Bardo (or, “I?m going to make it clear to the world I?m an artist”) is the first film from Alejandro Gonzalez I??rritu since 2015?s The Revenant and is certainly his most bombastic work to date.? Here, I??rritu leaves it all on the table in this contemporary autobiographical, nostalgia trip where Silvio, a renowned documentary filmmaker,…
Flooded with calls from all sorts of ?paranormal? occurrences, the crew at?Paranormal Solutions Inc. have decided to broaden their horizons. Starting fresh with a new slogan that says, ?We believe in EVERYTHING!?, a team of six semi-successful ghost hunters decide to increase business by informing the public that their willing to help with any supernatural…
There really is something fascinating about true crime stories. From Unsolved Mysteries to Tiger King, there is something truly engaging about listening to stories that seem too wild to be true. However, in the history of mysteries, one man stands out as the biggest question mark of all. Known for his daring robbery from 10 000 feet, D.B….
When Phillip (Nick Robinson) receives a visit from Melissa (Margaret Qualley), the former girlfriend of his late-brother Ronnie, old wounds are re-opened when she claims that his brother is also the father of her unborn child. Since Ronnie?s death was over five years ago, Phillip and his mother, Charlene (Amy Ryan) are rightly enfuriated and…
This is not Teen Titans Go! or Young Justice, and certainly not Superfriends. This is the DC Universe if it mashed up the origin stories of the Titans were thrown into the world of?Watchmen?or?Kickass, a world where the actual evil that created Raven or Robin or Beast Boy was played out in darker hues than…
Warner Bros.? Doom Patrol serves up strange, mangled delights that put the ?anti? in anti-hero. The group was teased out of Titans, a clearly adult take on a group that?s no longer teen-affiliated, and just enough of their banter was shown to make me re-up for some more viewing.Where can you see an angry teenager…
Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Nick Scown,?Pretty Bad Actress?tells the story of Gloria Green (Heather McComb), a former child star who is struggling to move past her childhood fame. When she is kidnapped by a stalker (John Hensley) and trapped with Donnie, an obsessed fan (Stephanie Hodes), Gloria’s only hope is her loyal assistant,…
Daredevil?was epic. That is, the Netflix one, not the star-crossed Ben Affleck/Jennifer Garner one. [Editor’s note: it’s better than people think, but still.] When Marvel announced that it’s second series on Netflix would focus on little-known female superhero Jessica Jones, I wondered if they had been drinking their own Kool-aid. Sure,?Guardians of the Galaxy was…
Watching the first season of?Daredevil, I had the realization that Netflix wasn’t just ‘pretending’ to deliver actual, original content. Yes, there had been shows like?House of Cards?and?Orange is the New Black, but?Daredevil?was?must-watch television or what I call “ignore the wife and kids”-worthy. While the second season wasn’t quite as stirring, it still proves to be…
For the most part, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return effectively bridges the gap of seventeen years between episodes?and this is a great thing.
