Hold a mirror up to The French Connection and you get simply The Connection, a stylish and compelling new thriller that centers on the same infamous drug-smuggling operation that inspired …
Netflix Delivers Its First Truly Great Original Series With ‘Bloodline’
Netflix has created several popular television series, and now it has created its first great one. That would be Bloodline, the noir-ish family drama that premiered earlier this spring. Created …
‘Slow West’ Can’t Escape the Shadow of Its Classic Predecessors
One of the problems with Westerns at this point is that it’s hard to watch them without seeing other Westerns. You notice the plots and the characters you’ve seen before, …
‘San Andreas’ Lives up to the Low Standards of the Disaster Movie
In the opening sequence of San Andreas, L.A. Fire Department search-and-rescue pilot Ray Gaines saves the life of a careless young driver whose car is about to plummet off a …
Walmart’s Threat to the Parkway Drive-In Puts Maryville’s Future in the Spotlight
It’s a Saturday night, and the cars are lining up at the drive-in. Just outside Maryville on East Lamar Alexander Parkway, the shining row of headlights files slowly past the …