Leigh Monson
Leigh Monson has been a professional film critic and writer for six years, with bylines at Birth.Movies.Death., SlashFilm and Polygon. Attorney by day, cinephile by night and delicious snack by mid-afternoon, Leigh loves queer cinema and deconstructing genre tropes. If you like insights into recent films and love stupid puns, you can follow them on Twitter.
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This week's episode of 'The Expanse' turns the solar system on its head.

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This week finds Amos and Naomi spotlighted as they attempt their escapes.

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The search for one's tribe brings up questions of whether such artificial divisions are at all necessary.

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An emotionally harrowing episode builds to an all-timer of a climax.

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This week's episode is an intense one.

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'The Expanse' takes a crack at 'Walking Dead'-style survivalist moralism.

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The season finale explores the consequences inherent in holding to your ideals and loyalties, both harmful and rewarding.

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'Sator' feels right at home with the bleak familial meditations of 'Relic' and 'The Dark and the Wicked'.

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'4x4' is a paradox, a stationary thrill ride that maintains momentum without leaving the confines of a space that cannot even accommodate standing up.

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'Haymaker' cares only about an audience of one.

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'Brothers By Blood' is an incomprehensible cinematic chore.

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'Supernova' may not be flashy, but it burns brightly all the same.

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Tahar Rahim’s performance is sorely underserved by the production it’s bound to.

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Netflix is mostly successful in entering the class-conscious awards-baiting game.

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Look, I didn't mean for this list to have a wolf theme, but here we are.

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Our Soul review finds Pixar’s latest as a jazz composition that finds purpose in the quiet moments.

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The fact that 'Sylvie's Love' sets the heart racing should be recommendation enough.

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Is this the awaited sequel to 'Alien: Covenant'?

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If the groundwork laid in the first three episodes tells us anything, big things are awaiting us in the weeks to come.

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The success of Star Trek: Discovery season 3 episode 9 will largely depend on next week’s resolution, but for now, it's "All hail Emperor Georgiou!"

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'Wander Darkly' may have attempted to reinvent the wheel, but it didn’t have to succeed to roll along just fine.

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A great cast delivers the feel-good holiday movie of the year.

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FanDome starts off strong with a great trailer for 'WW84'.
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