Articles by Marriska Fernandes

'Armageddon Time' Loses Sight of Its Own Message

Directed by James Gray

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2022

Race, privilege and class take a front seat in James Gray's Armageddon Time that boldly attempts to serve as a coming-of-age story, but wit...

​'Black Adam' Is a Bit Rocky

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2022

Black Adam starts with a prologue set in 2600 BC in an ancient kingdom called Kahndaq, where the audience is introduced to a powerful magic...

'Halloween Ends' Feels Like a Completely Different Franchise

Directed by David Gordon Green

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2022

Concluding a fan-favourite saga after 44 years and 13 movies is no easy feat, and while Halloween Ends bows out on a satisfying, emotional...

Netflix's Gratuitous 'Blonde' Fails Marilyn Monroe

Directed by Andrew Dominik

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2022

Blonde opens with a young Norma Jeane (Marilyn Monroe's real name) and her mother, Gladys (Julianne Nicholson), a mentally ill alcoholic wh...

The Cast of 'LOTR: The Rings of Power' Reflect on the Enduring Timeliness of Tolkien

PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2022

Two decades since the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, and eight years since the end of the Hobbit trilogy, fans are heading back to Mid...

Brad Pitt Is the Only One Keeping 'Bullet Train' from Going Off the Rails

Directed by David Leitch

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2022

Brad Pitt's comedic chops are what saves an otherwise exhausting Bullet Train. He stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin who is assigned to...

'The Umbrella Academy' Actor Jake Epstein Is Having Fun Under All Those Prosthetics

PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2022

When The Umbrella Academy, the superhero series based on Gerard Way's comic book, returned to Netflix last month for Season 3, a lot had ch...

'Downton Abbey' Remains "Pure Escapism" — Even in 'A New Era'

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2022

Nearly seven years since the final season of Downton Abbey in 2015, the Crawleys continue to roll with the changes. In 2019, the first film...