With Traitors on Both Sides, HBO’s Crime Drama Has Never Been More Tense Than This

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With Traitors on Both Sides, HBO’s Crime Drama Has Never Been More Tense Than This

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Task Episode 4.As Brad Ingelsby's new HBO crime drama Task continues, tensions are only escalating on a number of fronts. While FBI agent Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo) and his team have discovered…

Hedda (2025) Review – Tessa Thompson Unleashed

Nia DaCosta’s Hedda takes Henrik Ibsen’s classic play Hedda Gabler and reimagines it in 1950s England, swapping stage minimalism for lavish production design and sharp period detail. The film was shot at Flintham Hall, a stately country estate whose glass…

Anemone Review | Flickreel

It’s been almost eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement. Call it denial, but I never believed that Phantom Thread would be Day-Lewis’ swan song. Day-Lewis has often taken extended breaks from acting. He even retired once before between…

Aziz Ansari’s Satiric Comedy Tackles The Gig Economy With Seth Rogen & Keanu Reeves [TIFF]

TORONTO – Times are tough. Job losses keep increasing, as do the prices of medical care, food, and housing. The gig economy is partly booming because people need the work or the extra side hustle to make ends meet. There…

Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie Review

Premiering on Netflix in 2021, Gabby’s Dollhouse took off in popularity, so it made sense that the next step would be a feature-length movie. While the film, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, changes its format a bit to give the story…

The Brutal Reveal of Who Killed Carter Just Proved One Thing About the Series

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Law & Order Season 25, Episode 1.Law & Order is officially back with its Season 25 premiere, “Street Justice.” Season 24 had its ups and downs, but for me, one of the best…

Emma Thompson and Judy Greer Fight to the Death in This Exhilarating Wilderness Thriller

Emma Thompson and Judy Greer are among the most versatile and capable character actors of their respective generations. You may have notions of them when you hear their names, but they have undeniably built incredible careers on never staying still…

The Lowdown Episode 1 Review: Ethan Hawke’s Tulsa Noir

The Lowdown Episode 1 opens in Tulsa with a vibe that feels raw, funny, and a little haunted. Things get really dark very quickly but in that we also discover the humor of The Lowdown that echoes throughout the episode.…

This Nasty, Nihilistic Murder Mystery Is Frustratingly Lethargic & Unintentionally Funny

Things have been pretty strange lately for Dong-hwan (Park Jeong-min). After a lifetime of assuming his mother had abandoned him in childhood, her carcass suddenly gets excavated from deep within the mountains, revealing a potentially violent death some 40 years…

Siyou Tan’s Lo-Fi Coming Of Age Drama Is About Quiet Acts Of Rebellion [TIFF]

An unhurried, affectionate, coming-of-age story, Siyou Tan’s “Amoeba” begins in grainy black and white. A young girl, Choo Xin Yu (Ranice Tay), lies silently on her bed, recounting her interactions with a ghost in her room to an unseen friend…

Toni Collette’s Chilling Performance Can’t Save Netflix’s Dark Mystery Thriller From Straying Off the Path

For all its fascination over the last six decades, the troubled teen industry is not without its fair share of controversy. Thriving in the shadows of American life, the multibillion-dollar network of residential programs, therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, and…

Steven Knight’s ‘Succession’ Meets ‘Peaky Blinders’ Mash-Up Mostly Goes Down Smooth

The name Steven Knight has become synonymous with historical dramas over the years. From arguably the most well-known of these in Peaky Blinders to more recent efforts like SAS: Rogue Heroes and A Thousand Blows, the screenwriter and director has…

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