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Despite being one of cinema’s least interesting monsters, filmmakers seem determined to make more out of the Wolfman sub-genre of horror as there have been countless takes on the premise for [...]

  The Emmy-Award-winning SEVERANCE television series that premiered on Apple TV Plus three years ago blended sci-fi, moral commentary, and cheekiness better than any television program since [...]

Rarely can a film keep you on edge simply through its camera placement, but THE BRUTALIST is one such picture. It doesn’t hurt either that you’re kept in rapt, uneasy attention by shocking [...]

Strongmen, tsunamis, serial killers…one could say that the film year 2024 was a bit on the brutal side. Or at least on the (ahem) brutalist side. Yet, despite many tough topics serving as the [...]

It’s entirely appropriate that the Netflix series BLACK DOVES takes place during Christmas time in jolly ol’ England because the spy thriller couldn’t be more of a gift this season. Premiering [...]

Quite simply, this new animated film knocked my socks off. Metaphorically, of course, but wow, what a movie it is. At its simplest, it is a story of a cat’s survival in the wilderness – [...]

It’s ironic that for as much as Hollywood loves sexualizing everything from Vanity Fair covers to “who wore it best” surveys, so few films treat adult sexuality as little more than an [...]

Everything in writer/director Robert Eggers’ remake of the 1922 silent horror classic is designed to creep you out and then some. You can practically smell the rancid, rat-infested streets. The [...]

  Author Ron Fassler, designer Robin Weisz, and I are proud to announce the publication of THE SHOW GOES ON, a new book about the firing, hiring, and replacement casts on Broadway. Ron [...]

A movie adaptation rarely betters its original Broadway musical, but the first film of a two-part transfer to the screen of WICKED does so in almost every way. The detailed production design, [...]