Series Review: Imperfect Women Apple TV is back with another thrilling mystery, this time starring Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, and Kate Mara. Will *Imperfect Women* be a killer whodunit, or will you guess the reveal right from the start? The lives of three women in a decades-long friendship are shattered by a crime that brings…
Series Review: *Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen The Netflix limited series *Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen* kind of lets you know what to expect right from the start, but does it actually deliver? Rachel is getting married in five days. Together with her fiancé Nikki, she embarks on a road trip…
Movie Review: Hokum Some other terms for hokum are BS, hogwash, hooey, poppycock, and probably my favorite, twaddle. Director Damian McCarthy, the Irish filmmaker who gave us the surprisingly creepy films Caveat and *Oddity*, now gets to torment Adam Scott in the folk horror *Hokum*. And why does McCarthy have such a thing with creepy…
Series Review: Lord of the Flies So, Netflix bought the distribution rights to a BBC production of the series adaptation of William Golding’s classic, *Lord of the Flies*. If you’ve read the novel, you know it’s a harrowing look at stupidity making the better argument when it comes to mob mentality. But does the show…
Series Review: Widow’s Bay Part Amityville, part Wicker Man, Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay is a darkly comical folk horror that nails the humor. But what about the horror? Welcome to Widow’s Bay. There’s no Wi-Fi, spotty cellular reception, and Mayor Tom Loftis must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed. After decades…
Movie Review: Bird Box Barcelona Do you remember a few years ago when Sandra Bullock starred in a movie where she was running around the city but really couldn’t figure out where she was going because she was blindfolded? Well, now Mario Casas is doing the exact same thing, but in Spain. *Bird Box Barcelona*…
Movie Review: Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited atomic epic Oppenheimer has finally arrived. I saw it in stunning 70mm IMAX and sat through all three hours and nine seconds of this drama. With one of the most celebrated directors at the helm and a stacked cast to match, the question on everyone’s mind is simple —…
Series Review: D.P. (Season 2) The first season of the Netflix South Korean series D.P. was gripping and intense. Now that we’ve got the second season, does it continue with those tones? Jun-ho and Han of the Deserter Pursuit unit continue to struggle against the harsh realities and injustices that remain unchanged in the Korean…
Documentary Review: Unknown: Cave of Bones Another documentary in the *Unknown* series is dropping on Netflix. This one deals with remains found in a cave system in South Africa. Cave of Bones offers up some interesting theories, but are they sound, and do they make any sense? In South Africa’s Rising Star Cave System, paleoanthropologist…
Series Review: The Lincoln Lawyer (Season 2, Part 1) I had fun with the first season of Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer. Now the second season is coming out, but it’s split into two parts. Should you invest your time in this first part, or should you just wait for it all to come out at…