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You’ve got to admire Robert Pattinson. Since his star-making turn as Edward in the TWILIGHT film franchise, he’s gone out of his way to take on one challenging role after another. Be it in THE [...]

Hard to believe, but the third season of REACHER is not only equal to the quality of storytelling present in the first two seasons, but this go-round might even be the best one yet as it deepens [...]

In many respects, Osgood Perkins’ new film THE MONKEY is the most moralizing horror movie in some time. The genre has always had its bold way of underlining good v. bad, but the smarter [...]

After the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) successes of the mostly comedic GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, and AGATHA ALL ALONG, fans might have wondered if the studio [...]

Of course, the powers-that-be in Hollywood saw Ke Huy Quan’s Oscar-winning performance in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE and decided that they should exploit his prowess in the Kung Fu scenes [...]

It’s hard enough to find horror films that keep you on the edge of your seat, let alone one that can make you genuinely laugh along the way too. Indeed, truly worthwhile horror comedies are as [...]

Is Steven Soderbergh the most underrated filmmaker working today? It’s not like he’s starved for acclaim, of course. Soderbergh’s got a Best Director Oscar, plenty of awards and fame, plus great [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]