‘A Real Pain’ Film Review: Heritage, Truth, and Profound Emotion
Pain, empathy, and naturalistic humor find potent symmetry in Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, the actor’s second feature-length journey behind the camera. Writing, directing, and co-starring, Eisenberg has created an honest examination of existential despair that sidesteps pretentiousness and finds…
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It Starts as a Chaplin-esque Comedy and Ends as the Cruelest Horror Movie You’ve Ever Seen
Despite its film history perhaps not being as well-known or regularly lauded as that of the U.S., France, or Japan, the country of Spain has a rich and fascinating cinematic catalog. Of course, there are the iconic works of Pedro…
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Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Fan Theories & Ending Explained
When Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, released The Birds in 1963, film fans constructed theories about the movie's meaning. Although he alluded to the film being revenge for humans' treatment of birds, Hitchcock remained ambiguous about why flocks of…
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Apple TV+’s Best Show Returns With A Deeper, If Less Bingeable, New Season
Since its inception, more than anything, Apple TV+ has excelled at genre television, especially in the sci-fi space. The sheer number of science fiction shows that populate the relatively small service is frankly overwhelming. Yet I think the best of…
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HBO Original Documentary SURVEILLED Debuts November 20
The HBO Original documentary Surveilled, produced by Ronan Farrow, and produced and directed by Emmy Award winning filmmakers Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz (HBO’s “Axios,” “Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America”), debuts WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (9:00-10:00 p.m.…
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Devil’s Peak: Meet the Stellar South African Cast
One of South Africa’s most acclaimed authors, Deon Meyer’s gripping crime thriller novels have now been translated into 28 languages. Able to craft vivid stories with complex plots, relatable characters and full tilt action, it’s no wonder that Devil’s Peak…
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It’s Time for Sony and Marvel To Make Tobey Maguire’s ‘Spider-Man 4’
Back in 2009, Sony Pictures teased a fourth Tobey Maguire-led Spider-Man film, citing the release date as May 6, 2011 (via Twitter/X). While we all know that movie never happened, it's about time Sony and Marvel revisit the idea. Of…
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Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood’s Fantasy Movie Didn’t Go as Planned
Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon are undeniably two of Hollywood's brightest and illustrious performers, and in 2010, the cinema greats joined forces once again (after previously collaborating on Invictus) for the captivating fantasy disaster film Hereafter, in which Damon appears…
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‘Red One’: Star-studded Christmas Action Comedy Heist
Red One is a high octane, globe-trotting adventure that promises to be the must-see holiday film of the year. When Santa Claus, codenamed Red One, is unexpectedly kidnapped, chaos ensues at the North Pole. Red One is directed by Jake…
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Hold On… There Are Other Planets in The Lord of the Rings?
With J.R.R. Tolkien's high-fantasy world of Middle-earth being so far removed from our own, it's easy to get so caught up in what's on the map itself that we rarely even think about what's not on it. We know from…
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Netflix’s Meet Me Next Christmas Ending, Explained
In Netflix's Meet Me Next Christmas, Layla (Christina Milian) meets the man of her dreams, but he isn't quite who she expected. The movie begins with a predictable meet-cute. Layla's flight to New York has been canceled on Christmas Eve,…
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In Netflix’s New Brooding Horror Movie, Zombies Are the Least of Your Worries
While horror is filled with countless terrifying concepts and monsters, few things are as scary as the simple idea of, "What if you were confined in a space and couldn't leave?" In a world where most people have had the…
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