Yellowjackets

The Northman envelopes its conventional swords-and-sandals plot with a vibe and aesthetic that is both unhinged and seductive.

The ingenuity of the set-pieces and the zippy pace keep you from thinking about any of it too hard.

Throwback feeling that adds a lot of oomph to the action.

Overall, the movie has a nicely sophisticated tone. A lot of that has to do with the breeziness of Rockwell’s line readings and the endearing...

What makes this patchwork of styles, tones and time periods hang together is the thread of psychological realism that runs through every scene.

It really might be the next Lost. Just don’t say that too loudly. You don’t want to jinx it.

Yellowjackets remains too fun to write off just yet. Its gutsiness sets it apart from the usual survival-drama fare, and its performances suggest&n...

It’s sharp, silly and frequently very funny.

I’m here to proselytize the cult ofYellowjackets.

This is Tarantino for ankle-biters with a bit of Ocean’s 11 thrown in: funny, energetic and just smart enough.

The animation is outstanding, stylish and dynamic when it needs to be, touches of anime, especially with the police officer,, and a bit of a h...

A genre mash-up of survival drama, teenage high-school movie, gory horror flick, with a dab of The Blair Witch Project, it is much better than...

It serves up a few definite laugh-out-loud moments alongside the heavier emotional beats.

This is an ideal series for anyone in high school who feels the pangs of being different. It’s realistic but never bitter. You’ll fall for it just...

In this stew of hormones, gore, and mordant farce, the series captures the way that growing out of girlhood is an inherently brutal and absurd proc...

In the world of fantasy literature, Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time novels were once the biggest thing since The Lord of the Rings… This handso...

At heart, «Yellowjackets» is a fun, pulpy twist on a midlife theme that runs back to «Thirtysomething» and beyond: How did I end up...

Gruesome, gripping and blackly comic, this tightly-plotted mystery-horror is meaty in all the right (and wrong) ways.

Thankfully, the movie resists the urge to sentimentalize or preach, and retains a classic cartoon sense of anarchy and even a touch of amorality.

There is something incredibly bingeable about [Yellowjackets] in that the writing keeps building on itself, growing in potency as we get to know th...

With some gorgeously stylised animation and sharp comedy making up for its somewhat lightweight storytelling, The Bad Guys is… not bad.

This is a great-looking film with terrific performances, some lovely messaging and a steady parade of solid laughs—some the kids will enj...

Perifel are not interested in the kind of subtleties of thought and feeling that Pixar embraces. The tone is pure Dreamworks. It’s fast, free-wheel...

Creators and showrunners Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson are quick to dole out the plot twists, too, while ably balancing timelines and a parad...

The season climaxes with a bravura sequence of desire and ultraviolence…

In the short term Yellowjackets holds all the essential ingredients needed to brew a thriller worth investing in.

The Bad Guys is an awful lot of fun.

When it commits to its chilling suspense, the show is utterly fascinating to watch… Let’s just hope the payoff, and the inevitable reveals to...

A furry, scaly version of Quentin Tarantino or Elmore Leonard--or at least, thats what it aspires to be.

If «The Bad Guys» doesn’t enter the top tier of the animated echelon, it’s still a fun time at the movies and a strong calling car...

An uncanny mix of implacable horror, conspiracy-laded mystery, and barbed character comedy. It’s as adept at making you scream with fear as scream...

It’s a fast, freaky ride. Strap on those oxygen masks; it’s about to, quite literally, go down…

Don’t be fooled by its teen show trappings: «Yellowjackets» is a pitch black parable of human desperation that will creep its way under...

It’s a film of thrills, wit and twists that also has semi-serious things to say about how certain animals are demonised in popular culture, an...

«Yellowjackets» is many things, including my favorite new mystery drama of the year.

For a feature directorial debut, Pierre Perifel has nothing to be ashamed about. He and his team have made a solid film for kiddos.

Feels like a hybrid of other shows that nonetheless forms its own compelling teen/adult psychological study, with some dashes of horror and ca...

The survival timeline is pure horror, all steadily increasing dread and glimpses of grotesque violence. The writers seed the story with hints of th...

It’s a blazing start to a series speculating about the dark, seething rage and violence that lurks in young women given the agency to cr...

Yellowjackets is all kinds of fun, focused on a messy story and the messy people who rose from the ashes of it.

There’s a hell of a lot going on. But it had me gripped.

Think of it either as Reservoir Sprogs or Ocean’s Eleven and Unders, swaggering into cinemas in slow-motion just in time for the school break.

Many of its influences already overlap, and thus work together well. The ones that don’t can at times combine to create something that feels...

No singing, no dancing, no moral lessons – it’s just a cartoon, with fast-talking, wise-cracking animals, lots of silly car chases and&nb...

While The Bad Guys ultimately lacks the sophistication and emotional resonance to make it anything more than a harmless diversion, it offers p...

On a scene-to-scene basis, there’s so much going on… that it’s easy enough to enjoy the small picture, separate from the big one.

It features stellar performances from the parallel casts of young actors and familiar veterans portraying characters some 25 years apart.

The movie plays its target audience like a fiddle. That is music, no matter how familiar, that even the most cynical among us can enjoy.

I know that «Lord of the Flies but with girls» is also the concept for The Wilds, but honestly? I’m here for it.