Category: News
Barbarian Director Zach Cregger Set To Make Fresh Resident Evil Reboot Movie
Ever since actor-comedian Zach Cregger became the next massive thing in genre filmmaking seemingly overnight with the release of noodle-twisting hor [...]
Who Really Took the Renowned “Napalm Girl” Photograph?
The picture is seared into our collective unconscious. The photo, often referred to as “Napalm Girl,” shows nine-year-old Kim Phuc running naked and [...]
Rose Byrne Gives the Performance of a Lifetime in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’
Many moons ago, I wrote a review of a sweet little movie called Juliet, Naked, in which I waxed rhapsodic about the reliably magnetic screen presence [...]
Inside Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’: “Something Different From Anything You’ve Seen”
Tonatiuh had been rehearsing Kiss of the Spider Woman for more than a month by the time their costar Jennifer Lopez arrived in New York. Choreographe [...]
Dylan O’Brien Gives Two Beguiling Performances in Queer Comedy Twinless
There is a sort of superstition—or maybe a belief based on observable pattern—that opening-day movies at the Sundance Film Festival aren’t so great. [...]
In ‘Plainclothes,’ Russell Tovey Exorcises Venerable Demons
“I’m always having sex in everything I do,” Russell Tovey says, cheekily. He’s not wrong. Ever since his breakout role as Kevin, Jonathan Groff’s swe [...]
Michelle Yeoh And Adrien Brody, Oscar Winners And Nominations
This week's episode of the acclaimed Empire Film Podcast is even more acclaimed than usual as we welcome not one but two Oscar winners to the show. [...]
Justin Lin Returns to His Indie Roots With Last Days
Yang, a British actor who appeared in 2023’s Rebel Moon, was deeply committed to the role, jumping on a plane to work on an Oklahoma farm in a bid to [...]
The Brutalist’s AI Controversy, Explained
Brady Corbet’s 10-time Oscar nominated film became the subject of debate after its editor revealed generative AI was used in the making of the film. [...]
Lucy Liu Can Explain What Happens at the End of ‘Presence’
Lucy Liu has presence. When I enter a suite at New York’s Whitby Hotel, she is seated by herself at a weirdly immense round table, absolutely stunnin [...]