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PREY: An Anti-Colonialist Action Movie
PREY: An Anti-Colonialist Action Movie

Prey offers an excellent example of less being more, especially in a series long known for its over-the-top dialogue and gory violence.

INDIANA AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY: A Messy but Loving Last Crack of the Whip
INDIANA AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY: A Messy but Loving Last Crack of the Whip

Dial of Destiny is not perfect, with noticeable flaws, but it is also very entertaining, exciting, and well-acted.

SCREAM VI: The Perfect Sequel To A Requel
SCREAM VI: The Perfect Sequel To A Requel

The perfect sequel to a requel, Scream VI is love letter to horror, to a franchise and to its fans, proving that not all stories are dead.

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: An Unnecessary Sequel
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: An Unnecessary Sequel

Unnecessary and poorly planned out, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a sequel easily dismissed, the power of what made the original clearly forgotten.

Horrific Inquiry: SCREAM 4 (2011)
Horrific Inquiry: SCREAM 4 (2011)

The release of Scream 5 is almost here! But first, we need to take a moment to look back on the final Scream installment Wes Craven would work on: Scream 4.

NO TIME TO DIE: Daniel Craig Goes Out with an Incredibly Satisfying Bang
NO TIME TO DIE: Daniel Craig Goes Out with an Incredibly Satisfying Bang

No Time To Die is an absolute triumph, not just as a thrilling conclusion to Daniel Craig’s era of Bond, but as one of the best in the series.

SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW: Sign Us Up For Another Chapter
SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW: Sign Us Up For Another Chapter

While it is less gory, especially in the film’s conclusion, it leaves a twist and an ending that speaks to the possibility of more films to come.

Fast & Furious Is Camp, Actually
Fast & Furious Is Camp, Actually

The Fast & Furious movies are camp in a way we feel in our bones but have been trained by decades of narrow-minded definitions to deny.

THE NEW MUTANTS: An Era Fizzles Out
THE NEW MUTANTS: An Era Fizzles Out

Far from the dumpster fire many feared, The New Mutants is a much more mundane disappointment: a near miss.

40 Years Of FRIDAY THE 13TH
40 Years Of FRIDAY THE 13TH

Given this era of social distancing, now would be the ideal time to re-watch the Friday the 13th franchise, or start them for the first time.

Trolls World Tour: A Sufficiently Sugary Snack
TROLLS WORLD TOUR: A Sufficiently Sugary Snack

Trolls World Tour finds a few of the right notes to pluck from its candy-coated guitar that it’s less likely to induce a headache than most manic animated features.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E10) “Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 2”: A Stumble To The Finish Line
STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E10) “Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 2”: A Stumble To The Finish Line

Whether or not “Part 2” was the worst entry in Star Trek: Picard’s first season is up for debate, but what it did was to highlight all that’s made it a well-produced but frustrating show that, sadly, fell shy of the mark.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E9) “Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 1”: Android Reckoning
STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E9) “Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 1”: Android Reckoning

If the purpose of “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1” was to reassure viewers that all we’ve seen up to this point mattered, well… mission failed.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E8) “Broken Pieces”: Preparing For The End

“Broken Pieces” is an episode that sends everyone on their way to where they’ll need to be in the upcoming two-part finale, but doesn’t do so with any tangible enthusiasm.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E7) “Nepenthe”: Old Friends Return
STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E7) “Nepenthe”: Old Friends Return

A frustrating continuation of the season, Star Trek: Picard’s “Nepenthe” feels like two halves of the episode are at war with each other.