Apple TV’s Landmark Series Hits Another Home Run In Its Third, Excellent Season
Adapting something as dense as the novels comprising Isaac Asimov‘s sci-fi saga “Foundation” obviously can’t be seen as easy. Ask Denis Villeneuve as he sat perched upon the starting line of his theatrical take on Frank Herbert‘s “Dune,” now two…
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Tom Sturridge’s Dream Faces Fateful Consequences in Netflix Fantasy Series’ Strong, Emotional Conclusion
The Sandman we've come to know and love, Dream, a.k.a. Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), is finally faced with his potential end — a tad ironic for a member of The Endless. It would make sense, given the long history of thinking…
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The Task Force Hits a Brutal Boiling Point as Meachum Faces His Worst Moment Yet
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Countdown Episode 7. As we count down to the final plans of the terrorist Volchek (Bogdan Yasinski) being revealed, Countdown is raising the stakes and keeping the Prime Video drama as interesting…
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review
Between Roger Corman, Tim Story, and Josh Trank, the Fantastic Four have gone through three creative teams who couldn’t do Marvel’s first family justice. Fittingly enough, the fourth time’s the charm. For years, fans have been waiting for the Fantastic…
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Foundation Season 3 Episode 1 Review: The Mule Ain’t Playing
Apple TV+ kicks off the third season of Foundation with a premiere that doesn’t just return to psychohistory, it dropkicks it through a psychic wormhole. From mind-control massacres to robot war trauma, Foundation Season 3 Episode 1 hits the gas…
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There’s A Lot Of Adventure In This Animated Musical But There Isn’t Enough Of Everything Else
Smurfs feels like it belongs to two different eras. Unlike so many other films that have brought classic animations to life on the big screen, Smurfs is not a mixture of animated characters mingling with human characters, though the title…
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Marvel’s First Steps Are Too Lightweight
When is a movie all that it quote-unquote “should be” and still falls short? Perhaps Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: The First Steps,” obsessed with nailing the retro-futurist tone and optimistic spirit of Marvel’s iconic first family without providing much of…
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No Slasher in Film History Has Done This Quite Like the Original ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
There's nothing better in a slasher than a well-done chase scene. The most famous example goes to Halloween's third act, when Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) runs into Michael Myers and has to flee for her life. John Carpenter made…
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Willem Dafoe and Lily James Lead an Ambitious Look Into 1950s Italian Cinema, Glamour and Debauchery
Cinecittà was a major milestone in Italian cinema; the largest motion picture studio that was home to some of the most famous Italian directors, including Federico Fellini. So, when director Saverio Costanzo brings Cinecittà back to life in Finally Dawn,…
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Oh, Hi Review
Oh, Hi is a humorous enough farce that’ll satisfy anyone in the mood for a good anti-romantic comedy. The post Oh, Hi Review appeared first on Flickreel. Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been…
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It’s So Disappointing How Close Bella Thorne’s Dexter-Like Thriller Is To Being Good
The years since she left the world of Disney behind have seen Bella Thorne spread her wings in a variety of genres and roles, whether it's in the Babysitter franchise, Netflix's bloody horror-comedy, or her thought-provoking thriller Girl. Now, Thorne…
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Soaring with Heart and Heroism
James Gunn’s Superman is the cinematic shot of hope the DC Universe desperately needed—an invigorating, emotionally rich, and thematically weighty superhero epic that succeeds in reintroducing the Man of Steel to a new generation while staying deeply respectful of what…
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