Month: August 2025

By Drew Dietsch | Published 14 seconds ago It’s a very good week to be James Gunn’s Superman. It’s an even better week to be someone who actually knows something about box office reporting and isn’t a sniveling, moronic grifter. Superman passed the $300 million mark at the domestic box office this week. That means … Read more

By Drew Dietsch | Published 7 seconds ago After watching Wes Anderson’s newest feature film offering, The Phoenician Scheme (my review), I was energized by seeing him try to inject some specific genre energy into his usual film formula. Though plenty of drooling dopes will decry Anderson due to his distinct aesthetic choices, it’s always … Read more

By Drew Dietsch | Published 12 seconds ago At this point, you’ve probably developed an opinion about Wes Anderson as a filmmaker. If you don’t vibe with his dollhouse perspective and painterly aesthetic, there isn’t much that’s going to sway your opinion when it comes to his newest outing, The Phoenician Scheme. So, if that’s … Read more

Over the span of a 30-year career, Hugh Jackman has been in many great movies. By Joshua Tyler | Published 27 seconds ago Hugh Jackman’s movie career has spanned almost 30 years and lists more than 60 credits. It’s hard to narrow the Hugh Jackman movie list to the best. And yet, we’ve done it. … Read more

By Phillip Moyer | Published 21 seconds ago Christopher Nolan might be best known for the Dark Knight trilogy or sci-fi films like Inception and Interstellar, but Oppenheimer was not the first movie he made about a historical event. Nolan also made the absurdly well-crafted World War II film Dunkirk.  Dunkirk followed the famed evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers … Read more

By Joshua Tyler | Published 13 seconds ago In 2012, Christopher Nolan finished his Batman trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises. That meant when it came to superheroes, Warner Bros. had nothing. Batman had been a huge hit, but attempts to make something else out of other DC Superheroes weren’t just failures; they were punchlines. … Read more

By Joshua Tyler | Published 13 seconds ago Jenna Ortega in Wednesday season 2 on Netflix Celebrities have been destroying their faces with plastic surgery for as long as Hollywood has existed, but it’s never been dumber and more unnecessary than it is now. This is the week Sydney Sweeney is being celebrated for her … Read more

By Joshua Tyler | Published 11 seconds ago Star Trek: Strange New Worlds completed the transition from sci-fi series to mean-spirited sketch show this week. It happened when the episode “A Space Adventure Hour” began with a sketch comedy sequence that looked like it belonged on Saturday Night Live. The sketch’s primary goal? To viciously … Read more