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Lindsay Traves, Senior Critic: Lindsay Traves is a Toronto-based writer. After submitting her Bachelor’s thesis, “The Metaphysics of Schwarzenegger Movies,” she decided to focus on writing about her passions; sci-fi, horror, sports, and comic books. You can find her writing on CGMagazine, What to Watch, Grim Magazine, StarTrek.com, and Bloody Disgusting. |
- David Lynch and the Right Way To Not Give a F***
- 'Wolf Man' Review: Woof
- 'Jeopardy!' Contestant Gets Second Chance from Taylor Swift Album
- A Collection of Contortions: The Top 10 Horror Movies of 2024
- 'September 5' Is a Heart-Pounding Love Letter to Journalist
- 'Heretic' Imagines the Horror of Being Stuck in Conversation with a Man Who Does His Own Research
- 'Smile 2' is Even More Terrifying Than its Predecessor
- 'Saturday Night' Is an Flattering Portrayal of the Talents of an Unflattering Cast
- Review: 'V/H/S/Beyond' Takes Found Footage to Space and Back
- Netflix's Body-Swap Thriller 'It's What's Inside' Is One of the Best of the Year
- Prime Video's 'House of Spoils' is a Tasty Morsel
- Sarah Paulson Can't Act Her Way Out of 'Hold Your Breath'
- Cristin Milioti Steals the Show in the Mediocre, Shallow 'The Penguin'
- Death Becomes Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in 'The Substance'
- Body Horror Meets Black Comedy in Cronenberg's Deeply Personal 'The Shrouds'
- 'The Watchers' Review: Ishana Night Shyamalan Crafted a Clunker
- 'AfrAId' Review: Just How Scared of AI Does Blumhouse Want Us to Be?
- 'Evil' Is Over
- 'Consumed' Is Lost in Its Own Woods
- Damon and Affleck Sleepwalk Through the Familiar But Fun 'The Instigators'
- It's Hard for 'Tarot' to Exist in a Post-'Cabin in the Woods' World
- I Declare it 'Trap' Summer
- A Reappraisal of Dr. Melissa Reeves, the Forgotten Hero of 'Twister'
- Nicolas Cage Is Horrifying in all the Wrong Ways in Oz Perkins' Bewildering 'Longlegs'
- 'MaXXXine' Review: Satan Bless Ti West and Mia Goth
- Richard Linklater's 'Hit Man' Is the Best Possible Use of Glen Powell's No-Face
- In 'I Used to Be Funny,' Canada's Favorite Funny People Turn Trauma into Mystery
- Hopefully 'The Strangers' Trilogy is Better Than a Sum of Its Parts
- Jerry Seinfeld's 'Unfrosted' Is Underbaked and Unfunny
- 'Humane' Review: The Next Cronenberg Takes a Stab at the Family Dynasty
- Review: 'Sting' is a Charming Creature Feature and What I Wanted from 'Evil Dead Rise'
- The Series Finale of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Reminds us How it and 'Seinfeld' Are Inextricably Linked
- There is No Way 'Sugar' Will Survive a Week-to-Week Rollout
- David Dastmalchian's 'Late Night with the Devil' Takes the Late-Night Wars into the Horror Genre
- 'Imaginary' Almost Sucks
- 'The Gentlemen' Review: Ritchie's Latest Episodic Caper is a Blast for Fans of his Formula
- 'Code 8 Part II' Review: Firestorm and Arrow Take on the Cops
- Here's to 2023: A Great Year for Weird Cinema
- Freaks, Weirdos, and New Icons: The Top 10 Horror Movies of 2023
- Will Spider-Man Be in 'Madame Web'?
- 'Dream Scenario' Is Nightmare Fuel
- Review: 'Fingernails' is a Romantic Tale with No Love and No Logic
- 'Hell of a Summer' Review: Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk Made a Boring Slasher Comedy
- 'Boy Kills World' Is a Throat Punch Weirdo Action Darling
- 'Dumb Money' Is the Loud Music Finance Bullshit You Want it to Be
- Let's Discuss Bradley Cooper's Racist Fake Nose for 'Maestro'
- Netflix's 'They Cloned Tyrone' Learned the Right Lessons From 'Get Out'
- 'Mission: Impossible': Who Is Ethan Hunt?
- Did Tom Cruise Really Do the Sleight of Hand in 'Mission: Impossible'?
- 'Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One': The Franchise Isn't Perfect Anymore
- Sarah Snook's 'Run Rabbit Run' Moves at a Tortoise's Pace
- Review: 'The Boogeyman' is Honestly, Whatever
- 'Barry' and Sally Reed: The Most Compelling Objectionable Heroine
- Review: 'BlackBerry' Adequately Roasts Jim Balsillie
- No One Is Safe from Slaughter in the Messy But Entertaining 'Evil Dead Rise'
- Review: 'Paint' is Exhausting
- 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' Is Fine
- Review: Taran Egerton's 'Tetris' Is an Amped-Up Stranger-than-Fiction Saga
- 'Problemista' is a Surreal Slice of Julio Torres' Stylings
- Review: Hulu's 'Appendage' Exists
- How 'Attachment' Uses What We Don't Know About Jewish Mysticism to Create a Mystery
- Review 'Knock at the Cabin' Is Good but Must Reckon with its Source
- 'Shotgun Wedding' Review: JLo Wasn't Going to Let Sandra Bullock Have All the Fun
- Review: 'Hunters' Season 2 Makes Too Big a Matzo Ball
- Shoot Her Down, But She Won't Fall. 'M3GAN' Is Titanium
- 'Glass Onion' (The Knives Out Sequel) Is Rian Johnson's Whodunit Reaction to Our Hellish Reality
- 'Christmas Bloody Christmas' Is Not as Cool as It Wants You To Think It Is
- 'Pepsi, Where's My Jet?' Is Exactly the Kind of Thing Netflix Should be Making
- Shudder's 'Blood Relatives' Is a Meditation on Vampirism and Judaism
- Review: 'Disenchanted' Isn't as Magical as its Predecessor
- Daniel Radcliffe Elevates the Absurdity in 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'
- Martin McDonagh's Bleak Comedy 'The Banshees of Inisherin,' Starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson
- Review: Shudder's 'V/H/S/99' Tackles the Real Horrors of Y2K
- 'Halloween Ends' Review: We are Finally Free From this Treachery
- Netflix's Halloween Family Movie 'The Curse of Bridge Hollow' Is a Full-Size Candy Bar
- Review: Hulu's Momo-Inspired 'Grimcutty' Is a Failure
- [Spoilers] 'Smile' Is a Ruthless Indictment of Mental Health Stigmas and Not For the Faint of Heart
- Review: Mia Goth Sparkles and Slashes in 'Pearl'
- Review: Laugh at the Demise of the Rich in Ruben stlund's 'Triangle of Sadness'
- Review: 'Sick' is an Otherwise Worthy 'Scream' Successor Coated in Infectious COVID Droplets
- Review: 'Samaritan' is the Next Phase of Superhero Churn
- Review: 'Glorious' Is the Trolley Problem by Way of 'Futurama'
- 'Orphan: First Kill' is so Much Better Than it Has Any Business Being
- Review: 'Hypochondriac' Is More of the Same but Different
- Review: 'Relax, I'm From the Future,' is 'Terminator' by Way of Zany Youth
- 'The Black Phone' Is a Spooky, Scary Horror Movie with a Capital 'H'
- For 'Crimes of the Future,' Cronenberg Dusts Off his Old Self to Reflect on His New, Older Self
- In 'Cha Cha Real Smooth,' the Actor/Writer/Director Can't Stop Obsessing Over Himself
- Review: 'Crimes of the Future' Is a Science Fiction Opus for the Sickos
- Review: 'Firestarter' Is Stuck Rubbing Two Sticks Together
- Review: Christina Ricci's 'Monstrous' Needs More 'Get Away from Her, You B*tch' Energy
- Review: 'Turning Red' Will Make You Want to Listen to Pop and Let Down Your Fur
- 'Pam & Tommy' and How the Patriarchal Justice System Fails Victims of Sex Crimes
- 'After Yang' is a Complex Story of Humanity in a Simple Tale of a Busted Bot
- Don't Screw with the Original? More Like, Don't Mess with 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'
- Review: 'Pam & Tommy' Is the Whiskey-Breath Body Glitter-Covered Crime Drama That Sets the Record Straight
- With 'Brazen,' Netflix Uses the TV Movie Cookie Cutter to Make its Own Batch of Vanilla Snacks
- Stay Home and Get Scared: The Top 10 Horror Movies of 2021
- 'Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City' is a Great Zombie Movie Drenched in Videogame Gasoline
- How Misogyny in the Trinity Killer Investigation Links 'Dexter' to 'Dexter: New Blood'
- Review: Benedict Cumberbatch is Back as Another Quirky Historical Figure in 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain'
- Review: 'Halloween Kills' Insists It's Something New While Obsessing Over Everything Old
- Review: 'There's Someone Inside Your House' Asks if Being Canceled is a Fate Worse Than Death
- Review: Netflix's Newest Haunted House Tale 'No One Gets Out Alive' Effectively Layers in the Story of an Undocumented Woman
- Review: 'I'm Your Man': A Cynical Modern Woman Navigates Romance with a Robot as Hot as Dan Stevens
- Review: 'Silent Night' is an Existential Crisis by Way of Michael Bublé Music and Wine from the Bottle
- 'Malignant' Review: A Self-Aware James Wan Gets Zany
- Review: Netflix's 'He's All That' Called Me Old, Then Tried to Convince Me The Skater Boy Was a Loser
- Review: Barbara Crampton's Teeth Sparkle in 'Jakob's Wife'
- In Honor Of 'Escape Room: Tournament of Champions': An Escape Room Movie for Every Mood
- Review: Karen Gillan Kicks Teeth into Dust in the Shiny, Bloody 'Gunpowder Milkshake'
- Review: Willem Dafoe's 'Siberia' Is Impenetrable
- Review: 'Werewolves Within' is a Real Awooo-dunnit
- Review: Gina Rodriguez's 'Awake' Tries its Best to Keep Your Eyes Open
- Review: 'Seance' Summons a Familiar Ghost
- Review: 'Things Heard & Seen' Delivers A Warm Hug With An Icy Grip
- Review: 'Held' is Bloody but Ineffective Couple's Counseling
- Review: 'The Unholy' Couldn't Get Me To Kneel
- Review: From the Mad Mind That Brought Us '[REC]' Comes 'The Vault'
- Review: Bob Odenkirk Kicks Butt in 'Nobody'
- Review: 'Moxie' Is A Feminist Punk Album For Generation Z
- Review: 'Sator' Will Reveal Itself When It's Ready
- Review: 'Wrong Turn' Should Have Kept to the Main Trail
- How 'Promising Young Woman' Upends Sex Comedy Cliches
- From 'The OC' To 'Promising Young Woman': How Adam Brody Went From Nice Guy To 'Nice Guy'
- Review: 'Wonder Woman 1984' Is A Worthy Sequel Unfettered by Its Cynical Expanded Universe
- Review: 'Archenemy' Is No Antidote To The Gritty Superhero Wave
- Review: 'Freaky' Boldly Smashes Together Body-Swap Comedy And Slashers
- Review: 'Welcome To The Blumhouse: Black Box' Will Remind You To Rewatch 'Get Out'
- Review: 'Welcome To The Blumhouse: The Lie' Unravels A Parenting Nightmare