Ray Ray McElrathbey (Jay Reeves) believes he’s made it. And who can blame him? He’s a red-shirt freshman playing safety for the Clemson Tigers football team. He has a dorm, is acing his classes, and is standing out in practice. But his dream comes under threat when his mother is
Author: Robert Daniels
Chemical Hearts Review: Follows Familiar Tropes for Introspective Resonance
“You’re never more alive than when you’re a teenager,” a voice over offers. In the past, teenage angst followed the John Hughes formula: a bevvy of teens with different personalities melding together with explosive results. The teens usually harbored dreams of rebellion against the uptight authority figures domineering over their
Relic Review: Relic Is Morbidly Gripping, Yet Ruminatively Poignant
Kay (Emily Mortimer) arrives with her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) to her family home in search of Kay’s missing mother Edna (Robyn Nevin). Set in Australia, and surrounded by forest, mother-and-daughter discover a house in disrepair. Filled with rotting fruit; cryptic post-it notes; and disused tennis court, the now once
Trail By Media Review: Expect Entertainment With The Courtroom Docuseries, Not Depth
A six-part true-crime docuseries, composed of infamous trials, with each chapter helmed by a different director than the prior, the George Clooney Grant Hesolv-produced Trial by Media illuminates how media outlets may have altered the outcomes of the cases they covered. As bit-sized consumable true-crime stories—most of the episodes clock-in at
Tigertail Review: Alan Yang Extols the Asian-American Immigrant Story as Rightfully Universal and Poignant
Sundance Review: Nine Days Is Heartfelt In Its Every Beating Minute
Off in the desolate plains lies a simple wooden pitched-roof house. It’s Norman Rockwell warm; it’s a coziness, unlike a John Steinbeck novel. Inside, an imposing Black man with circled-rimmed glasses and suspenders sits. He watches a wall of televisions stacked on top of each other in rows and columns,
