Authors: Patrick Gibbs

Film Review: Senior Year
Senior Year is crass and stupid, and yet there are just enough working elements to make the film something you’ll have an easy enough time streaming once. … read more

Glenn Close and Niv Sultan on Tehran: Season 2
Patrick Gibbs interviews Niv Sultan and Glenn Close of the Apple TV+ series Tehran about the show and Close joining the series’ second season. … read more

Film Review: The Duke
The Duke is the kind of film that gives feel-good movies a good name, and it’s proof that even if crime doesn’t pay, it can be incredibly entertaining. … read more

Film Review: Pompo: The Cinephile
The fan base of the original manga would indicate there’s an audience for Pompo: The Cinephile, but its appeal and audience feel specific and niche. … read more

Film Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness felt far more like a product I was being sold than an actual movie. This just isn’t cinema. … read more

Film Review: Firebird
There’s something important to be said in Firebird, and hopefully a story on its subject will be put in more skilled hands and inspired minds next time around. … read more

John Madden Takes on Love, War and Storytelling in Operation...
For John Madden, who is in his fourth decade directing for the screen, Operation Mincemeat is a noteworthy entry in a magnificent career. … read more

Film Review: Memory
Martin Campbell clearly doesn’t have another classic left in him, but anything else would make a less pathetic last entry in the veteran director’s filmography. … read more

LDS History Meets Murder Mystery in Under The Banner of...
Under The Banner of Heaven serves as a sobering reminder that, 38 years later, wounds left by the series-inspiring Lafferty case are not likely to go away any time soon. … read more

Showrunner Jared Stern Talks Green Eggs and Ham: The Second...
Jared Stern has so much to do now, with shows and movies to make. But 10 years spent on Green Eggs and Ham still takes the cake. … read more