Reviews
Focused, long-form reviews.
Nightmare Alley [2021]
del Torro doing what he does best: Disappointing me.
Licorice Pizza [2021]
Simultaneously boring and full of potential, it turns out these two toppings definitely don’t go together.
Spider-Man: No Way Home [2021]
An excellent crossover, but a bad movie; No Way Home should have used a GPS.
Tick, Tick… Boom! [2021]
A stellar Andrew Garfield shines in Lin Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut.
Don’t Look Up [2021]
Yes, it’s funny. Also yes, it’s way too long and repetitive.
Encanto [2021]
A fine, if immemorable, outing by the Disney crew.
The Power of the Dog [2021]
A film with a lot of entirely wasted potential.
Let the Right One In [2008]
Does this 2008 vampire love story hold up? [No, but it could have.]
<Short> The Others [2002]
A film that, if you haven’t seen, you should and, if you have seen, you should watch again.
<Short> Swallow [2019]
An incredible film that is not talked about enough.
Violation [2020]
An incredible debut and an important film.
Dune [2021]
A good start to adapting Herbert’s epic. Good, but not great.
Midnight Mass [2021]
Flannigan flanniganates us again. One episode away from perfection, Midnight Mass loses its way.
Squid Game [2021]
Another passable, convoluted TV show getting praised for being “smart”. Ugh.
Vivarium [2019]
A stellar early work, this scifi film gets way more hate than it deserves.
Malignant [2021]
If you like Wan, you’ll like am all.
Candyman [2021]
Jordan Peele strikes again, this time with a friend. “Eh” is the best way to describe it.
The Night House [2021]
Rebecca Hall is the best part about this entirely competent thriller.
Our Friend [2019]
A great look at the difference great people can make.
The Call [2020]
Another great entry to the horror genre from South Korea.