The Dog Stars review – Ridley Scott’s lethargic postapocalyptic drama is a misfire

Looking towards the end of an August movie dumping ground littered with more unwanted trash than usual, there seemed to be a faint glimmer of hope, a shiny treasure poking…

Netflix’s Engaging Crime Drama ‘Blood Sacrifice’ Spotlights Inept Policing: TV Review

“Hijack” and “Lupin” creator George Kay is no stranger to engrossing dramas, and in his newest Netflix series, “Blood Sacrifice,” a grisly Swedish crime thriller, Kay unpacks the unending mental…

Noah Kahan Turns His ‘Miserable’ Material Into Manic Elation at Triumphant Rose Bowl Stadium Show: Concert Review

“My name is Noah Kahan and I am here to make you fucking miserable!” the biggest male rock star on the charts right now announced almost at the outset of…

Review – ‘The Fall of Kylo Ren’ #1 Answers Key Questions About First Order in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ – Star Wars News Net

The Fall of Kylo Ren promises to be the conclusion of Kylo Ren’s arc in between the events of The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, finishing the story…

‘The Brink of War’ Review: Jeff Daniels Makes an Unpersuasive Ronald Reagan in Talky Historical Drama About Nuclear Summit With Gorbachev

You have to acknowledge the good intentions behind Michael Russell Gunn’s feature directorial debut depicting the 1986 meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik that helped advance the…

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Review So Far – IGN

While we didn’t get pre-release access to the full version of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, I did play many hours of online matches during its recent open beta, and can…

Ambrosia Sky: Act Two (PC) Review – CGMagazine

When last I left off with Ambrosia Sky, I wasn’t particularly sold on the game. My initial hopes that it would be a moody, Powerwash Simulator in space, wrapped around…

‘Late Fame’ Review: Willem Dafoe And Greta Lee Superb In Wonderful Indie Film About Art And Rediscovery In A New York Long Gone

Late Fame, which premiered a year ago this month at the Venice Film Festival, is a gem. It is a movie about, among other things, discovery and rediscovery. It may…

‘Motor City’ Review: Potsy Ponciroli’s Audacious Thriller — a Scorsese Opera Without Dialogue — Announces the Arrival of a Startling Voice

The needle drop as we know it was born in 1969, with the instantly iconic use of “Born to Be Wild” in “Easy Rider.” There were precedents, of course. The…

‘Lucky’ Review: Anya Taylor-Joy Stars as an Identity-Swapping Con Woman in an Apple TV Thriller With Identity Issues of Its Own

In a good con artist story, the marks are rarely the focal characters, but they’re often just as important. A grotesquely rich mark is an indication that the swindlers are…