Jai Courtney Shines in the Ridiculous, Fishy Role He Was Born to Play

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Jai Courtney Shines in the Ridiculous, Fishy Role He Was Born to Play

Back in the mid-2010s, Jai Courtney was the latest face that Hollywood was hellbent on making the next big thing, casting him in big tentpole movies such as Terminator: Genisys, Divergent, and A Good Day to Die Hard. It was…

From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina Review

More than two years after Keanu Reeves' once seemingly unkillable assassin last took to the big screen in John Wick: Chapter 4, the hit action franchise is back again with a new cinematic adventure: Len Wiseman's From the World of…

Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After Review: A Strong Tech Demo

Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After, which debuted on May 27, 2025, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios was certainly a show where the technology outshined the performances as this visually spectacular show focuses on some of Disney’s most infamous antagonists.Unfairly Ever After…

Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells Are the Worst American Tourists Abroad in This “Horror-Comedy”

A few months ago, I reviewed The Parenting, a sharp, witty, and very entertaining horror-comedy, and I examined the horror-comedy spectrum and how different movies position themselves at points throughout that spectrum. It usually makes for a very amusing blend…

Jai Courtney Is A Great Villain, But I Was Otherwise Unimpressed By This Cat & Mouse (& Shark) Thriller

Dangerous Animals was a particularly intriguing movie for me as a Jai Courtney apologist. When Hollywood was testing Courtney as a leading man, he was let down by the vehicles designed for this purpose, mainly the poorly reviewed legacy sequels…

How the Hell Did Al Pacino and Dan Stevens Get Trapped in This Mess of a Horror Movie?

2017's The Ritual, directed by David Bruckner, is one of the best horror films of the last decade. 2025's The Ritual, co-written and directed by David Midell, and starring the likes of Al Pacino and Dan Stevens, is the exact…

The Life of Chuck Review

From Gerald’s Game to Doctor Sleep, few modern filmmakers have a better grasp on Stephen King than Mike Flanagan. Even with an original story like Midnight Mass, you can see the influence that Flanagan drew from King. The Life of…

Award-Winning Thai Horror Comedy Deftly Navigates The Supernatural, Personal & Political [Cannes]

By the midpoint of “A Useful Ghost,” when a refrigerator and a vacuum cleaner throw down in an all-out brawl, audiences should be well attuned to its kooky, droll wavelength. Thai cinema might be best known to festival audiences through…

A Punk Band Descends Into a Classic Horror Setup in This Cool, Compelling New Road Trip Movie

I'm a sucker for those doomed road trip horror movies. A gang of friends, a pair of siblings, a couple on the brink of the next, or last, step in their relationship, loading up the van and seeing where the…

Negan Plays Both Sides and Maggie Has a Brush With Death

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 Episode 5. Season 2 of The Walking Dead: The Dead City has been a bit of a slog to get through this time around. After…

I Could Not Get Into This Well-Meaning But Poorly Constructed Western Starring Rumer Willis

A revenge Western about a woman on a bloody, violent mission will always garner interest, so it is quite tragic when a film with such a simple story crumbles. Trail of Vengeance is based on true tales from the Old…

John Maclean’s Period Thriller Underwhelms In Spite of Inspired Visuals, & Cast Including Tim Roth, Jack Lowden & More

There’s a scene with a puppet show in “Tornado” where the storyteller narrates the thematic underpinning of his story, explaining his villain’s motivation for his murderous deeds as “the most evil of all reasons: no reason at all.” It’s an…

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