Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits (2023)

Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.

In Amazon’s new shark flick, The Devil’s Mouth, terrible tourists finally get their comeuppance while two estranged best friends must overcome their petty squabbles to survive as the rest of their party gets chomped one by one. While it’s by no means an Oscar winner, The Devil’s Mouth is good old fashioned shark week carnage with a tourist critical twist, perfect with popcorn, a friend, and a healthy does of schadenfreude. 

A decade since it aired, Shameless (U.S.) has always stuck to its guns (and baseball bats) about character diversity.

A dark film in the tradition The Brother’s Grimm.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie comes on the heels of its billion-dollar grossing predecessor, and seeks to do absolutely nothing other than repeat its success. In this, the film is eminently effective. If you have seen the previous film, you can expect something extremely similar in this package.  That is, a barrage of references to Nintendo intellectual property wrapped in a plot that provides the thinnest layer of emotional payoff for the characters.

Disclosure Day asks us to question humanity's role in the universe but falls victim to the same assumptions of centrality.