It’s a bit of a surreal head-scratcher watching the first hour of director Joshua Caldwell’s Mending the Line, mostly because of Brian Cox. That’s not a bad thing at all, and undoubtedly, Cox’s presence works in this film’s favor. But the more you find yourself engaged in this endearing film, you realize several things: Sure, […]

The mix of science fiction and animation is not unusual. For years now, anime has excellently used futuristic what-ifs to create ingenious stories and make piercing commentary on the changing world. Because there is something so captivating about high-tech worlds and new realities, anime that centers around virtual worlds and artificial intelligence seems more engrossing […]

Ghostbusters veteran Ernie Hudson has shared his reasoning as to why 2016’s reboot, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, just did not resonate with audiences. The return of the Ghostbusters franchise with 2021’s Afterlife, and this year’s sequel, Frozen Empire, has received a resounding thumbs up from long-term fans, but the Melissa McCarthy-led attempt to reinvigorate the […]

Cosmo Jarvis was virtually unknown to audiences prior to his casting in the miniseries Shōgun, in which Jarvis plays John Blackthorne, an English sailor who unexpectedly lands on the shores of feudal Japan in 1600. However, Jarvis’s newness has enabled Shōgun, which is based on James Clavell’s epic 1975 novel of the same name, to […]

Spring is finally here, and with the blooming of the flowers and the April showers comes yet another shakeup in the Hulu library. One of the most reliable streaming services around, there’s never been any shortage of quality films to stream on Hulu, but by the end of April, several films will be on their […]