With his latest, S. Craig Zahler doubles down on the best and worst elements of the pulp film.
Scene after scene transpires as a discussion about togetherness—as eternal ideal and currency.
The producers of The Americans are more than aware that they’re playing a very, very long game with their audience.
The episode thrillingly and daringly comes close to completely pressing down on the reset button.
The latest episode of The Americans thrillingly plants the seeds of a whirlwind of emotional reckonings.
This sequel makes the most of Harry and Lloyd’s broadly neutered existence.
Its emotional payoff materializes before the shower of gunfire and explosions that pervade the final act of the episode.
For all the anticipation and careful setup over the last several episodes, the show’s mid-season finale was somewhat anticlimactic.
The episode’s strongest moments are toward the end, when Rick takes a small team and heads off to Woodbury under Michonne’s lead.
It makes better use of its quieter interludes than similar episodes and also offers a handful of isolated standout moments.
Ihe pre-credit sequence lends insight into how the episode amounts to a particularly poignant, if also problematic, entry in the show’s run.
The writers’ decision to limit this episode to Andrea and the Governor heightens the contrast between the two divergent plots.
What’s most rewarding about the season so far is seeing this band of fools become more efficient and ruthless.
The Walking Dead remains a frustrating mixed bag of intense highs and melodramatic lows.
If the characters are a bit weak, The Walking Dead still has a compelling scenario going for it.
It’s a stellar work-in-progress—a grisly, thrilling, and uneven take on the zombie apocalypse that’s still finding its footing.
Were The Mist about mist and not monsters, human or otherwise, it might have remained nervy and unsettling.
With The Mist, Frank Darabont ditches the warm and fuzzies for out-and-out cynicism.
Gans’s Silent Hill is as creepy and fun as the director’s Hollywood calling card, Brotherhood of the Wolf.
Despite its often-overwhelming nonsensicality, there’s ultimately something irresistibly fiendish about Silent Hill.