Sony Animation has been on a bit of a heater these past few years — Into the Spider-Verse, Mitchells vs. The Machines, even (although it's not my thing) Sonic has its charm. If The Lego Movie is an A+, K-Pop Demon Hunters is a solid B+. It’s fizzy, stylish, and deeply unserious in all the right ways. The party kicks off with glow sticks and bass drops, but by the end, the lights are flickering and someone’s crying by the…

The Emporer’s New Fangs

Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS sucks more than it can swallow.

It’s hard to feel bad for someone as successful as Ryan Coogler, but Sinners makes me wish his career had taken a different turn. After Fruitvale Station, he followed the Nolan path: breakout indie → prestige studio film → billion-dollar blockbuster. And just like Nolan, each subsequent film comes with more weight, more budget, more expectations. But unlike Nolan, who’s always had a decent sense of genre…

It’s been five years since Louis CK’s career imploded following allegations of sexual misconduct by five women, and “Sorry/Not Sorry” is the documentary that attempts to unpack this chaotic saga. Before this seismic shift, I was performing stand-up in Atlanta and New York, and the rumors about Louis’s predilection for asking women if he could pleasure himself in their presence were openly discussed in the comedy circuit.

I remember being in a green room with Bobcat Goldthwait the first time…

Alex Garland's "Civil War" is the latest film to hit the radar of sci-fi aficionados and speculative fiction enthusiasts, and it once again places us in the familiar territory of grappling with grand ideas executed with a certain level of precision and aesthetic flair. However, like many of Garland's projects, it comes with its share of caveats.

To put it bluntly, "Civil War" is emblematic of Garland's career—a catalog of bold, ambitious projects often undermined by their own ambitions. This…