Claire Foy is ahead to win Lead Actress in a Drama Series, but Elizabeth Moss could sneak into finally win an Emmy The race for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series this year is a packed year with new contenders and old favorites crowding the field. The question for this category is which nominees…
Raw is a body horror movie like no other with its dark tone that allows for moments of levity and profound themes Note to self: never attend French veterinary school. If it's anything like Julia Ducournau depicts in Raw, then I'm not sure how France has any veterinarians at all. That's because the often bloody hazing and jaw-dropping foray into…
Outstanding Drama Series has turned into one of the most crowded categories at the Emmys with at least 10 series vying for a nomination. Outstanding Drama Series reigning champ Game of Thrones is ineligible this year since their seventh season will be premiering outside the eligibility window. On top of that, Downton Abbey ended its run last year, which…
In honor of Pride Month, we're taking a look at one of the best LGBT movies of the decade, Andrew Haigh's Weekend. It's hard to think of queer cinema of this decade without mentioning the film Weekend. Until Moonlight captured the collective consciousness of cinephiles and mainstream audiences alike, the defining film in the LGBT film canon could be traced…
Atmospheric and menacing, Trey Edward Shults' sophomore feature It Comes At Night is a family drama disguised as a horror movie that works on both levels. The "it" in the title of Trey Edward Shults' sophomore release It Comes At Night is as much of a mystery as the plague that has driven the characters in the movie…
DC finally gets it right with Patty Jenkin's Wonder Woman thanks to its tight direction, lighter tone, and star affirming performance by Gal Gadot. Finally, after nearly ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and four years of the DC Extended Universe has a female superhero been featured as the lead. Not only that, they've…
Alien: Covenant attempts to revive the series following a few lackluster entries. However, it's quickly apparent that fan service has done a disservice to the movie. After the mixed response to Prometheus — unjustly, in my opinion — Ridley Scott looked to reboot his beloved Alien franchise with a back to basics horror movie that would give genre enthusiasts and Alien fans,…
Sweat tells a timely story that is made all the more effective from its strong perspective and sensational performances. Though Sweat, Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer-Prize winning play that opened this Spring, takes place in the dawn and wake of the Bush presidency (2000 and 2008), its relevance to our current political climate is palpable. The play is set mostly…
The Shallows follows a young med student as she becomes harpooned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean surrounded by a Great White Shark One sentence review: The Shallows makes the most of its familiar premise to deliver a thrilling and tense tale of survival grounded by a great lead performance by Blake Lively. One…
Part screwball comedy, part violent crime movie, I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore is an often hilarious strong debut by Macon Blair I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore can pretty much be summed up in its whimsical title. It leans on the worst of our society – an ozone killing car, another…
