Movies

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...

Ryan Coogler has a decorated career. The acclaimed film director has directed beloved movies such as “Fruitvale Station” (2013), “Creed” (2015), and “Black Panther” (2018). His latest offering aims to capture the same sensibilities as his previous ones, but this time, it’s leaning toward the supernatural. “Sinners,” set in the...

Last week, I had the pleasure of watching Whiplash for the first time. It is a dramatic film that captures the human capacity of obsession and displays how far someone will go to pursue their dreams. Andrew is the main protagonist of this story, but one character in the film...

Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal and two other hostages have been released by Israel. This is only a couple of days after he was ruthlessly beaten and detained by Israeli Forces in the West Bank.  It was reported that three men in military garments beat them while one recorded the...

For all gore horror fans, a trailer for the new installment to the Final Destination franchise has dropped a few days ago. “Final Destination: Bloodlines” is set to release in theaters on May 16th, 2025. This is the final film of legendary actor Tony Todd before his untimely death. The...

AI technologies have made strides since the beginning of the 2020s. At one point, they were only a unique piece of technology that would eventually die off. Unfortunately, that would be proven false. AI technologies are now more alive than ever before and are dangerously close to seriously impacting creative...

The excitement for the newest installment of the Shrek series has escalated ever since the fifth movie was hinted at. It has been fifteen years since the last movie in the series, which has left large expectations from fans who wish to see these iconic characters once again. We finally...

Since the release of “No Time To Die”(2021), it has been up in the air which direction the franchise would take after Daniel Craig’s last outing as the fearless Agent 007. Some thought the franchise would end and lay dormant for years. Others believed that another company would attempt to...

The long-awaited arrival of Disney’s remake of Snow White has been everything but peachy, as the multitude of controversies and setbacks have led to a noticeable disinterest in the film. The movie is set to release on the 21st of this month, but no positive buzz has been presented to...

Horror movies have been experiencing a renaissance. It’s not uncommon to see a film from A24’s studio, such as “Hereditary” (2018), “Midsummer” (2019), or “X” (2022), inspiring the genre in recent years. This has given the genre an angle of thought-provoking and artistic freedom that has not been seen in...

Bong Joon-ho’s latest movie, “Mickey 17”, has reached No.1 at the North American box office. A groundbreaking record due to this being the first film by a Korean director to take the number one spot. With all these achievements, you would think that “Mickey 17” is a massive success. However,...

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