Lex Pryor
The Ringer
New York, NY, United States
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‘The Harder They Fall’ Is Basically Like Every Other Western
Much has been made about the film’s subject matter and majority Black cast, but what’s most revolutionary about the movie is its devotion to being pure, unadulterated entertainment → Read More
What Does the Next Era of James Bond Look Like?
‘No Time to Die’ suggests the franchise is looking toward reformation, but Bond has always been more of a distraction from society than a reflection of it → Read More
The Spirit of Barry Jenkins’s ‘The Underground Railroad’
The Amazon adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel attempts to answer questions art rarely does → Read More
Godzilla vs. Kong: Who Ya Got?
A new, heated trailer demands a new, heated debate → Read More
The Pain and Joy of ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
The Netflix film—based on an August Wilson play and featuring Chadwick Boseman’s final performance—is one of the best of the year → Read More
‘Lovecraft Country’ Was Undeniably Flawed. Maybe That’s the Point.
In its first season, the show often drowned out its most interesting points with heavy-handed plotting, but the expectation to be perfect is unfair to begin with, and one that most shows aren’t burdened by → Read More
‘Lovecraft Country’ Recap: To Shape a Butterfly
In "Strange Case," many characters hide their identities, but only some embrace their true selves in the process → Read More
‘Lovecraft Country’ Review: Leti’s House on the Left
From the onset of “Holy Ghost,” it’s clear that we are watching a haunting. For a show that has devoted its opening entries to monsters and magic (both real and imagined), that distinction is key—“Holy Ghost” is about a different kind of horror. The show opens with a scroll, white text juxtaposed against a black background, that reads: “In the summer of 1955 a group of Negro men and women moved… → Read More
‘Lovecraft Country’ Review: Tic’s in a Nightmare, Whitey’s on the Moon
The second episode of the season gets weirder and more fantastic, while also drilling into Tic’s, Leti’s, and George’s experiences as Black Americans → Read More
‘Lovecraft Country’ Premiere: Monsters Fantastic and All Too Real
In the first episode of HBO’s newest series, Tic and Co. venture into unfamiliar territory—and face disturbingly familiar evil → Read More