Movies

Content Warning: Major spoilers for Poor Things. Yorgos Lanthimos created a true oddity of a movie. Poor Things is a nod to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; Willem Defoe takes on the role of Godwin Baxter, a disfigured surgeon whose obsession with science leads him to create strange creatures, including Emma Stone’s...

In a world where high-definition images and cutting-edge special effects are everywhere, nothing beats kicking back with a classic film. These classic films made decades ago have a special way of taking us back in time to a simpler era and showing us how far we’ve come as a species. The depiction...

Warning: Mild spoilers for “Madame Web.” “Madame Web” is hilarious, but it’s not a comedy. After the stellar flop of 2022’s “Morbius,” Sony’s latest Marvel film is a huge letdown. It’s a soulless film and a huge slap in the face to fans who love Marvel comics. With a current...

“Mean Girls,” the 2024 musical adaptation has officially hit theaters and fans are raving for it. Tina Fey wrote the original film in 2004 that starred Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfriend, and Lacey Chabert. The movie became a huge hit, and Fey brought the idea to Broadway in 2018...

Actors Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum’s upcoming film “Pussy Island” is now being released under a different name and on a different date. The movie is now titled “Blink Twice”, and it is set to be released August 23. This horror movie revolves around a tech billionaire (played by Tatum)...

“Anyone But You,” a romantic comedy starring Sydney Sweeny and Glen Powell, first hit theaters Dec. 22, 2023, and received an underwhelming amount of viewers during the opening weekend. The film by Sony and Columbia Pictures shows the toxic dynamic between Bea (Sweeny) and Ben (Powell) when they are forced...

Disney had held the top spot as the highest-grossing studio at the box office since 2015, but 2023 saw Universal Pictures take the lead. It was an $80 million lead for Universal as they grossed a staggering $4.907 billion in worldwide ticket sales against Disney’s $4.827 billion, which gave the...

Warning: Spoilers for Saltburn and explicit content in this post Saltburn, which premiered in late December of last year, truly took the world by storm with scenes from the film still going viral on social media platforms and moviegoers still asking questions about the consistently shocking scenes.  Directed and written by the Academy...

Marvel has finally canonized its six highly popular Netflix shows into the official Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ timeline.  Initially spotted by X/Twitter user CanWeGetToast, listings on Disney+ revealed that the Netflix Marvel shows now take place in Phase 3. Daredevil and Jessica Jones are set between I Am Groot and...

American pop sensation Billie Eilish revealed that writing the song “What Was I Made For” for the hit film “Barbie” saved her from depression as she was accepting her award. The singer won the award for Best Original Song (for a motion picture). She accepted the award alongside her brother...

The next installment in the Despicable Me franchise is set to arrive later this year. While no plot has officially been revealed, Despicable Me 4, Illumination’s latest work, is said to follow directly after Despicable Me 3. The movie is directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Patrick Delage, and written...

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