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REVIEW: The Acolyte – Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2, “Lost/Found” and “Revenge/Justice”
Well, The Acolyte is finally here. Star Wars fans have been anticipating this series for all the wrong reasons, from its showrunner’s dubious past working with Harvey Weinstein to bad PR to downright confusing dialogue in the trailers. Despite Lucasfilm’s best(?) efforts, I don’t think anyon...
Read MoreREVIEW: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is so poorly conceived it’s hard to believe anyone thought it was a good idea. This is a nearly three-hour film that should have been the third act of the last Mission: Impossible movie, which you can tell because, until the third act of this film, alm...
Read MoreREVIEW: Skeleton Crew – Season 1, Episode 8, “The Real Good Guys”
***SPOILERS*** “The Real Good Guys” opens where “We’re Gonna be in So Much Trouble” left off, with the kids and their parents in Jod’s hands. The parents assume Jod is a Jedi, and the kids are forced to play along. Jod takes Fern and Undersecretary Fara to meet the Supervisor. Wim clashe...
Read MoreREVIEW: Skeleton Crew – Season 1, Episodes 5 and 6, “You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates” and “Zero Friends Again”
***SPOILERS*** In “You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates,” Neel’s mom brings Wendle a tool to get a message out past the barrier. This doesn’t go well, and he’s caught by a droid, but Fara gets him out of trouble. Meanwhile, Jod and the kids nervously wake up SM-33. He’s had his circuits...
Read MoreREVIEW: Skeleton Crew – Season 1, Episode 3, “Very Interesting, As An Astrogation Problem”
***SPOILERS*** In “Very Interesting As An Astrogation Problem,” the droids inform the kids’ parents that they won’t be searching for them. It’s too big of a risk to leave the barrier. Meanwhile, Fern questions Jod Na-Nawood’s intentions despite Wim instantly trusting him. They make it to...
Read MoreREVIEW: Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Joker: Folie à Deux is a lot of things – a psychological drama, a legal thriller, a musical, a love story, an extension of its predecessor’s indictment of society, a comic book movie – but above all, it’s endlessly fascinating, and like Joker, it keeps you wondering what will happen next....
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