A Spin-Off That Dances to Its Own Deadly Beat
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, directed by Len Wiseman, elegantly pirouettes into the blood-soaked corridors of the John Wick universe with style, precision, and a haunting emotional core. As the fifth installment in the franchise—and the first spin-off…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Monica Barbaro Kill It in a Netflix Spy Comedy That Could Go Even Bigger With Its Action
When FUBAR first dropped in 2023, it signaled a strong return for Arnold Schwarzenegger to his action-comedy background. While he's been excellent in The Terminator franchise, Predator, Total Recall, and a host of action classics, fans also loved him stretching…
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Apple TV+’s Period Drama Is Even Bolder and Bleaker This Time Around
Adaptation in itself is a tricky tightrope to walk. The more shows that are greenlit based on an ongoing series or work, the higher the expectation is for those shows to stick the landing — regardless of whether the source…
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I Wish Samuel L. Jackson’s Show-Stealing Performance Could Have Saved This Generic Western Movie
It's not a surprise that, with a decades-long history, even some of the best Western movies have many similar elements that bleed into one another. While this means some genre tropes are all but expected in these types of films,…
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A Thrilling Return to the Hunt
In Predator: Killer of Killers, directors Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung take the legendary franchise into uncharted territory with an adult animated anthology film that slices through the ages with a savage, kinetic energy. This latest installment — the sixth…
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This 95% Rotten Tomatoes Rated Dystopian Series Stephen King Called “Jaw-Dropping” Still Hits Harder Than Most Today
If you're making a movie or TV show, you'd better bring your A-game if you want to impress Stephen King. The Master of Horror often tends to be fairly opinionated, especially when it comes to adaptations of his work; he…
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Florida’s Version Of Cocaine Bear Gets The Movie Treatment & It’s Somehow More Uninteresting
Despite everyone from major studios to smaller production companies continuing to make them, good creature features feel like a dime a dozen in the modern cinematic landscape. Even rarer are ones based on a true story, with one of the…
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A Tedious and Painfully Dull Exorcism
David Midell’s The Ritual is a horror film that feels like it’s trying to exorcise any semblance of quality from its own frame. Based on the true story of Father Theophilus Riesinger’s infamous 1928 exorcism case, the film attempts to…
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Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful Review
Though packed with gorgeous costumes and well-designed sets, I felt like I was missing something while watching Something Beautiful. The visual album is being released to accompany Cyrus' latest studio album of the same name. It's a quick watch and…
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Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans Just Made a New Romance Classic With Celine Song’s Latest
We don’t get as many straightforward romances as we once did. Rom-coms are still thriving on streaming and with the occasional theatrical release, but flat-out romance films have become a rarity. Sure, every once in a while we’ll get a…
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Melanie Scrofano’s Small-Town Horror Series Is ‘Wynonna Earp’s Darker Spiritual Successor
Like many TV viewers, I was devastated when I learned that Season 4 would be Wynonna Earp's last. After its initial premiere on SYFY back in 2016, the little supernatural Western that could managed to endure much longer than likely…
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“The Sentry” Plays SXSW London
Director Jake Wachtel’s “The Sentry” short plays June 2-7 at SXSW London, followed by Raindance (6/18-6/27) and the Palm Springs Shortsfest (6/24-6/30). The film is a look at a secret agent in action in Cambodia. The director/writer of this refreshing…
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