Reviews

Film & TV: The Twelve Chairs

For the third entry in our focus on Mel Brooks comedies, we go way back to post-revolution Russia and the search for family jewels. [Aggregate score: 8.3]

Film & TV: Robinhood: Men in Tights

Grab your jerkins, arrows, and pantyhose as TLS reviews the next Mel Brooks film in our comedy monthly block.
[Aggregate score: 9]

Film & TV: Young Frankenstein

TLS kicks off our traditional comedy month with a medley of Mel Brooks picks, starting with one of his earlier works.
[Aggregate score: 8]

Film & TV: Zack Snyder’s Justice League

TLS takes the 4 hour journey that is the Zack Snyder’s Fan-On-Demand cut of “Justice League.”
[Aggregate score: 7.5]

Film & TV: The Father

TLS reviews the last of this year’s Oscar noms, a quite powerful and moving familial story with some standout performances.
[Aggregate score: 9.5]

AFI Top 100 #034: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

TLS takes on Disney’s early landmark work, one of the only few animated features on the AFI list.
[Aggregate score: 8.5]

Film & TV: The Vast of Night

TLS pick up strange otherworldly signals themselves while reviewing this modern take/twist on classic ’50s Sci-Fi.
[Aggregate score: 7.75]

Literature: The School by Donald Barthelme

TLS learns about the birds and the bees, and how they and everything else will eventually die in this short New Yorker story. [Aggregate score: 8]

Film & TV: Willy’s Wonderland

TLS cleans up murderous animatronics alongside Nic Cage in his latest semi-bonkers but fully entertaining outing.
[Aggregate score: 6.75]

Film & TV: LAVA

TLS grapples with world/art-devouring snakes and trees of life/expression in this bizarre but fun animated film.
[Aggregate score: 7.25]