Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

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From Jeff Nelson Countless people flock to Los Angeles to pursue their idea of the Hollywood Dream, but the success rate is low, and it isn’t necessarily about talent. Sometimes, it’s about being i...

From Jeff Nelson Some movies get a little too high on their own supply. Cinema should be made for the artist, but that also means taking the risk that it won’t connect with audiences. Writer/direct...

From Jeff Nelson The single-location thriller is good for more than just an indie movie’s budget. It can ratchet up some serious tension, especially when it doesn’t let the audience in on the punch...

From Jeff Nelson Sex work is as much about emotional labor as it is physical. Writer/director Alex Phillips peers into the smoke and mirrors of this relationship under the guise of a Giallo-inspire...

From Jeff Nelson A witch dwelling deep in the woods is a classic horror trope, and the Adams Family (composed of John Adams, Toby Poser, and daughters Lulu and Zelda Adams) knows a thing or two abo...

From Jeff Nelson Kurtis David Harder’s Influencer struck a nerve with its assault on influencer culture. More thriller than horror, it relied on logic-defying leaps to deliver an entertaining, al...

From Jeff Nelson The multiverse concept has been done to death. It had its day in the sun between the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Academy Award-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once , and b...

From Jeff Nelson Lauris and Raitis Ābele’s Dog of God is a clammy illusion in every sense — from its surreal, visceral imagery to its fragmented structure. This animated feature wouldn’t necessar...

From Joe Peltzer As a millennial, the original 2005 Fantastic Four film holds a special place in my heart; it was bright, goofy, and introduced me to Marvel’s First Family long before the MCU was...

From Joe Peltzer As a lifelong Superman fan, I’ve always embraced the character’s many iterations, from the hopeful idealism of Christopher Reeve’s iconic portrayal that was ahead of its time to th...

From Joe Peltzer Jurassic World: Rebirth is a welcome, if slightly worn, return to the series, a film that wears its franchise lineage proudly, blending familiar beats from the original trilogy w...

From Jeff Nelson Another 28 Days Later installment was a long time coming. Original duo Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return to the gritty English apocalypse with 28 Years Later , but this time, ...

From Joe Peltzer Celine Song broke hearts with 2023’s Oscar-nominated Past Lives , a directorial debut that resulted in the filmmaker’s arguably more marketable follow-up, Materialists , landing ...

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From Jeremy Kibler Australian horror films always seem to hit a little harder than those released inside the Hollywood studio system. Fraternal co-directors Michael and Danny Philippou reproved tha...

From Jeremy Kibler The high school sex comedy Summer of 69 would fit in nicely as this generation’s Risky Business, The Girl Next Door, or The To Do List (that one where Aubrey Plaza played a b...

From Jeremy Kibler Fear Street: Prom Queen is pretty much like attending your own prom: it’s kind of fun but never as memorable as you want it to be.  Based on R.L. Stine’s 1992 novel The ...

From Joe Peltzer Marcel the Shell with Shoes On was a marvel of a film in that director Dean Fleischer-Camp took a novel concept and created an emotional, heartfelt cinematic stop-motion journey....

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Splatter horror movies intend to shock the audience, but few are responsible for an entire generation’s trauma quite like the Final Destination franchise. The formula is simple (even if its rules c...

From Jeff Nelson There aren’t many action franchises as pulse-pounding as Mission: Impossible . Tom Cruise’s must-be-seen-to-be-believed stunt work stands out most alongside a likable Impossible M...

From Jeff Nelson There aren’t many action franchises as pulse-pounding as Mission: Impossible . Tom Cruise’s must-be-seen-to-be-believed stunt work stands out most alongside a likable Impossible M...

From Jeremy Kibler Death is back, baby, and this time, he’s interested in family and introducing the world to even more everyday fears. After 2011’s Final Destination 5 surprised us all in the la...

From Jeff Nelson “When you fuck with death, things get messy.” Comically messy. That is the entire premise of the Final Destination franchise that started in 2000. Twenty-five years later and f...

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From Jeff Nelson Who would have guessed that a movie called Clown in a Cornfield leads with social commentary? Well, here we are. The YA-based slasher follows through on its promise of clown-invo...

Trump said he was authorizing the U.S. Trade Representative to process the institution of the tariff because the United States' movie industry is dying "a very fast death" due to other countries offering incentives to attract filmmaker's and studios.

From Jeff Nelson The Marvel Cinematic Universe has hit an unfortunate slump in its silver screen adventures since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 closed the door on its rag-tag team of unlikely he...

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