In Mindy Kaling’s ‘Late Night,’ Conviction Is (Excellent) Comedy
As movies become more responsive to the modern cultural climate, walking into a theater can feel a bit like wading into a trap. Long Shot’s Rogen-brand high jinks came with…
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Tyler Daswick
'The Office' alum’s debut feature has laughs, attitude and inner strength.
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Tyler Daswick is a senior writer at Relevant. Follow him on Twitter @tylerdaswick.
The First Poster for ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Shows Off Diana’s Awesome New Costume
Following the disappointing news that the movie wouldn’t be appearing at San Diego Comic Con this year, Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins gave fans a sneak peek at the upcoming…
The First Teaser for Pixar’s Next Original Movie, ‘Onward,’ Is Setting You Up for an Emotional Sucker Punch
Pixar’s next original movie, Onward, has flown low under the radar for some time, thanks to all the hype around much-anticipated sequels Toy Story 4 and Frozen 2 coming out later in 2019.…
Let’s Discuss the Utter Insanity of ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’
Watching Godzilla: King of the Monsters is like asking your mom to buy your favorite cereal at the grocery store. Imagine this: Your mom is going to the grocery store. You…
Review: ‘Rocketman’ Chronicles a Mega-Star’s Soaring, Messy Search for Love
The best thing about Rocketman is how it treats the music of its namesake and central character, Elton John. While many music biopics literalize their subject’s most famous tunes, showing you…
Review: In Satirizing Faith, ‘Good Omens’ Actually Doesn’t Go Far Enough
If religion is fertile ground for comedy, radical religion bears fruit year-round. Cultural shifts have turned the paranoia and fear-mongering of fringe faith groups into oft-amusing peculiarities, and while these…
Review: ‘Booksmart’ Is a Hilarious Ode to Making Dumb Decisions
The paradox of high school is it was a terrible experience for just about everyone, yet most people look back on it fondly. Even without rose-colored glasses, your teenage stumbles…
The ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale Was Doomed From the Start, and Maybe That’s Our Fault
Be it the immediacy of social media discourse, the reactionary nature of the internet or the surf-the-tsunami approach many people take to watching way too many TV shows, series finales…
Review: Has ‘John Wick 3’ Redeemed the Hollywood Action Movie?
There are few movie genres as well-suited to the visual form as action movies. At their best, action movies are spectacles of performance, inciting thrills and emotion through the feats…
Other Food Shows Turn Chefs Into Gods, But ‘Street Food’ Is About Deacons
The best meals come without pretensions. Food doesn’t have to be simple, but it should be understandable. That’s why the best dishes surprise you amid that accessibility, like a mac…
Review: ‘Detective Pikachu’ Packs a Warm Family Story Inside a Wacky Mystery
There are two ways to explain Detective Pikachu, and the gap between those descriptors represents the movie’s biggest challenge: making you just go with it. This movie is wild, zany,…
‘It: Chapter Two’ Is Written By a Christian, and He Says the Movie’s Scarier than the First
Yesterday marked the release of the first trailer for the much-anticipated It: Chapter Two, the follow-up to 2017’s horror blockbuster based on the Stephen King novel. It: Chapter Two‘s screenwriter is Gary…
Review: We’ve Seen the ‘Tolkien’ Biopic, and We Have Answers to All Your Questions
This is a review of the new J.R.R. Tolkien biopic, Tolkien. People have a lot of questions about this movie considering its subject and the apparent liberties the filmmakers took…
Review: ‘Long Shot’ Is a Romantic Comedy About the Trump Era (and It Works!)
Since the 2016 election, new relationships have had to deal with the unfamiliar threshold of the couple having to out their politics to one another before things become too serious.…
Have Christians Turned Marriage Into An Idol?
Everywhere I go, I see married couples. It’s creeping me out. I moved across the country a few months ago, plugged myself into a church, and started making new friends…