There's something to be said for an honest-to-goodness genre movie, one that doesn't flinch from its roots and executes its tropes efficiently, if familiarly. The Turning, adapting Henry James' classic horror story The Turn of the Screw, fa...
Usually when we get an Americanized adaptation of a successful foreign film things are not good from the get go. However, the announcement that HBO is partnering with Adam McKay and the film's director, Bong Joon Ho, to make a TV-series out...
What do you get when you mix British gangsters, snappy quick dialogue, and a good dose of dark humor? Well, a Guy Ritchie movie of course. The Gentlemen is Guy Ritchie returning to the type of movie that had him make such a splash on the sc...
We may be waiting quite a while for the scheduled Obi-Wan Kenobi series to surface. According to some unnamed sources close to Collider and The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has put the yet to be named Ewan McGregor starring series on indefini...
Of little surprise but worthy notation is news that a follow-up to Captain Marvel is currently in its early stages of pre-production, with Marvel Studios bringing new talent aboard the project for the Skrull-sluggin' sequel.
For die-hard Pokemon fans that grew up with the television series and the movies, Netflix is finally giving us a first glimpse at a childhood favorite. That's right, Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back-Evolution is heading to the st...
Just two short years ago, Warner Bros. Pictures released Justice League. Then it made buttloads of money on Aquaman, a mediocre, if not adequate and boldly colorful film. Then it forgot it made Justice League, or Batman v Superman: Dawn of ...
Netflix is going all-in on The Witcher. After the immense success of the first season of its show (which may or may not be inflating its viewership numbers), Netflix is looking to create an animated film based on the series. Titled The Wit...
It's a sad day for fans of British comedy troupe Monty Python. Yesterday evening, actor Terry Jones passed away at the age of 77. Known for a variety of characters in Monty Python's shows and films, the man had contracted a rare form of dem...
As we move into the new year and new decade, it's time to take a look back at the previous year. My colleagues and I are writing lists of our favorite films of 2019. I wanted to do something a little different this year. I didn't want to wr...
Welcome back to the Decade Decathlon, where we're taking an extended look back at the past decade of filmmaking to see what worked, what didn't, and what stories we can learn from the past. As the Decade Decathlon slowly makes its way ...
Take this one with a grain of salt, but if an exchange between a couple of noteworthy names on Twitter means anything we might be seeing Remedy Entertainment's 2019 action game Control join the ranks of game-to-film adaptations.
Netflix's cyberpunk sci-fi series Altered Carbon will premiere its second season in full next month, with Anthony Mackie taking over the lead role of interstellar tough guy Takeshi Kovacs from Joel Kinnaman.
Rapper/comedian turned actress Awkwafina has had quite the rise to fame. Starting from relative obscurity on YouTube in 2013, the star gained a following that eventually saw her transition away from her day job towards a career focused on e...
While Americans have been experiencing Disney+ for a few months now, the rest of the world hasn't been as cursed lucky. Europe, in particular, is still a few months off from getting the service, but a recent date change has brought the laun...
In a recent interview with Canadian host Jim Gordon on "Our City Tonight," actor Simon Pegg basically confirmed he'll be returning in Mission Impossible 7. Having played intelligence agent Benji in the past four films, it wouldn't quite be...
Richard Stanley's 1990 cult hit Hardware and follow-up Dust Devil have careful threads that artistically weave pulp, world-building, and theme together. Hardware is at once a grimy hard rock music video of a killer robot movie and a trippy,...
In continuing a career as eclectic and unpredictable as David Lynch's, the American auteur has seen fit to release a short film to stream on Netflix, dropping with little fanfare yesterday on Lynch's 74th birthday. What Did Jack Do? is stre...
I was so happy to see the Doctor and friends go on an adventure with Nikola Tesla this week. It was a real treat, and a major step up from last week. I enjoy when Doctor Who takes the time to give us a glimpse into the lives of historical f...
Netflix has dropped a trailer for their new, original movie Horse Girl. It's described as a "darkly humorous psychological thriller." The film stars the lovely Alison Brie, who you may know from GLOW or Community.
Netflix is keeping its stream of original content flowing with a new movie starring Calvin Klein underwear model and Wahlburgers co-founder Mark Wahlberg. Joined by Winston Duke, Spenser Confidential is the streaming service's upcoming bud...
I don't have many regrets, but if I had one that's been kicking me for the past few months, it would be my review for Parasite. When I first saw the movie I enjoyed it, but didn't love it like most other critics, but the longer I've spent a...
Nicolas Cage has done some pretty great films over his career but one of his more memorable ones is, of course, National Treasure with Disney. The last film National Treasure: Book of Secrets ended on a bit of a cliffhan...
One of the many storylines in Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-nominated Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood involved a show called Bounty Law, a western which starred Rick Dalton as Jake Cahill but played in real life by Leonardo DiCaprio....
For more than three decades, actor Hank Azaria has been providing a multitude of voices for the hit Fox series The Simpsons. While most people didn't think much of him voicing an Indian character back in the 90s, some questions about the pr...
Taika Waititi is a busy man. He released my favorite film of 2019, Jojo Rabbit. He is slated to direct Thor 4, and at some point he's hoping to direct a live action adaptation of Akira. He's about to start directing Next Goal Wins. And now ...
As I look back on the last year in film, I feel like I still have a lot of catching up to do. I didn’t see nearly as many movies in 2019 as I did in 2018, so there’s no way I could do a top 50 movies list. Yet even though I&rsqu...
Shane Carruth has only directed two films, but they’ve been memorable, strange, and challenging. Carruth’s 2004 time travel film Primer is an excellent example of mind-bending science fiction on a limited budget. His 2013 f...
Jimmy McGill's Cinnabon days had to come to a close eventually, and now AMC has confirmed that following the upcoming fifth season, Better Call Saul will culminate in a sixth and final season set to air some time in 2021.
There is one thing that becomes abundantly clear when watching Bad Boys for Life and that is the simple fact that Michael Bay is one of the best action directors working when he cares about what he's making (when he doesn't it's anothe...
All the fans will look up and shout "Season two!" and HBO will look down and whisper"No." Watchmen earned acclaim in its nine episode run last year, telling a new story elmental to the story thirty years prior. New characters mixed w...
Fans of the hit USA show Psych will be happy to learn that NBC's Peacock streaming service will become the exclusive digital home of the series this year. In addition to that, the long awaited Psych: The Movie 2 will premiere on the servic...
Numerous reports across the web are confirming that Amazon has passed on adapting Stephen King's The Dark Tower into a series. In development for what seems like an eternity, Deadline is stating that the production company behind the projec...
Since Game of Thrones had a wet fart of an ending back in May of last year, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have kind of fallen off the public radar. For as much well deserved ire fans of GoT may have towards the two, it's not...
We all know without argument that doing drugs is both fun and cool--but can it make you a better person? The Wave seeks to answer this question as lawyer Frank (Justin Long) skips out on his wife for a night so he can drink, make out with a...
We're halfway through January and it already feels like an age since 2019. So, sitting down to add a few of my thoughts to this edition of our top 5 films was a chance to reflect on some of the best experiences of the last year, some e...
Perhaps a prescient meditation on the fallout of a society antagonizing each other over the internet, or a dumb-fun blastathon of battle royale ultraviolence, Guns Akimbo looks like it's going to be a wild and wonderful ride. The trailer (...
In July of last year (before we knew the name of No Time To Die), a report came out that Lashana Lynch would be taking over as 007 for the new James Bond movie. Set to be a huge shake up for the long-running franchise, a lot of fans were un...
This past week, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker managed to break $1 billion at the global box-office. A feat that took longer than both of its predecessors (The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi), this news may come as a shock to fans that a...
If you're a white dude with social problems, I hate to tell you this, but you're probably going to kill someone. Sorry, I don't make the rules. I just watch movies and then tell you what they tell me the rules are. The Night Clerk is just ...
