The 50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2024
This year will play catch up with the strikes, try to revitalize or continue long-running franchises, and give directors and new and old the steam to keep filling theaters.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie plays on easy mode
Nintendo collaborates with Illumination Entertainment for an animated Super Mario film that’s faithful to the look of the games, but not the fun.
Glass shatters the modern superheroic mode to moving effect
M. Night Shyamalan closes the Eastrail 117 trilogy with a deliberate anticlimax and deep empathy in place of spectacle, and the results are striking.
Split saw Shyamalan give James McAvoy the roles of a lifetime
McAvoy approaches the superpowered Kevin Wendell Crumb and his alters with care and empathy, overcoming sketchy psychology.
Filmmaker of the Month: M. Night Shyamalan
The Spool’s film-by-film exploration of intriguing directors returns with a journey across the career of Philadelphia’s one-of-a-kind thrillmaster.
The 25 Best Films of 2022
From After Yang to Top Gun, we break down our favorite movies of the year.
Steven Price on remixing nostalgia for terror in Last Night in Soho
The Oscar-winning composer talks about peeling back the sinister layers of ’60s London for Edgar Wright’s thriller.
Last Night in Soho is nice to look at but not much else
Edgar Wright’s Giallo homage wants to say something about feminism but is too frothy and oversimplified.
The Top 25 TV Shows of 2020
From BoJack to What We Do in the Shadows, we break down the TV that got us through a hellish year.
The Top 25 Films of 2020
From The Assistant to Wolfwalkers, we guide you through the cinema that survived a devastating 2020 and made it to our screens — and hearts.
The Quarantine Film Festival: Streaming Through the Coronavirus
A comprehensive guide to the streaming films you should watch as you quarantine from the coronavirus.
Emma. Review: More Merry Than Wise
Autumn de Wilde’s straightforward adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel has its charming moments, but that doesn’t make up for its missed opportunities.
Review: “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” Is a Sprawling High Fantasy Prequel
The Jim Henson Company makes a stellar return to form in Netflix’s epic, ten-episode prequel to the classic 1982 film.
Glass Review: M. Night Shyalaman has lost his damn mind
Like a hammer through a window, Glass shatters whatever goodwill M. Night Shyamalan had once recovered.
10 Movie Witches to Hex Your Halloween
This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Halloween season is here, which means it’s the season of the witch. The witch has long been a part of our collective unconscious, mostly in our nightmares where she tended to be a convenient scapegoat. And she continues to be a part of our culture today, albeit in … 10 Movie Witches to Hex Your Halloween
May DVD releases: “Wildlife”, “Promare”, and more
Paul Dano’s directorial debut, Nancy Kelly’s feminist Western & more number among May’s physical media releases.