It is one of cinemas most recognizable subgenres, yet to our knowledge it does not (yet) have a name. We define the “Mansion Murder Comedy” to be one of the class of films which employs the tropes of the gothic mystery thriller for comedic effect.
Bong Joon-ho is back! After six years without a new film, the Oscar-winning Korean director returns to the big screen with Mickey 17. While his reputation had been slowly growing thanks to his sci-fi...
While the post-It Stephen King adaptation extravaganza has finally slowed down, filmmakers still intermittently seek to bring King’s stories to the big screen. Osgood Perkins has deigned to bring his own vision to one...
For the fourteenth year in a row, Flickcharters have voted for their favorites in a wide variety of categories, from the worst and best of the previous year to the films that interest us...
Heart Eyes is the third film from Josh Ruben, a noted member of the online comedy group CollegeHumor. As one of many filmmakers emerging from the Internet era, Ruben’s work has all been horror-comedies,...
Captain America: Brave New World is a film that is neither brave nor new, though certainly of this world. Taking all the recycled remnants of prior Marvel Cinematic Universe films and shows, Kevin Feige...
The Brutalist has emerged as this year’s historical, self-important, grandiose Oscar nominee, the closest equivalent to 2023’s Oppenheimer. The cinema world hasn’t centered around The Brutalist‘s greatness near as universally as last year’s Best...
For the fourteenth year, members of the Flickcharters Facebook group have voted in several categories to create The Flickcharters’ Choice Awards. Our previous winners have been Drive, Django Unchained, Gravity, Guardians of the Galaxy, Mad Max: Fury Road, La La Land, Three...
As with last year, the end of the year and start of the next year brings so many cinematic releases that it is next to impossible to do individual reviews for each film. Flickchart...
Let’s scan into the future (and maybe a little into the recent past) to see what new releases are landing in cinemas and on our favorite streamers over the next three months. Big names...
“People say my films are dark. But like lightness, darkness stems from a reflection of the world.” On January 16, 2025, the world lost one of its directing masters. After taking up smoking at...
Everything satire these days. When was the last time a slasher movie or any movie played it straight? They've been…
That the film focuses more on Kong surprises me not at all. He more closely approximates an actual character, while…
Absolutely loved "Insidious: The Red Door"! The emotional depth and intense storytelling took this franchise to a whole new level.
I liked Guardians 3. It was a good ending to the trilogy. Gunn is one of the few filmmakers who…
Top Gun and Banshees deserve all the good awards.