Wandavision Takes a Unique Look at Grief through a Superhero Lens with a Clever Sitcom Backdrop
After thirteen years of movies, the Marvel Cinematic Universe definitely needed a splash of freshness to make its future offerings seem enticing instead of tiring. Wandavision is a mostly successful exercise in that regard. It’s a show that’s both small…
I Care A Lot is about Terrible People Doing Terrible Things to Each Other
Make no mistake, Rosamund Pike is vile in I Care a Lot. Not only is her character, Marla Grayson, a ruthless hustler who preys on the elderly and swindles them for all their worth under the pretense of caring for…
Judas and the Black Messiah is a Compelling and Intense Take on Revolutionary Activism, Galvanized by its Fantastic Lead Performance
Judas and the Black Messiah arrives on the heels of other films representing seminal moments in Black history, such as One Night in Miami and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Directed by Shaka King, it portrays Fred Hampton, a…
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things Carves Out its Space in the Increasingly Crowded Time Loop Genre
When The Groundhog Day came out twenty-eight years ago, who would have thought it would launch a genre of time loop movies almost two decades afterwards? But that has indeed been the case: from slashers like the Happy Death Day…
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 White Tiger Takes on Class Dynamics, and One Man’s Determination to Rise Above Them
“The story of a poor man’s life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.” Directed by Ramin Bahrani, Netflix's The White Tiger is a gripping adaptation of Arvind Adiga's Booker Prize winning novel of the same name. Apart…
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…
