Ella Purnell Is Terrific in Starz’s Darkly Quirky Serial Killer Series ‘Sweetpea’
The holiday break gave me a chance to catch up on a few shows (though not many, since streaming television never takes a holiday and insists on keeping us moving,….
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20 Underrated Movies with Darkly Compelling Mysteries
Finding someone who doesn’t enjoy a good mystery sounds impossible. A suspenseful story alone can be a powerful hook. A chilling murder mystery? An ominous secret society? Or perhaps a….
Sweetpea Review: A Darkly Funny Ella Purnell Showcase
Rhiannon is on the verge of losing her mind and, when her loving dad with whom she lived with passes away, telling her to stand up for herself as his….
‘Hard Truths’ review: Mike Leigh explores deep-seated anguish through darkly funny realism
Several times throughout Hard Truths, an unassuming English suburb becomes the site of a simmering domestic civil war, when the middle-aged Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is awoken from her nap and….
A Different Man Review – ‘A darkly hilarious satire’
After undergoing a miracle procedure to cure his neurofibromatosis, Edward (Sebastian Stan) meets a charming man (Adam Pearson) with the same condition. It’s no big secret that the world holds….
Mickey 17’s First Trailer Has Finally Arrived, And I’m Already Feeling Hysterically Sorry For Robert Pattinson’s Darkly Comic Hero
For as much as I’ve gushed about the upcoming 2025 movies ahead, I haven’t paid enough attention to one of the earliest titles that has captured my heart and mind…..
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Is A Woman On The Edge In Darkly Comic Mike Leigh Drama
28 years after their Palme d’Or winning collaboration on the extraordinary Secrets & Lies, director Mike Leigh and actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste have reunited on Leigh’s upcoming new slice of social….
DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot Is Equal Parts Beautiful, Emotional, And Darkly Hilarious
I had a strange angle during my Toronto International Film Festival screening of director Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot. I don’t mean that I brought a particularly special perspective on….
Mandoob (Night Courier) review – darkly amusing gig-economy satire on the mean streets of Riyadh | Film
This film – the title of which has been translated as Night Courier for English-speaking audiences – has been a huge box office hit on its home turf in Saudi….
An ambitious adaptation of a darkly complex comic book classic
Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Zack Snyder’s Watchmen… Watchmen was a seminal piece of literature written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons that received universal acclaim when….