Hulu’s 'Prey' plays off of and reverses long-standing Hollywood tropes about Native Americans to craft an alien thriller that actually delivers.
Author: Eileen Jones
Brad Pitt’s ‘Bullet Train’ Is a Train Wreck
Don’t let the glossy trailers fool you – Brad Pitt's new action comedy is a strenuous and leaden film that never takes off.
B.J. Novak’s ‘Vengeance’ Is a Dark Satire of America’s Cultural Divide
Actor B.J. Novak’s impressive directorial debut sends a Brooklyn writer out to West Texas in order to turn a family’s grief into a podcast. It's a satire that nails …
Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Is a Triumph
Writer-director Jordan Peele’s mysterious third film draws on genre tropes from both alien invasion films and Westerns, but it ends up with something altogether original: a Hollywood spectacle about …
Danny Boyle’s ‘Pistol’ Sells Punk — and the Sex Pistols — Short
How can someone take a band as exciting, wild, and innovative as the Sex Pistols and make such a conventional, paint-by-numbers miniseries? With 'Pistol', Danny Boyle found a way.
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Is Another Military Recruitment Video Disguised as a Movie
The hotly anticipated sequel to 'Top Gun', the 1986 movie that made Tom Cruise a star, is raking in cash, great reviews, and even Oscar buzz even though it’s …
Hollywood Never Fully Appreciated Ray Liotta’s Immense Talent
Ray Liotta, who died last week at the age of 67, should have been a major star – but after his greatest role in Martin Scorsese’s 'Goodfellas', we never …
‘Men’ Is Terrifying – Until It Succumbs to Its Big Ideas
Alex Garland’s latest is a horror movie about how awful it is to be a woman. But all the terror drains out of the film by the end, and …
The ‘Firestarter’ Remake Fails to Ignite
Stephen King’s original novel was a product of post-Watergate rage toward the CIA. But horror production company Blumhouse’s second adaptation can’t keep the flame alive.
‘The Staircase’ Is the Natural Next Step in Our True-Crime Watching Spree
True crime has come a long way. The new HBO Max series, starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette, has the posh cast and opulent production values that showcase the …