CROSS THE STREAMS

Hollywood’s favorite sports miracle is back in the spotlight. Miracle: The Boys of ’80, now streaming on Netflix, revisits the legendary U.S. hockey team’s shocking victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics — a moment forever woven into Minnesota culture. The 100-minute documentary centers on players like Buzz Schneider and Rob McClanahan as […]

Netflix’s The Rip delivers a gritty, pressure-cooker cop thriller that wears its influences proudly while still standing on solid ground of its own. Writer-director Joe Carnahan channels the sleek menace of Michael Mann, from rain-soaked Miami nightscapes to a pulsing synth score by Clinton Shorter that recalls Heat and Thief. The result isn’t revolutionary, but […]

After years of bloated lore, uneven finales, and dragon-sized expectations, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms feels like a long-overdue reset for the Game of Thrones franchise. Based on George R. R. Martin’s Dunk & Egg novellas, the new HBO series trades politics, prophecy, and spectacle for something smaller—and surprisingly refreshing. There are no dragons, […]

Paul Thomas Anderson has long been a master of cinematic time travel, dropping audiences into richly detailed past eras. With One Battle After Another, he finally plants his flag in the present — and the result is his most urgent, confrontational film in years. Part political thriller, part dark comedy, the movie opens amid a […]

It’s been more than three years since Stranger Things fans last stepped into the eerie world of Hawkins, Indiana, but the wait for the show’s final chapter is almost over. Netflix’s blockbuster series is gearing up for its fifth and final season, and for anyone feeling a little rusty on where things left off, now […]

What makes Rian Johnson’s Knives Out films stand out isn’t just their clever plotting or star-studded casts, but their bold refusal to settle into franchise routine. Each entry resets the board, keeping only Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc while reinventing the setting, tone, and themes. The third installment, Wake Up Dead Man, streaming on Netflix, pushes […]

Taylor Sheridan trades horses for hydrocarbons in his new Paramount+ drama Landman, a gritty dive into Texas oil country. Starring Billy Bob Thornton as fixer Tommy Norris, the series swaps Yellowstone’s sweeping pastures for the sun-scorched Permian Basin, grounding its story in real-world detail from the boom-and-bust oil fields. Co-created with Boomtown podcaster Christian Wallace, […]

With the family in town and not much to do during the heavy snow Saturday, my wife and I were invited to see “Zootopia 2” with my in-laws and our nephew. Before we went I’d said, “Well, I haven’t seen the first “Zootopia”, but they assured me that you could probably figure it out. “Zootopia […]

Zach Cregger, known for the breakout horror hit Barbarian, is back with Weapons—a wild, ambitious thriller that proves he’s not interested in making “everyday” movies. The film starts with a chilling mystery: 17 children wake up in the middle of the night, run into the darkness, and vanish. From there, Cregger unravels a twisted, character-driven […]

This Veterans Day, honor the courage and sacrifice of servicemen and women by revisiting some of cinema’s greatest war classics. From timeless Golden Age masterpieces to modern epics, these films capture the humanity, heroism, and heartbreak of military life. Start with Jean Renoir’s The Grand Illusion (1937), a moving portrait of camaraderie and class in […]