There are horror films that entertain, horror films that unsettle, and then there are horror films that completely consume you. Obsession belongs firmly in that final category. Written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker, this supernatural psychological nightmare takes a ...
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Adapting a novel about philosophizing sheep solving a murder mystery sounds like either a disaster waiting to happen or a wonderfully eccentric crowd-pleaser. The Sheep Detectives, directed by Kyle Balda and written by Craig Mazin, lands somewhere in the middle. ...
Concert films have become increasingly ambitious over the last decade, evolving far beyond simple recordings of live performances. With Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), filmmaker James Cameron and pop phenomenon Billie Eilish ...
Video-game adaptations have come a long way from the awkward days of the 1990s, but the Mortal Kombat franchise still occupies a strange middle ground between campy fun and grim self-seriousness. Mortal Kombat II, directed once again by Simon McQuoid ...
There’s a vibrant, almost storybook-like quality to Swapped, an animated fantasy adventure that aims squarely for emotional resonance while delivering a colorful, creature-filled world. Directed by Nathan Greno and featuring a voice cast led by Michael B. Jordan and Juno ...
Nearly two decades after the original film became a cultural touchstone, The Devil Wears Prada 2 arrives with the kind of confidence and polish that suggests it never truly left the runway. Directed once again by David Frankel and written ...
Hokum is the kind of horror film that sneaks up on you—not with cheap jolts or overused genre tricks, but with a slow, creeping sense of dread that tightens its grip scene by scene. Written and directed by Damian McCarthy, ...
Canadian indie animation has always occupied an interesting space—often rich in imagination and sincerity, even when constrained by budget and scale. Lydia and the Mist Rider, directed by Nancy Florence Savard, Emilie Rosas, and Philippe Arseneau Bussières, fits comfortably within ...
Few musical icons loom as large—or as complicated—as Michael Jackson, making any attempt to dramatize his life an inherently daunting task. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan, Michael sets out to chronicle the formative decades of Jackson’s ...
Mother Mary is the kind of film that feels less like a traditional narrative and more like an emotional séance—an eerie, intimate summoning of ego, artistry, and buried resentment. Written and directed by David Lowery, this psychological drama-thriller leans heavily ...
There’s a certain expectation that comes with a collaboration between director Ben Wheatley and writer Derek Kolstad—especially when the latter is best known for crafting the relentless, momentum-driven chaos of the John Wick franchise. Pair that with Bob Odenkirk, who ...
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is creepy, corny, gross, and honestly kind of a good time. Directed by Lee Cronin and starring Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Natalie Grace, May Calamawy, and Veronica Falcón, The Mummy takes a family nightmare and wraps ...
