Though he’s typically worshipped as the patriarch of modern horror, filmmakers have had mixed results in adapting Stephen King’s stories for the big screen. The latest incarnation of Pet Sematary is one of the better v...
The Aftermath reflects on what could have been a fascinating period, the window following the Second World War, where the challenges of building peace proved to be even more morally complicated than the seemingly simple process of...
The coldest months of the year are also traditionally the worst months for new movies. When a movie doesn’t even screen for critics during that chilly and crappy block in the cinematic calendar, oooh boy! You know it’s...
In only her second feature as a director, Dee Rees (‘Pariah’) shoots high and mighty with ‘Mudbound’. The film is both intimate and epic in scale, hoping to tell a very specific story with broad implication...
This year’s running theme at Sundance seemed to be films that start strong but derail before the end credits. Filled with great actors giving stellar performances, ‘Mudbound’ got the memo and nullifies their achi...
It’s time for our first contest of 2016, and I think we’ve lined up a pretty interesting flick to give away. Enter now for your chance to win the nature survival thriller ‘Everest‘ on Blu-ray.
The mountaineering sport is not new to feature films. Amongst others, we’ve seen it in the action-thriller ‘Cliffhanger‘ and in the drama ‘Vertical Limit‘. Telling the true story of a tragic guided ex...
‘Terminator: Genisys’ is technically the fifth film in the 30-year-old franchise, but as James Cameron or anyone who was actually involved in the project will tell you, it’s really the third official movie in the...
One horrendous remake and one sequel too far aside, the ‘Planet of the Apes’ series has quietly become one of the most consistently excellent film franchises in La-La-land, and the latest installment in no exception. A...
With the exception of his last film, the unlikely departure ‘Anonymous‘, when you go into a Roland Emmerich movie, you know to only expect two things: Explosions and shoot-outs. As long as that’s all you expect f...
‘The Chicago Code’ is one of the most painful cancellations of this now-ending TV season. Although the show never quite reinvented the police drama, as some of the early promotion may have promised, it was a very solid...
You remember that speech in ‘The Untouchables‘ that Sean Connery gave Kevin Costner: “They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the ...
