Yellowstone is a hugely popular show that looks at the conflicts between a large cattle ranch, a Native American reservation, and greedy land developers. The show stars Kevin Costner as John Dutton, the gruff but likable patriarch of a cattle dynasty w…
When Call Jane premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, few could predict the film would take on greater significance when it was released in late October. With the abolishment of Roe v. Wade in the summer, the movie, about a woman (Spider-M…
For the better part of three decades, Will Smith has been one of the biggest box office draws in Hollywood. But at the moment, everything in his career is overshadowed by the fact that he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars earlier this year. The incident…
Sometimes, you can tell which movies are going to play well during awards season. A24’s upcoming release, Aftersun, seems likely to get a lot of attention simply by being unique in the marketplace. It’s not a conventional drama, nor are the stakes sky-…
For a show about cutting-edge cyber warfare, there is something charmingly low-rent about The Undeclared War. The new British espionage thriller from writer-director Peter Kosminsky doesn’t look or feel like so many of the ultra-serious, prestige TV pr…
When Call Jane premiered at Sundance earlier this year, Roe v. Wade was the law of the land and abortion access was still a protected right in America. But since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, abortion rights a…
For a movie whose main character claims to be descended from the Salem witches, there’s a distinct lack of Hocus Pocus in the first trailer for The Good House. Sigourney Weaver’s Hildy Good may have that witchy heritage, but she doesn’t have magic…or m…
Movies about disconnection and loneliness in L.A. are almost a cinematic staple at this point. In 1999, auteur Paul Thomas Anderson gave his take on the subgenre with Magnolia, a three-hour-plus epic involving former quiz show stars, an aggressively ma…
It’s a misconception that only family members or romantic partners can break your heart. Sometimes, even your closest friends will emotionally crush you simply by shutting you out of their lives for no apparent reason at all. It can be a soul-crushing …
2022 is the year of Top Gun: Maverick. Unless Black Panther: Wakanda Forever or Avatar: The Way of Water match their predecessors’ box office, the Tom Cruise-led sequel will reign as the top-grossing movie of the year. Why then, would Sony choose to de…
Step into the world of truck driving with the new thriller, Paradise Highway. Academy-Award winner Juliette Binoche stars as Sally, a truck driver tasked with smuggling illegal items to save her incarcerated brother (Frank Grillo) from a deadly ga…
In his five-decade career in Hollywood, Sylvester Stallone has never headlined his own drama series until now. Paramount+‘s new crime drama, Tulsa King, has a lot going for it besides Stallone. But we all know who the real draw is. And if the first tea…
Within the first ten minutes of AMC’s Dark Winds, there is an explosive highway robbery and a devastating double homicide in a motel room. Yet, these two incidents feel relatively small in stature compared to the bigger theme at play, the exploration o…
In the busy world of Lost Illusions, corruption reigns supreme. Cities are cesspools of crime and debauchery. Fake news circulates like a virus, destroying lives and chipping away at the fragile democratic state. The high cost of living makes everyone …
There’s no withering critique you could lob at Irma Vep that the new HBO miniseries hasn’t already lobbed at itself. Early into the third episode of this relentlessly meta and self-devouring showbiz drama, a group of actors lounge around a backyard tab…