Category: Reviews
I Was Locked Into This True Crime Mockumentary’s Serial Killer Terror Despite One Fatal Flaw
I Was Locked Into This True Crime Mockumentary’s Serial Killer Terror Despite One Fatal Flaw

True crime documentaries have become a huge staple of modern entertainment culture. From movies to miniseries, the documentation of grisly murders and corrupt cover-ups has become a permanent subgenre of documentary filmmaking. Because of how widespread it is, it also…

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Jenna Ortega Can’t Save A Meandering, Directionless Season 2
Jenna Ortega Can’t Save A Meandering, Directionless Season 2

Despite its clumsy attempts to recapture the magic of the ‘90s films “The Addams Family” and “The Addams Family Values,” season one of “Wednesday” found its charm through the stone-faced performance of Jenna Ortega as the titular Wednesday Addams. made…

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Dexter’s Pursuit of the Gemini Killer Leads to the Series’ Most WTF Twist
Dexter’s Pursuit of the Gemini Killer Leads to the Series’ Most WTF Twist

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Dexter: Resurrection Episode 6. If you thought after three TV series that the world of Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) had run out of things to do, oh, has Dexter: Resurrection been…

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Zach Cregger’s ‘Barbarian’ Follow-Up Is Frightening, Hilarious, and One of 2025’s Best Horror Films
Zach Cregger’s ‘Barbarian’ Follow-Up Is Frightening, Hilarious, and One of 2025’s Best Horror Films

In recent years, it seems like we’ve seen an uptick in people known for comedy dipping their toes into horror. Most famously, Jordan Peele won an Oscar for his debut feature as writer-director, Get Out, but Kevin Smith and Bobcat…

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Will We Ever Get A Completely Original Exorcism Movie Again?
Will We Ever Get A Completely Original Exorcism Movie Again?

Ever since The Exorcist became a blockbuster success, the concept of possession has been one of the most used in the horror genre, whether having a whole plot built around it, or adding it late to the game. As is…

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Bringing Fresh Life to a Classic Spoof Series
Bringing Fresh Life to a Classic Spoof Series

After more than thirty years since Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994), director Akiva Schaffer (Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) resurrects one of comedy’s most absurd and beloved film franchises with The Naked Gun…

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This New Documentary Is a Dark Look at Fame, Fandom, and the Career of Eminem
This New Documentary Is a Dark Look at Fame, Fandom, and the Career of Eminem

Fandom is a tale as old as time. For as long as there have been artists, creatives and leaders of any sort, there have been people who admired them and looked to them for guidance on how to live their…

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Zach Creeger Drops Mass Destruction Bombs Of Creepy Terror In Spine-Chilling New Horror
Zach Creeger Drops Mass Destruction Bombs Of Creepy Terror In Spine-Chilling New Horror

Electric, terrifying and hypnotically creepy af, writer/director Zach Creeger’s latest psychological horror, “Weapons,” dips its toe into the unknowable on many levels. Who are your neighbors? Who are the people in your community? And how can you properly articulate the…

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Buckley’s Life Is Put On Display, Only For The Documentary To Fail To Capture Him
Buckley’s Life Is Put On Display, Only For The Documentary To Fail To Capture Him

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley never lets us forget that the man, the myth, and the subject of this documentary, Jeff Buckley, was an unknowable enigma. The feature-length exploration of his too-short life ultimately fails to understand him, despite its…

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Conrad Is Suffering, but I’m Having the Time of My Life
Conrad Is Suffering, but I’m Having the Time of My Life

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 Episode 5.I'll be honest: I didn't really get into the second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty until everybody got to Cousins Beach and the…

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This Surreal Animated Movie With Some of Today’s Funniest People Is Unlike Anything You’ll See This Year
This Surreal Animated Movie With Some of Today’s Funniest People Is Unlike Anything You’ll See This Year

Boys Go to Jupiter, the feature debut of writer/director/producer/composer Julian Glander, finds beauty in mundanity. Set in suburban Florida between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, this strange but lovely film is unlike any animated feature you’ll see this year. This…

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Betrayals and Demerzel’s Stressful Gaze
Betrayals and Demerzel’s Stressful Gaze

Foundation Season 3 Episode 4, titled The Stress of Her Regard, isn’t just a mouthful, it’s a pressure cooker. This episode drops bombshells we’ve been waiting on since Season 1 and still manages to leave us stressed, confused, and emotionally…

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