Eternals is a Marvel movie, yet its comic book source is so unfamiliar to most audiences (including yours truly) that the film is effectively original content. As such, perhaps it would have been okay to change the names of some of its characters, saddled as they are with awkward monikers like "Sprite", "Kingo", and "Gilgamesh". This may sound like a… read more!

In an alternate universe, one without a pandemic, writer/director/editor Chloé Zhao would have had two 2020 releases under her belt: Nomadland and Eternals, the latter a Marvel blockbuster about immortal cosmic superheroes. But in the universe we live in, Eternals simmers patiently on the back burner, awaiting its November 2021 premiere; it doesn't even have a trailer as of this… read more!

Beautifully shot documentary/fiction hybrid about a young cowboy named Brady (played by Brady Jandreau) who, after receiving a severe head injury during a rodeo, must decide whether to build a new life for himself or risk it all and continue riding horses. What's fascinating about The Rider is that Jandreau is playing a fictionalized version of himself – he really… read more!