Joe Roberts

1 week ago | slashfilm.com | Joe Roberts

Some of Nicolas Cage's best work is as a laconic recluse forced to interact with a world he's trying to leave behind. Indeed, he gives one of his finest performances in David Gordon Green's 2013 drama "Joe," in which Cage's namesake just wants to run a humble lumber business but is forced to step up to protect his young employee from his abusive father.

1 week ago | slashfilm.com | Joe Roberts

If you've ever had a bad day at work, watching "The Pitt" should help put things in perspective. The Max (soon to be HBO Max, again) surprise hit is far from the first ever medical drama, but "The Pitt" has been praised for its stringent medical accuracy. As such, you get the sense you're really witnessing every intense second of a day in an emergency room.

1 week ago | slashfilm.com | Joe Roberts

Things might not have worked out all that well for "Suits LA," which was cancelled after one season despite the success of its mothership series. But make no mistake, we are still very much in the age of newstalgia, a streaming trend that's as simple as taking something popular from a bygone era and presenting it to modern audiences as if it were new. Advertisement"Bones" might not seem as though it belongs to a bygone time, as the show only wrapped up in 2017.

1 week ago | slashfilm.com | Joe Roberts

Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood legend but even actors and directors of his stature have had their share of missteps. Eastwood's best roles represent truly seminal characters in cinema history. His worst, however, are no better than any others. Well, maybe better than John Travolta, who has a full seven total failures with a 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

1 week ago | slashfilm.com | Joe Roberts

At this point, Taylor Sheridan has basically become a TV god. With his "Yellowstone" series, the man tapped directly into the sensibilities of middle America, entrancing dads across the nation with a soapy neo-Western that remained hugely popular right up until its fifth and final season ended in December 2024. But that was just the beginning of what became a TV empire.