Star Trek: Finale Captures the Best of Trek in One Episode
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season finale, Season 2, Maja Vrvilo, Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, CTV’s Sci-Fi, Paramount Plus, Melanie Scrofano, Dan Jeonette
The Last Voyage of the Demeter: Bat-Boy Dracula and a Ship of Food
ReviewJim SlotekDracula, Bram Stoker novel, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, André Øvredal, Javier Botet, Nosferatu, Liam Cunningham, Woody Norman, David Dastmalchian, Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi
Passages: In a Love Triangle, Man Takes a Walk on the Bi Side
By Chris Knight
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Meg 2: The Trench - When 'Jumping the Shark' is Actually a Good/Bad Thing
A Compassionate Spy: In Praise of Treason
Star Trek Strange New Worlds S2E9 Is a Musical! Got a Problem with That?
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek, Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Series, sci-fi, Dermott Downs, Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia, Paul Wesley, Babs Olusanmokun, San Diego Comic Con, Franchise, Musicals
Shortcomings: Portrait of An Asian-American Anti-Hero with Girl Trouble
ReviewJim SlotekShortcomings, Randall Park, Adrian Tomine, adaptation, Graphic novel, Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavis Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Timothy Simons, Jacob Batalon, Asian Americans, LGBTQ+
North of Normal: Mother-Daughter Tale Finds Hope in Love
ReviewJim SlotekNorth of Normal, Sarah Gadon, River Price-Maenpaa, Amanda Fix, Canadian film, TIFF 2022, Drama, Coming of age, Mother-daughter, Carly Stone, Robert Carlyle
Talk to Me: Supernatural Thriller's Firm Grip is Hard to Shake
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - Rethinking the Reptiles I Rejected
ReviewJim SlotekTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Adolescent Radioactive Black-Belt Hamsters, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Giancarlo Esposito, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, YA entertainment and themes, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, Ayo Edebiri
Kokomo City: Four Black Transgender Sex Workers Tell It Like It Is
Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart: The Venture Bros. Return with Easter Eggs Aplenty
ReviewJim SlotekAnimated, Sequel, Nerd, Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, JK Simmons, Charles Parnell, Jane Lynch, Clancy Brown, Doc Hammer, Chris McCulloch, Jackson Publick, James Urbaniak, Patrick Warburton, Michael Sinterniklaas
Good Omens 2: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Eternal Rewards?
ReviewJim SlotekGood Omens 2, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Season 2, Douglas Mackinnon, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Jon Hamm, Doon Mackichan, Prime
Heaven Stood Still: Willy DeVille Doc Explores the Space Where Passion Met Cool
ReviewJim SlotekWilly DeVille, Mink DeVille, CBGB, Documentary, Music documentary, Mark Knopfler, Talking Heads, Blondie, New York City, Punk rock, Elvis Costello, Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille, Larry Locke, Paradise Theatre
Haunted Mansion: A Film That 'Gets' Disney's Best Old-School Park Attraction
ReviewJim SlotekDisney theme park attractions turned movie, The Haunted Mansion, Eddie Murphy, Justin Simien, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Horror comedies
Futurama Season 11: Back With a Vengeance and Brilliant As Ever
ReviewJim SlotekFuturama, Reboot, Animation, TV series, Matt Groening, John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, David Herman, Disney+, Hulu, sci-fi, Cult Classic
Concrete Valley: A Refugee Family Carves a Life on the Line Between High Rise and Green Valley
By Chris Knight
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Barbie: Failed Dreamhouse Renovation
ReviewJim SlotekBarbie, Mattel, Adaptation, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu
Theatre Camp: Campy Theatrics Not to be Upstaged by ‘Barbenheimer’
ReviewJim SlotekTheatre Camp, Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Ayo Edebiri, Kyndra Sanchez, Amy Sedaris, Patti Harrison, Alan Kim, Spoof, Comedy, Nick Lieberman
Oppenheimer: The "Father of the A-Bomb" is Ready for His Extremely Long Close-Up
