The only project to date to grapple with the post-Endgame ennui of the MCU (and by the looks of what remains of the Multiverse Saga, it’s going to stay that way), Thunderbolts* is the best thing to come from this franchise since the cathartic finality of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which was itself a rejection of the ultimately hollow promises of possibility offered by the multiverse. In many ways, it feels like the antithesis to so many of…

With Andor having come and gone, cementing itself as perhaps the best Star Wars anything ever, it was difficult to resist the desire to revisit Rogue One to see if it has retroactively benefitted from such a powerful lead-in. The result? It’s pretty much the same.

Its problems remain. The characterization is messy. Jyn Erso’s evolution from lone wolf to Rebel rabble-ro can be described as generic at best. Andor, who we should now understand more than ever, still goes…

"The only person standing in your way is you." - Thomas Leroy

A dark, intense psychological thriller that's occasionally scary (and kinky), Black Swan is basically the definition of disturbing. Here we have a lovely ballet dancer who wins the role of the White and Black Swans in a production of Swan Lake. Which would be all fine and dandy if aforementioned dancer didn't have some serious psychological issues. I had a harder time telling what was real or not…