How South Park’s Randy Marsh Became a Main Character
Since debuting in 1997, Trey Parker and Matt Stone's South Park has been expanding its cast list. It primarily focuses on the quartet of Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny, but others have occasionally come in to take the spotlight. For…
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2024 New York Film Festival Preview: 15 Films To Watch
The fourth major film festival of the fall season, following Telluride, Venice, and the Toronto International Film Festival, the New York Film Festival is, in many ways, a greatest-hits collection of all these films and titles from Cannes and even Sundance. But that’s not…
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‘Rez Ball’ Film Review: Grief Becomes Hope
To make a successful sports film, a screenplay must create characters who endear themselves to the audience. In a cinema landscape littered with films of this ilk, viewers deserve something more than yet another story about a ragtag bunch of…
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s Ending Has Finally Been Explained By the Writers
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has taken the box office by storm, and after so many years of wondering whether or not a sequel would even happen, it’s not hard to see why. But as much as audiences have enjoyed the movie, there…
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The Critic Was Canceled Too Soon, but You Can Stream it Free on Tubi
Animated shows geared towards mature audiences have become commonplace. These cartoons often rely on edgier humor to push the boundaries of what's considered socially acceptable. Years before South Park and others were catering to adult viewers, a short-lived animated series…
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This Western Movie Actor Appeared in 26 John Wayne Films
John Wayne defined the Western genre. Thanks to his fringe shirt, cowboy hat, and loping walk, one can't picture a Western hero without imagining his seismic imprint on the genre. However, even someone as prodigious as Wayne can't define American…
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John Wayne’s The Cowboys Still Upsets Audiences
While John Wayne had success in several film genres, including romantic dramas and war films, Wayne is, of course, best remembered for his unsurpassed dominance in the Western genre, in which Wayne won his only Academy Award for his performance…
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‘Sleep’ Film Review: An Involving and Inescapable Nightmare
The long-used term, “Things that go bump in the night” refers to ghosts or other supernatural beings that are believed to be the source of unexplainable noises heard in the dark. South Korean writer/director Jason Yu’s eerie and atmospheric new…
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Kurt Russell Had a Hilarious Comeback When James Spader Refused To Work on ‘Stargate’
Stargate is a truly unique franchise in pop culture history. Though the original film by Roland Emmerich received a mixed reception — and didn't receive an intended trilogy — it led to the highly popular Stargate: SG-1 TV show. SG-1…
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Alfred Hitchcock Tried to Leak the US Nuclear Project
Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the 1946 movie, Notorious. Alfred Hitchcock'sNotorious is arguably the first in the genre of post-war Nazi political thrillers, but that wasn't necessarily intentional. Think of it as the strangest companion piece to Oppenheimer…
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‘Night of the Harvest’ Film Review: A Fun Slasher Throwback
The 2024 horror season gets an early start with the bloody gem, Night of the Harvest, a low budget slasher film that gleefully celebrates both the genre and the spirit of the Halloween season. Written and directed by Christopher M.…
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One of the Best, Meanest Neo-Noir Movies of the ’90s Just Hit Paramount+
The world is a harsh, unforgiving place in The Grifters; few movies capture characters so cruel or unforgivable. From a screenplay written by Donald E. Westlake — based on the novel by Jim Thompson — and directed by Stephen Frears,…
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