[The following post is not a review of The Last of Us Part II. Because I have not yet finished the game, I cannot offer a full, complete,...

Shot/reverse shot is about as basic as film language gets: one character speaks; a second responds, back and forth in perfectly matched...

As has become my custom of late, I would like to elaborate on my favorite scene in Ride Your Wave. Unfortunately, because it occurs near...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS for No Country for Old Men and The Bad Sleep Well; you have been warned!] Spoiler alert: In...

Hypothesis: Michael Crichton’s Westworld had an enormous impact on the trajectory of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career. Exhibit A: Yul...

[The following essay contains SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Both fans and critics of Netflix’s recent adaptation of Andrzej...

[WARNING: MAJOR STAR WARS SPOILERS BELOW!] Return of the Jedi’s controversial revelation that Leia was actually Luke’s twin sister all...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Sam Mendes’ 1917; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] While Sam Mendes’ 1917 has earned...

[The following essay may contain MINOR SPOILERS for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Infinity War, and...

I’m an unapologetic fan of The Phantom Menace (though I must confess that I used to be a bit embarrassed to admit it). In the past, I...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Wolverine, and Avengers: Endgame; you have been warned!]...

[The following post contains MAJOR SPOILERS and a whole lot of FANBOY WHINING; consider yourself warned!] The Rise of Skywalker improves...

Not to get excessively sentimental or philosophical, but I had a rather profound epiphany today—triggered by, of all things, a video...

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Well, to quote the late Orson Krennic: “We were on the verge of...

My initial review of Tora-san was already a bit too bloated and unfocused for my standards, but I simply had to rectify my failure to...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Looper is a great science fiction film because it uses time travel as a prop rather than...

As I stated in my review, One Cut of the Dead is a whole bucket of fun… but it also spoke to me on an extremely personal level. Since it...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS for both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Continue reading at your own risk.]...

[SPOILERS for all seasons of Game of Thrones below. You have been warned.] It’s an undeniable fact that Game of Thrones has changed after...

In the spirit of constructive criticism, I would like to propose a scenario that would address several of the concerns I raised in my...