Free Beacon Sonny Bunch

Sonny Bunch is culture editor at the Bulwark and a contributing columnist to the Washington Post. A cohost of the Sub-Beacon, he was formerly executive editor of, and film critic for, the Washington Free Beacon.


‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Review

Political cynicism is one of America’s key exports

‘Crimson Peak’ and ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’ Reviews

When is a horror film not a horror film? When it’s a gothic romance ghost story

Bridge of Spies

‘Bridge of Spies’ Review

Cold War thriller from Steven Spielberg exists, has actors and a plot

‘Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead’ Review

Examining The National Lampoon, the foundation of modern American comedy

‘The Martian’ and ‘Everest’ Reviews

Exploring man’s struggle to survive in a harsh, alien environment

Hollywood and drugs

‘Sicario’ Review

Hollywood and the war on drugs

‘Black Mass,’ ‘Pawn Sacrifice’ Reviews

A pair of well-acted character studies

Not Sonny Bunch

Notes from the Screening Room

On press privileges and trailers

Transporter Refueled

‘The Transporter: Refueled’ Review

More like ‘The Transporter: Redundant’

No Escape

‘No Escape’ Review

Stuck in the middle with coup