Wolfwalkers Review: The Best And Most Beautiful Animated Movie Of The Year

Wolfwalkers Review

The search for the next Studio Ghibli is neverending. Though the answer is not one you can pinpoint easily, the latest film from the acclaimed Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, Wolfwalkers, feels like a strong contender. Taking visual cues from The Tale of Princess Kaguya and with a narrative that feels

Safety Review: A Heartwarming Tale of Brotherly Love

Safety Movie Review

Ray Ray McElrathbey (Jay Reeves) believes he’s made it. And who can blame him? He’s a red-shirt freshman playing safety for the Clemson Tigers football team. He has a dorm, is acing his classes, and is standing out in practice. But his dream comes under threat when his mother is

Mank Review: A Gorgeous Movie About Legacy And Failure That’s Devoid Of Emotion

Mank Netflix Review

David Fincher's Mank is brilliantly summarized by its titular character when he says "You cannot capture a man’s entire life in two hours. All you can hope is to leave an impression of one." Sadly, the impression Netflix's Oscar-hopeful leaves is not a very lasting one, but a surface-level, distant

Happiest Season Review: Director Clea DuVall Makes History and the Yuletide Gay With the Best Rom-Com of the Year

Happiest Season Review

The yuletide has never been gayer. The release of Happiest Season is a big moment for the closeted lovers of women out there who get stuck watching Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas with their mom every year where each film is either about a regular girl falling in love with a

Amazon Studios Sets 2021 Release Date for Coming 2 America Sequel

Coming 2 America

Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Coming 2 America from Paramount Pictures. The sequel to the 1988 comedy cult classic Coming to America will launch worldwide in over 240 countries and territories on Prime Video on March 5, 2021. Director Craig Brewer (Dolemite Is My Name) will once again team up

Run Review: Aneesh Chaganty’s New Thriller Sets the Standard for Disability Representation in Film

Run Movie Review

In 2016, a Buzzfeed News article titled, “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom Murdered,” was being obsessively read by everyone I knew. I couldn’t find anyone on Facebook who wasn’t sharing it; I couldn’t find anyone on Twitter who wasn’t tweeting about it. It’s

The Witches Review: The Robert Zemeckis Re-Imagining Is a Hot, Camp Mess

The Witches 2020

When Roald Dahl saw the film adaptation of his novel, The Witches, in 1990, he called it “utterly appalling.” With a roster of world-class artists like director Robert Zemeckis taking a crack at adapting the classic work to film alongside Guillermo del Toro and Black-ish writer Kenya Barris, also with

The Haunting Of Bly Manor Review: Mike Flanagan Crafts Another Horror Winner That Will Make You Scream, Then Make You Cry Ugly Tears

The Haunting of Bly Manor

Mike Flanagan is one of the most interesting voices working in horror today, and it's baffling that he has only worked 9 years in the genre. Though he hasn't enjoyed the kind of mainstream success other horror auteurs like James Wan have enjoyed, his output the past decade is full

Robert Zemeckis’s The Witches Moves To HBO Max

The Witches Official Trailer

Warner Bros has released the official trailer for, The Witches which was set to premeire theatrically but will now head to HBO Max for its release. Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) will serve as director for the reimagined version of Roald Dahl's 1983 published novel along with co-writing the screenplay with Kenya

Netflix Provides First Official Look For Their Holiday Film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY

Netflix has released the official first look to their upcoming holiday film, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. Written and directed by David E. Talbert (Almost Christmas), the film will be a musical adenture led by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker as Jeronicus Jangle who must work with his granddaugther (Madalen

Hulu Releases Official Trailer For New Horror Series Helstrom

Helstrom

Hulu has released the official trailer to their upcoming horror series, Helstrom. The series will center around brother and sister Daimon (Tom Austen) and Ana Helstrom (Sydney Lemmon) asthey use their skills to track down the darkest of souls. Be sure to check out the Hulu original series Helstrom official

‘The Devil All the Time’ Is an Explosive But Laborious Tale of Generational Violence

devil all the time

“There’s a lot of no good sons of bitches out there,” and The Devil All the Time has many. Based on the novel of the same name by Donald Ray Pollock – who provides insightful and contemplative narration –  the film begins with a map filling the screen that links

ENOLA HOLMES Review: Slow Build Pays off in surprisingly rewarding ways!

Enola Holmes Review

Enola Holmes, the anticipated film based on The Enola Holmes Mysteries book series from author Nancy Springer, centers the youngest Holmes sibling, Enola (Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things), on a quest to find their mother, Eudoria (Helena Bohnam Carter, The Crown). On Enola’s 16th birthday, Eudoria disappears, forcing Enola to reunite with her big

Sign Up For Tickets To All In: The Fight For Democracy Virtual Screening

All In: The Fight For Democracy Screening

Amazon Studios is partnering with Pay or Wait to give fans a chance to see voting rights documentary, ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, which takes a look at the history, and current activism against voter suppression and the barriers to voting that most people don't even know is a

The Boys Season 2 Review: Bigger, Badder, Meaner, And Yet Kind Of Hopeful Superhero Satire

The Boys Season 2

When The Boys premiered last year, it was a bit of a double-edged sword. It came at the perfect time for a satire of superheroes and how they would act in the real world (premiering a couple of months before Watchmen) but more importantly, it satirized the way we consume

Chemical Hearts Review: Follows Familiar Tropes for Introspective Resonance

“You’re never more alive than when you’re a teenager,” a voice over offers. In the past, teenage angst followed the John Hughes formula: a bevvy of teens with different personalities melding together with explosive results. The teens usually harbored dreams of rebellion against the uptight authority figures domineering over their

Project Power Review: A Thrilling And Genre-Bending Superhero Story That’s Grounded In Real Issues, And Real Powers

Project Power Review

Even with a global pandemic, there's no denying superhero movies and TV shows are approaching zombie-levels of saturation. This year alone saw the release of Birds of Prey, the Harley Quinn animated show, the last season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as the upcoming (hopeful) release of The New

Amazon Releases Official Trailer for Chemical Hearts

Chemical Hearts Official Trailer

Amazon has released the official trailer for their upcoming film, Chemical Hearts starring Lili Reinhart (Riverdale). The film is based on the novel of the same title by Krystal Sutherland about a young man Henry (Austin Abrams) who falls in love with a mysterious young woman (Lili Reinhart) from school.

Netflix Is Giving Fans A Chance To Win A 1000 Month Subscription With The Old Guard Minigame Competition

The Old Guard Minigame

Want the chance to win a free Netflix subscription for 83 years? Netflix has launched a video game competition surrounding its latest action release “The Old Guard”, starring Charlize Theron. The U.S. nationwide competition will allow contestants the opportunity to win an “Immortal* Netflix Account” (*1000 months of subscription, or

Fatal Affair Review: Gives Us Hollywood Royalty Without Unconventional Twists

Fatal Affair

Fatal Affair is the story of a torrid make-out session and an almost sexual encounter turned deadly obsession. A thriller that follows brilliant and successful lawyer Ellie Warren (Nia Long, Love Jones), and her architect husband Marcus (Stephen Bishop, Being Mary Jane), who has just moved from San Francisco to Oceancrest,

The Old Guard Review: A Cookie-Cutter Action Thriller That Is Saved By A Kick-Ass Charlize Theron And Intriguing Mythology

The worst thing to be said about The Old Guard is that it feels like the Marvel shows made for Netflix, in that it feels mostly like it's saving up the good stuff set up for a sequel. The good news is that The Old Guard kicks so much ass

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Review: A Movie That’s Best When It Reminds Us Of How Weird, Campy And Heartfelt The Real Eurovision Is

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: The Story of Fire Saga

How do you parody what is already half a joke? How do you present an event that's so ingrained in European pop culture as the Eurovision Song Contest to an American audience that has never paid attention? The wrong answer, is to make it a rom-com with the juggernaut singing