The 2016 Warner Bros. filmSuicide Squadwas kind’ve funny in the sense that, for its entire 2 hour and 17-minute runtime, I thought the theater was playing a prank of some kind, but I wouldn’t classify it as a comedy. That all might change in the sequel,The Suicide Squad, written and directed byJames Gunn. At least, that’s according toJoel Kinnaman, who is set to reprise the role of Colonel Rick Flag....
Remakes are a common phenomenon in the world of cinema, often drawing mixed reactions from audiences and critics alike. With the benefit of possessing built-in fans, these movies have the potential to match or even surpass the original, but they can also fall prey to being mere cash grabs. A remake, not to be confused with a reboot, involves recreating a film while preserving its key characters and story elements (ex,The ThingandIT)....
One of the rare movies to boast a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes,Joe DietschandLouie Gibson’s 2017 debut film,Happy Hunting,is a deep dive into the human condition through a veneer of survivalist horror.Martin Dingle Wallstars as Warren, an alcoholic who has just learned his ex-wife died and left behind a daughter he never knew about. He is kidnapped as he passes through the dusty border town of Bedford Flats. The townsfolk of Bedford Flats honor their buffalo-hunting ancestors by annually hunting and killing “amoral” men....
Netflix has released the official trailer forThe Trial of the Chicago 7, which is set to premiere on the streamer in mid-October.Trial of the Chicago 7is the sophomore feature directorial effort fromAaron Sorkin, who, as one might suspect, also wrote the script. Netflixacquired Sorkin’s latest from Paramountover the summer and marks one of the buzziest releases for the streaming giant in 2020. Any questions around whether or not Netflix is strategizing to putThe Trial of the Chicago 7in this year’s Oscars race are answered with the newest trailer....
When in doubt, sequelize. Franchise and IP cinema have dominated Hollywood for over a decade, and the suffocating corporate control of the industry has been discussed ad nauseam. However, as audience trends have altered in a post-pandemic climate, one would suspect that studios would try to meet new demands. For a legacy studio like Warner Bros., which struggled mightily in 2024 and began 2025 on the wrong foot untilA Minecraft Movietook over pop culture, doubling down on adapting brands and established labels is seen as their get-out-of-jail-free card....
There’s one scene in the second volume of ABC’s LGBT rights miniseriesWhen We Risethat speaks to the challenges of not only being a political activist with intentions toward a social life, but also attempting to summarize a political movement in a single and singular work. Gay activist and burgeoning political figure Cleve Jones (Austin P. McKenzie) is sitting on a desk with fellow activist Roma Guy (Emily Skeggs) in San Francisco’s legendary Castro Camera, basking in the aftermath of Prop 6’s defeat in 1977....
Michael Bayis a director whose filmography is divisive to say the least. On the one hand, his early efforts such asThe Rock,Armageddon, andBad Boyswere extremely successful at the box office. HisTransformersfilms, though still renown for their box office successes, have been critically panned. Yet there’s one film that rarely comes up when discussing Bay’s filmography: the 2005 science fiction thrillerThe Island. The Islandseems to be your standard post-apocalyptic science fiction setup....
One of the best sci-fi horror films of the decade thus far has beenPreyfrom directorDan Trachtenberg. The prequel to the popularPredatorfranchise was released onHuluin 2022 to much critical acclaim and finally came to physical media earlier this month. Now to add to all the excitement surrounding thePredatorworld,Sideshow Collectibleshas unearthed their newFeral PredatorHot Toys figure based onPrey. The one-sixth scale figure menacingly presents howDane DiLiegro’sPredatorlooked in the prequel. Given that this was a story set 300 years in the past on the American frontier, the Predator’s technology is a bit more primitive, but still recognizable....
If you’ve been paying close attention to the television landscape,network sitcoms are beginning to look a bit different. While some still include laugh tracks or are stylized as mockumentaries, there’s been a pronounced shift in tone since theWGAandSAG-AFTRAstrikes. Networks are allowing comedy to get a little messier, weirder, and a lot more diverse in voice. One of the most underrated sitcoms pouncing on this shift in its third season is Fox’sAnimal Control, proving that, sometimes, the funniest, most laugh-out-loud shows are the ones right under your nose....
In comparison with the gargantuan events and ensembles ofAvengers: Infinity WarandAvengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first two Avengers team-up films now seem almost small in scale. But in the general history of film, both are still incredibly elaborate productions, withAvengers: Age of Ultronnaturally being even slightly bigger than its predecessor in terms of the scale of its action and size of its cast. In addition to featuring the titular villain and several members of the original Avengers’ supporting cast, the film also included additional heroes, some new, some longer standing....
The eleventh season ofChicago P.D.will mark a special occasion for theNBCdrama, as Detective Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) is set to leave the Intelligence Unit.TV Linehas revealed the first images from the upcoming episodes, which will serve as the last cases Upton is a part of, as the character leaves the series after being introduced in Season 5. An exact date for Upton’s final episode hasn’t been revealed yet, but whenever it happens, it will be emotional to see someone who’s been a part of the team for six years making her exit....
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Companion.Due to the production involvement ofZach Cregger, the writer and director ofBarbarian,Companionpromised jolting twists and turns —and it doesn’t disappoint. The movie structures itself in defined acts, with regular cuts to black at revelatory moments. At the center is the relationship between Josh (Jack Quaid) and Iris (Sophie Thatcher) as they visit Josh’s friends at a lake house off the beaten track. Despite a fairly small cast,Companionintroduces minor characters that have a large impact on the story and despite the first line of the movieindicating Josh’s death is imminent,there is still a tense unpredictability to the characters’ fate....
After ghosting his closest coworkers and long-time viewers, the return of fan-favorite character Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) to his own new series should’ve been a slam dunk. Discovering why he left, what he’s been up to, and what he’ll do now provided plenty of storyline opportunity, yet the show seems to be constantly spinning its wheels. Stabler suddenly returning to the universe he abruptly disappeared from 10 years prior had fans buzzing — and for good reason — but to what end?...
