Blame, 2017. Written and Directed by Quinn Shephard. Starring Quinn Shephard, Chris Messina, Nadia Alexander, and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: Tensions rise when a substitute teacher changes the class play to The Crucible. Early in Blame we meet Abigail (Quinn Shephard), combing her hair in a mirror, the back of her head blocking us from seeing her […]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Review – Rabbit (2017)
Rabbit, 2017. Written and Directed by Luke Shanahan. Starring Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell, Jonny Pasvolsky, and Veerle Baetens. SYNOPSIS: A year after Maude’s twin sister goes missing, Maude goes looking for Cleo, believing her dreams are the key to bringing her sister back home. This month special screenings of Psycho will run in theaters for […]
Twin Peaks Season 3 Episode 12 Review
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the twelfth episode of Twin Peaks season 3… How much do you need to understand a conversation to make it worth your time and enjoyment? This isn’t a new question David Lynch asks this week but one worthy of readdressing with the appearance of a character many Twin Peaks fans have been clammering to see: […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episodes 12 & 13 Review – ‘eXtraction/X-roads’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the two-hour season finale of Marvel’s The Gifted… If TV shows were poker games, The Gifted just went all in for their two-hour season finale. A kidnapping became an assassination over the course of two hours. The Mutant Underground’s headquarters got leveled in two hours and, in that disorienting moment of picking up […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 11 Review – ‘3 X 1’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the eleventh episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… In the aftermath of the Frost sisters’ assault on Sentinel Services, there isn’t much time for regret, but if the Mutant Underground were in a position to backtrack, they might mourn the missed opportunity of the Struckers’ alliance with Jace. The Struckers tend to come on strong, […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘eXploited’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the tenth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… Of the mutants in the Mutant Underground, Dreamer’s abilities have been cause for more debate than most but her intentions have always been good. While interrogating Dreamer, Jace lets her know this is personal for him, after she tampered with his memories and made him forget the […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘outfoX’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the ninth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… Maybe The Gifted thought it owed viewers time to digest everything that came out during “threat of eXtinction,” but “outfoX” is an episode that feels like it’s missing plot to fill the hour. Stuck in an unfortunate seat filler point in the season anyway, what with the events […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘threat of eXtinction’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the eighth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… If last week’s episode wasn’t the most edge-of-your-seat, ‘threat of eXtinction’ is the complete package, an episode where all the storylines work together to provide a clearer image of what the Mutant Underground are up against. On a trip to pick up refugees, Thunderbird, Blink and […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘eXtreme measures’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the seventh episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… You can leave the Mutant Underground, but you can’t leave the fake memory they planted in your head behind. So Blink explains, when John tracks her down this week. Claiming the Mutant Underground needs her, and leaving out the disenchanted looks he’s been sending his girlfriend […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘got your siX’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the sixth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… There hasn’t been much time to reconcile everything that’s happened on The Gifted so far. “got your siX” feels like the show’s most comprehensive attempt to assess how the Strucker’s are dealing with their new situation. In many ways, having their lives be upended has brought the […]
