• The Black Phone 2 (2025) – Review

    The Black Phone 2 (2025) is directed by Scott Derickson, who wrote the screenplay alongside C. Robert Cargill. It stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Demian Bichir, Jermey Davies, Miguel Mora, Arianna Rivas, Maev Beaty, Graham Abbey, Anna Lore, Simon Webster, and Jacob Moran. This sequel once again follows Finny (Thames), now 17, and

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  • The Black Phone (2021) – Review

    Based on the short story by Joe Hill, The Black Phone (2021) is directed by Scott Derrickson, who also wrote the screenplay alongside C. Robert Cargill. It stars Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, E. Roger Mitchell, Troy Rudeseal, Miguel Mora, and Tristan Pravong. The film is set in North Denver,

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  • The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025) – Review

    Based on the novel by Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025) is directed by Simon Stone, who also wrote the screenplay alongside Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse. It stars Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, David Ajala, Gitte Witt, Art Malik, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Hannah Waddingham, Kaya Scodelario, David Morrissey, Daniel Ings, Christopher Rygh, Pippa Bennett-Warner,

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  • Lurker (2025) – Review

    Lurker (2025) – Review

    Lurker (2025) is written & directed by Alex Russell. It stars Theodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Sunny Suljic, Havana Rose Liu, Cam Hicks, Zack Fox, Olawale Onayemi, Daniel Zolghadri, Sean Wang, and Myra Turley. The film follows Matthew (Pellerin), a quiet retail employee in his early 20s, who one day befriends his favorite up-and-coming musician, Oliver

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  • Play Dirty (2025) – Review

    Based on the book series “Parker” by Donald E. Westlake, Play Dirty (2025) is directed by Shane Black, who also wrote the film alongside Chuck Mondry and Anthony Bagarozzi. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Rosa Salazar, LaKeith Stanfield, Keegan-Michael Key, Tony Shalhoub, Chukwudi Iwuji, Nat Wolff, Thomas Jane, Gretchen Mol, Chai Hansen, Hemky Madera, Alejandro Edda,

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  • Night of the Reaper (2025) – Review

    Night of the Reaper (2025) is directed by Brandon Christensen, who wrote the film alongside his brother, Ryan Christensen. It stars Jessica Clement, Ryan Robbins, Summer H. Howell, Matty Finochio, Keegan Connor Tracy, Max Christensen, Ben Cockell, David Feehan, Bryn Samuel, Savannah Miller, Susan Serrao, and Sofie Kane. The film follows Deena (Clement), a freshman

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  • The Toxic Avenger (2025) – Review

    The Toxic Avenger (2025) is written & directed by Macon Blair, based on the character created by Lloyd Kaufman and Joe Ritter. It stars Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Luisa Guerreiro, David Yow, Annette Badland, Sunil Patel, Margo Cargill, Shaun Dooley, Rebecca O’Mara, Macon Blair, Lloyd Kaufman, and Julia Davis.

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  • Him (2025) – Review

    Him (2025) – Review

    Him (2025) is directed by Justin Tipping, who also wrote the film alongside Zach Akers and Skip Bronkie. It stars Tyriq Withers, Marlon Wayans, Julia Fox, Jim Jefferies, Tim Heidecker, Maurice Greene, Indira G. Wilson, Geron McKinley, Heather Lynn Harris, Don Benjamin, Richard Lippert, and Naomi Grossman. The film follows emerging football superstar Cameron Cade

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  • The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) – Review

    The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) is directed by Michael Chaves, featuring a script by a team of 4 writers (I don’t name-drop writers unless there are more than three. I can’t support a strategy that often leads to homogenization). It stars Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mia Tomlinson, Ben Hardy, Steve Coulter, Rebecca Calder, Elliot Cowan,

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  • The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) – Review

    The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) is directed by Michael Chaves, featuring a script by James Wan and David Leslie-McGoldrick. It stars Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sterling Jerins, Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine, John Noble, Julian Hilliard, Eugenie Bondurant, Shannon Kook, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Keith Arthur Bolden, Steve Coulter, Vince Pisani, Ingrid Bisu,

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