Anyone who kept up with last year’s debut of Dune: Prophecy Season 1 knows that it ended on a rather twisty note. Huge revelations, complicated family lineages, and a burgeoning power struggle saw HBO’s Dune spinoff leave a lot of mystery in its wake. With Season 2 being announced as going into
As an entertainment journalist/movie fan who’s keeping their eye on the 2025 fall movies and beyond, I’m also up for something totally out there in the near future. When it’s an effort from someone like writer/director Gore Verbinski, a man who knows how to “really go for it,” I’m
While its box office run seems to be drawing to a close, Disney’s Tron: Ares (reviewed here) is about to embark on another journey. Strange as it may seem, the world of awards consideration await for the much talked about October release - with musical and technical categories primed to be its
After Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’s announcement, I practically consider Quentin Tarantino an honorary Santa. As the re-cut to the Uma Thurman starring revenge epic is finally heading into wide theatrical release, the wait is over for anyone who doesn’t live near the New Beverly. We now
These days the marketing windows of major releases seem to be shrinking; save for a few mythic titles. While 2025 fall movies like Tron: Ares have been on a relatively tight marketing schedule, others like Avatar: Fire and Ash have been hyping the crowd through a longer span. So learning that
For decades the three rules of the Gremlins movies have been as important as the one rule for a second sequel: “don’t do it, unless you’re absolutely sure.” Well, it looks like confidence has entered the chat over at Warner Bros, as the next chapter of the Mogwai/Gremlins saga is moving
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
Who could've guessed that a film about a stinky fisherwoman and a wicker husband would end up being one of the most romantic movies of the year? For all its vulgarity and absurdity, Wicker weaves a surprisingly sincere, shockingly sweet fable of against-all-odds love and a dismantling critique of
Few studios have set such a precedent within their own genre quite like Laika Studios. With each painstakingly crafted story, they consistently find new ways to level up stop motion animation and push the limits of what can be accomplished. Stop motion is already a marvelous feat of patience and
