Geremy Jasper’s O’Dessa is an ambitious blend of post-apocalyptic adventure and jukebox musical, a genre mashup that promises an epic, emotionally charged journey. Starring Sadie Sink as the titular heroine, the film follows a young farm girl’s quest across a ...
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Jimmy Warden’s Borderline is a high-wire act of genre blending, balancing dark comedy with home invasion thrills in an audacious, if at times inconsistent, directorial debut. Anchored by a committed performance from Samara Weaving and a genuinely unsettling turn by ...
You would think that after helming the once-in-a-lifetime cinematic event Avengers: Endgame, directors Anthony and Joe Russo would cement themselves as two of the best filmmakers in the industry but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Their efforts since that ...
Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag is a taut and stylish espionage thriller that plays with themes of trust, betrayal, and duty in the murky world of intelligence operations. Written by David Koepp, the film delivers a tense, emotionally charged narrative that ...
In his feature directorial debut, Opus, writer-director Mark Anthony Green attempts to craft a psychological thriller laced with mystery, artistic obsession, and cult-like devotion. Starring Ayo Edebiri as an ambitious writer lured into the twisted world of a reclusive pop ...
Action thrillers often hinge on their protagonist’s vulnerability, but Novocaine, directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, flips the script by giving its lead a unique condition: congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP). Starring Jack Quaid as the reserved yet resilient ...
Every time you see that Paul W.S. Anderson has a new movie coming out, you probably think the same thing as me: “oh no.” He’s made notoriously bad movies such as Mortal Kombat, Death Race, and Pompeii just to name a few. The only ...
Bong Joon-ho, the visionary director behind Parasite and Snowpiercer, delivers another intelligent, genre-blending spectacle with Mickey 17, a darkly comedic science fiction film that explores identity, capitalism, and survival. Based on Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey 7, the film stars Robert ...
The latest animated feature from the SpongeBob SquarePants universe, Plankton: The Movie, takes center stage as the second in a series of character-focused spin-off films. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, this animated musical comedy puts the series’ resident ...
Some movies grab you by the throat from the very first scene — and Novacaine does exactly that. The moment R.E.M.’s Everybody Hurts started playing in the opening scene, I knew I was in for a ride. What starts off ...
Jon Gunn’s The Unbreakable Boy attempts to blend emotional warmth, faith-based storytelling, and a real-life tale of perseverance. Adapted from Scott Michael LeRette’s memoir The Unbreakable Boy: A Father’s Fear, a Son’s Courage, and a Story of Unconditional Love, the ...
Last Breath is a gripping survival thriller that plunges audiences into the harrowing world of saturation diving, where the margins for error are razor-thin and survival depends on teamwork, technology, and sheer human resilience. Directed by Alex Parkinson, who previously ...
