Reviews

Film & TV: Mank

TLS decides how much credit David Fincher’s new flick centering on one of the creators of Citizen Kane should or should not receive. [Aggregate score: 7.75]

Literature: Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

TLS reviews a classic Dahl story while enjoying their favorite meal– delicious irony.
[Aggregate score: 8]

Film & TV: Underwater

TLS decides whether it is really better, down where it’s wetter, under the sea. [Aggregate score: 7.5]

Film & TV: Taskmaster (UK Series 5)

TLS is tasked by our very own Greg Davies with checking out the smash sensation (in everywhere but the US) that is the titular show, specifically offering thoughts and impressions of the original Series 5.

AFI Top 100 #029: Double Indemnity

TLS conspires to commit insurance fraud and murder in one of, if not the, classic film noirs of all time. [Aggregate score: 10]

Literature: Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter

In a fever dream of intense storytelling, TLS reviews one of Katherine Anne Porter’s semi-autobiographical ‘short novels.’ [Aggregate score: 10]

AFI Top 100 #012: The Searchers

Saddle up, pilgrims, as TLS tackles what is allegedly the ‘greatest American Western’ according to the AFI. [Aggregate score: 5]

Film & TV: The Trial of the Chicago 7

TLS puts Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 on trial.
[Aggregate score: 8]

Film & TV: Enola Holmes

TLS investigates this delightful YA-leaning take on the famous detective, and her brothers. [Aggregate score: 8]

Literature: The Lawnmower Man by Stephen King

As a teaser for this year’s upcoming MOTS-O-Ween celebration, TLS does its late summer horror chorin’ with this King short story.
[Aggregate score: 3]