Nick Bartlett

5 days ago | oregonsportsnews.com | Nick Bartlett

Most Seattle fans and Oregonians alike are probably unfamiliar with Ricky White. White played his last three seasons at UNLV, a program forgotten in college football. Outside of the Mountain West, people likely don’t realize UNLV has had 20 wins in the last two seasons. They’ve improved tenfold since he joined their team. He was their leader on offense all year for a squad that faced a quarterback change mid-season.

1 week ago | criticalpopcorn.com | Dan Bullock |Nick Bartlett |Pete Messum

2007’s Timecrimes was director Nacho Vigalondo’s first feature-length accidental time-travelling cult favourite and Extraterrestrial (or Extraterrestre) was the follow-up; And it’s an impressive comedy-drama studying the human condition, with the addition of a potential alien attack loitering overhead. When Julio (Julián Villagrán), an industrial design student, wakes up in a strange bed one morning he quickly discovers he’s not in his own flat.

1 week ago | criticalpopcorn.com | Nick has written |Walter B. Hill |Nick Bartlett

It’s unusual for a film to debut on home release as part of the Criterion Collection – the only other examples I can think of are co-productions with platforms like Netflix (The Irishman or The Power Of The Dog). But somehow, it feels strangely fitting for Anora, a film that swept the Oscars despite being far from traditional awards fare. Sean Baker brings his characteristic blend of realism, low-key humour and human poignancy to this much more realistic take on Pretty Woman.

1 week ago | filmhounds.co.uk | Nick Bartlett

In the same way that crime thrillers were never the same after Reservoir Dogs, early 2000s science fiction took a major cue from The Matrix. A swathe of mind-bending dystopian films followed the Wachowskis' genre-defining masterpiece, some clearly inspired, others flat-out rip-offs. Vincenzo Natali's Cypher is an interesting one — while The Matrix‘s influence is unmistakable, Cypher feels more low-key and restrained, and if anything, its dense, twisty plot is even more ambitious.

1 week ago | criticalpopcorn.com | Pete Messum |Dan Bullock |Nick Bartlett

While last week’s The Well was a sequel to Midnight, this week’s Doctor Who adventure feels like a spiritual successor to Love and Monsters: a Doctor-lite adventure focused on a new character detailing their experiences in the Whoniverse. Penned by Pete McTighe (writer of Jodie Whittaker-era episodes Kerblam! and Praxeus), Lucky Day has all the makings of a great episode yet struggles to fully develop its ideas into something fully cohesive.