TV/FILM NEWS AND REVIEWS
Steven Nguyen Scaife Dec 29, 2021. 7 minute read
‘Red Rocket’ Review: Donuts to Dollars
Like a lot of characters in director/co-writer Sean Baker’s ballooning Rolodex of marginalized Americana, Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) in Red Rocket is very much down and out. We first see him with bruises on his face, sleeping on the bus ride to his hometown of Texas City. NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” plays…
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Dylan Roth Dec 23, 2021. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 6 “Stormy Weather”
All season, the producers of Discovery have seemingly tried to incorporate more classic Star Trek flavor into the new show’s recipe. The results have been mixed, as Discovery’s format of juggling self-contained stories alongside chapters from ongoing arcs hasn’t always allowed for the old school “dilemmas of the week” to…
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 22, 2021. 1 minute read
You Can Now Watch the Doctor Strange Sequel Trailer Without Sitting Through Spider-Man’s Credits
If you’ve been to see Spider-Man: No Way Home, you’ll know that, rather than Marvel’s usual tease of what comes next, one of the movie’s post-credits scenes is straight up just a trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Well, now that the movie’s been out for a little…
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Dylan Roth Dec 21, 2021. 5 minute read
“Mother/Android” Review: The Apocalypse is a Real Downer
Earlier this year, I happened across Little Fish, an indie sci-fi romance that I now count as one of my favorite films of 2021. Little Fish follows a couple, deeply in love, struggling to maintain their relationship in the face of a slow-burning viral apocalypse. When I learned that Mattson…
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 20, 2021. 4 minute read
On Canon, Closure, and Continuity in Spider-Man: No Way Home
The following contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Like our Spider-Man: No Way Home reviewer Dylan Roth, I left Tom Holland’s third headlining act as Peter “Spider-Man” Parker feeling refreshed and more confident in the character’s future. The movie is a two-and-a-half-hour-long series of tricks to bring the character…
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Steven Nguyen Scaife Dec 17, 2021. 5 minute read
The Most Underrated and Overlooked Movies of 2021
As quickly as 2021 brought the Sacred Big-Screen Experience back in full(ish) force, it also brought back the film industry’s most depressing habits. Especially if you live outside any cities with particularly adventurous film ecosystems, the big chains fill up on spectacle and squeeze out the precious few alternatives that…
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Dylan Roth Dec 16, 2021. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 5 Review: “The Examples”
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