The Penguin Review: Grading the Gotham City Crime Series
The Penguin has never been a great Batman villain, but does he find redemption on a new Max show, which has all eight episodes of the series now streaming?
November 2024 Movie Reviews: Alien Romulus, Woman of the Hour, & A Different Man
This November, we’ll be going over three newly streaming movies — one that’s pretty good, one that’s pretty bad, and one that’s pretty average. Read on to discover which film falls into which category, so you know what to watch as we enter into the latter part of 2024!
Echoes of Wisdom Review: Is it Time to Play as Zelda and Create Some Echoes?
It’s time to (finally) play as Zelda instead of typical protagonist Link! Should you wield the Tri Rod as the title heroine, create echoes, and start playing this action-adventure puzzle game today?
A Tale of Two Teams: The New York Mets & The New York Jets
October 20th was the end. The end of sports for 2024 for fans of the Mets and Jets. That night, the Mets were knocked out of the playoffs after losing to the Dodgers. At nearly the same time, the Jets fell to 2-5, basically ending any hope they have of doing anything positive this football season.
Rewatching Three 90s Horror Movie Classics: Scream, The Blair Witch Project, & Seven
In honor of Halloween, let’s go over three impactful horror movies from the 1990s. How do they hold up and how scary are they by 2024 standards?
Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn: Is It Worth Reading?
If you’re looking for high fantasy written post 2000, Brandon Sanderson is basically the go-to author for the genre, so I was curious to give some of his novels a try.
The Silence of the Lambs: Reexamining & Reviewing the Best Movie of 1991
The Silence of the Lambs was released to both critical and commercial acclaim over 20 years ago. How scary is it and how well does it hold up today?
Blink Twice is the Worst Movie of the Year
I was fairly certain after watching the abomination that was A Quiet Place: Day One, that I had discovered the “winner” for what would be the worst movie I’d watch in 2024. Well, a new contender has entered the ring. Because Blink Twice is bad.
Kinds of Kindness Offers a Bizarre Trio of Tales for Hardcore Lanthimos Fans
Kinds of Kindness, the latest Yorgos Lanthimos film, is comprised of three different (very weird) tales. It might not have wide-reaching appeal, but it should satisfy fans of absurdist comedy.
The Serpent Queen Season 2 is Fine, But Not Nearly as Good as Season 1
I was a huge fan of the first season of The Serpent Queen. The fact that this eight-episode second season is just alright – totally watchable, but far from great – is actually fairly disappointing.
September 2024 Movie Reviews: Longlegs, Oddity, & Rebel Ridge
If the three movies we’ll take a look at in this post have one major thing in common, it’s that they all had potential to be really good, but ultimately fell short of being films I’d strongly recommend.
WJR: Graphic Novel Reviews (Transformers Vol. 1, Snow, Glass, Apples, & Friday)
Do you enjoy reading and looking at pictures? In this What Jeff Read, we’ll go over three graphic novels. Giant robots, fairytale characters, and teen detectives feature in this trio of tales that find themselves in very different genres from one another.
A Quiet Place: Day One is an Abomination
Wow! This movie is bad. I'd argue that A Quiet Place: Day One isn't enjoyable in any way, shape, or form. It needs to be avoided at all costs!
The End of Evil: Reviewing the Final Season of the Horror Series
The fourth and final season of Evil has completed its run on Paramount+! Let's go over these last 14 episodes of the horror series and discuss whether it's a fitting conclusion.
August 2024 Movie Reviews: Firebrand, MaXXXine, Wicked Little Letters
This August, we’ll take a look at a historical drama set in England in the 16th century, a slasher taking place in 1980s Los Angeles, and a black comedy set in a small British town in the 1920s. All three films feature strong female protagonists and are now streaming, but how do they ultimately grade?
Is Presumed Innocent Presumed Good? (Presumed Innocent Season 1 Review)
There are a lot of factors that would lead one to expect Presumed Innocent would be a quality show, but is it really a top-tier series?
The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee: Just How Good is the Fantasy Crime Drama Trilogy?
Fonda Lee’s trilogy enters in many genres and involves lots of well-developed characters. Is this epic story worth reading? Let’s go over all three books that comprise The Green Bones Saga: Jade City, Jade War, and Jade Legacy.
More July 2024 Movie Reviews: The Bikeriders, The Convert, What You Wish For
You want more movie reviews?! Well, fine — that’s just what you’ll get! Let’s take a fresh look at a trio of now streaming titles and discover whether any of them are worthy of you’re allotted valuable, movie-viewing hours.
Should You Watch Sugar? (Reviewing Season 1 of the Apple TV Show)
All eight episodes of the first season of Sugar are now streaming on Apple TV+. Is the mystery drama starring Colin Farrell worth watching?
July 2024 Movie Reviews: The Boy and the Heron, In a Violent Nature, Monkey Man
Birds, a brutal killer, and a man who dresses as a monkey all feature prominently in three new titles that fall into very different genres. Today, we’ll review each of them: The newest Studio Ghibli animated film, a low-budget Canadian horror movie, and an Indian action extravaganza.