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Tick, Tick…BOOM! (Film) Review

Movie musicals made a comeback this year, and Tick, Tick…BOOM! unsurprisingly wipes the floor with all of them. The story genius of Jonathan Larson and the theatrical flair of Lin-Manuel Miranda (in his directorial debut no less) sounds like a mixture too…

Doctor Who: Flux “War of the Sontarans” – Review

You know, for this second review of Doctor Who: Flux, I was going to be grand and pompous while bringing up up my prediction from “The Halloween Apocalypse,” and I was going to tease the thing this episode so dreadfully obvious sign-posted. However,…

Dexter: New Blood – “Cold Snap” Review

Tonight’s the night. It has been a long eight years since we last heard Dexter Morgan say those three fabled words. While the sunny heat of Miami has been replaced with the frozen wasteland of New York, there’s no mistaking the darkly…

The Beta Test (Film) Review

Jim Cummings is one of the most promising and singular talents of a new generation of filmmakers, delivering a new and scathing satire in The Beta Test. As a breathtakingly original takedown of Hollywood culture, toxic masculinity, and the falseness of the Internet…

Doctor Who: Flux “The Halloween Apocalypse” – Review

Warning: The following review will contain spoilers for Doctor Who: Flux chapter 1, “The Halloween Apocalypse.” Reader’s discretion is advised. Well, this first episode was an episode of television, not a very good one, but one nonetheless. As you do when you…

Antlers (Film) Review

As much a haunting rural folk tale as it is a terrifying creature feature, Antlers is the newest and most frightening film by Scott Cooper. His atmospheric direction, production design, and craft, are bolstered by a star-making turn from newcomer Jeremy Thomas and two…

Doctor Who “The Day of the Doctor” – Review

2.47-billion. There is a reason that out of all the actors to play the character and all the variations on the single person calling themselves The Doctor, I return to Christopher Eccleston’s 9th. He’s the one where the story began and how…

Doctor Who “The Name of the Doctor” – Review

It’s the middle, end, and the beginning of Clara Who today. Some of you (my editor) might be thinking that’s the wrong way around. However, it is not because we’ve still got all of Capaldi’s era to go, which is a mess.…

The Last Duel (Film) Review

While he has always been a master of the genre film, Ridley Scott’s second greatest talent has been his ability as an epic filmmaker. Scott has brought that skill to The Last Duel once again. Anchored by powerful performances from the cast, especially…

Halloween Kills (Film) Review

An absurdly fun time at the cinemas despite its many flaws, Halloween Kills is the latest installment of the over 40-year-old horror franchise. The film features an amusingly mediocre cast, a barebones story, corny dialogue, and gratuitously gory violence. Despite all that, Halloween Kills is…