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I have a guilty pleasure when it comes to romantic comedies, I’ll admit it. I’ve seen 50 First Dates, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and Bridget Jones’s Diary more times than I’d like to admit. I’ve largely enjoyed Rebel Wilson’s performance across the 1st and 3rd Pitch Perfect movies (let’s all ignore the second one even existed). […]

While settling into to watch Netflix’s latest limited-series Russian Doll, we didn’t have a lot of advance knowledge about it. We’d heard something about it being a suitable watch for the Groundhog Day weekend, but it’d actually snuck in under the radar until it landed on our Netflix home screen. The lead, Natasha Lyonne(being one of our favorite […]

There’s nothing at all wrong with moderate-budget/limited-cast science fiction films that are more thought experiments than robots and explosions. So stepping into Netflix’s latest entry IO–with a total cast of three, and a trailer that looks like a variation on the Last Person on Earth theme–there wasn’t any particular reason for trepidation. Unfortunately, it feels like […]

There are few things more likely to induce almost automatic cringing these days as discovering historical drama series on one of the many streaming services. Films and television series alike have always taken prolific liberties with adapting stories of bygone eras. All one has to do is mention The CW’s Reign to induce facial-ticks in […]

These days it seems like you can’t throw a bucket of popcorn in a movie theater without hitting at least one cinema-focused podcaster. They come in varying flavors but primarily tend to be contemporary film reviews. There are others that focus on the industry, writing, gossip and more, but one that’s been running for a […]

Netflix’s latest feature film release, Polar, is an enjoyable carnival ride of violence and mayhem that will directly appeal to fans of the Smokin’ Aces and John Wick family of films about assassins/agents who wind up being marked for “retirement” by their friendly local governments/crime bosses and they choose not to go down without a […]

There are few filmmakers as frustrating as M. Night Shyamalan – he has some considerable talents in creating an interesting premise, and his technical execution can be top notch- but when it comes to pulling it all together into an equally tidy complete package he fails. In Glass, there are so many of the right elements; […]

HISTORY latest series Project Blue Book is the latest in the science-fiction family of shows that revolves around a partner team setting out to uncover unexplained mysteries. The team will of course be comprised of one skeptic and another individual who is more open to alternative explanations. Chris Carter’s X-Files is of course the benchmark at this […]

Remember that moment of shock on watching X-Men: First Class and walking out of the theater and thinking, wow, that was actually really good? That’s about the same feeling you can expect after watching the latest installment of the Transformers franchise, Bumblebee. [rwp-review-recap id=”0″] In the same fashion that it took bringing in fresh writers […]

Warner Bros. has managed to pull off another perfectly serviceable entry into their DC Extended Universe of films with Aquaman. Is it great or memorable? No, neither of those terms are likely to be at the forefront while you exit the theater, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a fun way to kick back for […]