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Carla Hay

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Biography:

Carla Hay is editor-in-chief of Culture Mix. She has also been a writer or editor for Paramount Media Networks, Women's Media Center, AXS.com, Examiner.com, Lifetime, People, and Billboard. Hay is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Southern California.

Location:

New York, NY, USA

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Arco (2025) 91% EDIT “Equally inspired by European art films and Japanese anime, Arco is a dazzling sci-fi adventure film about time traveling and finding a way back home.” – Culture Mix Jan 28, 2026 Full Review Every Dog Has Its Day (2026) EDIT “This comedy/drama has familiar beats and story arcs about two men who have an unlikely friendship with a large age gap. However, the performances from the principal cast members are good enough to keep viewers entertained by this story.” – Culture Mix Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 92% EDIT “This viciously funny horror comedy is not a typical 'stranded on an island' story. The movie taps into rage that employees can feel when they have a horrible boss, and it shows what can happen when a downtrodden person gets the upper hand.” – Culture Mix Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Charlie the Wonderdog (2025) 42% EDIT “It's supposedly about a superhero dog who is helpful and compassionate, but it's really an awfully mean-spirited, terribly made, cat-hating movie that tries to make animal abuse look like comedy, among other flaws in this misguided mess.” – Culture Mix Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Border 2 (2026) 73% EDIT “Border 2 salutes Indian patriotism in this standalone sequel to 1997's Border, which is also set during the India–Pakistan war of 1971. Don't expect historical accuracy in Border 2. It's an absorbing story about friendship, courage, and sacrifices.” – Culture Mix Jan 25, 2026 Full Review In Cold Light (2025) 43% EDIT “Despite having some gritty scenes, the crime drama In Cold Light has credibility issues in an increasingly far-fetched story about a paroled drug dealer who becomes a fugitive and a vigilante after her twin brother is murdered.” – Culture Mix Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Clika (2026) EDIT “Clika is an amateurish drama that wants desperately to be like Eminem's 8 Mile, but it's as appealing as a rusty microphone. This story (about a wannabe music star caught up in drug dealing) has stale clichés. The acting performances are stiff.” – Culture Mix Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Return to Silent Hill (2026) 20% EDIT “Repetitive and incoherent, the horror film Return to Silent Hill is yet another creatively bankrupt movie based on a video game. This turgid movie (about a grieving man in denial about the death of a loved one) has subpar visual effects and weak acting.” – Culture Mix Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026) 100% EDIT “It doesn’t reveal much new information but this true crime documentary has the benefit of exclusive interviews with several members of the Smart family, including Elizabeth, her father Ed, and her rarely interviewed sister Mary Katherine.” – Culture Mix Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 24% EDIT “A mindless action flick where an accused murderer has 90 minutes to prove his innocence during a trial. There's a lot of yelling at video screens in this moronic movie. Viewers will feel like yelling at the screen too, with all the stupidity on display.” – Culture Mix Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Anaganaga Oka Raju (2026) EDIT “This scatter-brained comedy wants to be two movies in one and doesn't creatively succeed with either story about marriage and politics. The wealth-obsessed protagonist learns predictable life lessons.” – Culture Mix Jan 20, 2026 Full Review Icefall (2025) EDIT “In the low-quality action flick Icefall, a cave-dwelling poacher is hunted by criminals because he found $20 million of their stolen cash. You can easily predict who will live and who will die, long before the movie ends.” – Culture Mix Jan 19, 2026 Full Review Mana ShankaraVaraprasad Garu (2026) EDIT “This mindless and long-winded action comedy, which has an obnoxious national security officer for a protagonist, quickly becomes a repetitive bore. The movie heinously tries to make child abuse look like slapstick comedy.” – Culture Mix Jan 18, 2026 Full Review Call Me Mother (2025) EDIT “Call Me Mother has some overwrought melodrama, but the movie has plenty of charm, thanks to a charismatic performance from Vice Ganda. It's a bittersweet story of a transgender mother's quest to adopt a 10-year-old boy she's raised since his infancy.” – Culture Mix Jan 17, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% EDIT “A rare sequel that is more innovative than its predecessor. Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell give performances that make this unhinged movie an instant horror classic. There's also some subversive comedy mixed in with all the bloody gore.” – Culture Mix Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 79% EDIT “Primate is exactly what you might expect from a horror movie about a beloved pet that gets rabies and turns into raging killer. It's schlocky and suspenseful, but it doesn't pretend to be a groundbreaking movie.” – Culture Mix Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Greenland 2: Migration (2026) 51% EDIT “The apocalyptic action sequel Greenland 2: Migration is stupidly contradictory with science and survival techniques. The movie wants viewers to forget that people can't survive without masks in the toxic air that's supposed to be everywhere. ” – Culture Mix Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Open (2020) EDIT “The sound mixing is almost amateurish, like a student film. Open is certainly not a horrible movie. It's just not a very compelling one, even for this genre of female-oriented relationship drama. ” – Culture Mix Jan 16, 2026 Full Review A Day in the Life of America (2019) EDIT “The documentary is a fascinating mosaic of people in the United States, all filmed on a single day: July 4, 2017. It does a fairly comprehensive job of capturing a great deal of the contemporary diversity that exists in the United States.” – Culture Mix Jan 16, 2026 Full Review The Chronology of Water (2025) 90% EDIT “Bold and intentionally chaotic, the biographical drama The Chronology of Water takes viewers into the troubled mind of writer Lidia Yuknavitch, with a tour-de-force performance from Imogen Poots. It's an unsettling but memorable film.” – Culture Mix Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Dust Bunny (2025) 85% EDIT “Quirky and visually striking, Dust Bunny overcomes its plodding dialogue with engaging performances from the principal cast. It's like 1994's Leon: The Professional but set in a magical, alternate version of New York City. ” – Culture Mix Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) 77% EDIT “This overrated slasher remake thinks it's smarter than it really is, in a dreadfully dull story about a serial killer dressed as Santa Claus. A supernatural spin and a new ending don't make the kills and the characters any less boring.” – Culture Mix Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Lone Samurai (2025) EDIT “More tedious than it needed to be, Lone Samurai is an utterly predictable dud about a samurai stranded on an island with cannibals who want to kill him. The unrealistic fight scenes have adequate choreography, but the movie is idiotic.” – Culture Mix Jan 12, 2026 Full Review My Father's Shadow (2025) 97% EDIT “My Father's Shadow makes an emotional impact not from melodrama but from showing the quiet steadiness of a father's guidance and love as he spends time with his two sons. The ending of the movie is jarring and unforgettable.” – Culture Mix Jan 11, 2026 Full Review Beast of War (2025) 89% EDIT “Beast of War is a poorly staged and sloppily edited movie about World War II soldiers attacked by a great white shark while stranded at sea. The acting is as terrible as the idiotic dialogue and awful visual effects. None of it looks believable.” – Culture Mix Jan 10, 2026 Full Review
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