State Beacon Sonny Bunch

Sonny Bunch is culture editor at the Bulwark and a contributing columnist to the Washington Post. A cohost of the Sub-Beacon, he was formerly executive editor of, and film critic for, the State Beacon.


The Kids Stay in the Picture

REVIEW: ‘Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies’ by Bruce Handy

Immortal Combat

REVIEW: ‘The Book of Elsewhere: A Novel’ by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville

Patrick Stewart Is Ready To Engage

REVIEW: ‘Making It So: A Memoir’ by Patrick Stewart

REVIEW: 'The Idol'

On HBO's unduly hated midbrow romp

Get to the Chopper!

REVIEW: ‘The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage’ by Nick De Semlyen

And the Award Should Go To…

REVIEW: ‘Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears’

Quentin Tarantino’s Cinema of Vibes

REVIEW: ‘Cinema Speculation’ by Quentin Tarantino

Wick-ipedia

REVIEW: 'They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action'

Where Have All the Sex Scenes Gone?

On the cultural and commercial forces conspiring against onscreen horniness

Review: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home'

Also: A bit of personal news

'Rocketman' Review

Big screen jukebox musical an enjoyably chaotic mess

Dark Phoenix

'X-Men: Dark Phoenix' Review

A tribute to the franchise that most closely approximated what it's like to read comic books

Godzilla: King of Monsters

'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' Review

It's got monsters punching each other, what more do you people want?

Aladdin

'Aladdin' Review

Utterly unnecessary, but not charmless

John Wick 3

'John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum' Review

Great action masks a meditation on the natural order

Shadow

'Shadow' Review

Shakespearean Chinese martial arts epic takes a little while to get going

Under the Silver Lake

'Under the Silver Lake' Review

Meandering, Pynchonian, noir-ish critique of mass culture and modernity

Avengers: Endgame

'Avengers: Endgame' Review

A decade of Marvel movies culminates in three hours of (awesome) fan service

'Shazam!' Review

Fun and funny, Levi's charismatic captain is a marvel