I am always excited by the return of Black Harvest Film Festival, Chicago’s fall celebration of the fruits of Black cinema. But this year, admittedly, for a personal reason, I’m even more hyped for the festival, which this year takes place from Nov 8 thru Nov 21. This time around, I have the immense privilege … Read more
The Chicago International Film Festival returns this week for what is arguably its most ambitious program to date, an appropriate feat given the fest is also celebrating its 60th anniversary. The variety and scope of this year’s program is arguably unmatched, continuing the momentum garnered last year when the fest hosted the Chicago premieres of … Read more
The Mario & Luigi series first began in 2003 on the Game Boy Advance and became a handheld staple by offering a fun role-playing game twist from traditional Mario games. Turn-based fighting systems, upgrades, and puzzle solving were all core tenets of the series, which produced five games, the last of which was 2015’s Mario … Read more
London isn’t what you think. Or at least, it’s not what I thought it was. I moved here from the States back in 2016 and was shocked to find that it doesn’t perpetually rain. Not really, anyway. It drizzles. It’s gray. It’s a mild climate year-round, but it also gets weirdly hot and bone-chattering chilly. … Read more
For Gotham cinephiles, the New York Film Festival has its annual launch on the last Friday of September (the 2024 edition runs Sept. 27-Oct. 13). For critics, journalists and certain industry folks, though, the event begins a couple of weeks earlier, when festival press screenings commence at Lincoln Center. Those screenings don’t display films in … Read more
Netflix has unveiled their release schedule for the fall of 2024. You can expect more than 25 brand-new movies on streaming before the end of the year. (There’s only about 18 weeks left in the year, which means Netflix is going to average more than one new movie every single week until New Year’s Eve, … Read more
The Criterion Collection may have surprised some collectors when they announced last May that they would be releasing two Albert Brooks movies on their label in August: “Real Life” and “Mother.” “Real Life” was not a surprise. An HD treatment was long overdue and had been a favorite for so many Brooks fans and fans … Read more
ComingSoon has an exclusive preview of Abrams ComicsArts’ Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story. Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story publishes in September by Abrams ComicArts. Celebrating 30 years of Patrick McDonnell’s Mutts comic strip, Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story features a brand-new story about the canine character who was originally … Read more
A batch of images offer a preview of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) experience that will be at select Six Flags parks Director Fede Alvarez’s contribution to the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus (you can read our review HERE), is currently in theatres – and this isn’t the first time he has added to a popular genre franchise. Not only did he … Read more
The ongoing Thai BL series The Trainee is set to release episode 8 this weekend. The romance stars drama Off Jumpol Adulkittiporn as Jane and Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat as Ryan. The storyline revolves around the mentor and trainee’s workplace love story. Here’s all about The Trainee episode 8 release date, preview, and more. In the … Read more