The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Started Strong, but is the Second Season Going to be Better?
The new take on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, based on a recent comic book, does away with the hokey 90s tone and doubles down on darkness, gruesomeness and witch lore. The ten-episode first season is an experiment that works more…
Doctor Who Series 11 Has a Lot More Misses than Hits, Despite Whitaker’s Best Efforts
It was a safe bet going in that Doctor Who Series 11 was going to be unlike most seasons it was following. The arrival of a new showrunner, Chris Chibnall, and the start of Jodie Whitaker’s turn as the Doctor…
Netflix’s Triple Frontier is an Impressive Throwback to B+ Action Movies
Triple Frontier is the kind of pleasant surprise you want to find on Netflix, especially given its history as a DVD rental company. It’s a story about a group of old friends from the military coming together to pull off…
Captain Marvel is a Decent Film that Fails to be Memorable, Despite its Feminist Themes
Do your hear your floorboards creaking around you? That's your floor reacting to the presence of a herd of elephants shifting around your room. It's hard to go into Captain Marvel with a fresh mind. You may or may not…
Dragon Prince Takes a Steady Approach in Season 2, Focusing on Characters and Lore
When the Dragon Prince debuted on Netflix last year, it was a pleasant surprise. Equal parts Avatar the Last Airbender and Game of Thrones, the first nine episodes laid a strong foundation and introduced the central cast and the core…
Fagun Haway: Bangladesh’s New Cinematic Masterpiece
Fagun Haway is a movie about the language movement of 1952. It is a movie about love. The movie depicts the circumstances and unrest that persists surrounding the state language of Pakistan in the town of Chandranagar in East Pakistan.…
Alita: Battle Angel is a Triumph of Cinematic Storytelling that Feels Dazzlingly Original
Alita: Battle Angel feels like a breath of fresh air, chock full of breathtaking world building and gorgeous action, threaded through a dense plot that threatens to break apart at the seams during the film’s 122 minutes runtime. It doesn’t…
Lego Movie 2: the Second Part is a Great Story in its Own Right
Let’s get the obvious thing out of the way. No, Lego Movie 2: the Second Part isn’t as good as the first film. But it’s still a very, very good film that tells a more mature, complex story instead of…
Umbrella Academy is a Weird Show about Dysfunctional Superheroes that Shows a Lot of Promise
Umbrella Academy isn’t the first superhero property to take a stab at the dysfunctional superhero family idea. However, it’s the first Netflix series to do so, and the series works more often than not for the most part. Sometimes, Family…
Russian Doll Uses the Familiar Premise of Time Loops to Great Effect
Russian Doll is one of those delightful surprises that, once you have had some time to get used to, win you over in no time at all. Centering around a cynical New Yorker, Nadia, trying to get through a party…
