Review | “The Day of the Jackal”: A Visually Stunning but Narratively Uneven Cat-and-Mouse Chase

A man in black holds a gun, representing a scene from "The Day of the Jackal" series.

A Tale of Two Leads: Redmayne’s Brilliance, Lynch’s Misfire Sky’s 2024 take on The Day of the Jackal arrives dressed in luxury—sharp suits, glossy cinematography, and a promise of espionage prestige. But beneath the polish lies a thriller that doesn’t always know what story it wants to tell. It’s both dazzling and disjointed, held together … Read more

Review | “One Hundred Years of Solitude”: A Visually Stunning Yet Elusive Adaptation of an “Unfilmable” Masterpiece

A Gorgeous but Overwhelming Canvas When Netflix first announced it would take on Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, people all over Latin America—and plenty elsewhere—wondered: how do you film the unfilmable? The 2024 release proves it’s possible to get close, but not without some cracks showing. The result is a series that’s … Read more

Review | Wednesday Season 2: A Gothic Mishmash of Identity Crises and Wasted Potential

Image from Wednesday Season 2 featuring characters from the Addams Family in a dark, whimsical setting.

A Confused and Jarring Tone The Wednesday season 2 returns to Netflix like a show unsure of its own skin — part dark horror, part high school soap, and neither one particularly confident. It swings between grotesque imagery — eyeballs gouged out by birds, people eating brains like breakfast cereal — and overly polished teen … Read more

Review | “Your Friends and Neighbors”: A Messy, Uneven, but Surprisingly Sharp Satire

Delve into the uneven yet insightful satire of "Your Friends and Neighbors." Uncover the film's clever commentary on human connections and social dynamics.

Apple TV+’s Your Friends and Neighbors arrives dressed as another suburban comedy, but under that shiny packaging lies something far stranger and meaner. It’s the story of a disgraced Wall Street hotshot who decides that if he can’t win in finance, he might as well start robbing his rich neighbors. On paper, it’s a juicy … Read more