Author: Kasey Butcher

I have reviewed several lackluster romantic comedies recently, so when I sat down for The Lost City, I did not get my hopes up. The new movie starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum did not disappoint and satisfied my craving for a good old-fashioned ... Read more

Amazon’s recent specialty seems to be wasting meet-cutes. In Book of Love, English author Henry Copper (Sam Claflin) is sent to Mexico on a promotional tour of his book, where the dull novel has unexpectedly large sales. Henry is met in Mexico ... Read more

The Netflix Original Series Inventing Anna follows reporter Vivian Kent (Anna Chlumsky) as she strives to cover the rise and fall of Anna Sorokin, a.k.a. Anna Delvey (Julia Garner), the “fake heiress” who took elite members of New York’s business ... Read more

Sometimes it feels like if you’ve read one psychological thriller from the last few years you’ve read them all. The same tropes pop up repeatedly—the full wine glasses, the dark pasts not disclosed at a therapist’s office, the disturbing events ... Read more

Scream (1996) is my favorite scary movie, and I would be thrilled to have a new installment every decade as long as Neve Cambell and Courteney Cox are willing to come back. I mean, Jamie Lee Curtis is still doing Halloween movies. The fifth Scream ... Read more

I set out to review all the new Christmas movies on streaming services this year, but I ran into some snags. First, Hulu opted for a holiday reality show instead of a movie. Then, I refuse to acknowledge the reboot of Home Alone streaming on Disney+, ... Read more

In theaters and on HBO Max, King Richard tells the story of the early career of Venus Williams (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena Williams (Demi Singleton), driven to success by their ambitious, devoted, overbearing father, Richard (Will Smith). ... Read more

Red Notice is Netflix’s biggest, most-expensive movie ever, reportedly costing $200 million to produce after studio changes, scheduling conflicts, and moving most filming to a soundstage in Atlanta because of the pandemic. Undoubtedly, ... Read more

Before jumping into my review, I would like to first speak out about the slander against bees that takes place in the Candyman movies. A swarm of bees is not aggressive. They’re just looking for a new home. Wasps are aggressive. ... Read more

There are multiple ways to measure the value of a movie. Of course, there’s artistic quality, but there is also something to be said for a movie that gets people talking. The new horror movie, Malignant is not exactly a quality production, but ... Read more

Mysteries set at luxury destinations seem to be the trend of the summer. Over the last few weeks, I checked out two shows set at fancy resorts, The White Lotus and Nine Perfect Strangers, and a somewhat more grounded mystery in a New York high-rise, ... Read more

I think a children’s movie is about the only context in which it is acceptable to use a jungle raccoon’s bandana to wipe your eyes. I don’t know what it says about me that that was the part of Vivo that I found the hardest to suspend my disbelief for. ... Read more

After I reviewed The Conjuring III earlier this summer, I started to get suggested articles about the Warrens and their cases. Considering that there’s a little part of my brain constantly mulling over whether or not they were charlatans, ... Read more

Netflix releases movies faster than I can keep up with and, with that volume of content, some bad films are bound to get into the mix. Last weekend, I sat down to watch what I thought would be a string of movies in the “so bad they’re good” category. ... Read more

God bless Lin-Manuel Miranda for bringing a Broadway musical to our homes (or movie theaters) two summers in a row. If you are a fan of Hamilton, In the Heights is a must-watch, full of Miranda’s wordplay and heartfelt storytelling. ... Read more

Netflix’s The Woman in the Window, based on the novel by A.J. Finn, is not a good movie. I am not going to argue otherwise. I would argue, however, that despite commentary that suggests otherwise, the movie’s homage to Rear Window is not its primary ... Read more

Netflix has been releasing some great family content lately. Not long ago, we enjoyed Yes Day, during which my husband waxed poetic about how much he loves saying “no.” In contrast, The Mitchells vs the Machines had him growing very sentimental ... Read more