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Now Streaming: MY TWO CENTS, MURDER MINDFULLY, THE FOUR SEASONS Take Aim at Comedy Around the World
Quick thoughts on 3 new series -- animated Italian, and live-action German and U.S. -- all debuting on Netflix.
Echoes: 2026 Might Be the Biggest Movie Year in a Decade. Or a Nasty Face-Plant.
For the first time in years, 2026 could prove to be electrifying. The three major franchise empires are at war as they are trying to redefine themselves, especially with new DC Studios co-heads, Peter Safran and James Gunn. It's getting...
Opening This Week: BACKROOMS Liminal Horror, PRESSURE Wartime Tension, THE CURRENTS Psychological Mystery
Plus: 'Forastera,' 'Pitfall,' 'With Hasan in Gaza,' 'Speed Demon.'
Now Streaming: JACK RYAN: GHOST WAR, THE BRIDE!, THIS IS NOT A TEST
Plus: 'Ladies First,' and a Quentin Tarantino double-bill with 'True Romance' and 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.'
Now Playing: SACCHARINE Hunger Horror, TUNER Crime Drama, PASSENGER Stalker Thriller
Plus: 'I Love Boosters,' 'Sick Puppy,' 'The Blood Moon Feast 8,' and ''Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.'
Opening This Week: SACCHARINE Gets Hungry, TUNER Commits Crime, PASSENGER Stalks Relentlessly
Plus: 'I Love Boosters,' 'Sick Puppy,' 'Blood Meat Feast 8,' 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.'
Now Playing: OBSESSION, IS GOD IS, IN THE GREY
Plus: 'Decorado,' 'LifeHack,' 'Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe,' 'Been Here Stay Here,' 'The Wizard of the Kremlin,' 'Magic Hour.'
Echoes: Ari Aster's Movies Aren't Horror Anymore -- They're Something Stranger
Hereditary (2018) came as a shockingly pleasant surprise when it first hit the big screen. Ari Aster was up to something that no one could have imagined before. Audiences weren't aware that monsters could be much more than Freddy Krueger...
Opening This Week: OBSESSION Got Game, IS GOD IS Got God, IN THE GREY Got Guy Ritchie
Plus: 'Decorado,' 'Life Hack,' 'Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe,' 'Been Here Stay Here,' 'The Wizard of the Kremlin,' 'Magic Hour.'
Now Streaming Weekly Roundup: LEGENDS, LORD OF THE FLIES, UNCONDITIONAL
Plus: 'Amadeus,' 'The Chestnut Man S2,' 'Citadel S2.'
Now Playing: MORTAL KOMBAT II Fights, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES Amuse, SILENT FRIEND Befriends
Plus: 'The Python Hunt,' 'Couples Weekend,' 'Neglected.'
Echoes: Empty Malls, Endless Hallways -- The New Face of Horror for Gen Z
Though we are well beyond the recent pandemic, Gen Z still feels the suffocation of those lockdown days, which makes it understandable why they remain fascinated by liminal spaces. Empty or transitional halls, abandoned malls, and lone-standing parking garages all...
Opening This Week: THE SHEEP DETECTIVES Investigate, COUPLES WEEKEND Argues, SILENT FRIEND Enchants
Plus: 'The Python Hunt,' 'Neglected.'
Now Playing: HOKUM Frights, ODYSSEY Thrills, OUR LAND Informs
Plus: 'The Devil Wears Prada 2,' 'Two Pianos,' 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea,' 'The Million Dollar Bet,' 'Salt Along the Tongue,'
Echoes: Claymation vs CGI: The Battle Between Handmade Charm and Digital Perfection
In the world of AI today, there is no doubt that claymation is considered an awe-inspiring niche of animation, even if not a mass market, unlike mainstream cartoons. It is surely time-consuming and expensive to produce, as every second of...
Opening This Week: HOKUM Nonstop Frights, ODYSSEY Gripping Thrills, OUR LAND Tragic Truth
Also: The genre-defying 'The Devil Wears Prada 2.' Plus: 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,' 'The Million Dollar Bet,' and 'Salt Along the Tongue.'
Now Streaming: Baltasar Kormákur's APEX Pits Charlize Theron vs. Taron Egerton
Plus: 'No Other Choice,' 'Marty Supreme,' and 'Dolly.'
Now Playing: OVER YOUR DEAD BODY, FUZE, OMAHA
Plus: 'Mother Mary,' 'Two Women,' 'Two Seasons, Two Strangers,' 'Buffet Infinity,' 'Mistura.'
Now Streaming: Aubrey Plaza in KEVIN, Nostalgia Reigns in STRANGER THINGS: TALES OF '85
Plus: Mythical dreams in 'My Brother the Minotaur.'
THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE: Well, What Did We Expect?
Looking at the complicated legacy of adapting Shigeru Miyamoto's seminal videogame series, 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' should come as no great surprise.
