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REBEL MOON PART 2: THE SCARGIVER REVIEW Round 2! Zack Snyder is back with the second part of his sci-fi “epic”, Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver. We last left Kora (Sofia Boutella) and her band of mighty warriors on the titular rebel moon, Veldt. They are welcomed by the thankful villages saving them from […]

TRUE DETECTIVE – NIGHT COUNTRY REVIEW Time is a flat circle…again. True Detective is back with its 4th season now with showrunner and director Issa López. This season, aptly named Night Country, takes us to Ennis, Alaska where the town is preparing for the grueling six month period of darkness. On the eve of the […]

REACHER SEASON 2 REVIEW If you go to the page for Reacher Season 2 on Amazon Prime, you will find the following synopsis: “When members of Reacher’s old military unit start turning up dead, Reacher has just one thing on his mind – revenge.” While there is nothing inaccurate about that synopsis, there is so […]

A MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD SERIES REVIEW After the abrupt and cruel cancellation of the popular and surreal Netflix sci-fi series The OA in 2019, fans have been waiting to see what the collaborative creative team Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij would conjure up next. The answer is, Hulu/FX’s  A Murder at […]

REBEL MOON PART ONE: CHILD OF FIRE A village in need. Slow-motion action. A team of heroes. Space horses. Glowy swords. A robot named Jimmy. Even more slow-motion action. Zack Snyder’s latest film, Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire, dropped on Netflix a couple of weeks ago and drew A LOT of […]

AHSOKA SERIES REVIEW Rosario Dawson returns to the role she’s been destined to play since her appearances in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka Tano. After the fall of the Galactic Empire, the former Jedi Knight (and easily one of the most beloved characters in the new EU) investigates an emerging threat […]

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING SEASON 3 REVIEW Which of the Pickwick triplets did it, or any of the other members of this star-studded cast? Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez return as Charles, Oliver, and Mabel for the third season of their comedic mystery series Only Murders in the Building, and this time, […]

HEELS SEASON 2 REVIEW From September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001 Vince McMahon of the WWF waged a ratings battle with WCW’s Eric Bischof. Shady deals, empty hand shakes, and underhanded tactics were used by both companies in an all out brawl to be the world’s number one league in wrestling entertainment. The ongoing […]

PLATONIC SERIES REVIEW Two childhood best friends rekindle their camaraderie while juggling suburbia, bar ownership, relationships, and middle age. Did I mention that these two BFF’s are a man and a woman!? Apple TV presents Platonic, starring Rose Byrne as Sylvia and Seth Rogen as Will. For the past 15 years, Sylvia has put her […]

THE BEAR SEASON 2 REVIEW Add 1 cup of found fortune, a tablespoon of ambition with a pinch of character motivation. Stir in famous character actor cameos. Be sure to use talented thespian and not major summer blockbuster cameos (see MCU casting clickbait articles for reference). Set tensions to boiling point, really push that powder […]

YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 2 REVIEW BUZZ, BUZZ everybody! After a stellar first season that came outta nowhere, Showtime’s mega smash hit Yellowjackets returns for its much anticipated second season. Following the exploits of a high school girl’s soccer team that crashed in the Canadian wilderness in 1996 to a national tournament and were stranded for nineteen […]

WRATH OF BECKY MOVIE REVIEW Becky was a 2020 revenge thriller that asked, “What would Rambo be like if he were a 13-year-old girl?” Lulu Wilson starred as the titular Becky, an angsty girl who has lost her mother to cancer and must defend her family against a group of escaped Neo Nazi convicts led […]

STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE REVIEW Michael J. Fox was just a short kid from Canada with a dream of being an actor. When he turned 18, he drove to Hollywood and started chasing that dream, barely making ends meet until the stars aligned, and in 1982, he landed the career making role of […]

QUASI MOVIE REVIEW Oh boy, Broken Lizard is back, emphasis on the “broken” with Hulu’s new movie Quasi, starring said comedy troupe. Depending on who you talk to, it’s literally the most disappointing film ever, or just average. It seems Broken Lizard is stuck in a time warp, where the comedy really hasn’t evolved with […]

GHOSTED MOVIE REVIEW If you only watched the first 30 minutes of this new romantic Apple+ film starring Ana De Armas and Chris Evans, you might think you’re watching a Lifetime movie. Evans plays Cole, an unlucky-in-love farmer and agricultural historian who has recently been dumped when he crosses paths with Sadie (De Armas), a […]

THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 3 REVIEW Star Wars fans rejoice! Our favorite helmeted bounty hunter Din Djarin (yeah I said it) and the delightful Grogu are reunited and onto a new adventure…yes, Grogu is back. Please turn to The Book of Boba Fett for any questions. After removing his helmet in violation of the Mandalorian creed, […]

TETRIS MOVIE REVIEW Lazy sunday, gonna pour myself a glass of red wine, crank up on the volume and blast Korobeiniki. What’s that? You say you’ve never heard that tune? What if I told you that not only have you heard that melody before but you could hum it in your sleep? Apple+ presents Tetris, […]

THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN SERIES REVIEW 1200 years before the tales of Yennefer, Princess Ciri, and Geralt of Rivia, monsters are unknown in the land, as are humans, and the kingdom of Xin’trea is ruled by high elves. However, not all is as it seems, for a dangerous chess game of political power is being […]

WHITE NOISE MOVIE REVIEW Ever since it was published in 1985, filmmakers have attempted to adapt White Noise, a benchmark in postmodernist literature from acclaimed novelist, Don DeLillo. Despite the book’s reputation for being unfilmable, Netflix gave writer/director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Marriage Story) the greenlight to try, as well as a […]

EMANCIPATION MOVIE REVIEW On January 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the the Emancipation Proclamation as the United States entered its third year of the Civil War. A slave named Peter (Will Smith) on a Louisiana plantation is sold into the Confederate war effort. Taken from his family on the plantation, Peter vows to return to […]

THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL REVIEW Just in time for the holidays, Marvel/DC golden boy James Gunn has gifted us The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special now streaming on Disney+. It’s a loving nod to the corny TV specials of old; including the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, which will definitely NOT […]

SOMETHING IN THE DIRT MOVIE REVIEW The indie film duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have made five feature films: Resolution in 2012, The Endless in 2017, Spring from 2017, and Synchronic in 2019. And now, they’ve offered up Something in the Dirt. When neighbors John and Levi witness shocking supernatural events in their […]

THE PATIENT SERIES REVIEW We here at one of us can not stress how important therapy is and are happy to participate in the takedown of the taboo surrounding mental health and psychiatric help. That being said, if you need a therapist please don’t abduct a doctor and chain them up in your basement. Joel […]

RAYMOND & RAY MOVIE REVIEW Raymond is a divorcee with the patience of a saint and the fashionable charm of the devil. Ray is a recovering addict with the fires of hell in his belly he conjures into the heavenly music of the angels. These estranged half brothers are on their way to accomplishing a […]

THE STRANGER MOVIE REVIEW Who doesn’t love a good true crime story? Grizzly encounters with sociopaths or serial killers. Dark, slow, suspenseful, and based on true events. Netflix has so many murder shows and movies, those of you who fall asleep to Forensic Files or whatever the new cult docuseries is, will never have a […]