I didn’t care for the recent reboot of “The Exorcist” and didn’t like what they did with the legacy character of Chris McNeil, poor little Regan McNeil’s mother from the original 1973 film, but I loved seeing Burstyn, now 91, seizing the movie by the throat for the brief time she was onscreen. Ian McShane, beloved from … Read more
As a viewer, perhaps the biggest joy of the schoolyard-hijinks-gone-wrong film is that the 92-year-old actress seemed to be having so much fun being bad. “And she’s never played anything like this,” Bharoocha continued. “I was thinking, maybe if we can get her the script, she’d be like, ‘Oh, I want do something that I’ve … Read more
Delightfully upbeat, suspenseful, and full of charm, Omar Hilal’s “Voy! Voy! Voy!” is a feel-good crowd-pleaser with a sly undercurrent of social commentary. Egypt’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at this year’s Academy Awards tackles one of the most fascinating true stories in recent memory. The film revolves around Hassan, a security guard … Read more
The world is a hellhole, so that usually means that horror is in a golden period. You can quantify the success of the horror genre in a variety of ways in 2023. This year brought all sorts of questionably sticky treats to choose from. Softcore naughtiness and Lovecraftian horror? You got it! Alien invaders? They’re … Read more
Avatar: The Last Airbender showrunner Albert Kim has purposefully avoided watching the previous live-action adaptation by Shyamalan. Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender series isn’t the first time the iconic animated show has made the leap to live-action. M. Night Shyamalan previously adapted the series with The Last Airbender in 2010, but Avatar fans have been … Read more
Engaged celebrity couple Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara are quite the dynamic duo. While their scrapped project The Island is attempting to recover due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, they also have another project up their sleeves. Phoenix and Mara will make a deal with you- if you watch the environmental documentary The Smell of Money, … Read more
Batgirl directors Adil El Abri and Bilall Fallah say watching The Flash was a sad experience after their movie was axed. In a different world, the Batgirl movie would have been released following The Flash, but as we know, Warner Bros. put Barbara Gordon on the shelf, never to be seen again. For directors Adil … Read more
With Succession‘s finale now firmly in the rearview mirror, the series has been cemented as one of the best in recent memory, in part due to its approach to wealth and family dynamics. Let’s take a look at some similar series that could scratch the same itch. Billions Billions follows hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod … Read more
Master Roddy McDowell, as he’s credited, plays the youngest observer in the valley, the one who witnesses the births and deaths and loves and marriages and betrayals. The film is one of the near-musicals of which Ford was so fond. Song was one of the few languages that can communicate like the moving image, and … Read more
In Ghosted, Chris Pratt Pine Evans discovers that his girlfriend Ana de Armas is a secret agent. This revelation throws a wrench in his perfect life. The Apple TV+ movie isn’t the most original idea in the world, as there are several action movies like Ghosted. Still, the film offers great entertainment, and it’s always … Read more