfying Fashion, Featuring Beautiful Cinematography and Kinetic Action Scenes
No Time to Die, after being delayed for one and a half years, has finally arrived in theaters. Did it live up to the anticipation of closing out Craig’s Bond journey in a satisfactory way? Mostly, yes. It’s not a…
