There are a lot of Halloween movies now. There are sequels. There was one sequel that had nothing to do with Michael Myers or Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode, and that was technically set in its own universe. There is a legacyquel. There is a reboot. There is a sequel to the reboot. Then there are … Read more
While I understand that my friend wouldn’t want another film where an old dude finds elaborate ways to gruesomely kill people, making a “Saw” movie is wildly different from making a Marvel or “Fast & Furious” movie. For starters, “Saw X” only cost $13 million, a mere pittance compared to the millions and millions of … Read more
It sounds like the upcoming Salem’s Lot remake may be headed to Max instead of theaters according to a new report. Variety has reported that Warner Bros. is looking to send the Stephen King adaptation remake — which was originally filmed in 2021 with an intended 2022 release date — straight to its Max streaming … Read more
Daisy Ridley has signed on to star in We Bury the Dead, a survival thriller being directed by 1922’s Zak Hilditch Star Wars sequel trilogy star Daisy Ridley is set to return to the Star Wars universe for another film that is meant to launch “the next chapter” of the franchise – but before she … Read more
Noah Baumbach thought that Barbie was a terrible idea. The 54-year-old screenwriter co-wrote the smash hit movie with his partner Greta Gerwig but explained that he initially suspected that the project would be a failure. Speaking at a screening at the Writers Guild of America West, Noah said: “I thought it was a terrible idea … Read more
As his career went on, I watched as he made films with Japanese heroes, Korean, Hispanic, African-American, men, women. His films essayed the Richmond District in San Francisco, the corner-spot bodegas of Brooklyn, back to Hong Kong, where he was born to watch it return to Chinese rule, then away to the distant past, the … Read more
Paramount announced the Special Ops: Lioness Season 1 Blu-ray release date on Tuesday, confirming that the series would be arriving on physical media next year. When does Special Ops: Lioness Season 1 release on Blu-ray? The Special Ops: Lioness Season 1 Blu-ray release date is set for January 23, 2024, when the series will arrive … Read more
In a new trailer for the slasher movie Thanksgiving, director Eli Roth and cast members build up the legend of John Carver The killer in director Eli Roth‘s long-awaited slasher movie Thanksgiving, which is set to reach theatres on November 17th (that being the Friday before Thanksgiving this year), wears a mask inspired by John Carver, … Read more
Sylvester Stallone is widely known as a pop culture icon, action hero, and recently, a reality TV star. But he probably deserves more credit as an auteur. About ten years ago, I watched every single movie Stallone had made until that time as the research for a piece on his filmography for The Dissolve. I took the assignment … Read more
Abbie Bernstein’s chronicle of the making of 2018’s “Halloween,” 2021’s “Halloween Kills,” and 2022’s “Halloween Ends” feels at first like a collection of film stills, one of those books with a massive photo from the film itself or a behind-the-scenes shot on every page. While that kind of art book is valuable for fans of … Read more