by Editorial Staff | Feb 27, 2025 | Featured
We’re officially into March, the first month of spring. As winter shakes off its freeze, this month has a little bit of everything: Bong Joon Ho returning to action, a Ryan Coogler joint, plenty of family friendly movies, and more. Whatever you’re looking...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 27, 2025 | Featured
The 2025 Academy Awards are right around the corner, airing this Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST on ABC and Hulu. In case you forgot the nominees (or are just tuning in now), here’s the full list of nominees, with our picks in bold. Best Actor in a Leading...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 20, 2025 | Editorial
Stephen King has always enjoyed regular Hollywood adaptations, but recent years have seen a resurgence in adaptations of his books, thanks to them hitting on so many themes that are relevant today. We’re in a King of Horror renaissance, and the fact that there...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 20, 2025 | News
As we head into March, everyone’s eyes are turning to the Academy Awards and who will take home prizes in the ultra-competitive categories this year. With the Oscars speeding toward us, there’s plenty of movie news to go around. This week reveals the first look...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 13, 2025 | Marvel, News
Captain America: Brave New World is in theaters this week, and it has critics divided. Directed by Julius Onah and starring Anthony Mackie taking over as the new Captain America, the movie also stars Harrison Ford, Giancarlo Esposito, Danny Ramirez, Tim Blake Nelson,...
by Kaitlyn Nickol | Feb 12, 2025 | Editorial
Valentine’s Day is here and love is in the air. We hope you can take the day to celebrate love in all of its forms – with a partner, a friend, a family member, and, of course, with a movie. Show yourself a little love today – you’ve earned it! We love...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 5, 2025 | Editorial
February is Black History Month, and while there are plenty of ways to celebrate Black culture and learn about Black history, one of the most impactful ways is through movies. It’s hard to narrow down a list of definitive movies about the Black experience in...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2025 | News
The holidays are over and we’re almost into February now. While February is often a slower month for movies, that is not the case this year. This month has a little bit of everything: two killer horror movies, one based on a short story by Stephen King, Ke Huy...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2025 | News
The holidays are over and we’re in the January movie release lull. But with the Oscars speeding toward us, there’s still plenty of movie news to go around. This week brings news of the Romy & Michele sequel, Ryan Coogler’s new joint, Anthony...
by Kaitlyn Nickol | Jan 29, 2025 | Editorial
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has come a long way since the original six Avengers. In fact, it’s grown to encompass over thirty-five films and over twenty-three television series – with many more already in development – combining to make up five...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 23, 2025 | Editorial
This week sees Mark Wahlberg’s Flight Risk hit theaters. In it, he plays a pilot escorting a U.S. Marshal (Michelle Dockery) across the Alaskan wilderness as she transports a fugitive (Topher Grace) on his way to trial. However, things take a dark and tense turn...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 22, 2025 | Editorial
2024 saw a fair number of comic book movies, both animated and live-action, hit theaters. With most of the live-action movies last year were seriously underwhelming, studios are taking a smarter approach in 2025 and focusing on quality over quantity. This year, there...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 16, 2025 | Editorial
Horror movies have proven themselves big business year ’round, and so it makes sense that 2025 is kicking off with a bang. The first big horror movie to kick off the year in scars is Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man, dropping on January 17. It’s the start...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 15, 2025 | Editorial
The 2025 awards season is heating up, and now that the Golden Globes are over, everyone’s eyes are turning to the Academy Awards. The Oscars nominees were originally going to be announced on Friday, January 17, but due to the ongoing devastating wildfires in Los...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 9, 2025 | News
With the holidays being over and us well into January, that means the start of the awards season. The Golden Globes kicked things off as the first major awards show of the year on Sunday, January 5, seeing some big names take home hardware, including Demi Moore for...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 29, 2024 | Editorial
2024 was a great year for movies, with audiences flocking to theaters for some big hits, but not so much for some big misses. 2025 will be even bigger, with Hollywood continuing to release a nice mix of genuinely great original movies and sequels to crowd-favorite...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 26, 2024 | Editorial
This weekend, A Complete Unknown hits theaters and Timotheé Chalamet steps into the shoes of the legendary Bob Dylan. The musical biopic, directed by James Mangold, also stars Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Scoot McNairy, among other talented members of...
by Kaitlyn Nickol | Dec 20, 2024 | Editorial
The milk and cookies have been finished, and the presents have all been delivered. Christmas Day might have passed, but there’s still plenty of holiday spirit in the air! The wintery snow continues to fall, and bright lights fill the streets with plenty of sparkle...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 19, 2024 | Editorial
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is speeding into theaters, and fans will be happy to know it’s the best-reviewed Sonic movie yet – and it’s not even close. Sonic (Ben Schwartz), Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey), and Knuckles (Idris Elba) must team up again...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 19, 2024 | Video
Director: James GunnWriter: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, James GunnProducer: James Gunn, Peter SafranCast: David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Isabel Merced, Frank Grillo, Will Reeve, Nathan Fillion, Milly Alcock, Skyler Gisondo, Pruitt Taylor Vince,...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 19, 2024 | News
Christmas, New Year, and the end-of-year holidays are around the corner, and that means the season of big holiday releases and awards season hopefuls. This week brings the first look at James Gunn’s Superman, new Spider-Verse directors, Scream 7 news, and more....
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 12, 2024 | Editorial
This weekend, the animated The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim hits theaters, marking the first time that a new entry in the LotR franchise has hit the big screen since The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies a decade ago. The anime movie, directed by...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 12, 2024 | Editorial
Kraven the Hunter, Sony’s latest Marvel villain-turned-antihero origin story, is hitting theaters and some more casual comic book movie fans might be wondering what he’s all about. The movie follows young Sergei Kravinoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) as he grows...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 5, 2024 | Editorial
This weekend, SNL alum Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut Y2K hit theaters, and both its Gen Z cast and younger audiences watching it may be surprised to learn the absurd premise is based on a real event. The story, set in 1999, revolves around two high school...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 28, 2024 | Editorial
Thanksgiving has come and gone, at least in the United States, and the world turns its attention to December and the end-of-year holidays that come with it, no matter what you celebrate. This month is always one of the most interesting of the year fo movies. December...
by Kaitlyn Nickol | Nov 26, 2024 | Editorial
Eight years since the release of Moana in 2016, audiences will soon set sail across the ocean with Moana and Maui once again when Moana 2 hits theaters. This time, Moana and Maui will reunite as Moana leads a crew of her own across the seas while confronting...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 26, 2024 | Editorial
Ah, the holidays. A time for laughter. A time for togetherness. A time for family dysfunction and long-simmering resentments to come to the surface. A time for you to gossip about the boomers in the family with your siblings and cousins, and for everyone to groan...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured
Jon Chu’s Wicked is in theaters this weekend and it’s already getting crazy good reviews – so good, in fact, that it makes a case for being the best Broadway adaptation ever. The Broadway musical, adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 book,...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 21, 2024 | News
Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II hasn’t even hit theaters in North America yet and it’s already been a box office hit, at least internationally. Set roughly 20 years after the first Gladiator, the story of the sequel follows a now-adult Lucius (Paul...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 14, 2024 | News
Now that Halloween has passed, we turn our attention to Thanksgiving (at least in the United States). November sees the holiday movie season kicking off in earnest, and the movie news reflects that. This week brings an exciting new project for Russell Crowe, Denzel...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 14, 2024 | Editorial
Red One is hitting theaters this week, and it introduces the world to Nick, J. K. Simmons’ musclebound, weightlifting, unconventional Santa Claus. He runs the North Pole and the business of Christmas with the precision and strategy of a military operation, from...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 11, 2024 | Video
Director: Christopher McQuarrieWriter: Bruce Geller, Erik Jendresen, Christopher McQuarrieProducer: Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise, David Ellison, Dana GoldbergCast: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Kirby, Pom...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 11, 2024 | Video
Director: Julius OnahWriter: Dalan Musson, Matthew Orton, Malcolm SpellmanProducer: Kevin Feige, Nate MooreCast: Harrison Ford, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosa Salazar, Liv Tyler, Shira Haas, Anthony Mackie, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny Ramirez, Carl Lumbly, Colby LopezRelease...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 11, 2024 | Video
Director: Jake SchreierWriter: Kurt Busiek, Lee Sung Jin, Joanna Calo, Eric PearsonProducer: Kevin Feige, Matthew Jenkins, Brian ChapekCast: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Olga Kurylenko, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 6, 2024 | Editorial
With Veterans Day around the corner, it’s fitting that we turn our attention to the women and men who have served in the military, and that includes those who work in the entertainment industry. We may not think of the military when we think of Hollywood, aside...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 31, 2024 | News
Halloween is here, capping off the spooky season. As kids dive into their candy and everyone else, well, still dives into candy and settle in to watch horror movies, the news also keeps rolling along. This week brings an exciting new project for Tom Holland, Ke Huy...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 29, 2024 | News
November has arrived, and while we’re passing the spooky season, the holiday season is just getting started. November always brings the start of family movie season as studios gear up to drop their feel-good and family-friendly flicks for Thanksgiving, and...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 29, 2024 | Editorial
The Halloween franchise is arguably the most influential and well-known horror movie genre in history, certainly to Western audiences. Laurie Strode and Michael Myers are two iconic characters and their archetypal battle of good vs. evil has resonated for decades. It...
by Kaitlyn Nickol | Oct 23, 2024 | Editorial
It’s time for Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and Venom to take their final bows, as the duo looks to close out their three-film franchise with Venom: The Last Dance. While trilogies aren’t uncommon anymore – really, the amount has only increased ever since the original Star...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 23, 2024 | Editorial, Horror
Sometimes, a person is on the hunt family-friendly Halloween movies when the horror holiday hits. You know, less spooky, more spoopy, so people of all ages can get into the Halloween spirit without being scared silly. But what about people who want something a bit...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 17, 2024 | Editorial, Horror
Smile 2 is hitting theaters and it follows Parker Finn’s hit 2022 horror film while focusing on an entirely new group of characters. Smile told the story of Rose (Sosie Bacon), a young woman increasingly convinced she was cursed. As it turns out, she was, by a...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 16, 2024 | Editorial, Horror
Horror movies are now big business year-round, and while just about every month of 2024 sees at least one big horror movie hitting theaters, October is the biggest month – but even the rest of the year has some strong offerings in the genre. Established horror...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 10, 2024 | News
We’re heading toward Halloween, and Hollywood and the rest of us are gearing up for the spookiest season of all. The pumpkins are bought, the costumes are being assembled, Halloween candy is on sale, and movie news is rolling. This week brings a new Will Smith and...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured
Saturday Night, the Jason Reitman-directed SNL biopic, is hitting theaters this weekend and getting great reviews for its cast. It tells the story of October 11, 1975, the first night that Saturday Night Live – then titled Saturday Night – aired. Now,...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 3, 2024 | Featured
Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux is hitting theaters and fans may have already noticed from the trailers that it’s set to take the first Joker movie and go far bigger. The sequel follows from the story of the first movie: after the events of Joker,...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 26, 2024 | News
We’re rounding the bend to October, and fall season is officially here. Football is in full swing, hockey season is starting, and everyone is thinking about what to wear to their Halloween costume parties. This week brings big news about two big DC villains, a new...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 26, 2024 | Editorial
Francis Ford Coppola’s epic passion project Megalopolis is finally hitting theaters and if you’ve been hearing rumors how bonkers it is, just know that isn’t being oversold. Even the official synopsis sounds wild: Megalopolis is a Roman Epic fable...
by Alisha Grauso | Sep 24, 2024 | Editorial
October is here, and that means fall is in full swing and the spooky season is upon us. Naturally, October always brings horror movies and there are certainly some great, terrifying ones heading our way this month. Along with the horror movies come two huge comic book...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 23, 2024 | Video
Director: Jake SchreierWriter: Kurt Busiek, Lee Sung Jin, Joanna Calo, Eric PearsonProducer: Kevin Feige, Matthew Jenkins, Brian ChapekCast: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Olga Kurylenko, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis...
by Alisha Grauso | Sep 19, 2024 | News
Look up in the sky, Superman fans, because there’s a great Christopher Reeve documentary heading your way. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story chronicles the late Reeve’s life, from his time as a young, aspiring actor, through his career highlight of...
by Alisha Grauso | Sep 19, 2024 | Editorial
Transformers One is hitting theaters and it just might be the best Transformers movie since the first one – it’s certainly the best since Bumblebee. Pixar stalwart Josh Cooley brings the animated tale to life, with Transformers One telling the origin story...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 13, 2024 | Video
Director: Kelly MarcelWriter: Tom HardyProducer: Avi Arad, Hutch Parker, Amy PascalCast: Tom Hardy, Rhys Ifans, Juno Temple, Alanna Ubach, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Graham, Cristo Fernández, Clark Backo, Hala Finley, Ivo NandiRelease Date: October 25, 2024 Official...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 12, 2024 | News
We’re halfway through September, and the official fall season is almost here. As the air cools (mostly), the leaves start changing colors, and everyone starts planning their Halloween costumes, movie news keeps rolling. This week brings big news for the next MCU...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 12, 2024 | Editorial
Taylor Swift kicked off the big event concert movie trend with her Eras tour, then Beyonce followed suit by bringing her Renaissance tour to theaters. Now, it’s Usher’s turn as he releases his Usher: Rendezvous in Paris concert event movie in theaters this...
by Kaitlyn Nickol | Sep 4, 2024 | Editorial, Review
It’s been over 35 years since Michael Keaton first charmed audiences as the ghost with the most with his iconic black and white striped suit and alarmingly green hair and now he’s back for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. After the 1988 film gave way to an animated...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 30, 2024 | Editorial
September is here, and while the movie season traditionally slows down once school starts back up, this month is still filled with great movies. The wide releases may be fewer, but that just gives smaller movies and others flying under the radar time to shine. Dotted...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 29, 2024 | Editorial
2025 is still a few months away, but it’s never too late to start guessing which movies might have a shot at being nominated for Best PIcture at the Academy Awards next year. Sometimes, the Academy still has the power to surprise – but if we’re being...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 29, 2024 | News
We’re at the end of August, and the school season is upon us. That usually means that movies have slowed down a bit, but considering the way that a few movies on this list are still doing numbers in theaters, and other movies are getting standing ovations at...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 22, 2024 | Editorial
This weekend, a controversial new adaptation of The Crow hits theaters. Directed by Rupert Sanders, The Crow stars Bill Skarsgård as the titular superhero, a.k.a. Eric Draven, FKA Twigs as his doomed lover, Shelly, and Danny Huston is the crime boss Vincent Roeg....
by Kaitlyn Nickol | Aug 22, 2024 | Editorial
Crisp autumn air full of red and yellow leaves swirling down from trees is just around the corner. As the swimming pools begin to close and summer barbeques turn off the grills one last time, pumpkin patches and corn mazes look to open and hot apple cider starts to...
