Jason Voorhees has killed a lot of people. Some of them had it coming. The hockey mask-wearing, machete wielding star of the Friday the 13th film series sometimes finds himself on the right side of the scales of justice, even if his methods are gruesome and completely devoid of checks and balances. In the list … Read more
Thankfully, those came from Jonathan Glazer, writer-director of “The Zone of Interest,” which took home Best International Film. The filmmaker behind “Birth” and “Under the Skin,” and his producing partner James Wilson, who are both Jewish, have spoken out about the conflict in Gaza in interviews and previous awards shows, but never with the firm … Read more
The Oscars are coming up, and we’re counting down ten horror movies we think got snubbed by the Academy. Oscar Weekend is coming up, and everyone is wondering if Oppenheimer will sustain its Awards push. Or will Lily Gladstone will take the Best Actress statue from clear front-runner Emma Stone after her surprising SAG win? … Read more
If you go to the multiplex, it’s not surprising that some sort of sequel to a previous film will be playing. Now, studios consider IP (Intellectual Property) as the big selling point rather than well-crafted storylines or impressive visuals. This alone will pull people into the theater. If the movie happens to have the other … Read more
The Exorcist is being reborn as a franchise this year with a new trilogy being kicked off with The Exorcist: Believer soon. Where is the bar set for Exorcist sequels though? Arguably there’s only been one very good follow-up to William Friedkin’s 1973 classic. That would be 1990’s The Exorcist III: Legion, which was directed … Read more