2026 Cinema Began with a Bust

On January 3, 2026 By kyraalexandriaIn Cinema, Reviews, Television, TVLeave a comment

Disappointing start to the year with We Bury the Dead and No Other Choice.

Windows and Mirrors: Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest (2025) vs. Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low (1963)

On August 17, 2025 By kyraalexandriaIn Cinema, ReviewsLeave a comment

In Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee successfully lands an ambitious plane with a masterful reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low. A stacked cast, fresh writing and an action-packed twist on the second act artfully modernise a classic film.

Skip It, Screen It or Stream It • July 2025

On July 31, 2025July 31, 2025 By kyraalexandriaIn Cinema, Reviews, Television, TVLeave a comment

Chainsaw, contortive pinwheeling and shrieking aside, Together is actually the most romantic film of the year.

A Dazzling Dance with the Devil: The Spoiler-FULL Sinners Review 🌕

On April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 By kyraalexandriaIn Cinema, ReviewsLeave a comment

*Hi. Hey. Hello. Please heed the title: this essay is FULL of spoilers for Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures, 2025). If you would rather read my spoiler-lite review, check it out here! Sinners invites us to a sacred space. Nestled deep in the Jim Crow-era Mississippi Delta at the Smokestack Twins’ Club Juke, Sinners shows us …

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So Nice, I Had to Do It Twice: A Sinners Spoiler-lite review! 🩸

On April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 By kyraalexandriaIn Cinema, ReviewsLeave a comment

It all comes full circle in Ryan Coogler’s Resurrection Weekend masterpiece, Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures, 2025). Identical twins, in media res narrative, interconnected suffering, life, death and rebirth. Despite the social media Christian uproar about a horror film premiering the same weekend as Easter, I’d argue that Sinners is exactly the reason for the season. …

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3×3 Horror Reviews from a Busy 3-Day Weekend

On July 14, 2024 By kyraalexandriaIn Cinema, ReviewsLeave a comment

Longlegs, Lovely, Dark, and Deep, and Arcadian. Much to my surprise, we are in fact, already in mid-July which means my long ago pre-planned long weekend has come and (mostly) gone. I took off Friday to sleep in after attending night 1 of Lucky Daye’s Algorithm tour, and surprise surprise: ended up at the movies. …

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