Maid is a Harrowing (and Realistic) Tale of a Single Motherhood’s Quest to Make Things Better for her Daughter, Featuring Nuanced Characters
Adapted from Stephanie Land’s memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive, Maid is a realistic and affecting tale of a young mother who tries to provide the best life for her daughter and break out…
The Guilty is a Tense, One Location Thriller That is Powered by Jake Gyllenhaal’s Intense Performance
The Guilty was made during the pandemic, and it tries to make full use of those circumstances, setting the story in a 9–11 dispatch center where a cop races against time to save a mother and her children. Remade from…
Venom: Let There Be Carnage Improves Upon its Predecessor, But it is Still an Uneven Mess
When Venom arrived in 2018, it surprised everyone with the way it handled the dynamic between its main characters, despite issues with other elements like plot and pacing. The sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage tries to improve upon both…
Kota Factory Season Two: Does it Glorify What it Intended to Trash?
With the reviews Kota Factory garnered with its first season I was concerned ‘what if it is nowhere near as good as what the YouTube views and reviews indicate?’ So, was it? The answer is a mix of both. Kota…
Midnight Mass is a Beautiful (and Terrifying) Take on a Different Kind of Horror
Midnight Mass is Mike Flanagan’s (The Haunting anthology series, Doctor Sleep) latest horror offering, this time delving into religious horror. Flanagan has said that this is his most personal project yet, drawing from his own Catholic upbringing and how he…
Reservation Dogs is a Game-Changing Coming of Age Show about Indigenous Teens, Starring and Created by Indigenous Voices. And it’s Funny, Too!
Reservation Dogs has quickly channeled the initial excitement of seeing a Taika Waititi collaboration with indigenous creators into one of the most well-paced and well-realized first seasons in recent history. Not only is it groundbreaking, it is also heartfelt and…
Sex Education Delivers its Best Season Yet in Season Three, Exploring its Characters and Taking Them in New Directions
We mentioned in our review of the second season of Sex Education that the show had improved from the first season and turned into a wholesome ensemble. The trend continues with season three, which is, perhaps, the best season yet.…
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Tackles Problematic Aspects of Law Enforcement in Final Season to Mixed Results
Over the course of the last 8 years, Brooklyn Nine-Nine became one of the most beloved modern sitcoms due to its cast of wholesome characters and their general camaraderie. It was always going to be an uphill battle to end…
Rick and Morty Season Five is Entertaining, Despite Being a Mixed Bag
By now, Rick and Morty has comfortably settled into the mainstream pop culture consciousness. So much that the titular protagonists even popped up in this summer’s Space Jam: A New Legacy. As great as the show has been, it has…
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is One of Marvel’s Best Standalone Films in Years
As popular and successful Marvel films have become, they have also attracted their fair share of detractors. People who have grown weary about the onslaught of superhero films have coined the term ‘capeshit’, and auteurs like Martin Scorsese and Dennis…
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