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

'Primetime' Turns A True-Crime Tragedy Into A Surreal Horror Show

Robert Pattinson is a revelation as a distorted, grotesque interpretation of To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

'The People v. Gorilla Grodd' Is “More Intense Than You Would Realize,” Skyler Gisondo Says

The star of the new DCU show teases more beyond the mockumentary premise.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Thrill Ride

I Saw 'Hope' In 4DX And Almost Died

Fasten your seatbelts. Oh wait, there aren’t any.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Set Visit

Animation Has Become A Computer-Generated Industry. LAIKA Would Rather Do It By Hand.

Everything in LAIKA’s latest fantasy epic, Wildwood, has been painstakingly crafted for the movie. Nothing will be reused.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

'Lanterns' Just Wrapped Up Its Big Manhunter Mystery — What Now?

Poorna Jagannathan and Garrett Dillahunt talk about the explosive climax to the Rushville arc.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Review

'Slow Horses' Season 6 Reaches A New Pinnacle For The Show

The Apple TV spy show reaches new levels of maturity and complexity in its sixth season.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

What The Heck Is With That Ending To 'Hope'?

Na Hong-jin reveals the original script was “too long and too dense for a single movie.”

By Hoai-Tran Bui
The Inverse Interview

'Hope' Director Na Hong-Jin Explains Why The Aliens Look That Way

And why the Cannes cut was just “a halfway mark until the final release version.”

By Hoai-Tran Bui
The Inverse Ranking

60 Most Important Star Trek Stories Of All Time

From classic episodes and movies to underrated gems, comics, novels, fan fiction, parodies, and beyond. These are our picks for the crucial adventures that made Star Trek, well, Star Trek.

By Ryan Britt, Hoai-Tran Bui, Lyvie Scott, Dais Johnston, Mark Hill, Chrishaun Baker and Colin Cheney
Exclusive

Wait, Who Was Actually A Manhunter? Behind That Shocking 'Lanterns' Reveal

Lanterns star Poorna Jagannathan talks about her shapeshifting character.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

Tom King Reveals Why 'Lanterns' Changed John Stewart's Origin Story

Writer Tom King reveals the biggest changes to the origins of John Stewart.

By Hoai-Tran Bui and Lyvie Scott
Review

'Coyote vs. Acme' Brings The Live-Action Hybrid Movie To The Next Level

The embattled Looney Tunes movie is more than worth the wait.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Review

'The Dog Stars' Is Yet Another Mournful, Masculine Post-Apocalyptic Thriller

Jacob Elordi brings a soulfulness to Ridley Scott’s somewhat standard post-apocalyptic drama.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Exclusive

'It Ends' Director Talks That Ambiguous Ending

It Ends director Alexander Ullom talks about the ambiguous ending of his cerebral thriller — at least, as much as he can.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
The Inverse Interview

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Doesn’t See 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' As A Mystery Movie

“I'm not sure that this film fits specifically into the mystery genre.”

By Hoai-Tran Bui
Review

'The Last House' Goes In The Last Direction You Would Expect

A Stephen King-inspired thriller takes a turn for B-movie schlock.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
The Inverse Interview

Liza Colón-Zayas Is Dialed In

The Bear and Spider-Man: Brand New Day actress talks about playing Spidey’s police ally and how locked down those scripts really are.

By Hoai-Tran Bui
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