The murderous doll who captivated pop culture in 2023 is back. And this time she’s not alone. The original creative team behind that phenomenon — led by horror titans James Wan for Atomic Monster, Jason Blum for Blumhouse and director Gerard Johnstone — reboot an all-new wild chapter in A.I. mayhem  ...

Few industries throw up more roadblocks against first-time success than the Hollywood filmmaking machine. It's hard out there in Tinseltown for a first timer. Sure, there are plenty of success stories; Jordan Peele hit it big with his Get Out, while Sam Mendes struck gold – quite literally – with American Beauty. And let’s not forget  ...

James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is not your conventional biopic. Instead of attempting to capture the full, sprawling life of Bob Dylan, it zooms in on a defining four-year stretch (1961-1965), where a shy guitar-strumming vagabond transformed into a cultural force that irrevocably  ...

Advertised as a high-octane thriller, and marking the return of Mel Gibson to the director’s chair, Flight Risk sets out to rekindle the adrenaline and suspense of those beloved ‘90s action thrillers like Air Force One and Con-Air. Unfortunately, it only flirts with that potential before crashing and  ...

From the legendary storytelling of Stephen King and the visionary direction of Mike Flanagan comes The Life of Chuck! This genre-bending masterpiece celebrates the extraordinary within the ordinary, following Charles "Chuck" Krantz through love, loss, and the beautifully complex  ...

I’ve been waxing lyrical recently on some critically revered flicks and their rare confluences of casting, writing and execution to form classics for the ages. But it’s not just drama masterpieces that spawn a classic. If those elements are present, even the most critically ignored genres, such  ...

Number Five is alive…and armed to the teeth!  Imagine if the robot in Short Circuit was programmed by the government to wipe out certain members of our society.  Electronic genocide in an easy bake machine!  Now, imagine if that said robot could also rebuild itself and go right back to killing in the ...

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.

Through the  ...

There’s no denying that Death of a Unicorn has an intriguing premise. Directed by first-time filmmaker Alex Scharfman and starring a notable cast including Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, Will Poulter, and Téa Leoni, it promises a satirical, action-horror take on unicorn mythology  ...

The obscene child returns!  Please understand, though, Amadeus is not - nor has it ever been -the boring 18th century period piece you might possibly expect it to be. There remains something absolutely engaging when it comes to watching Director Milos Forman’s adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus.   The film is absolute charm ...