Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)Director: Adil El Arbi, Bilall FallahScreenwriters: Chris Bremner, Will BeallStarring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Tasha Smith, Rhea Seehorn, Joe Pantoliano, Quinn Hemphill Questions must be asked in films, and with the fourth instalment of the Bad […]
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Maxwell Jenkins, Nicolas Cage, and Jaeden Martell in Benjamin Brewer’s ARCADIAN. Courtesy of RLJE Films and Shudder. An RLJE Films and Shudder Release. Arcadian (2024)Director: Benjamin BrewerScreenwriters: Mike NilonStarring: Nicholas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall, Samantha Coughlan, Jow Dizon, Joel Gillman, Daire McMahon Lower budget filmmaking often turns to horror because you can
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Sting (2024)Director: Kiah Roache-TurnerScreenwriters: Kiah Roache-TurnerStarring: Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, Jermaine Fowler A giant spider movie. Almost like it’s been done before. Has it? And if it has, can we do anything new with it? This is the question asked by writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner, who
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The Strangers: Chapter One (2024)Director: Renny HarlinScreenwriters: Alan R. Cohen, Alan FreedlandStarring: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath Somewhere, a few years ago, after the second Strangers film Prey At Night had been safely consigned to the ‘I don’t recall it being awful’ memory banks, someone in the production company boardroom meetings must
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Tarot (2024)Director: Spenser Cohen, Anna HalbergScreenwriters: Spenser Cohen, Anna HalbergStarring: Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika, Wolfgang Novogratz, Jacob Batalon, Humberly González, Larsen Thompson, Olwen Fouéré Thirteen Ghosts, the 2001 remake of William Castle’s 1960 film, had something going for it: let’s trap people in a big house with lots of inventive evil spirits, with lots
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Dial M For Murder (1954)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Frederick KnottStarring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, John Williams After a possibility to direct an adaptation of the 1948 novel “The Bramble Bush” fell through, Alfred Hitchcock, as he was to do on many occasions, turned to the stage for his next project. This time,
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The First Omen (2024)Director: Arkasha StevensonScreenwriters: Tim Smith, Arkasha Stevenson, Keith ThomasStarring: Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sônia Braga, Ralph Ineson, Bill Nighy It seems that there is something in the air. We are in a new era of Nunsploitation or, perhaps more specifically, Catholic-sploitation. In the past few years we’ve had films such as
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Spellbound (1945)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Ben Hecht, Angus MacPhailStarring: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll, Rhonda Fleming Spellbound finds itself in a strange position as being simultaneously one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most beloved pictures and one that is almost constantly overlooked. It’s certainly a well-made film, with great performances and influential visuals, but
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Psycho (1960)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwrites: Joseph StefanoStarring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, John McIntire Some films enter cultural consciousness almost by accident. They might not be the greatest of cinematic spectacles, but something about them triggers a nerve. A snatch of dialogue, a specific shot, a particular character. Some films manage
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)Director: Adam WingardScreenwriters: Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, Jeremy SlaterStarring: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen Three years ago, Adam Wingard gave us big monsters beating each other up in Godzilla vs Kong, ending with a big smash fest in a neon-soaked Hong
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