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Glass Review: This Unbreakable Movie Feels Broken

Matt Gilbert - January 17, 2019

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD Whatever goodwill M. Night Shyamalan managed to accumulate two years ago with Split was squandered in his latest film, Glass. In this film...

Elseworlds Part 3 Review: Future Storylines Outweigh Current Episodes

Matt Gilbert - December 13, 2018

The Supergirl episode of the 2018 crossover event hit every mark it needed to in order to deliver as satisfying a climax as such...

Elseworlds Part 2 Review: The Plot Thickens

Matt Gilbert - December 11, 2018

It’s strange that such a crucial and consequential episode featured so much world building, and stranger still that it was worked into the story...

Doctor Who: ‘The Witchfinders’ Taps Into the Unspoken Potential of the Whittaker Era

Matt Gilbert - November 27, 2018

Though it comes just short of being the most powerful episode of Jodie Whittaker’s tenure as the Doctor (that’s still “Rosa"), “The Witchfinders” raises...

Bodied: Battle Rap Effectively Emasculates Racism

Matt Gilbert - November 14, 2018

I first saw Bodied at TIFF in 2017. Since then, I have been waiting for it to get distribution both so I can see...

Just Gotta Get Right Outta Here – Bohemian Rhapsody is an Insult to an Icon

Matt Gilbert - November 2, 2018

At last, after a development period longer and more troubled than A Star is Born, the life and career of Freddie Mercury and Queen...

Review: Doctor Who, ‘Arachnids in the UK’ is Great, but You Know…Spiders

Matt Gilbert - October 30, 2018

With every new episode Doctor Who continues to prove that Chris Chibnall was the exact right choice to take over and give the series the...

Arrow Season 7 Premiere: Inmate 4587 Doesn’t Skimp On the Tension

Matt Gilbert - October 17, 2018

The season premiere of Arrow was a healthy balance between moving the story forward into the future, literally, and looking back to the past. Between some...

The Dragon Prince: A New Animated Series Worth Binging

Matt Gilbert - October 9, 2018

I should have known, being a lifelong fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender, that another animated fantasy adventure series by Aaron Ehasz and starring Jack de...

Review: Eli Roth’s ‘The House with a Clock in its Walls’ Feels a Little Too Familiar

Matt Gilbert - September 23, 2018

In a welcome departure from intellectually bankrupt torture porn gorefests, Eli Roth returns with a children’s Halloween movie filled with gothic imagery, memorable characters...

Review: Does The Bojack Horseman Season 5 Premiere Live Up to Expectations?

Matt Gilbert - September 17, 2018

The inaugural episode of BoJack Horseman’s fifth season closes with the headline for its own review. Cocky? Perhaps. But this series has earned it. I...