Bad taste is out of fashion. The idea that transgressive subjects should be studied has been supplanted by a timorous corporate culture. Perhaps no medium is more of a victim to this cultural turn than...

The millions of moviegoers who flocked to theaters to see protagonist Maverick in an F-16 Tomcat and hear the iconic call signs of pilots and their wingmen this summer were not disappointed.  Tom Cruise...

Spencer Kristen Stewart redefines the genre of biopics as she portrays the tragic life and legacy of Princess Diana Spencer within "Spencer." Chronicling Diana's troubled relationship within the royal...

This year’s horror line-up may have a new first place after “Barbarian.” The film left viewers screaming in terror, both from the actual movie monsters and the accurate caricatures that made even...

Perhaps no intellectual property is more prized than “The Lord of the Rings.” Similar to a huge serpent, the trilogy has coiled around almost all of Western culture and rearranged many of the classic...

After a more restrictive award show last year, the Emmy Awards returned to its pre-pandemic method Monday night. The 74th Emmys were a return to form, with light ribbing of celebrities, deserved awards,...

For many people mediocrity has become the lingua franca of the “Predator” franchise. Although the 1987 version is widely regarded as a high water mark for the corporately produced, the successive string...

If someone had told me that the sleazy lawyer from “Breaking Bad” would become one of my favorite protagonists in TV history, I would not have believed you. However, in “Better Call Saul,” Bob...

I would be lying if I said I didn't hold my breath when tuning into the pilot episode of "House of Dragons," HBO's largest premier to date.  In the three years since "Game of Thrones’" lackluster...

Jordan Peele returns to the director’s chair with “Nope,” a complex movie with a lot to like. The movie siblings OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald Haywood (Keke Palmer) grieve losing their father in...

Sequel trilogies of popular movie franchises remain a gamble, especially when they attempt to continue and expand on characters and plotlines that have already spent their time in the spotlight. Unfortunately,...

Gone are the days of “Ghostbusters” costumes and silly mall montages, as the penultimate season of “Stranger Things” ended with startling gruesome deaths and arguably even more gruesome endings....