A haunting and infuriating limited series on the evil Ivy Ridge school. Academy at Ivy Ridge (NOT Ivy League) was a boarding school in Ogdensburg, New York, which was so strict that […]
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
Dune: Part Two
A Sci-Fi sequel that keeps pushing itself to new limits. When we last saw the House of Atreides heir Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) in the first part of “Dune,” he joins his […]
Drive-Away Dolls
Ethan Coen’s solo debut likes lesbianism and goofy crime capers. I’m a member of the Chicago International Film Festival, which even entitles me to emails about screenings that I can’t attend because […]
Land of Bad
An action movie that has better appeal than the screenplay gives it credit for. When it comes to movies about combat soldiers making extractions from enemy territory, there’s always danger. You have […]
No Way Up
Sharks on a Plane? Me No Think So. There’s one thing riveting about “No Way Up.” The production design of the airplane sinking at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. At this […]
Madame Web
My Spidey Senses are tingling: this movie sucks. I want to say how proud I am of you loyal readers. I’m proud of you for not accusing me of being a jerk […]
Argylle
Predictable and confusing plot twists make this espionage action comedy a disappointment. Like “The Lost City” from two years ago, you see your own film version of a popular book and then […]
Orion and the Dark
We can all see in the dark here. There isn’t much theatrical kids movies in theaters at the moment, so it would make sense to that “Migration” and “Wonka” are what the […]
Masters of the Air
A WWII epic made perfectly as a streaming series. “Masters of the Air” is a made-for-AppleTV+ series that’s something made perfectly for WWII fans. It focuses on the 100th Bomb Group during […]
Death and Other Details
The detective and his former client are the stars of this whodunit Hulu series. “Pay Attention. Details matter. If you want to solve a crime, any crime, you must first learn to […]
