Picture this sequence: it’s April Fool’s Day. A24 drops a trailer for a project that looks like a typical newlywed couple moving into a new house. At first glance you feel as if it’s going one way but as you watch the rest of the trailer – it goes into...
Five Nights at Freddy’s has been a cornerstone of horror video games for years. Its subversion of the formula brought in many eyes and quickly lifted it to popularity, spawning many sequels, merchandise, fan games, and even its own movie. The movie rode on the anticipation of many fans back...
I don’t know how to start this. So, let’s start off with this statement: I love Silent Hill. It’s one of my favorite video game properties of all time – and it’s among my fav survival horror franchises. The series has always dealt with the blend of psychological and supernatural...
At one point in time, Hollywood was seen as the golden road of media. It was where all the major studios had their operations run. A place of prestige, gold, and accolades remains forever, right? Well, it appears that time waits for no one, as recent developments in the animation...
The trailer for the upcoming movie Jurassic World: Rebirth has been bouncing around my head for a while. Whenever I first saw the title drop for the movie at the end of the trailer, I had only one cynical question lingering with me: Are people still watching these? Counting all...
Star Wars fans are getting their fill of fun with theatres rerunning the third prequel movie that came out way back in 2005. With the famous movie series getting mixed reviews for their newer additions to the galaxy far away, it’s interesting to see that a rerun of an older...
“Sinners,” directed by Ryan Coogler, might be one of the most creative films Hollywood has released in recent years. A movie with Southern Gothic vampires that celebrates black culture? No one’s ever attempted this before, but with the success of this movie, maybe they should’ve. The creative chemistry between the...
“A Working Man” is an action thriller released this year and stars Jason Statham as the protagonist. The movie is nothing special to the genre, yet it managed to outperform the live-action “Snow White” film at the box office. Disney’s adaptation was an absolute mess and was bound to be...
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a breathtaking film that caught the world by storm. Both it and the sequel pushed the boundaries of animation to their limits and gave a grand spectacle like no other, proving that animation is an art form that gravely needs more appreciation. Both movies were...
“A Minecraft Movie” has been a success at the box office. The kids love it, with clips of the movie being memed into oblivion on TikTok and YouTube Shorts. As much as Jason Momoa and Jack Black’s headlined movie has gotten eyes all over it, there has been some bad...
If you haven’t noticed, Hollywood seems to love making movies about themselves. Just look at the Wikipedia page listing films about filmmaking. Spoiler alert: There are over 200 of them! From “Babylon” to “The Fabelmans” to “La La Land,” Hollywood is obsessed with telling stories about itself — the glamour,...
Anyone who has been paying attention to Rotten Tomatoes or other sites would see that The Electric State has garnered a lot of negative reactions from critics and audiences. While these opinions are valid and I agree with them to an extent, I also don’t think it is as bad...
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