While everyone loves a good blockbuster from time to time, there’s something about a great independent film that strikes a particular chord. Indie movies can feel like hidden gems when you discover them, as they rarely get the kind of…
Read morePrime Video keeps expanding its catalog. They had some successes in the streaming wars, The Boys and Invisible are well-beloved by lots of people, but no one can keep a streaming service with just ultra-violent deconstructions of superheroes, no matter…
Read moreHere at The Playlist, we’ve written quite a few year-end, Best Of lists to close out 2022. Everything from Best Films and Best TV Series (obviously) to Best Posters, Best Cinematography, Best Scores, and even Guilty Pleasures. And to put…
Read more“Everyone is beautiful and no one is horny.” If you’re in any way interested in movies and tend to spend a considerable amount of time online, chances are that you have come across this Blood Knife article penned by RS…
Read moreNew movies this spring are overflowing with titles meant to thrill and delight. Along with familiar favorites, there are some truly original movies coming out that will fill the theaters with creative energy. If you don’t want to see a…
Read moreAs we close out another year of film and TV watching at The Playlist, it’s time to talk about the area of viewing that is often neglected by Best Of lists. These are the films and TV series that we…
Read moreAs a filmmaker, Tony Scott was never partial to stillness. In a Tony Scott picture, the camera is always in motion: it races alongside the actors, furious and impatient, the passing world becoming a hazy, poetic blur in the rearview…
Read moreHome Features DC Elseworlds: DC Animated Projects We Want to See Receive the Live-Action Treatment These are some of the DC animated projects we'd like to see turned into live-action Elseworlds movies. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment DC Elseworlds is the…
Read more2022 marked another banner year for documentary cinema. They have inspired us, informed us, and taken us on unforgettable journeys. Documentarians have given us second looks at entertainers we thought we knew. They’ve examined systematic inequalities and looked inward at…
Read moreRelease Date April 21, 2023 Running Time Not available MPAA Rating Rated R for violence, language throughout and brief drug content Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an…
Read moreRelease Date April 14, 2023 Running Time Not available The film follows Clifton (Osborne), who is the star attraction of the Harlem Globetrotters, led by owner/coach Abe Saperstein (Pollak). When New York Knicks executive Ned Irish (Elwes) and Knicks coach…
Read moreRelease Date April 14, 2023 Running Time Not available Evil doesn’t span eternity without a little help. In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s…
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