Like the best hunters,Out Come the Wolves (2024) excels because of its restraint. Directed and co-written by Adam MacDonald (Slasher), the survival-horror film is a tight 87 minutes, but economy of runtime isn’t its only strength. The cast features just…
Read moreTo the uninformed bystander, Romy (Nicole Kidman) leads a perfect life. She is a beautiful CEO living in a lavish New York townhouse with two loving teenage daughters and a doting husband who still desires her after two decades of…
Read moreWas a Beetlejuice sequel on your 2024 bingo card? Did anyone honestly expect it to manifest some 36 years later out of the blue? The original grossed only $74 million in 1988, though it immediately established Tim Burton as a…
Read moreAfter a long two-year cleanse, we can finally indulge in one of the most toxic shows on television again. (And I mean that as a compliment.) Tell Me Lies Season 2 features less studying than ever, instead choosing to major…
Read moreDirector Ryan Ashley Lowery’s documentary Light Up presents intimate profiles of four Black gay men and a transgender woman. Lowery surrounds them with support and encouragement to tell their stories of being ostracized and rejected, followed by later success and…
Read moreJackpot!, directed by Paul Feig and written by Rob Yescombe, promised to be a rollercoaster of laughter and thrills with its unique premise and an ensemble cast featuring Awkwafina, John Cena, and Simu Liu. However, what could have been a…
Read moreMaria makes its intentions clear early. In September 1977, legendary opera singer Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie) is in her final days, and her grasp on reality is tenuous at best. She rearranges the world with herself at the center, though…
Read moreThe terrorist attack during the 1972 Munich Olympics was an unspeakable tragedy that haunted the International Olympic Committee for decades. On September 5, 1972, a terrorist group known as Black September killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team and…
Read moreEditor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 3. Ah good, so we remembered Númenor and the people of the Southlands exist. After two episodes spent mostly with…
Read moreEditor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 2. Hot off the heels of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's Season 2 premiere comes Episode…
Read moreLOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! Being a teenager is a weird time. Your taste in music becomes your entire personality. You dye your hair with colors you never would as a responsible adult. And your body is seemingly impervious to…
Read moreA truly terrifying cinematic experience from producer Ridley Scott and director/writer Fede Alvarez, 20th Century Studios’ “Alien: Romulus” opens in theaters nationwide August 16, 2024. The sci-fi/horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the…
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