As my showing of Now You See Me: Now You Don't wrapped up, which is the third installment of the popular magician heist franchise, I found myself smiling ear to ear. When it's expressed that a trip to the movies can be the greatest form of escapism, this is the kind of film that best represents
During a time when true movie stars are a dime a dozen, Glen Powell has cemented himself as being more than worthy to take up that mantle. Since blowing up in a big way in Top Gun: Maverick, Powell's decisions have been strategic in the sense that he wants the audience to have a good time at the
Over the weekend, Sydney Sweeney saw the release of a Christy A sports drama about real-life professional boxer Christy Martin. She dominated the sport for females during the 1990s. All while enduring abuse at the hands of her coach-turned-husband. This ultimately resulted in her 2010 attempted
Jennifer Lawrence returns to the big screen this weekend in Lynne Ramsay's Die My Love, a film that is garnering the actress amazing reviews and is generating considerable Oscar buzz. This is a position that Lawrence has found herself in before, having won once for Best Actress while landing three
This weekend, the latest installment of the Predator franchise hits the big screen with Predator: Badlands expanding the universe and putting a fresh spin on the IP by making the alien creature the protagonist rather than he antagonist. Predator: Badlands has garnered great reviews so far, sitting
If you missed the release of the dystopian political thriller Anniversary over the weekend, no one would blame you. The movie was released with little to no promotion, with one theatrical trailer hitting the internet ahead of its release and virtually no TV spots airing to support its debut. The
As much as the masked men and gloved nightmare ghouls pursuing them, final girls have been a huge and important staple of the horror genre. They exhibit vulnerability, strength, and tenacity in the face of horrific pressure, and it certainly helps if they have one hell of a scream. Every foe needs
Back in 2018, director David Gordon Green brought Michael Myers back to the mainstream with Halloween, a direct sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 masterpiece. The decision was made to disregard all sequels after the first film, making it a PTSD story about how one night of unholy terror affected
It was just three years ago that the world was introduced to the magical world of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. That film was a runaway success at the box office and was surprisingly great, considering some of the gripes coming into it. Now, we're getting a sequel that is adapting one of the most
When Margaret Atwood returned to Gilead almost 35 years later, with her book The Testaments, the sequel to her seminal The Handmaid’s Tale, they said she could never match its genius. The story more than matched her 1985 dystopian classic, winning the 2019 Booker Prize, feeling horrifically timely
"Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair" is now available on Hulu. The title of the show really sells how fans of the franchise that ran from 2000 through 2006 should feel about the series. I promise I will explain. This "revival" brought back as many stars as they could, including Frankie
