Nine Lives
Neutered switched-consciousness hairball
Movies
Born to Be Blue
Let’s get lost
Nicky’s Family
Modest heroism
Freeheld
A moving story, poorly told
Tokyo’s Nakano Broadway
A cathedral walk of anime and gaming heaven.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic? Closer to Marvel-ous.
Tokyo Ramen Lesson
Learn it. Preach it. Eat it.
A Bigger Splash
Into the the deep end
The Girl on the Train
Emily’s great, but Gone Girl this isn’t
Miss You Already
A brilliant Collette in a weepy womance
Deepwater Horizon
Absorbing disaster drama on a human scale
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
A truly impossible mission