‘Widow’s Bay’ Review: Matthew Rhys Anchors Apple’s Intriguingly Creepy, Oddly Cozy, Unevenly Effective Horror-Comedy

‘Widow’s Bay’ Review: Matthew Rhys Anchors Apple’s Intriguingly Creepy, Oddly Cozy, Unevenly Effective Horror-Comedy

At the end of a very strange dinner punctuated by flickering lights and ominous warnings, a travel writer (Bashir Salahuddin) scouting an island village diagnoses what he sees as the problem with its marketing pitch. “I see what’s going on here. You don’t want to be Nantucket. You want to be Salem,” he says. Leaning…

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‘Playdate’ Review: Alan Ritchson and Kevin James in the Latest Prime Video Action-Comedy Made to Ignore While Doing Chores

‘Playdate’ Review: Alan Ritchson and Kevin James in the Latest Prime Video Action-Comedy Made to Ignore While Doing Chores

The new Amazon Prime action-comedy includes a director and screenwriter among its credits. But the real creative contributions to the film stem from the casting director and music supervisor. After all, someone had to cast two actors as physically disparate as Alan Ritchson and Kevin James, the most unlikely screen pairing since Arnold Schwarzenegger and…

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