I love a Boston Crime Movie! So, of course, AppleTV+'s The Instigators is right up my alley. The film follows Rory and Cobby, played by Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. Rory is a former Marine on the brink of despair. Cobby, a recently released ex-con, uses children to get past his motorcycle
A24's The Whale is being billed as Brendan Fraser's (Doom Patrol) pièce de résistance. Personally, I find this to be an insult to this incredible man's body of work. But, let's start at the beginning. The Whale is directed by Darren Aronofsky who is known for his artsy, poignant, sometimes
In The Menu, a couple travel to a coastal island to eat an exclusive, one-of-a-kind menu. But the chef has some shocking surprises in store for the guests at this special dinner. Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult play dinner guests at Hawthorn restaurant, run by Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes). The
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
Carrie is one of Stephen King’s most loved and cherished works of fiction. Made into a seminal 1976 film and a later, more disappointing 2013 one, Carrie is an ageless tale of bullying, puberty, and female rage. When Mike Flanagan announced he was tackling the story of a telekinetic
For anyone who grew up in the early 2000s and more specifically in the wake of Post 9/11 America, To Catch a Predator was a ubiquitous show that felt like the start of something new in media and journalism. A beacon of sensationalist entertainment approached with reckless abandon but wholly
