Night Court (2023) Review – Nostalgia As Premise Proves Tricky But Possible
Despite the plethora of recent returns to past television staples, including both reboots/rehashes and new titles that aim at the sensibilities/models of "another time" in the TV universe, there...
Violent Night Giveaway
Violent Night seemed like the movie this year to suffer from unfortunate timing, and perhaps not the marketing push that I wish it had. Despite hearing about the film...
Avatar: The Way of Water Review – Cameron Improves On Boring Spectacle… A Bit
James Cameron is no stranger to blockbuster films, or to having his efforts make a serious impact on cultural consciousness, but even with all his name brings a sequel...
The Menu Review – As New(ish) Genre Coalesces A King Emerges
While it isn't truly a completely new breed of film, there is a genre developing in recent years that might be thought of (for simplicity's sake) as "Absurdist Metaphor."...
Lopez vs. Lopez Review – George Lopez Injects Reality Into Old School Sit-Com Norms
Twenty years after George Lopez took a shot at building a sit-com with Hispanic culture taking center stage, he's back but this time instead of centering things directly on...
The Peripheral Review – Psychological Sci-Fi Capitalizes On Twists And Characters
Based on the book of the same name (by William Gibson - pioneer of the cyberpunk genre), The Peripheral boasts that it's "from the creators of Westworld," and there...
Reboot Review – Turning Meta On Its Head Is A Dangerous Game
There's a tongue-in-cheek, meta drive to Reboot that is both a brilliant opening to comedy and a purposeful alienation of a lot of viewers, which is itself a doorway...