Boston-based pop culture critic Andy Crump has been writing about film and television online since 2009. He also writes words for Paste Magazine, The Playlist, Slant Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Polygon, Thrillist and Birth. Movies. Death., and is a member of the Online Film Critics Society and the Boston Online Film Critics Association.
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Sobering And Funny, 'Blindspotting' Wants To Return Feeling To Our Collective Consciousness
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal say they want the film to light fires under its viewers or, at the very least, gives viewers some hope.
Hulu's 'Castle Rock' Explores The Stephen King Multiverse, But It's Light On The Horror
The series feels inviting not as a macabre tale from one of the genre’s literary masters, but as a showpiece for gifted actors reacting to the unknown, writes critic Andy...
'Generation Wealth' Asks Why We Care So Much About Money
The film not only explores the wealthy, but also looks at how everyone -- rich or not -- is complicit in the culture.
'Sharp Objects' Is Relentlessly Grim Summer Viewing
A crime reporter returns to her hometown on assignment to cover a string of gruesome murders, but the whodunit is hardly the point of the series that explores the internal...
In Tender Tones, Erin Rae Reminds Us That Human Experience Wields Universal Power
The Nashville singer-songwriter's latest album, "Putting On Airs," delves into the joys, tragedies, triumphs and travails we encounter throughout our days.
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In Her Netflix Show, Michelle Wolf Gives Us A 'Break' From All This News
There’s an irreverence to Wolf her most devoutly silly peers lack, a feeling that she’s embraced the possibility that we’re living in America’s end times and resolved to go out...
New Season Of 'Jessica Jones' Wants Us To Know That Superheroes Have Feelings Too
Instead of being about power, the second season of this Marvel series is about the consequences of power, writes critic Andy Crump.
Power And Privilege Continue To Anchor Donald Glover's One-Of-A-Kind 'Atlanta'
The show’s comedy comes from an abiding gloom blended with its trademark eccentricities, says critic Andy Crump. There wasn’t a series like “Atlanta” on TV back in 2016. In 2018,...
'Our Cartoon President' Only Shows That Comedians Need To Stop Lampooning Trump
For pop culture to stay relevant, it has to get wise to the truth of Trump, writes critic Andy Crump.
Netflix's 'Altered Carbon' Relies More On Storytelling Through Action Than Sci-Fi Philosophy
The sci-fi show’s “primary narrative determinedly canters forth, making the occasional pit stop for backstory before indulging its excesses: graphic violence and explicit sex,” writes critic Andy Crump.