As a huge fan of genre hybrids and a big fan of BenDavid Gabrinski’s writing one of my more anticipated…
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Given the notoriety and graphic nature of the crimes of Jack the Ripper, “From Hell’s” brilliant achievement is to give…
Vince Gilligan’s “follow-up” to the enormously-successful “Breaking Bad” was to do a prequel about that show’s unscrupulous lawyer, Saul Goodman.…
In “O’ Romeo,” Afsha (Triptii Dimri), a highly determined widow sets out on a quest for retribution after her husband…
2004’s “Man on Fire” by Tony Scott features Denzel Washington mirroring roles we’ve seen before. “Flight” (for alcoholism) and “The…
We officially are in Dumpuary. For me, as a critic, it’s like summer break after awards-season finals weekend—a predictable lull…
I’ve skirted AMC’s “Breaking Bad” since it came out in 2008. Previews around various streaming services and clips—involving a menacing…
Josh O’Connor has quietly but decisively been named 2025’s actor of the year, not by awards bodies yet, but by the…
Delirious, dangerous yet never quite jumping over the ledge, Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” (2025) is a madcap revenge thriller…
Video-game to movie adaptations are notoriously hard to master, although they can still produce entertaining attempts. I enjoyed the “Resident…