Hoai-Tran Bui

Hoai-Tran Bui is the Entertainment Editor at Inverse. She previously was an editor and film critic at SlashFilm, and her work has appeared in USA Today and The Washington Post. She is a Rotten Tomatoes-certified critic and co-hosts a Doctor Who/Star Trek podcast called Trekking Through Time and Space.

Hoai-Tran likes people, places, and things. She also probably likes being online too much. Her favorite movie vacillates between Spirited Away, Before Sunset, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, though Chungking Express is making its way up there. Hoai-Tran is probably due for a re-evaluation of her favorite movie.

Review

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Delivers The Refreshing Reset Marvel Needed

The fourth Tom Holland Spider-Man movie is both a soft reboot and the same old story.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
I Am The Girl I Am the God

'Interview With The Vampire' Season 4 Is Rebranding As 'Queen Of The Damned'

She is the answer!

By Hoai-Tran Bui
SDCC 2026

Marvel Just Announced Ryan Gosling Is The New Ghost Rider

Sublime!

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Review

'Hope' Is A Nonstop Sci-Fi Thriller That Goes Off The Rails In The Best Way

There’s hope yet for the absurd alien invasion movie.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Trailers

'The Rings of Power' Season 3 Trailer Finally Reveals The Origins Of The One Ring

One does not simply show the One Ring in the first season.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Review

'Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender' Soars Above Its Troubled Release

The Gaang’s all here.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

Destin Daniel Cretton’s Naruto Movie Will Stay “Very Close” To The Original

Believe it!

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

How Destin Daniel Cretton Brought Spider-Man Back To Earth

From VFX to costume design, reflective moments to swinging solo, director Destin Daniel Cretton made Peter Parker feel real again in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

How 'Loki' Inspired Tom Hiddleston’s Ambitious New Pompeii Docuseries

National Geographic’s Pompeii: Out of Time has been over 5 years in the making.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Best Of

The Best Horror Movies And TV Of 2026 So Far

Inverse’s writers rank the best horror films and TV series of 2026 (so far).

By Katie Rife, Hoai-Tran Bui, Lyvie Scott and Chrishaun Baker
Spoilers

Christopher Nolan’s Apocalyptic 'Odyssey'

How can one defy the gods when the gods have abandoned us?

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Review

'The Odyssey' Is A Majestic, Haunting Epic Like No Other

Christopher Nolan wrestles with a tale of monsters and men.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

The Ending Of 'Enola Holmes 3' Delivers A Bittersweet Justice

Moriarty actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster reveals why the villain isn't 100% in the wrong.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Fear is the Hype-Killer

'Dune: Part Three' Trailer Teases One Fundamental Change From The Books

Shifting faces and shifting alliances.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
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No Joke, 'The Sheep Detectives' Is One Of The Best Movies Of The Year

No ifs, ands, or baaahs about it.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Spoilers

'Supergirl’s Ending Brings Kara Back To Earth, In More Than One Way

She’s ready to fight the good fight.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Review

'Supergirl' Shoots For The Stars, And Lands In The Middle

The Woman of Tomorrow gets a throwback cosmic adventure.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

How Michael Sarnoski Created “A Good Death” For Robin Hood

“What does this quiet death in a sunlit church bedroom between these two people look like?”

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Trailers

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s New Trailer Reveals Spider-Man’s New Powers

Or is it...Man-Spider?

By Dais Johnston and Hoai-Tran Bui
Review

'Toy Story' Gives Itself License To Go On Forever

Toy Story 5 takes on technology, and kind of wins?

By Hoai-Tran Bui