Voltron: Legendary Defender, Season 4 Review

There’s no easy way to say this: Voltron: Legendary Defender season 4 is a complete and utter mess. The problems for the show started near the end of season 3 when the show dropped the atomic bomb that is the backstory of Zarkon, Hagar, and King Alfor. Such a legendary story and world building moment

Voltron: Legendary Defender, Season 3 Review

Voltron: Legendary Defender came into my life like a damn hurricane earlier this year when I binged all of the episodes upon getting the chance to interview the cast and showrunners. I instantly fell in love with the paladins and the world building and the sound effects. I became a new card carrying member of

Pilot Review: Still Star-Crossed

Romeo and Juliet is one of history’s most enduring stories and adaptations are never in short supply. Few adaptations want to move past the tale of the two lovers, but Still Star-Crossed takes the deaths of those characters as the inciting incident to tell it’s story about what happens afterwards. To be honest, I hate

Film Review: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints

Originally published during Sundance at Awards Circuit

Do you all remember that split screen in 500 Days of Summer where we see the main character’s expectations vs. reality? Well my screening of Ain’t Them Bodies Saintswas very much like what the main character went through. In my mind, Aint Them Bodies Saints was a thrilling yet poetic film that would put Malick to shame with a lot of meat for gifted actors to chew on. However, in reality, it was a plodding, dimly lit slog of a film that was more style than substance.

Top 100 Films: Amadeus #85

From its opulent costumes and art direction to its acting, Milos Forman’s adaptation of Peter Schafer’s massive stage play in grand in every sense of the word. The film shows the relationship between the court’s composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) and the wunderkind Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce.) Both men, through the course of their dealings

Top 100 Films: Y Tu Mama Tambien #96

As you may or may not know, I am starting a new project, to create a list of my top 100 films. This is an incredibly gargantuan undertaking that each day I’m not sure how to accomplish but I love lists and this is the ultimate challenge for me. My goal is to complete a

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