It’s been an unusual Toronto International Film Festival. Thanks to the dual strikes, gone are the star-studded red carpets, replaced by relatively quiet introductions and a general lack of fanfare. Sure, there are a few famous faces around town, but it’s not the traditional celebrity-scape that this festival has become. It’s possible that the strike … Read more
The story of Ahsoka continues with the fourth episode of the new Disney+ Star Wars series. “Part Four: Fallen Jedi” is yet another step in the right direction for this show. This episode begins with Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) and Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) having a conversation. This screenplay from Dave Filoni is particularly … Read more
Dumb Money is a fresh, easy-to-digest movie about the GameStop short squeeze that brought Wall Street to its knees. PLOT: An amateur investor who regularly posts on YouTube and Reddit bets heavily on GameStop, only to kick off a mini-revolution where many of his followers invest in the stock, bringing it to an incredible high … Read more
Apple TV+ is a solid streaming service with a couple of very good shows and even an Academy Award winner for Best Picture. With no new Ted Lasso episodes in the immediate future, though, they could definitely use a new signature program, something big and splashy. So how about a massive TV series starring Godzilla? That’s Monarch: Legacy of … Read more
Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp play the title characters, Trevor and Craig, respectively, a pair of royal assholes who have been granted every privilege in life just by being male, straight, white, and rich. They sing about how perfect their lives are but hide their loneliness, hoping to find the families they never had growing … Read more
Amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, the union’s leaders are suggesting that the studio member companies of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) break from the organization and negotiate with them individually. “[D]uring individual conversations with legacy studio executives in the weeks since SAG-AFTRA went on strike, we have … Read more
Ian McKellen says that he isn’t considering retiring anytime soon, despite one critic suggesting that it might be time. By the time I’m 84 years old, I would hope that I’ve been retired for some time, but that’s not something Ian McKellen is considering. While speaking with Variety, Ian McKellen said that while he’s constantly … Read more
The horror genre plays on tropes, remixing and reimagining familiar story beats and archetypes for new audiences with each film. There’s always a killer hiding in the basement or the shed, a supernatural force that requires a blood sacrifice, a jump scare coming as soon as the main character rounds a corner. One of the … Read more
Hüller plays Sandra, who is introduced giving an interview about her life as a famous author—Triet’s film plays fascinatingly with the idea that writers inherently use the people around them in a way that makes them unique, making the profession of her protagonist important (and I don’t think it’s coincidental her lead couple share the … Read more
The Naked Gun is coming to 4K Ultra Blu-ray this November in celebration of its 35th anniversary. Per ComicBook, the Leslie Nielsen-starring comedy classic The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is getting both a 4K Ultra Blu-ray and a limited SteelBook release. Currently available for pre-order on Amazon and Walmart, the physical … Read more