This Week: Titus Welliver was at Trader Joe's

Mikey Heinrich: So, I was wondering something. I finished The Morning Show and mostly enjoyed it and now am circling back to watch season three of Upload. I really enjoyed the first two seasons, but this one just isn't grabbing me. But I have a hard time not carrying on following a show, even once I stop enjoying it.

What's everybody else's policy for how long to hang in there before cutting bait?

Evil: How to Survive a Storm

“Greater love hath no man, than laying down his life for his friends.”

Whoa.

Mini Movie Reviews: Based on a True Story

Today's theme is films about real people and events (or at least something that vaguely looks like them) featuring the work of Arthur Penn, Ridley Scott, Fred Zinnemann, Peter Glenville, Sergei Eisenstein, Charles Jarrott, Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, and Kinji Fukasaku.

Frankenstein (1931 Movie)

Henry Frankenstein: "Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!"
Victor Moritz: "Henry – in the name of God!"
Henry Frankenstein: "Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!"

Directly following the huge success of Dracula, which I recently reviewed, Universal wanted to cash in on that triumph, and turned to another monster of classic literature, Frankenstein. What they created was a film that surpassed its predecessor and is a masterpiece of classic horror.

Movie Review: Twister (1996)

“We’ve got cows.”

In addition to numerous tornadoes, Twister has: Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier, and Patrick Fischler. Also, cows.

House of the Dragon: The Red Dragon and the Gold

“I inherited eighty years of peace from my father. Before I was to end it, I needed to know there was no other path. And now I do. Only one choice remains to me: either I win my claim or die.”

People were clamoring for more action. Well, they got it.

Evil: How to Build a Chatbot

"Jesus, pillow, and Michael Bay.”

This episode had many touching moments, and more than a few tense scenes. But I will always remember it as the episode that made me hoot with laughter when that last guy fell through the glass ceiling because he was playing on his phone.

Swim

Tubi is one of my favorite ways to watch movies that I can't find anywhere else, so why not check out one of their first attempts at original content? It compares itself to one of my favorite recent creature features. Surely that's a good sign!

Fallout: The Past

“The head can wait.”

Like in the previous episode, 'The Past' features some plot, but it is secondary to the focus on the world and how the characters deal with it.

The Acolyte

"This isn't about good or bad. This is about power, and who is allowed to use it."

So, The Acolyte has ended. I screamed incoherently about one episode a while back, but that was just one episode. How did the full season fare?

This review contains spoilers for the entire season!

Mini Movie Reviews: From Page to Screen

Today's theme is adaptations featuring films by Don Siegel, Ralph Bakshi, Richard Loncraine, Warren Beatty, John Huston, and Peter Weir.

Evil: How to Save a Life

“So is it possible that all of this is a trick of the mind?”

Evil gave us another amazing episode, and I’m getting very optimistic about how this season—and probably the show—will end. The most notable change from past events is that people are finally talking to one another.