Osgood Perkins, who brought us last year’s unexpected little horror gem Longlegs, is back with an adaptation of Stephen King’s short story called The Monkey, a curious blend of absurdist humor and relentless horror. The film opens with an ominous sense of dread, as Perkins immediately ...

A Lithuanian assassin and a military contractor fall into a literal pit of hell, you’ve heard this one before, I’m sure of it. Turns out, what transpires isn’t the punchline of a joke but a pretty fun flick. Director Scott Derrickson’s (The Black Phone, Sinister) latest venture outside  ...

Thirty years have gone by already since David Fincher unleashed his masterful beast of a thriller and reinvigorated his feature career (Alien 3 did not go well for him, and he returned to commercials for a time), cemented Brad Pitt as a megastar, made household names of Gwyneth Paltrow and ...

Action. Atmosphere. And Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken saying things like, "Sad story.  You got a smoke?"  Do I really need to say any more?  Escape from New York, from writer/director John Carpenter, is the perfect mix of genres from a director who could do no wrong throughout the 1970s ...

While Captain America: Brave New World might be one of Marvel’s lowest-rated films, averaging poorly among critics, it seems audiences love it, propelling it to the top of this weekend’s list of top-grossing films. An for good reason.  nthony Mackie, fulfilling his destiny as Captain America, turns in a fine ...

Because who doesn’t like a practical joke?! “On a clear day you can see the Kennedys.”  That line of dialogue is one of the many clever lines in this cult classic from 1986.  April Fool’s Day, directed by Fred Walton and written by Danilo Bach, is an undeniable masterpiece of mood and mayhem that  ...

When this film was originally released FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, we really wanted writer/director Sam Raimi to be back in the business of scaring the pants off of us and making us howl with laughter. We got exactly what we wanted with Drag Me to Hell even if Raimi remained relatively quiet until  ...

Paddington Bear, everyone’s favorite marmalade-loving hero, returns for another whimsical adventure in Paddington in Peru. While this third installment may not quite reach the brilliance of its predecessor, it is still a charming, heartfelt film brimming with wonder, humor,  ...

Sometimes in filmmaking, timing is everything. Consider the timeliness and relevance of the release of Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5, which is both a gripping historical drama and a thought-provoking meditation on the power and responsibility of media in times of crisis.

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When it comes to auteurship, Russ Meyer was a total badass.  There’s simply no other way to put it and his films, everything from  Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! to Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, stands as a testimony for his pioneering work in cinematography and his DIY attitude ...