Sep 27, 2025 Cultural Diet KPop Demon Hunters by Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang (2025) Rumi, Mira, and Zoey aren’t just Huntr/x, the world’s greatest K-pop group. They’re also the latest…
Sep 22, 2025 Cultural Diet Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Tomas Alfredson (2011) Don’t worry, I still love watching the debonair 007 gallivant around the world to foil dastardly co…
Sep 22, 2025 Cultural Diet For a Few Dollars More by Sergio Leone (1965) Although Clint Eastwood is officially the star of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy, Lee Van Cleef s…
Sep 18, 2025 The Synth-Pop Icons Rock Mexico City in Depeche Mode: M’s Trailer In addition to capturing Depeche Mode’s sold out concerts, the film explores Mexico’s traditions concerning death and mortality.
Sep 16, 2025 Cultural Diet The Thursday Murder Club by Chris Columbus (2025) The Coopers Chase retirement village has all sorts of activities for its aging residents, from pain…
Sep 15, 2025 TIFF 2025 Review Roundup: A Useful Ghost, Dust Bunny, Frankenstein, The Furious, No Other Choice, Rental Family Critics respond to some of the most anticipated films at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.
Sep 15, 2025 Cultural Diet Red Sparrow by Francis Lawrence (2018) After finishing Jason Matthews’ Red Sparrow, I was curious to see if and how the movie adaptation d…
Sep 13, 2025 Amazon’s War of the Worlds Uses Real Disaster Footage For Its Alien Invasion A gross trivialization of very real pain and suffering.
Sep 8, 2025 Cultural Diet Nobody 2 by Timo Tjahjanto (2025) I would never call 2021’s Nobody a modern action classic, but it was still an enjoyable flick due i…
Sep 6, 2025 Cultural Diet Blind Fury by Phillip Noyce (1989) 20 years after villagers rescued and trained him to be a deadly swordsman, Nick Parker returns to t…
Sep 5, 2025 Cultural Diet Donnie Darko by Richard Kelly (2001) There’s a scene in Tenet where the protagonist, upon learning the truth about entropically reversed…
Sep 3, 2025 My Cultural Diet (August 2025): Mission: Impossible, The Expanse, Superman, Amélie, Book and Dagger, Squid Game A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.
Sep 1, 2025 Cultural Diet Sinners by Ryan Coogler (2025) Because it features vampires, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners will forever be categorized as a horror movie.…
Sep 1, 2025 21 Films I’d Like to See at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival This year’s festival runs September 4 – 14, 2025 and features 200+ films from some of the world’s greatest filmmakers.
Aug 31, 2025 Cultural Diet A Fistful of Dollars by Sergio Leone (1964) When your kid expresses an interest in watching Sergio Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy, then there’s only…
Aug 24, 2025 Cultural Diet Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning by Christopher McQuarrie (2025) First, a confession: I’m still in denial that Ilsa Faust is dead. I know what Christopher McQuarrie…
Aug 23, 2025 Cultural Diet Ninja USA by Kuo-Ren Wu (1985) As it turns out, Godfrey Ho wasn’t the only one putting out low-grade ninja movies in the ’80s. Cas…
Aug 15, 2025 Cultural Diet The Fantastic Four: First Steps by Matt Shakman (2025) Sure, the mid-century modern aesthetic is fun and cool and retro, and it’s better than the previous…
Aug 15, 2025 David Mackenzie’s Relay Gets an Delightfully Retro Trailer The thriller stars Riz Ahmed as a corporate “fixer” whose latest case proves increasingly dangerous.
Aug 14, 2025 It Looks Like Amazon’s War of the Worlds Will Be 2025’s Worst Movie The latest remake of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi novel stars Ice Cube — and lots of Amazon product placement.