Tin Star – Season 2, Episode 2: “Something Wicked This Way Comes”

On By C.H. NewellIn Christina Hendricks, Genevieve O'Reilly, Season 2, Sky Atlantic, Tim Roth, Tin StarLeave a comment

Jim tries to get Anna back from the Ammonites while hoping to piece life back together

Tin Star – Season 2, Episode 1: “Prairie Gothic”

On By C.H. NewellIn Christina Hendricks, Crime, Genevieve O'Reilly, Season 2, Tim Roth, Tin Star1 Comment

Jack's left to die on the mountain while Angela looks for Anna in the frozen woods

Slamdance 2019 (Narrative Competition): A GREAT LAMP

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Film, Max Wilde, Saad Qureshi, Slamdance Film Festival, Spencer Bang, Steven MaierLeave a comment

Saad Qureshi's feature film debut explores millennial aimlessness, suffering, and modern friendship with a dose of beautiful surrealism.

Slamdance 2019 (Documentary Competition): BEHIND THE BULLET

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Documentary, Film, Gun Violence, Heidi Yewman, Slamdance Film FestivalLeave a comment

Heidi Yewman's gun violence documentary will devastate you— it also educates and illuminates, too.

Gotham – Legend of the Dark Knight, Episode 4: “Ruin”

On By C.H. NewellIn Batman, Ben McKenzie, Cory Michael Smith, David Mazouz, Erin Richards, FOX, Gotham, Robin Lord Taylor, Season 5Leave a comment

Jim searches for the Haven bombing culprit. Ed Nygma pieces together another blackout.

Siren – Season 2, Episode 1: “The Arrival”

On By C.H. NewellIn Alex Roe, Eline Powell, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Folklore, Freeform, Mermaids, Season 2, SirenLeave a comment

More of Ryn's people come to the shores. But something's forcing them there.

“My life is like an empty cylinder”: Modern Cowboys & Daddy Issues in THE SISTERS BROTHERS

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Carol Kane, Crime, Film, Jacques Audiard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Riz Ahmed, Rutger Hauer, Western1 Comment

Jacques Audiard's film adaptation of THE SISTERS BROTHERS deals with the Wild West becoming a modern world.

Decadence and the Destruction of Discourse: The Death of Modern America in Adam McKay’s VICE

On By C.H. NewellIn Adam McKay, Amy Adams, Biography, Christian Bale, Film, Politics, Satire, Steve Carrell1 Comment

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.