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Sonatine, Takeshi Kitano’s riff off the Yakuza genre, helped him gain an audience outside of his native Japan. Read our review to learn more.
First Love mixes and matches generic elements freely and playfully, making it impossible to pin down into one category.
With the personal and professional lives of FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill…
With standout and nuanced performances, Villains is one of the funniest horror films you will see in quite some time.
Carnival Row starts off slow and is hard to get invested to, but eventually pays off in some respects.
Hustlers won’t be loved by everybody, but as both entertainment and an addition to the world of crime cinema, it’s an exceptional work.
Despite some early objections, The Boys turned out to be a pretty terrific show that exceeded initial expectations and then some.
Mirrah Foulkes’ folk tale of misogyny in the Middle Ages, Judy & Punch, is sometimes mischievous and sometimes utterly volatile, but never formulaic.
Season 2 of Titans starts off on a messy but promising foot that does more to excite fans for future episodes than work as a spectacular conclusion for its previous arc.
As we head into the final two episodes, we have relationships on the verge of collapse, secrets to be exposed and a target on the Boys’ backs. Whatever happens next, it’s sure to be bloody.
The Death of Dick Long might easily be the most bizarre film of the year, but it’s also one of the funniest.
Dark and gritty, Joker is a pressure cooker of emotional abuse that is just ticking, ready to blow at every minute.
The plot thickens in episodes 4-6 of Mindhunter: Season 2, as the dramatic fallout of the first season fades into the rear view mirror and the intense conflict of this new season shifts to the forefront.
Season 2 of Mindhunter reminds us why we adore this show: it’s gripping, intoxicating television, as engaging on a scene-to-scene basis as it is on a grand narrative level.
Sadly, Ecco fails to deliver good writing and a visual instinct to its audience, loosing trust and the ability to keep them interested.