The 95th Academy Awards are upon us and with it a number of highly anticipated musical performances. Rihanna is set to perform “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” for the first time publicly. Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava…
Read moreWhen the first Hunger Games movie came out in 2012, the world of cinema had just recently discovered the power of young adult literature as a source of inspiration. The Harry Potter saga had hit the screens for the first…
Read moreThe Mandalorian returned to Disney+ on Mar. 1 after a year-plus wait. The opening episode was a great mix of thrills, character reintroduction, and the beloved Grogu. The disgraced and apostatized Din Djarin vowed to his superior in the clan…
Read moreFrom music to television to film, SXSW has prided itself on helping creative people achieve their goals since its founding in 1987. While many arguably look to Sundance, TIFF, or Cannes for the most anticipated films, the 2022 Austin, Texas,…
Read moreAs humans age, intrinsic life lessons recess further into our memories so that they are only a glimmer. It is not until we’re again faced with the possibility of those life lessons that we remember them with great clarity. Such…
Read moreScream VI is now in theaters and reviews are rolling in big time for the newest installment. Ghostface is stirring up some trouble in the Big Apple and antagonizing the new cast that we met in Scream (2022), including Sam…
Read moreNuclear families are hard to come by in modern day teen dramas because controversy and conflict are more easily established when writers focus on the hardships of broken families. When creating the script for The Fosters, Peter Paige and Bradley…
Read moreSANTA MONICA – The festivities outside the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards were, well, festive. Last year was the event’s in-person return after a 2021 virtual ceremony and 12 months later there seemed to be significantly more people enjoying the…
Read moreLast year’s “Scream” (the fifth film in the popular series) brought a jolt of excitement to the near-flatlined slasher genre and made the series fun again. “Scream VI” kicks the brutality into high gear and places its characters into a…
Read moreLook, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… giant, alien, spaceship terraforming the earth? You’re not mistaken, that’s the work of certified supervillain and Superman’s uncle, General Zod. A hero is nothing without their villains,…
Read moreIf there's any genre that shows no sign of slowing down, it's true crime. Everywhere you look, there's a new podcast about a mysterious disappearance or a TV show documenting an unsolved murder. Audiences eat that stuff up because they…
Read moreThe 38th Independent Spirit Awards were held today on the famous Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California, and it was highlighted by the continued award season dominance for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The A24 multiverse comedy-drama took home…
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