Watchmen - Episode 8: A God Walks into Abar
The dust is starting to settle but behind it is a sandstorm of mysticism that, even with an hour of television left to produce something special, is showing no signs of what cards will finally be dealt
The Two Popes
The Two Popes is a beautifully crafted film exploring the changing politics of the Catholic Church while able to refrain from preaching the Christian faith
The Lighthouse
Even with tremendous visuals and performances, the end result of The Lighthouse, unfortunately, still remains a stepdown for Eggers, who provides something here that fails to dig deep or fully comprehend its own definition
War of the Worlds
As the everlasting tragedy of the source material continues, the War of the Worlds radio drama remains the best adaptation that the text ever received
Blue Story
Onwubolu details a gritty and captivatingly authentic underworld of real-life hoodlum and the tragedy that goes with it
Let It Snow
One of the most pleasant surprises in NETFLIX’s dishearteningly bad Christmas movie stocking this year is Let It Snow
His Dark Materials - Episode 5: The Lost Boy
His Dark Materials has often felt like it has been coasting on the edge of greatness, with almost every individual aspect successful in its own right but never successfully marrying them all together to create a cohesive whole
Big Mouth - Season 3
A mixed bag of strong comedic writing but poor narrative construction, with a stellar ensemble voice cast and accurate insight into the adolescent experience but a sense of thematic emptiness and an inability to connect all of its ideas into a cohesive story
Motherless Brooklyn
Caught beautifully by the eye of Dick Pope and editor Joe Klotz, who together with Norton have remarkably curated an ideal and long-forgotten film from the 1970s
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Crafts something unique in terms of not preaching to an audience with excessive sentimentality but instead installs hope, acceptance and education of the trials and tribulations of not only struggling with weight but also gender roles within social circles
Charlie's Angels
Elizabeth Bank's 2019 reboot of the Charlie's Angels franchise is a faux positive and visually flat rendition of a conventional action film
Them That Follow
Labelled as a Horror but never overly conscious of that tone, the film grapples with having an identity crisis of sorts
Watchmen - Episode 7: An Almost Religious Awe
The penny has finally dropped in Damon Lindelof's Watchmen series, with an awe-inspiring hour of excellent television on from its equally as impressive preceding episode
Brothers No More: Charting the Friendships of The Band Through Film
Alina Faulds dives deep into the relationship on the cinema screen of The Band in The Last Waltz, Ain’t In It For My Health and Once Were Brothers
The Good Place - Season 4: Part One
Season Four of The Good Place is the show doing what it does best: shaking up the status quo with a great purpose behind
The King
It is not perfect, but its flaws do little to detract from the compelling story at the forefront
His Dark Materials - Episode 4: Armour
One cannot be sure of how much the fans of Phillip Pullman's beloved trilogy are enjoying this, the sluggish pacing of the new series adaptation is starting to feel like a chore to watch for the non-book readers
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Jay & Silent Bob Reboot is Smith revisiting and relishing the 90’s and early-00’s when he was on top of his game and from a character and dialogue perspective, it all works well
The Hangover and Joker: The comedic evolution of Todd Phillips
Does Joker really share a significant enough number of traits with Phillips's precursory work for it to be considered a natural progression?
Eli
There is so much here that turns the brain to mush just thinking about the decisions and trajectory this feature takes, not only contextually but more so in the films literal creation and development