This year marks the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. conquering the world of video games. So of course Universal and Illumination easily slated their blockbuster sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, for a weekend not too long after this year’s Mario Day festivities. Now that we've received
Two lonely strangers land jobs working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world travel, and a dream brownstone in Manhattan. The catch? New identities in an arranged marriage as Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, a new series from Prime Video,
The new Amazon Prime series Swarm is one of the strangest, darkest and off-putting shows I have seen in quite some time. Yet those aren't necessarily marks against the freshman program… its bonkers tone is sure to intrigue many a viewer prepared for something wildly different. But you should
Atlanta Season 3 may be taking us out of the U.S., but it most certainly hasn't taken us out of the discomfort and unease of race and class issues. "The Old Man and the Tree" once again reminds us that even in a different country, these issues still persist.The setup for the episode is that Al,
Atlanta is back, and if, after four years since Season 2, you expected to see Earn, Alfred, and Darius in the first episode back, you'd be sorely disappointed, but should we be?I was pleasantly surprised by the direction this episode took. Donald Glover has said in interviews that this season's
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
Magnificently rendered and beautifully shot, Samurai and the Prisoner is endlessly entertaining even as it sprawls about the walls of the castle and keeps its measured, somber approach. It blends a classic murder mystery with historical epic, which is a strange combination that someone only as
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.
