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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
Shelter (2026) 62% EDIT “Compared to other predictable Jason Statham action flicks, Shelter is woefully deficient. His 'hero' character is protecting an orphaned teenage girl he barely knows. He drags her into a violent mess instead of dropping her off at an orphanage.” – Culture Mix Feb 2, 2026 Full Review The Plague (2025) 97% EDIT “Even though The Plague takes place at a water polo camp for boys, this tension-filled drama is not a sports movie. It's a well-acted and stylishly unsettling story about the troubling effects of bullying and negative peer pressure.” – Culture Mix Feb 1, 2026 Full Review The Fire Raven (2025) EDIT “The Fire Raven could've been an intriguing murder mystery thriller, but this disappointing movie has too much choppy editing and too many increasingly ludicrous plot twists to be enjoyable. Most of the acting performances aren't very good.” – Culture Mix Jan 31, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 62% EDIT “The Moment is not funny enough to be a creatively successful mockumentary, and it's not edgy enough to be a satirical film about 'brat' pop singer/party girl Charli XCX. It's just a series of awkward conversations and some diva meltdowns.” – Culture Mix Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Iron Lung (2026) 44% EDIT “Incoherent and relentlessly dull, Iron Lung (written by, directed by, and starring YouTube personality Markiplier) is a misguided horror movie based on the video game. When will social media stars learn that on-camera fame doesn't equal filmmaking talent?” – Culture Mix Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Shuffle (2025) 100% EDIT “This documentary puts a spotlight on rampant fraud in the business of addiction rehab in the U.S., to show how some places go to extremes to get maximum insurance payouts. The movie adeptly balances systemic issues with personal stories.” – Culture Mix Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Arco (2025) 92% EDIT “Equally inspired by European art films and Japanese anime, Arco is a dazzling sci-fi adventure about time traveling and finding a way back home. There are a few story influences from 1982’s E.T. film, but Arco has enough originality to charm.” – 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) 93% 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) 45% 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) 10% 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) 17% 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) 78% EDIT “Primate is exactly what you might expect from a horror movie about a beloved pet that gets rabies and turns into a 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
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