Reviews5/10/21May 10SaveReviews5/10/21C+ReviewsMads Mikkelsen climbs aboard the Taken train with the uneven, darkly comic Riders Of JusticeCharles Bramesco22Note: The writer of this review watched Riders Of Justice on a digital screener from home. Before making the…
Reviews4/26/21Apr 26SaveReviews4/26/21B+ReviewsAbout Endlessness offers crucifixions, a Hitler cameo… and a moving coda for a master directorCharles Bramesco15Note: The writer of this review watched About Endlessness on a digital screener from home. Before making the…
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Recommends4/13/21Apr 13SaveRecommends4/13/21RecommendsOne of China’s all-time blockbuster bonanzas is hiding in plain sight on NetflixCharles Bramesco63Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
TV Reviews3/31/21Mar 31SaveTV Reviews3/31/21B-TV ReviewsNothing spoils parent-teacher night (or a shroom trip) like a Riverdale prison breakCharles Bramesco20Over the years, a goodly handful of tertiary characters in the Riverdale world have ended up behind bars, jail being…
TV Reviews3/24/21Mar 24SaveTV Reviews3/24/21CTV ReviewsRiverdale’s personal crises affect football, English class, and the local cruising sceneCharles Bramesco15For years now, Kevin Keller has been a sensitive topic among fans of Riverdale. Before Cheryl Blossom came out and…
Recommends3/24/21Mar 24SaveRecommends3/24/21RecommendsIn the late ’90s, they made a low-budget animated King Kong musical for kidsCharles Bramesco16Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Reviews3/22/21Mar 22SaveReviews3/22/21FReviewsDrab pro-life propaganda Roe V. Wade lacks the wingnut zing of its Pure Flix cousinsCharles Bramesco136Note: The writer of this review watched Roe V. Wade on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…
TV Reviews3/17/21Mar 17SaveTV Reviews3/17/21B+TV ReviewsA key party catalyzes break-ups and hook-ups on a libidinous RiverdaleCharles Bramesco21The key party spiked in popularity during the ’70s as the free livers and lovers of the previous decade’s…
Recommends3/15/21Mar 152Recommends3/15/21RecommendsClive Barker’s cut of Nightbreed was too opulently homoerotic for the studioCharles Bramesco60Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
TV Reviews3/10/21Mar 10SaveTV Reviews3/10/21D+TV ReviewsVeronica loses a bundle by investing in crypto as Riverdale plays the marketCharles Bramesco29The recent discovery that money is pretty much fake has set the Internet ablaze with talk of stonks, non-fungible…
Reviews3/10/21Mar 10SaveReviews3/10/21CReviewsIt’s a firm no on Jennifer Garner’s parenting comedy Yes DayCharles Bramesco46In a 2018 post on Instagram, Jennifer Garner appears in a red jumpsuit, dangling from a T-bar as it slowly lifts her…
Recommends3/3/21Mar 31Recommends3/3/21RecommendsThis gorgeous folktale mashup will broaden horizons—and give kids a new favorite heroCharles Bramesco17Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
TV Reviews2/24/21Feb 24SaveTV Reviews2/24/21B-TV ReviewsAt Riverdale High, school is in session for history’s hottest teaching facultyCharles Bramesco47Though the town’s key twentysomethings have converged on Riverdale High as a new locus of action, “Back To School”…
TV Reviews2/17/21Feb 17SaveTV Reviews2/17/21BTV ReviewsPrivatization is the only viable path to rural renewal in Riverdale’s sexy civics lessonCharles Bramesco40Upon last week’s return to a changed Riverdale seven years into our present, I compared the lamentable state of the…
TV Reviews2/10/21Feb 10SaveTV Reviews2/10/21A-TV ReviewsWar, literary frustration, an Uncut Gems homage—on Riverdale, a lot can happen in seven yearsCharles Bramesco45It’s always edifying to take note of which craziness on Riverdale ends up permeating the mainstream. Every week…
TV Reviews2/3/21Feb 3SaveTV Reviews2/3/21A-TV ReviewsRiverdale reaches another turning point, a fork stuck in the roadCharles Bramesco56After everything, all the serial killers and cults and furtive bang seshes in the sex bunker, that this was the only…
Reviews2/3/21Feb 3SaveReviews2/3/21C-ReviewsA timely pandemic tests one couple’s love in the otherwise forgettable Little FishCharles Bramesco3Note: The writer of this review watched Little Fish on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…
TV Reviews1/27/21Jan 27SaveTV Reviews1/27/21CTV ReviewsRiverdale ties up some loose ends as the show prepares for the big time jumpCharles Bramesco19The advertising for this season of Riverdale has made no attempt to pussyfoot around the gigantic countdown clock…
Recommends1/26/21Jan 26SaveRecommends1/26/21RecommendsLook past Dario Argento to discover one of the most luridly stylish giallosCharles Bramesco41Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…