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All posts by: Will Stocker

Road House (2024) Movie Review

The remake of Road House is the movie version of the Ryan Reynolds “But why?” gif. From its first scene to its last, this movie will constantly perplex anyone who’s... Read More

The Gentlemen (Season One, 2024) Mini TV Review

Despite being a spin-off rather than a sequel – as I would’ve preferred – to Guy Ritchie’s popular 2019 film The Gentlemen, Netflix’s series of the same name still intrigued... Read More

Revisiting the 95th Academy Awards One Year Later | AJP #15

With the 96th Academy Awards airing tonight (March 10), we thought we’d jump back a year and revisit the 95th edition. After all, it ended up being largely a one-movie... Read More

Monsieur Spade (Limited Series, 2024) Mini TV Review

While True Detective: Night Country was getting all of the headlines and social media mentions, AMC+ had a murder-mystery show of its own running concurrently and under the radar. Created... Read More

True Detective: Night Country (2024) TV Review

I was hoping to maintain my gaze on True: Detective Night Country in this review, but seeing as seemingly everyone else has already had a say, I thought I’d offer... Read More

Echo 3 Goes Weapons Free on Apple TV | AJP #14

When it was announced that Mark Boal, the award-winning writer of films like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, was creating a show for Apple TV+, we were incredibly... Read More

Blackhat (2015): If the Hat Fits, Change It – A Retrospective

A couple of weeks ago, I went and saw Michael Mann’s first movie in nearly nine years, Ferrari. Prior to that film, the last one Mann had directed was Blackhat,... Read More

The Bricklayer (2024) Mini Movie Review

Making a so-bad-it’s-good action movie isn’t rocket science. For starters, you have to find a screenplay that’s simple but intelligible, and most importantly, that leans into the bombast with humor... Read More

Ferrari (2023) Mini Movie Review

Words cannot adequately describe how ecstatic I was to watch Ferrari, the first film in eight years from my favorite filmmaker, Michael Mann. Yet, I knew going in that this... Read More

Slow Horses (Season Three, 2023) TV Review

I pressed play on the first episode of Slow Horses’ third season before the person whom I was with could see what we were watching. What followed were ten minutes... Read More

Silent Night (2023) Mini Movie Review

I’m in the midst of a disheartening streak. The last three movies I’ve reviewed have been, to varying degrees, pretty disappointing. That’s because each one was directed by a renowned... Read More

Finestkind (2023) Mini Movie Review

Written and directed by Academy Award-winner Brian Helgeland, Finestkind is the latest in a long line of crime dramas by the veteran filmmaker. This is the guy who penned L.A.... Read More

Fast Charlie (2023) Mini Movie Review

Fast Charlie is a peculiar movie, blending high-end elements with low-end ones in a manner I’ve scarcely seen before. On the high-end, it’s directed by Phillip Noyce, the guy who... Read More

Napoleon (2023) Movie Review

Since I’m a few weeks late to the Napoleon review party, I didn’t think I’d write anything about it after watching it, which I finally did in IMAX this past... Read More

The Holdovers (2023) Movie Review

Having just finished my first ever watch of John Adams, I decided to stick with Paul Giamatti and give his latest film, The Holdovers, a shot. Well, that wasn’t the... Read More