Richard Linklater and Glen Powell’s creative relationship actually goes back more than 15 years. Powell had a role in Linklater’s 2006 movie Fast Food Nation, although it was really his performance in Linklater’s awesome 2016 baseball comedy Everybody Wants Some!! that served as the actor’s breakthrough role. Powell also appeared in Linklater’s last project, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space … Read more
Cult classic sci-fi horror comedy movie Killer Klowns From Outer Space has grown in stature over the years and even has a multiplayer video game in the works, but there has yet to be any kind of follow-up to the 1988 film. Killer Klowns in a Different Space That’s not intentional. Director Stephen Chiodo, writer/producer … Read more
Horror films like to take the image of Santa and turn him into something evil. What are the best killer Santa movies? The image of Santa Claus has been curated over the years to become wholesome and a symbol of happiness. In the past, he had been seen as a representation of Saint Nicholas or … Read more
David Fincher’s The Killer reigns supreme on Netflix’s Top 10 chart as the most-watched title of the week with 27.9 million views. David Fincher’s The Killer made its streaming debut on Netflix just a few days ago, but it’s proven to be quite popular, shooting to the top of the streaming service’s Top 10 English … Read more
While The Killer may not be top-tier David Fincher, it’s still an expertly assembled and filmed hit man movie. PLOT: When a botched assignment leads to an attack on someone he cares about, a cold-blooded hitman (Michael Fassbender) goes on the warpath. REVIEW: I know what you’re thinking – that premise sounds tired and familiar. … Read more
Of course, some will question why we’re watching an amoral monster try to save himself, and it’s worth noting that Fincher and Walker don’t shy away from this. I kept expecting “The Killer” to try and soften its leading man, but there’s no escaping that he is a cold-blooded murderer. When he snapped one victim’s neck, I … Read more
It’s Halloween night, 2023, and Shipka’s Jamie Hughes is getting ready to go out with her friends. Her overprotective mother, Pam (Julie Bowen), is naturally concerned about her daughter’s safety: Thirty-five years ago, around Halloween, three teenage girls were slaughtered, and the so-called Sweet Sixteen Killings have defined this small town ever since. But when … Read more
In one shot the movie literally casts Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, the maestro’s wife, in the shadow of the exuberant conductor. It leaps directly from the couple’s courtship, when Felicia declares to “Lenny,” “I know exactly who you are,” to a dozen years later, when the state of things for her is more like “I absolutely … Read more
The Killer reveals its new one-sheet ahead of the world premiere at the Venice Film Festival where it will be in competition. David Fincher reunites with his Seven screenwriter, Andrew Kevin Walker, for their new Netflix film, The Killer. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Kerry O’Malley, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte, and … Read more
Last year, Peacock revealed that it was remaking the seminal Hong Kong action classic The Killer — and that the film’s original director, John Woo, was returning to update his own work. But we’ve learned a bit more about the production — which had almost finished shooting when the actors’ strike began. The new details come from producer Charles Roven, in an … Read more