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You may have heard that The Marvels seems to have developed a poor reputation. In fact, word of mouth was against it even before...
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When you’ve acquired the rights to a character—but not either of the books that character appears in—a prequel is likely to be your safest...
Back in 1992, the BBC was inundated with complaints after the fictional paranormal investigation program Ghostwatch was broadcast during prime time on October 31st,...
The almighty sequel. What happens when a movie makes so much money that when a follow-up is forced into production it’s literally for...
You may have heard that The Marvels seems to have developed a poor reputation. In fact, word of mouth was against it even before...
Disney has been celebrating 100 years of its particular brand of storytelling magic. Children and adults alike have been delighted by their versions of...
John Woo’s latest brings to mind Norma Desmond’s immortal lines: “There once was a time in this business when I had the eyes of...
I had never seen this one before, so I had NO idea that this is where the phrase “ice ice baby” came from. Vanilla...
This movie is nuts. Let us get that out of the way immediately. It is completely nuts. Yet, it is also extremely charming. I...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...
In 1972, my very first experience with a copy machine involved Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan. My buddy had a copy of Gabe Essoe’s book Tarzan...
Holiday-themed horror is nothing new, and some of the early entries in the sub genre such as the original versions of Black Christmas, Halloween...
I described the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as “the Star Trek of my imagination” upon its debut in 2022. Following...
Taika Waititi is known for his goofy, manic, offbeat style of writing and directing. In Next Goal Wins, he applies this lens to the...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...
We’re awash in multiverses! The appeal of the multiverse, an escape to another world, another you, another everything, sounds really good after a doomscrolling...
Point Break is a cult classic: the film occupies a space that was uncommon in 1991, and unheard of now: the action-thriller with A-list...
Alice Walker’s book The Color Purple has become an important part of American literary culture. Its impact at the time of its release was...
“Science is real, monsters are not…” Fortunately for us, they are definitely real in this movie! Years before the kids from Stranger Things ventured...
The only way to watch Ridley Scott’s 2001 war epic, Black Hawk Down is to watch the extended cut. Only seven and a half...
We often say (to the point of cultural cliche) that “they couldn’t make this film today” but James Cameron’s love letter to the spy...
The Guns of Navarone is an incredible movie about camaraderie, courage, and determination. It is also one of my father’s favorite films. He showed...
One of the best sequels ever made, James Cameron’s Aliens instinctively knows exactly which aspects of Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien to embellish and...
Experience the extraordinary sisterhood of three women who share one unbreakable bond when “The Color Purple” arrives for purchase Digitally at home on January...
Face/Off is an important moment in the Hollywood stage of action master John Woo’s career because it represents the only time that Woo was...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...
Long before Hollywood regularly mined the toy aisle for movie ideas, Jon Landis (The Blues Brothers) and Jonathan Lynn (My Cousin Vinny) conceived the...
Contagion, Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 medical thriller about a global epidemic and the people determined to keep it at bay, will be available to purchase on...