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.


‘Gravity’ Review

Alfonso Cuarón’s latest adventure in experiential cinema

Review: ‘Metallica: Through the Never’

Fans will dig it—and who cares about everyone else?

‘Prisoners’ Review

Tense thriller combines overly intricate plotting with terrific performances

‘The Family’ Review

Review: Mixing genres is easier than mixing tones

‘Lords of Salem’ Review

Rob Zombie’s Judd Apatow problem

‘Grandmaster’ Review

Wong Kar Wai sees Kung Fu as a physics problem, not a ballet

'World's End' Review

Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg ring in the apocalypse one pint at a time

Kick-Ass 2 Review

Sequel trades critique of comic book genre for a more straightforward appreciation

'Elysium' Review

The 99 Percent finally triumphs—with a helping hand from Matt ‘Jesus’ Damon

A Golden Age of Low-Budget Cinema

Movies: ‘Only God Forgives’ is one of the many interesting low budget flicks getting wide distribution