Nick Frost Reveals the Real-Life Inspiration Behind His New Horror Movie
The Big Picture Collider's Perri Nemiroff speaks with Get Away writer and star Nick Frost and director Steffen Haars at Fantastic Fest 2024. Get Away follows a family on a vacation that takes a grisly turn on a Swedish island.…
Read more
The Wild Robot Director Chris Sanders Dishes on His Masterpiece and Looks Back on Lilo & Stitch
Chris Sanders, the brilliant director behind modern animated classics like Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon, and The Croods, discusses the lengthy process of creating The Wild Robot, which many people consider to be the best animated film…
Read more
A Game Cast & Charming Script Elevate Familiar Throwback To ’90s Sports Comedies
The sports genre can tell every kind of story, from a heartwarming underdog's redemption to a swan song for an aging star or a comedic twist on the sport at hand. With Yassir and Isaiah Lester's The Gutter, the filmmaking…
Read more
There’s No Stopping The Game In December
There’s no stopping the game. “Squid Game” season two is around the corner, and Netflix has unveiled a new teaser at Lucca Comics & Games, Europe’s biggest Comic Con. Tens of thousands of fans gathered for this sneak peek of…
Read more
5 Horror Movie Remakes That Improve on the Originals
These horror movie remakes did things the originals couldn't. The Thing (1982) Based on the 1951 sci-fi classic The Thing from Another World, Carpenter’s masterful remake takes the story in a more intense, horror-oriented direction. The film centers around a…
Read more
Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter 4K Hammer Horror Review
This week Hammer Films reached out and asked me to check out a 4K restoration of Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter as part of their 50th Anniversary limited collector’s edition set release to provide my honest thoughts. Naturally, I was excited…
Read more
“There’s an Inherent Absurdity to the Lengths She Goes”: Josh Margolin on Thelma
Thelma (Courtesy Magnolia Pictures) When Josh Margolin first heard that his grandmother had nearly become the victim of a phone scam — in which someone pretending to be Margolin attempted to score thousands of dollars from the elder — he…
Read more
HBO’s Upcoming Prequel Series Scares Up A 2025 Premiere
You know the drill: a successful franchise with intellectual property value cannot stay idle. So, after the success of “IT” and “IT Chapter Two,” filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti, who directed and produced the first two films, are returning…
Read more
‘Here’ Review – Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks Are Back, but Not Better Than Ever
Richard McGuire’s brilliant graphic novel Here is an overwhelming, ambitious, beautiful yet jarring story of one small slice of our planet shown throughout millions of years. Focusing on a specific corner of Earth without ever changing its perspective, we’re shown…
Read more
Hannah Peterson’s Debut Is A Quiet Reflection On A School Shooting Aftermath
At the outset of Hannah Peterson’s elliptical film debut, “The Graduates,” the writer/director stages a scene that we’ve seen before. In it, a shy 12th grader, Genevieve (Mina Sundwall), is given a writing prompt by her English teacher. Her teacher…
Read more
Melissa Barrera Gets Intimate With a Beast for ‘Your Monster’
[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Your Monster.] The Big Picture The film 'Your Monster' features a romantic-comedy story with horror elements, exploring toxic relationships and societal views on women. Melissa Barrera was surprised to find herself in the…
Read more
‘Emilia Pérez’ Film Review: A Fearless Cinematic Experience
It isn’t often that we are awarded a film that is as audacious in its ambitions as Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez. This unique work is a Mexican drug cartel thriller, a tale of a parent’s unbreakable connection to their children,…
Read more