Life after death, for the villainess at least, began in 1995 with children’s author Gregory Maguire’s Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Maguire’s novel…
Read moreWas I a little too harsh on 2019’s “Murder Mystery” or do I just like Adam Sandler more now? Both could be true, but it’s indicative of how much comedy…
Read moreA.V. Rockwell’s “A Thousand and One” was the somewhat surprising winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance a couple of months ago, a trophy taken home by major movies…
Read moreCan you imagine a globetrotting suspense thriller about gender power imbalances? Author Naomi Alderman tells such a tale in her 2016 book, The Power, which Prime Video has adapted into…
Read moreI thought I loved “Resident Evil 4” as much as anyone possibly could. It was truly a formative game for me and remains the standout not just in the “Resident…
Read moreIn Jeffrey A. Brown’s “The Unheard,” one young woman’s past trauma collides with a present-day terror in a sleepy Northeastern town. After Chloe (Lachlan Watson) enrolls in a clinical trial…
Read moreIs it possible to wander into a Quentin Dupieux movie in 2023 without knowing to expect the European version of Adult Swim’s stoner dada surrealism? I doubt it and am…
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