The opening image of Pressure tells you almost everything you need to know before a single line of dialogue is spoken: blood diffusing into dark, restless water, soldiers lying in the ocean—an omen hanging heavy in the air. It’s an arresting, almost ghostly visual that frames the film as a meditation on the fragile, terrifying…
In the best horror movies, the most effective scares come from the familiar, twisted just enough to feel dangerous. That’s exactly what makes Passenger, the latest from director André Øvredal (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Last Voyage of the Demeter), so unnerving. It takes something as routine and even romanticized as a…
Marvel’s latest Special Presentation, The Punisher: One Last Kill, knows exactly what fans want from Frank Castle, and for better and worse, it delivers almost precisely that. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and co-written by Green alongside Jon Bernthal, this Disney+ special acts as both a brutal standalone story and a bridge toward the character’s…
In Scream 2, Randy Meeks famously lays out the golden rule of horror sequels: the body count is always bigger, the deaths are more elaborate, and everything is generally “bigger.” That rule applies perfectly to Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, a sequel that takes the sharp, contained premise of Ready or Not and…
The Bride! is a swooning, soot-streaked fever dream of a movie, the kind that feels less like a retelling and more like a resurrection. Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, this American Gothic romance drags Mary Shelley’s myth into 1930s Chicago and lets it dance, rage, and fall recklessly in love. It is an offbeat…
The Anaconda reboot slithers into theaters. It all started with a 1997 movie starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Owen Wilson, and Jon Voight about a bunch of filmmakers who find themselves at the mercy of a ginormous snake in the wilderness. In 2025, we have our new movie starring Paul Rudd as an out-of-work actor…
While Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein has brought the iconic scientist and his creature back into the public consciousness, there’s been a ton of worthwhile adaptations of Mary Shelley’s book over the years. One of the best films is 1957’s The Curse of Frankenstein, which is now available on 4K from Warner Archive. Hammer Films’ dark…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday made a rare visit to Tibet, stressing Beijing’s determination to strengthen its control over the region as it marked 60 years of being declared a Chinese autonomous region. Xi Jinping highlights political importance of his visit. While addressing a gathering of 20,000 people in Lhasa, Xi Jinping underlined the…