Carry-On Review: A Heart-Pounding Cat-and-Mouse Game
Few action thrillers manage to balance high-stakes tension with genuine character development, but Jaume Collet-Serra‘s Carry-On delivers on both fronts. From its opening moments, the narrative plunges viewers into a nerve-wracking scenario that unfolds with relentless urgency. Anchored by a stellar performance…
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Tyler Perry on the Importance of His New Netflix Movie
Tyler Perry is known for putting his name behind important stories, and his latest Netflix time-period drama, The Six Triple Eight, is no different. Inspired by true events centering on the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color…
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The Talented Mr. Ripley’ Remains a Rare, Glorious, and Frighteningly Human Thriller 25 Years After Its Premiere
Tom Ripley is one of those characters that never leaves us, a charismatic black hole that draws us to its bottom because of how easy it is to see ourselves in it. If the success of the recent Ripley Netflix…
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Denzel Washington’s Gladiator II Character Macrinus Is A Lot Like Trump, Ridley Scott Says
Denzel Washington’s character in Gladiator II is “very close to Trump”, according to director Ridley Scott. Yeah, you read that right. Washington plays real-life historical figure Macrinus, a former Roman emperor, in the sequel to the classic 2000 movie Gladiator.…
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“We Want To Show What It Means, Warts and All”
[Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 of Shrinking.] Summary Season 2 of the Apple TV+ series 'Shrinking' ends with a Thanksgiving episode where characters find forgiveness and strengthen new relationships. Co-creator Bill Lawrence hints at a…
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‘What If?’ Season 3 Episode 3 Recap
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for What If...? Season 3 Episode 3. We move on from the glamor of old Hollywood, where animosity could be fully conveyed in a single, well-choreographed dance number, to the far less lighthearted…
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Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields Explains the Real Story Behind 'The Fire Inside'
Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields is the subject of the inspirational new drama 'The Fire Inside' and speaks to us about the real story behind the film and how she's not done competing yet. It's out Dec. 25 from…
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Robert De Niro Plays a U.S. President in Netflix’s ‘Zero Day’ Trailer
Robert De Niro is known as one of the most legendary movie actors to ever grace the big screen, but he continues to make his presence known on television. The Irishman star returns to Netflix next year in a brand-new…
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Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Entertainment Journalism
When you tell people you’re a film critic, you typically get one of two responses. “You watch movies for a living?” or “How do you make money doing that?”. While the profession encompasses far more than just watching movies, these…
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Paul Mescal Showed a Much Darker Side in This Tense, Raw A24 Psychological Drama Co-Starring a ‘Dune: Prophecy’ Lead
If it was between giving up your returning son who you haven't seen for years, even if you knew he was guilty, or holding him accountable and losing him forever, what would you do? Well, before Paul Mescal and Emily…
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How ‘Nosferatu’ Connects to ‘Dracula’, Explained
Nosferatu (2024), starring Bill Skarsgard, Willem Dafoe, Lily-Rose Depp, and Nicholas Hault, is the latest in a long line of vampire tales to hit the big screen. While it is not a strict retelling of Bram Stoker's 19th-century novel Dracula,…
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Celebs With Embarrassing Tattoo Mistakes Revealed
If read vertically from top to bottom and horizontally from right to left, which is how Japanese is read, the tattoo translates roughly to say "ring seven fingers." However, if the tattoo is read horizontally from left to right and then…
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