Red River Road is a challenging movie to critique because of how kitschy it is. It’s a low-budgethorror film that preys on universal and ubiquitous fears: pandemics and authoritariangovernments. Cue… Continue reading "Red River Road (Schuyler, 2020)"
How is foreign television different from American television? In my recap of Episode 1, I focused on one difference that is easy to notice: foreign television is often more graphic… Continue reading "Paris Police 1900; Season 1, Episode 3"
Episode 102 of Paris Police 1900 begins to reveal the brass hiding underneath France’s golden age. Episode 101 did a good job of establishing the show’s intent: to document the… Continue reading "Paris Police 1900; Season 1, Episode 2"
Mending the Line is an emotional film that invites viewers to explore the psychology of being an American war veteran. The film, directed by Joshua Caldwell, provides a surprisingly realistic… Continue reading "Mending the Line (Caldwell, 2022)"
J. Rick Castañeda, the film’s writer, and director, offers a movie on demand that is a delightful amalgamation of projects like Office Space (1999) and Beetlejuice (1988). Most movies that… Continue reading "All Sorts ( Castañeda, 2021)"
Very few television shows have great first episodes. That’s not surprising if one thinks about it. Characters are not yet established, and the best shows often have multiple storylines. Shows… Continue reading "Paris Police 1900 (S1, E1)"
The story of The Elephant Man is an ostensible tale of sadness and cruelty. However, The Elephant Man is a wonderful testament to the capacity for compassion that resides within… Continue reading "The Elephant Man (Lynch, 1980)"
Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul is being marketed as a “satirical comedy,” so the starting point of any honest review has to be that I didn’t laugh once. That… Continue reading "Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul (Ebo, 2022)"
Kaepernick & America, a documentary by Tommy Walker and Ross Hockrow, uses an ancient method of argumentation to breathe fresh life into Colin Kaepernick’s nearly decade-long crusade for racial justice… Continue reading "Kaepernick & America (Hockrow and Walker, 2022)"
It is telling, ironic,, or both, that none of the publicity stills provided by Universal in the press kit for Beast showed the titular animal that is trying to wreak… Continue reading "Beast (Kormákur, 2022)"
