The indie dramedy Pools dives deep into themes of grief and healing, but instead of drowning its audience in heavy melodrama, it finds surprising joy through friendship, laughter, and late-night adventure. Directed by Samuel Hayes, this coming-of-age film uses the swimming pool as both a literal
Writer/Director Nicholas Colia’s debut, Griffin in Summer, is the kind of indie gem that sneaks up on you with heart, humor, and just the right dose of awkwardness. It’s a fresh, funny, and surprisingly tender take on what it feels like to be young, ambitious, and a little too sure of yourself.
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Fright-A-Thon is a celebration of all things Halloween. The Halloween season is here starting with the calendar rolling over from August into September. To fully celebrate that season, it's important to watch scary movies of all kinds, new ones, old ones, whatever. From today, September 1st all the
Prime Video is taking us back to the golden age of millennial summers with its brand-new coming-of-age series, The Runarounds. This feel-good drama follows a group of fresh high school graduates in Wilmington, North Carolina, who form a real rock band and chase stardom during one unforgettable
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl returned for The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween House Party, delivering a double feature built around two very different approaches to Halloween horror. This time, the legendary horror host paired Body Bags (1993) with WNUF Halloween Special (2013),
George Carlin told perhaps the greatest joke on football ever told in his 10/11/1975 SNL monologue, where he contrasted the pastoral nature of baseball with the warlike sport of football. To quote one segment among many, “In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field
The term "crowd pleasing" or "crowd pleaser" has found itself layered with some derogatory undertones among critic circles. Broad appeal seems immediately discounted, as if populist filmmaking is somehow lesser than when compared to auteurs and hidden indie gems. I've always maintained that there
