Verity: Faking It
In my review of The Housemaid last winter, I said that trashy novels can sometimes make entertaining movies. Verity is a much poorer example...
Forgotten Island: Pinay Power
Perhaps you’re Filipino and you watched KPop Demon Hunters while wondering why Hollywood couldn’t make an animated movie that brings your underrepresented culture to...
Primetime: An Actor Prepares
I think I have it now. Robert Pattinson wasn’t made to play heroes, even though he gets cast that way because of how he...
Resident Evil: Raccoon City Stomp
I never played any of the Resident Evil video games, but I did watch every single one of the movies, including the justly maligned...
Appari-Shaun
It’s past time that I wrote about Shaun the Sheep, don’t you think? The adorable and highly tech-savvy sheep made his debut in Nick...
Hope Is the Thing With Talons
A man rides on horseback through the woods as fast as he can while a large four-legged predator leaps down on him from the...
Blackest Night
DC Comics’ Green Lantern superheroes are defined by the power of imagination. A sort of corps of space cops, they possess power rings that...
Coyote: Looney Law
I thought it was the 1970s political humorist Art Buchwald who first suggested that Wile E. Coyote sue the Acme Corporation for their defective...
Tony: Plate Up
Since I am the lead film critic here and a sometime professional food person, I probably should say something about Tony, which opened last...
Furious: Emmy Worthy
Today we examine the strange career of Emmy Rossum. The Metropolitan Opera trainee has the looks, the hair, and especially the singing voice to...
