Game of Thrones
House of the Dragon: Season 2
★★★★★ | And Thenn what happened?
Chris Pine
Wonder Woman 1984 feels like a dated relic
★★ | Streets behind Arriving finally in Finland on HBO Nordic, WONDER WOMAN 84 hasn’t exactly had an easy ride. Initially delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, 84 saw itself pushed back multiple times over the past year. Eventually released on HBO Max last December in the states, 84 lingered in limbo
Ben Affleck
Zack Snyder's Justice League is a bloated, dreary mess
★ | Vanity fare Watching ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE, a single thought repeated itself in my head: I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to spend four hours with this cynical vanity project, and I certainly don’t want to be in my mid-thirties arguing about Batman
Anne Hathway
The Witches is a mixed take on classic material
★★★ | Boil and trouble Arriving finally in Finland in a limited capacity due to COVID-19, THE WITCHES is a reasonably faithful adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic novel, both better and worse for the additions that embellish its whimsical tale. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis, a cinematic wizard himself,
Abubakar Salim
Raised by Wolves: Season 1 is a mixed bag of good ideas and baffling execution
★★★ | Left out in the wild RAISED BY WOLVES, executive produced and partially directed by Ridley Scott, feels like a great concept album that doesn’t quite carry its ambitious idea. It is by turns both spectacular and dour visuals, silly writing, with a dedication to its bizarre original world. Just
David France
Welcome to Chechnya is a horrific window into a nightmarish reality
★★★★★ | Monsters in broad daylight A disheveled man paces as he chain smokes in a nondescript courtyard. He keeps checking his phone. Finally, it rings. The caller is a young woman, desperate and scared. Her uncle has found out that she’s a lesbian. Her father, a high-ranking official in the
Documentary
Stockton on My Mind is an important documentary of tumultuous times
★★★★★ | Fighting with power On the day that Donald Trump was elected president, Michael Tubbs became the youngest and first African-American mayor for the town of Stockton, California. A city of abysmal ratings across the board, where poverty and crime were daily occurrences. As Washington and the world braced for the
Streaming
Collective
★★★★★ | Power of the press
Betty
Betty is the Stand By Me for the next generation
BETTY premieres on HBO Nordic on May 2. There’s a moment of pure magic in BETTY about halfway through the all too short first season. The group skates down the street on their way to spend the night partying as the sun begins to set. New York is painted
Streaming
Bad Education
★★★★ | Mr. Smith goes to Leavenworth
David Simon
The Plot Against America is horrifyingly timely
★★★★ | This wasn’t supposed to be a documentary You know we’re in the darkest timeline when shows about fascist run alternate histories start to feel timely. That’s the prevailing feeling when viewing THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA, adapted from Philip Roth’s seminal masterpiece by Ed Burns and David
