Articles by Tyler Howat
You Should Have Left review – a tale of guilt’s haunting steps
You Should Have Left, written and directed by David Koepp and produced under Blumhouse’s microbudget banner (a favorite studio of mine, uneven and unpredictable as...
The King of Staten Island review – a raw and emotional dramedy
The King of Staten Island director Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Trainwreck, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) has long been the king of the stunted, aimless man-child, and...
Z review – an uneven thriller for Mother’s Day
This review of Z (Shudder) is spoiler-free. Because I live the trailer-free life, I really thought that Brandon Christensen’s Z (Shudder) was going to be a zombie movie....
Trolls World Tour review – a feel-good diversion from our isolated, fearful lives
The plot of Trolls World Tour is quite simple: Queen Barb of the Rock Trolls (Rachel Bloom) is flying around to each of the six Troll...
Marriage Story (2019) Review
Directed by Noah Baumbach, we review the 2019 Netflix movie Marriage Story, which does not contain any significant spoilers. Marriage Story is a tragedy—there are...
Body at Brighton Rock Review: An Intimate View Of A Character’s Growth
Body and Brighton Rock is a close, tense nature survival thriller in which an inexperienced park ranger must stay with a body she discovers overnight until...
Joker Second Opinion: An All-Too Real Masterpiece Of The Amoral
There are MANY spoilers here. With Joker, Todd Phillips presents a world hyperrealistic in its cruelty, cruelty so profound and pervasive that it creates monsters....
Hoax Film Review: Use Those Big Feet To Run Away… From This Movie
Writer-director Matt Allen’s first feature-length film, Hoax, follows a documentary team as they hunt for the likely cause of the disappearances of hikers (who all bite...
It Chapter Two Review: A Satisfying Finale
I vividly remember sitting in an opening day screening of Andy Muschietti’s IT on a beautiful fall day, two years ago. The climax had hit, the...
City on a Hill Recap: A Fantastic Finale
This City on a Hill Season 1, Episode 10 recap for the episode titled “Mayor Curley and the Last Hurrah” contains spoilers. You can check...
Blinded by the Light Review: Unevenly Profound
Director Gurinder Chadha, along with writers Paul Mayeda Berges and Sarfraz Manzoor (on whom Blinded by the Light is based), tell the story of Javed...
City on a Hill Recap: The Beginning of the End
This City on a Hill Season 1, Episode 9 recap for the episode titled “The Deaf Sage of Pompeii” contains spoilers. You can check out...
Quentin Tarantino: A Ranking and Retrospective
The long history of cinema has given us directors we imbue with a sense of reverence, whose names we utter with hushed tones, whose films...
City on a Hill Recap: A Return To Form… Again
This City on a Hill Season 1, Episode 8 recap for the episode titled “High on the Looming Gallows Tree” contains spoilers. You can check...
Derry Girls Season 2 Review: The Girls Are Back In Town
Lisa McGee’s series Derry Girls features four girls and a boy who attend the all-girls Our Lady Immaculate Catholic school in Derry, Northern Ireland during The...
City on a Hill: Feels Like The Middle Of A Trilogy
This City on a Hill Season 1, Episode 7 recap for the episode titled “There Are No F**king Sides” contains spoilers. You can check out...
The Boys Review: Bloody Superheroes
Amazon’s newest original series, The Boys, is like a much, much darker version of The Tick. Way darker. But still really funny and incredibly well...
City on a Hill Recap: Turning the other cheek
This City on a Hill Season 1, Episode 6 recap for the episode titled “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City” contains spoilers....
City on a Hill Recap: Living on the Edge of Night
This City on a Hill Season 1, Episode 5 recap for the episode titled “From Injustice Came the Way to Describe Justice” contains spoilers. You...
City on a Hill Recap: The Women Get To Speak
This City on a Hill Episode 4 recap for the episode titled “The Wickedness of the Wicked Shall Be Upon Himself” contains spoilers. You can...