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2 weeks ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
“Mother, May I Have a Kidney?” It’s spelled out in the title. With such an attention-grabbing question attached to a lean, six-episode series, each entry ranging anywhere between 12 and 17 minutes total, it speaks to the breezy ease with which to digest such a show, as disposable and straightforward as it may be. Doug (Doug Andrews) needs a kidney.
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3 weeks ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
By now, knowing what to expect from Owen Wilson’s next form of output shouldn’t be difficult in any way, from his can’t-sit-still manner of speech to his wide-eyed optimism, all framed by a head of perpetually unkempt hair and the oft-commented-upon way in which he says “Wow. “Mostly unchanged since the days of “Bottle Rocket,” what’s left for the middle Wilson brother to explore?
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3 weeks ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
Is it safe to label Quint, the rogue-ish shark expert played so memorably by Robert Shaw in the now-40-year-old shark extravaganza “Jaws,” one of filmdom’s most legendary characters?
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1 month ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
By now, nearly three decades removed from his breakout success in, “Swingers, ” it shouldn’t be at all difficult to predict what’s on deck for the next Vince Vaughn performance: charming, snarky, and with just the right amount of word vomit masquerading as sarcasm that’s seen the actor build a foundation that is his ongoing career.
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1 month ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
Have we reached a point where no amount of spin can create something fresh within the boxing film genre? It’s true that the differences between most entries in, for example, the “Rocky” franchise and nearly every other motion picture revolving around sports ranges from wide to minimal, but to zero in on the world of boxing sees a tried-and-true formula from which the majority of filmmakers rarely stray very far.
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1 month ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
While hardly the first entry in that tried-and-true subset of film revolving around someone lured to any manner of nondescript palatial estate by an individual possessing more than a hint of mystery, only for things to soon spiral rapidly out of control, Emerald Fennell’s 2023 escapade “Saltburn” might be the most recent, or at least the most noteworthy.
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2 months ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
A belated catch-up on MAX’s “The Pitt” that took viewers by surprise and storm this late winter and spring. Take a moment, if possible, to imagine the worst scenario that could potentially unfold within the confines of any hospital’s emergency medicine wing. Think of how the professionals on staff would respond at the moment.
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2 months ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
Viola Davis, it would seem, always appears ready to surprise; with a career spanning nearly three decades and armed to the hilt with accolades, this uber-talent isn’t shy when it comes to balancing small-scale drama (“The Help,” “Fences,” “Air”) with big budget storytelling, best seen in her ongoing involvement with James Gunn’s DCU as the recurring Amanda Waller and learning that this motion picture chameleon is set to headline a straightforward action film in the vein of any legendary ’80s...
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2 months ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
Technology. It’s hard to overstate the way in which society has portrayed both its capacity for good and avalanche of flaws; it’s what inspired the likes of “Her” and “Ex Machina, ” with “Black Mirror” entering the conversation in 2011 laser-focused on examining the ways tech could just as quickly go from nothing more than an everyday assistant to the villain of each episode comprising the show’s now-seven seasons.
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2 months ago | 
theplaylist.net | Brian Farvour
Within the first few minutes of “Gazer,” it’s easy to tell that a woman named Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni) is struggling. Our heroine, it would seem, has been living with a disorder of some sort, one that requires her to go about her day with a cassette tape player spouting commands into her ear throughout; these words, however, aren’t of the motivational variety or her favorite podcast.
