TV Review: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Vol. 1, Vol. 2 and the Finale
Arriving on Netflix on November 26 is the first four episodes from ‘Stranger Things’ fifth season, starting the long(ish) road to wrapping up the series as a whole.[sc name="tvshow" tvshow_id="GDURPnUbr4KjlXXfeUeKt6" ]The cast for the show includes Winona Ryder...
TV Review: ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Season 1
Arriving on Paramount+ on January 15 with its first two episodes (followed by one episode weekly) is the first season of ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,’ the latest attempt to extend the venerable sci-fi franchise to places where no one has gone before. Arriving on...
Movie Review: ‘Greenland 2: Migration’
Opening in theaters on January 9 is ‘Greenland 2: Migration,’ directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis, Amber Rose Revah, William Abadie, Trond Fausa Aurvag, Sophie Thompson, Nelia Da Costa, and Tommie Earl Jenkins....
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Movie Review: ‘You’re Cordially Invited’
‘You’re Cordially Invited’ receives 6 out of 10 stars.Arriving on Prime Video on January 30th, ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ takes your basic wedding confusion comedy and blends it with the particular style of writer/director Nicholas Stoller, who has previously brought...
TV Review: ‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ receives 8 out of 10 stars.Launching on Disney+ with its initial two episodes on 29th January (before going to a weekly schedule for the remaining eight), ‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ is a diverting take on the Spidey...
TV Review: ‘Paradise’
‘Paradise’ receives 7.5 out of 10 stars.Premiering on Hulu with its initial three episodes on January 28th followed by a weekly schedule for the remaining five, ‘Paradise’ is the latest show from Dan Fogelman, who last brought us the hugely successful (and massively...
Movie Review: ‘Dog Man’
‘Dog Man’ receives 6 out of 10 stars.Opening in theaters on January 31st, ‘Dog Man’ is proof that there is surely no children’s book that DreamWorks Animation won’t try to adapt for its ever-hungry franchise machine. ‘Dog Man’ receives 6 out of 10 stars.Opening in...
Movie Review: ‘The Room Next Door’
‘The Room Next Door’ receives 5.5 out of 10 stars.Opening in wide release in theaters on January 18th, ‘The Room Next Door’ represents something that would ordinarily be cause for celebration among cineastes –– it marks the English-language debut of accomplished and...
Movie Review: ‘Unstoppable’
‘Unstoppable’ receives 5.5 out of 10 stars.Opening in theaters on December 6th before arriving on Prime Video January 16th, ‘Unstoppable’ is just the latest challenger to enter the ring of sports biopics that take inspirational stories of overcoming big challenges...
Movie Review: ‘Presence’
‘Presence’ receives 6 out of 10 stars.Opening in theaters on January 24th, ‘Presence’ is the latest film from Steven Soderbergh, who seemingly never stops wanting to play with format and style, and usually to interesting effect. ‘Presence’ receives 6 out of 10...
Movie Review: ‘Star Trek: Section 31’
‘Star Trek: Section 31’ receives 7 out of 10 stars.Premiering on Paramount+ on January 24th, ‘Star Trek: Section 31’ represents the first ‘Star Trek’ movie produced –– even if it does carry the qualifier of “TV Movie” –– since 2016’s ‘Star Trek: Beyond. ‘Star Trek:...
Movie Review: ‘Companion’
‘Companion’ receives 8 out of 10 stars.Opening in theaters on January 31st is ‘Companion,’ directed by Drew Hancock and starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, and Rupert Friend. ‘Companion’ receives 8 out of 10 stars.Opening in...
TV Review: ‘Severance’ Season 2
‘Severance’ Season 2 receives 9 out of 10 stars.Returning to Apple TV+ for its second season with the first episode on January 17th, ‘Severance’ once is here again to interrogate the concept of work/life balance and spin more corporate mysteries around the worker...