Based on a true story, "Nonnas" arrives on Netflix just in time for Mother's Day. The film is brought to us by the filmmaking duo of director Stephen Chbosky and screenwriter Liz Maccie. This is a film that pays homage to the women in our lives whose love language revolved around delicious meals
Apocalypse Hotel Ep. 5 "Provide Unlimited Hospitality in Limited Time" has the robots and tanukis team up against a most unconventional foe this time. That foe is now the ability to have a good drink. Specifically: whiskey. It's a most unusual foe to overcome, but it's all worth it to provide that
In a world obsessed with nostalgia and the past, Watch The Skies is a movie that evokes those feelings without feeling cheap. It is set in Sweden in the 1990s but it doesn't weaponize that nostalgia. The film is the story of Denise, a rebellious teenager who's hellbent on finding her missing
Sometimes things just go well together, and horror films and cornfields are one of them. Adapted from Adam Cesare's novel, Clown in a Cornfield is a neat little slasher that gives everybody something that they love. Director Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil) runs with it, and you can tell in the
Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- Ep. 5 "His Butler, Descending" has the mystery of the werewolves deepen and deepen. All even in spite of the efforts of Sebastian and the Phantomhive staff to uncover details of what's been happening, and all while caring for the still-insensate Ciel. Needless to
Today is New Comic Book Day, so that means new comic book reviews. This week, we get our first issue of the new Intergalactic action epic, Blood & Thunder. Created by writer Benito Cereno (Invincible Presents: Atom Eve), artist E.J. Su (Tech Jacket), colorist MSassyK (Gotham Academy), letterer
Witch Watch Ep. 5 "My Student is my Favorite Artist / My Tummy is Tender Today / Cat Scout" continues the vignette trio format that this anime is so fond of for its slice of life segments. This time though, it includes some serious character development of side characters in the most hilarious way
It is New Comic Book Day, and The Bad Batch is back! Created by Michael Moreci, Reese Hannigan, Elisabetta D'Amico, Michael Atiyeh, and Comicraft, Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch--Ghost Agents #3 is available now at your local comic shops. Thanks to my friends at Dark Horse Comics, I
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
We've had haunted house movies. Sure, but have we had a haunted van movie? That's what Passenger amounts to at its most distilled form. This is a horror movie about a demonic force (the opposite of Saint Christopher) that has been chasing and killing travelers for hundreds of years. Basically, the
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia finally involves Sitara in the beginnings of some courtly intrigue in Ep. 4 "Otchigin". It's quite reminiscent of The Apothecary Diaries, which has a similar premise. This anime too now promises some deadly political thriller similar to Maomao's adventures in the rear