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.
Poker Face is Rian Johnson’s Columbo for the superhero era
Stylish, wry, and oh-so-satisfying, Poker Face is another ace from Rian Johnson.
Bruce Timm’s Justice League was a blueprint for the superhero team-up series
The World’s Finest never felt finer than in Justice League.
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Sweet Christmas!
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Shin Ultraman is a fun, frantic Japanese superhero movie with a little too much style to spare
The second movie in the Shin universe takes the franchise to wild, weird new heights.
M3GAN ending explained: How that wild finale sets up a sequel
We need to talk about M3GAN.
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M3GAN gatekeeps, gaslights, and girlbosses her way to horror icon status.
The 10 most exciting sci-fi movies coming out in 2023
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The Last Wish is the radical reinvention the Shrek franchise has needed.
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"We made an Indiana Jones movie and fans are gonna love it."
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Death is built into the fabric here.
Perfect Blue deserves to be seen as more than Darren Aronofsky's inspiration
Before there was Requiem for a Dream, there was Perfect Blue.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer reveals our first look at Adam Warlock
The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer is here to bring the team on one last mission.
The Eternal Daughter review: Tilda Swinton goes on a haunting gothic getaway
Tilda Swinton is her own mother and daughter in the eerie film from Joanna Hogg.
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio review: A stop-motion animated masterwork
Guillermo del Toro brings a dark humanity to the tale of a disobedient wooden puppet.
Andor's Season 1 finale employs a cinematic trick that goes back 88 years
When a funeral speech goes off like a bomb.
