Category: Movies

There were two Roger Cormans, although they were ultimately inseparable: there was a B-movie master who produced (literally) hundreds of low- and no-budget films: Carnosaur […]

What happened to the erotic thriller? There’s something of a bell-shaped curve in the prevalence of sexy programmers, rising with the weakening of the production […]

Other streamers, especially those with close corporate ties to major film studios, may be able to show slightly more major theatrical releases than Netflix. However, […]

Challengers , a bisexual tennis film directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Zendaya, may not be too explicit in its sex scenes, but it follows […]

HBO has been the home of cable movies for at least several generations. No one else could compete. So the arrival of HBO Max looked […]

Peacock came from behind with a strong bench of original shows (the greatest of which was/is Poker Face ), as well as a solid assortment […]

Many films based on ancient legends could be called revisionist approaches, but thinking about them that way misses a key component of mythology and folklore: […]

Remember how late at night you would turn on the TV and change channels to see what was on? Remember when you came across a […]

When you need to de-stress, there’s nothing better than putting on a movie that has characters you just want to hang out with, either because […]

Eclipse fever is upon us…or at least those of us who are on, near, or traveling along the path of the totality of the April […]

Anime, a category of animation dating back to at least 1958’s The Tale of the White Snake , has nothing to prove at this point, […]

After a difficult few years shrouded in the pandemic, the Oscars returned in style last night, with Hollywood studios once again stealing the spotlight from […]

Despite being relatively new to the Hollywood scene (with its first original film released in 2019), Apple has deep enough pockets to ensure that the […]

Despite the headline you see above, for the most part I don’t believe that movies can be so bad that they’re actually good. If a […]

The war genre has a long history in cinema. While the title is controversial, the (very) 1898 short film Tearing Down the Spanish Flag is […]

Oscar season is here ! Which means this is Razzie Awards season, for better or for worse (it’s worse). Ostensibly designed as a jagged blade […]

My seven-year-old is obsessed with all things non-fiction, whether it’s reality TV shows about building things with LEGOs or books about shark attacks. To keep […]

The intro for a new movie on X, the site formerly/always known as Twitter, is usually a delightful break from the fascist rants and “nudes […]

The Year of the Dragon is coming. Although China and Taiwan have officially used the more common Gregorian calendar for over a century, the traditional […]

Valentine’s Day celebrates your partner, but on February 13th you honor your girlfriends. Valentine’s Day is a holiday whose origins date back to ancient times, […]

This year’s Oscars ceremony takes place at 7pm on Sunday, March 10th, which means you have a deadline to catch all the films nominated this […]

Viewers of modern cinema are as sanctimonious as ever about sex and sexuality on the big screen. Online discourse often descends into the tedious topic […]

Saltburn didn’t take the world by storm when it hit theaters around Thanksgiving last year, but it did garner some good awards for actor Barry […]

For many of us, New Year’s Eve represents not only the culmination of a long holiday season, but also a time to both reflect and […]

The following year’s television schedule underwent significant changes for good reason: for several months, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes delayed production (also with good reason) […]

I love Marvel movies as much as the next billion people, but in 2024 – for the first time in living memory – the studio […]

Although your knee-jerk reactions may suggest otherwise, there’s nothing inappropriate about combining Christmas with scary stories. For centuries in Britain, families gathered around the fire […]

Awards aren’t everything, true, but keeping an eye on the year’s big film awards can open our eyes to films we may have missed – […]

The holidays are the perfect time to curl up on the couch and watch a classic Christmas or ’12 movie. The proliferation of streaming services […]

Tired: “My favorite Christmas movie is Die Hard .” Wired: “My favorite Christmas movie is Eyes Wide Shut .” You could be forgiven for finding […]

Comedy is subjective, and it is almost impossible to categorically reject someone else’s taste. Unintentional comedy, though? It’s universal. Let’s face it: from the rudest […]

Historical epics once ruled the box office, taking home both money and trophies every year. This has changed over the last decade or so; With […]

The Academy Award isn’t everything. Sometimes the winning films truly represent the best films of their years; sometimes they reflect a zeitgeist that looks strange […]