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Darren Aronofsky has somehow directed his most commercially-friendly and straightforward film while simultaneously paying homage to his career and all of his influences. Such is the compelling paradox of Caught Stealing, a crime-comedy that...
Ethan Coen should just direct a TV anthology. If there’s anything that Honey Don’t and his prior solo effort Drive-Away Dolls elucidate, Coen’s strengths lie in funny little scenes and moments, not in a...
Director Zach Cregger surprised the world when he emerged from a career in a comedy troupe to direct an indie horror called Barbarian. That film took the horror scene by storm with its unexpected...
This week brings an interesting clash of new releases. On one hand, an original body horror starring real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie distributed by indie company Neon. In other words, the...
It’s been a while since the Stephen King Book to Screen series came knocking, but we’re glad to be back! We covered Misery in our last entry, and this time aren’t skipping any books....
The ’90s and ’00s were a relative mixed bag for Marvel superhero films. For every X2 or Spider-Man, there was a Daredevil, Elektra, or Hulk weighing things down. There were lot of growing pains...
Ari Aster began his career with two supernatural horror films, exciting audiences as one of the bright new voices in horror. With Eddington and the preceding Beau is Afraid, Aster has expanded his definition...
We’re back with the Great Disney Reel Rumble Retrospective! We’ve moved onto the later half of the Renaissance Era. After the mixed reception to Pocahontas, Disney was likely hoping to regain some momentum. But...
The Man of Tomorrow. Man of Steel. The Last Son of Krypton. Boy Scout. Big Blue. These are nicknames that Superman has earned throughout his 87 years of publication and multimedia history. While we...
Jurassic World Rebirth may rank among the most ironic film titles of all-time. Rehash would be a more appropriate subtitle. The seventh entry in the long-running Jurassic franchise offers nothing original and recycles all...
Tom Cruise tried to recapture his success with Top Gun by turning to the racing world with Days of Thunder, which used the same basic premise. It is fitting that Top Gun:Maverick‘s director Joseph...
I don't know that anything has been uniformly one way or the other across all superhero films. That said, I…
Do you think this is a return to the Reeve-style moral simplicity and fresh-and-fun superhero films? Or was this a…
It should be on there! I linked it to rank if you click on the film title!
been wanting to rank this for a couple weeks now and this hasn't shown up on the site yet
Everything satire these days. When was the last time a slasher movie or any movie played it straight? They've been…