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Edgar Wright’s latest lacks his usual sense of style, verve, and wit.
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THE RUNNING MAN Delivers a Dour Dystopia and a Drab Action Thriller - Cinapse
Edgar Wright's latest lacks his usual sense of style, verve, and wit Back in 1987, Arnold Schwarzenegger headed a camp, over the top, action romp adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man. A book o...
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Don’t fully give in to subzero buzz; this remake lacks dynamo but is still a cinematic fireball.
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THE RUNNING MAN is a Great Action Blast, It’s Just Not Quite Wright - Cinapse
Don't fully give in to subzero buzz; this remake lacks dynamo but is still a cinematic fireball. Out this weekend is one of my most anticipated movies of the year; as Edgar Wright - one of the best di...
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING [4K-Review]
Once more unto the breach for Tom Cruise…or is it? Across nearly three decades, the Mission Impossible franchise has shapeshifted through tones, directors, and stylistic eras, eventually finding a signature rhythm with the Tom Cruise/Christopher McQuarrie partnership, starting with Rogue Nation (2015) and reaching what many consider the pinnacle with Fallout (2018). 2023’s Dead Reckoning, […] The post MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING [4K-Review] first appeared on Cinapse.
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Home (Video) for the Holidays: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
Halloween has passed, temperatures are dropping, and the kids are already putting together wish lists. Last year I really enjoyed seeing The Best Christmas Pageant Ever when it made its theatrical run, and welcomed the opportunity to revisit it and check out the new Blu-ray edition arriving for the 2025 holiday season. Based on the […] The post Home (Video) for the Holidays: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER first appeared on Cinapse.
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Criterion Review: TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME [4K UHD]
Criterion‘s new 4K edition of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me does not build in any major way on the features present in the previously released Criterion Blu-ray. The special features are all previously seen, including a book of excerpts from Chris Rodley’s Lynch on Lynch. There’s no groundbreaking new documentary, no new […] The post Criterion Review: TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME [4K UHD] first appeared on Cinapse.
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The Archivist: INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949) – An Unsung Treasure Worth Discovering
New on Blu-ray from Warner Archive is the excellent Intruder in the Dust, a thoughtful race drama directed by Clarence brown and based on the novel by William Faulkner. Progressive for its time, the film in one of the first great cinematic analyses of race relations in America. Claude Jarman, Jr. (best known as Jody […] The post The Archivist: INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949) – An Unsung Treasure Worth Discovering first appeared on Cinapse.
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Austin Film Festival 2025: FORELOCK
Anyone who has visited Hollywood Boulevard knows it’s a memorable place, for all sorts of reasons. The people who make their way on this iconic stretch of road must have some interesting backstories. Forelock imagines one such tale that gets at the good, the bad and the weird of one of La La Land’s sketchiest […] The post Austin Film Festival 2025: FORELOCK first appeared on Cinapse.
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A Tribute to Diane Keaton
“Memories are just moments that refuse to be ordinary.” The loss of Diane Keaton last month is still one that’s incredibly hard to process. I’m sure this is the case for many a cinephile. In this day and age, when people are living longer, 79 feels too young to die, especially if that person was […] The post A Tribute to Diane Keaton first appeared on Cinapse.
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THE FRIEND is the Awards Darling that Should Have Been
A nod to some awards hopefuls that deserve to be remembered in the coming weeks. Anytime I see a great movie that was released well before awards season gets underway, I’m always reminded of the FYC ads that appeared as part of the awards push for David Fincher’s Zodiac. That film, which was released in early […] The post THE FRIEND is the Awards Darling that Should Have Been first appeared on Cinapse.
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RADIOLAND MURDERS: Kino Lorber Honors George Lucas’ Forgotten Pet Project
“There’ll never be anything quite like radio!” When my parents decided in the early ’90s that we would be a road trip family, my father went out and bought a collection of cassette tapes that were compilations from the radio’s golden age, remastered and restored. It was the first time I had experienced Lucille Ball […] The post RADIOLAND MURDERS: Kino Lorber Honors George Lucas’ Forgotten Pet Project first appeared on Cinapse.
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PFF 2025: DEMON LOVER DIARY is the Best Horror Movie Doc you’ve Never Seen - Cinapse
One of my favorite flavors of Documentaries as you’d probably expect are Docs about movies that go horribly off the rails. A prime example of this and another hidden gem from 1974 - Labor of Love is a...
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PFF 2025: DEAD GIVEAWAY is Bawdy Good Time! - Cinapse
Ian Kimble’s Dead Giveaway is a somewhat superficial and charming buddy blackout horror comedy that shows a little bit of chemistry goes a long way. I caught the film at the Philadelphia Film Festival...
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Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN is MY Frankenstein. There are some indulgences in this telling where
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Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN Is MY Frankenstein - Cinapse
Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaker after my own heart. And while that kind of personal statement is hardly a compelling basis for a review, it's definitely the truest and most important assessment I co...
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I loved, loved, loved GOOD FORTUNE. An endearing mashup of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and TRADING PLACES. Laugh out loud funny, deeply empathetic, and an unexpected bromance. A personal top 5 contender for the year.
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Criterion Review: EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) 4K Blu - Cinapse
Georges Franju's beautiful body horror masterpiece come to 4K UHD Elegant, superbly gorgeous, and at times shockingly graphic, Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face is a singular achievement in cinema....
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had a blast writing a bit about the underrated SUSPIRIA (2018) for
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! lots to love in guadagnino's homage to argento, especially depicting the body as a conduit for magic & power✨
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Revenge of the Remakes: Luca Guadagnino’s SUSPIRIA Weaves Its Own Spell - Cinapse
Two Cents is a Cinapse original column akin to a book club for films. The Cinapse team curates the series and contribute their “two cents” using a maximum of 200-400 words. Guest contributors and comm...
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The
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crew rules for closing our "Revenge of the Remakes" series with the Director's Cut of Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II. It's one of the most divisive sequels ever made (just read any Halloween ranking list published today, if ever), but it's all the better for it. Thoughts below!
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Fun fact: Val Mayerik, the co-creator of Howard the Duck, is in DEMON LOVER (and did the movie poster) and in this “warts & all” doc about the making-of.
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I had a blast with
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PREDATOR BADLANDS Blows Open the Franchise Mythology and Has a Blast Doing It
Dan Trachtenberg continues his hot streak of revitalizing this once floundering franchise Not too long ago, the Predator franchise was in the doldrums. A clunky 2018 effort helmed by Shane Black capped off a middling run, following the ill-fated efforts to pit these hunters against the Alien franchise in the mid-2000s. Step up Dan Trachtenberg […] The post PREDATOR BADLANDS Blows Open the Franchise Mythology and Has a Blast Doing It first appeared on Cinapse.
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PFF 2025: A Quick Red Carpet chat with ROSEMEAD’s Star Lucy Liu and Writer Marilyn Fu
Easily one of my most anticipated films this year was Rosemead, a passion project seven years in the making from icon Lucy Liu. The moving drama based on real life events follows Irene (Liu) a mother who has only four months to live, and is forced to not only face the fact that her teenage […] The post PFF 2025: A Quick Red Carpet chat with ROSEMEAD’s Star Lucy Liu and Writer Marilyn Fu first appeared on Cinapse.
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PFF 2025: DEMON LOVER DIARY is the Best Horror Movie Doc you’ve Never Seen
One of my favorite flavors of Documentaries as you’d probably expect are Docs about movies that go horribly off the rails. A prime example of this and another hidden gem from 1974 – Labor of Love is a peek into a tiny Chicago production where in order to capitalize on the pornoshiek trend, the producers […] The post PFF 2025: DEMON LOVER DIARY is the Best Horror Movie Doc you’ve Never Seen first appeared on Cinapse.
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PFF 2025: DEAD GIVEAWAY is Bawdy Good Time!
Ian Kimble’s Dead Giveaway is a somewhat superficial and charming buddy blackout horror comedy that shows a little bit of chemistry goes a long way. I caught the film at the Philadelphia Film Festival and it stars Ruby Modine as Jill, who just wants to go to brunch with her bestie Lia (Mikaela Hoover) , […] The post PFF 2025: DEAD GIVEAWAY is Bawdy Good Time! first appeared on Cinapse.
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REQUIEM FOR A PUMPKINHEAD
The first thing we need to recognize about Pumpkinhead is that in no significant way does he actually resemble a pumpkin. Ultimately this matters less than it should, but it’s still one of the many odd choices that come to define this would-be franchise, and this monster of the iconic name but curiously nonexistent stature […] The post REQUIEM FOR A PUMPKINHEAD first appeared on Cinapse.
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In Defense Of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION
Stick with me on this one; what if a horror film realized it was terrible at its job halfway through the runtime? That is the meta level The Next Generation is operating on. In the mid 1990s the horror genre was in a rough spot. After a decade of big marquee horror names, the genre […] The post In Defense Of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION first appeared on Cinapse.
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Revenge of the Remakes Wraps with the Most Interesting HALLOWEEN Sequel Ever Put to Film
Two Cents is a Cinapse original column akin to a book club for films. The Cinapse team curates the series and contribute their “two cents” using a maximum of 200-400 words. Guest contributors and comments are encouraged, as are suggestions for future picks. Join us as we share our two cents on films we love, films […] The post Revenge of the Remakes Wraps with the Most Interesting HALLOWEEN Sequel Ever Put to Film first appeared on Cinapse.
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Kino Lorber Brings a Pair of Dan Curtis Classics to Blu-Ray with DEAD OF NIGHT & DAN CURTIS’ MONSTERS
“Some producers don’t care about the story. It’s just an excuse to get a couple of quarts of blood on the screen. That’s not what scares. It’s a mood, a feeling, a whole ambiance.” For many horror fans, the name Dan Curtis conjures up nothing but good horror-filled times. The iconic director/producer was responsible for […] The post Kino Lorber Brings a Pair of Dan Curtis Classics to Blu-Ray with DEAD OF NIGHT & DAN CURTIS’ MONSTERS first appeared on Cinapse.
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Criterion Review: DEEP CRIMSON [4K UHD]
Reveling in the insecurities, fears, and peculiarities that draw desperate people together, Arturo Ripstein’s Deep Crimson is a perverse delight. Maybe delight isn’t quite the right word for a story fundamentally rooted in the nastier shades of humanity. Deep Crimson is upsetting through and through content-wise, but there is an underlying humanity running through the […] The post Criterion Review: DEEP CRIMSON [4K UHD] first appeared on Cinapse.
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In Defense of THE HAPPENING
M. Night Shyamalan cratered his career in 2008 with his ecological horror The Happening. Now, in 2025, it’s time to give it a proper reappraisal, and see it for the incredibly bleak masterpiece it is. In the year 2025, it’s fair to say that M. Night Shyamalan is fully back as a celebrated auteur. He […] The post In Defense of THE HAPPENING first appeared on Cinapse.
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DUST DEVIL Makes Its Devilish Debut On 4k From Kino Lorber!
Unique in only the way a Richard Stanley film can be, Dust Devil is a genre mash-up filled with absolute fever dream logic from start to finish. And it can now be yours in 4k, thanks to Kino Lorber! Dust Devil is absolutely fascinating. Released during the ‘90s indie renaissance, Dust Devil follows Hardware as […] The post DUST DEVIL Makes Its Devilish Debut On 4k From Kino Lorber! first appeared on Cinapse.
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The Archivist: Stylish Blaxploitation Classic BLACK SAMSON (1974) Comes to Blu-ray
The Warner Archive Collection adds another classic to their expanding black-on-Blu library Warner Bros continues exploring its blaxploitation library with a Blu-ray edition of 1974’s Black Samson, an amusing lesser-known picture from the genre. Rockne Tarkington stars as Samson, a nightclub successful owner who represents both the cultural and commercial figurehead of his predominantly black […] The post The Archivist: Stylish Blaxploitation Classic BLACK SAMSON (1974) Comes to Blu-ray first appeared on Cinapse.
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Criterion Celebrates the Revisionist Musical with THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG & THE WIZ
“I don’t like operas. Movies are better.” Leave it to Criterion to release two of the most unconventional musicals in such proximity to one another. That’s just what they’ve done with their recent releases of 1964’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and 1978’s The Wiz, two musicals that re-wrote the rules of the genre during two […] The post Criterion Celebrates the Revisionist Musical with THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG & THE WIZ first appeared on Cinapse.
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Criterion Review: EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) 4K Blu
Georges Franju’s beautiful body horror masterpiece come to 4K UHD Elegant, superbly gorgeous, and at times shockingly graphic, Georges Franju’s Eyes Without a Face is a singular achievement in cinema. While I usually bristle at the meaningless term “elevated horror” and how it’s often applied, there’s no question that Eyes Without a Face is, by […] The post Criterion Review: EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) 4K Blu first appeared on Cinapse.
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PFF 2025: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE – Presents a Daring and Empathetic History of the Shaker Faith - Cinapse
While most if not all will probably use The Brutalist for their reference point for the latest film from writer/director duo Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet, the last film Mona actually directed was th...
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CHAINSAW MAN – THE MOVIE: REZE ARC – Chainsaw Man Returns Bigger and Badder than Ever! (Movie + 3D/4DX Review) - Cinapse
It’s been nearly three years to the day since Chainsaw Man season 1 first started airing on Japanese TV, and after years of anticipation and speculation, it's finally back in theatrical form. This del...
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PFF 2025: CHRISTY is a Great Vehicle for Sydney Sweeney and Not Much Else - Cinapse
It's nearly awards season, so that means it's time for the biopics. Films in this particular sub-genre released this time of year sadly primarily exist solely as vehicles for actors who don’t regularl...
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PFF 2025: WAKE UP DEAD MAN is Johnson’s Best KNIVES OUT Film Yet! (Spoiler Free!) - Cinapse
Three films in and Johnson manages to entertain as he delivers the most personal and ground entry yet Knives Out as a franchise has done the near impossible. Starting out as a quirky star studded indi...
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PFF 2025: FRANKENSTEIN is yet Another Modern Monster Masterpiece from del Toro - Cinapse
Guillermo del Toro once again adds yet another iconic monster to his cinematic curio cabinet It saddens me that most who encounter Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein will probably do so outside of a da...
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PFF 2025: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE – Presents a Daring and Empathetic History of the Shaker Faith
While most if not all will probably use The Brutalist for their reference point for the latest film from writer/director duo Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet, the last film Mona actually directed was the lush cottage-core lesbian love story The World to Come, which I caught some time ago on the festival circuit and was […] The post PFF 2025: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE – Presents a Daring and Empathetic History of the Shaker Faith first appeared on Cinapse.
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CHAINSAW MAN – THE MOVIE: REZE ARC – Chainsaw Man Returns Bigger and Badder than Ever! (Movie + 3D/4DX Review)
It’s been nearly three years to the day since Chainsaw Man season 1 first started airing on Japanese TV, and after years of anticipation and speculation, it’s finally back in theatrical form. This delay was due to Japanese fan outcry about the more realistic, CGI heavy look of the series compared to Tatsuki Fujimoto’s hyperkinetic […] The post CHAINSAW MAN – THE MOVIE: REZE ARC – Chainsaw Man Returns Bigger and Badder than Ever! (Movie + 3D/4DX Review) first appeared on Cinapse.
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QUEENS OF THE DEAD is a Wickedly Fabulous Debut by Tina Romero
Drag Queens take on the Undead in a Queer Horror romp with deadly looks and killer laughs It’s Easter night, and an upcoming Drag show at Bushwick’s Yum club is falling apart minutes before doors. Organizer/DJ Dre (Katy O’Brian) is pulling out all the stops, even convincing best friend Sam (Jaquel Spivey) to revive their […] The post QUEENS OF THE DEAD is a Wickedly Fabulous Debut by Tina Romero first appeared on Cinapse.
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Revenge of the Remakes: Luca Guadagnino’s SUSPIRIA Weaves It’s Own Spell
Two Cents is a Cinapse original column akin to a book club for films. The Cinapse team curates the series and contribute their “two cents” using a maximum of 200-400 words. Guest contributors and comments are encouraged, as are suggestions for future picks. Join us as we share our two cents on films we love, films […] The post Revenge of the Remakes: Luca Guadagnino’s SUSPIRIA Weaves It’s Own Spell first appeared on Cinapse.
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RAMPAGE – The Criminally Under Seen Friedkin Courtroom Drama Out On 4k From Kino Lorber!
Hurricane Billy’s examination of the dark complexities of the death penalty finally makes its way to 4k from Kino Lorber! Kino Lorber has been doing the Lord’s work this year. Beyond an absolutely fantastic slate of releases, from ‘90s comedies to ‘70s action, as well as the release of one of my favorite action films, […] The post RAMPAGE – The Criminally Under Seen Friedkin Courtroom Drama Out On 4k From Kino Lorber! first appeared on Cinapse.
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PFF 2025: CHRISTY is a Great Vehicle for Sidney Sweeney and Not much Else
It’s nearly awards season, so that means it’s time for the biopics. Films in this particular sub-genre released this time of year sadly primarily exist solely as vehicles for actors who don’t regularly do prestige fare – to possibly offer up a transformative performance, for accolades and new opportunities. Sydney Sweeney’s latest, which I just […] The post PFF 2025: CHRISTY is a Great Vehicle for Sidney Sweeney and Not much Else first appeared on Cinapse.
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Criterion Review: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE [4K UHD]
A History of Violence is Cronenberg at his most effective, but probably not in the way you assume. Released in 2005, A History of Violence marked a shift in Cronenberg’s career; After spending the ‘90s focused on the psychosexual, the Aughts brought Cronenberg’s focus back to identity, and the masks we wear, and the lies […] The post Criterion Review: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE [4K UHD] first appeared on Cinapse.
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Criterion’s Release of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT Honors a Filmmaking Master
“They call me Mister Tibbs!” Revisiting In the Heat of the Night for its recent Criterion Blu-ray release, it’s easy to see why this story of a Philadelphia detective (Sidney Poitier) who finds himself tasked with solving a murder in the deep south at the insistence of a small town chief (Rod Steiger) was awarded […] The post Criterion’s Release of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT Honors a Filmmaking Master first appeared on Cinapse.
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Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN Is Also MY Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaker after my own heart. And while that kind of personal statement is hardly a compelling basis for a review, it’s definitely the truest and most important assessment I could possibly give, reinforced by my viewing of his latest triumph, Frankenstein. Like 2022’s Pinocchio, it finds the writer-director – who […] The post Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN Is Also MY Frankenstein first appeared on Cinapse.
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Is KPOP DEMON HUNTERS the Biggest Movie of 2025?
A legitimate out-of-nowhere phenomenon from Netflix and Sony has proven that films still have a place in the monoculture. It has been a strange year for Hollywood. The backbone of the industry for the last decade, tentpole superhero films, continues to have sluggish returns, despite two cape-films (Thunderbolts* and Superman) having notably positive reviews. There […] The post Is KPOP DEMON HUNTERS the Biggest Movie of 2025? first appeared on Cinapse.
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FRANKENSTEIN: Del Toro’s Reverent Adaptation is Monstrously Romantic
Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein painstakingly restores the original thematic weight of Mary Shelley’s groundbreaking novel While many fittingly think of Universal Pictures’ buzzing laboratories, hunchbacked assistants, and mad screams of “It’s alive!” when picturing Frankenstein, the missing image that’s always haunted me is of a lone figure towering amidst the Arctic horizon. It’s the climax […] The post FRANKENSTEIN: Del Toro’s Reverent Adaptation is Monstrously Romantic first appeared on Cinapse.
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PFF 2025: FRANKENSTEIN is yet Another Modern Monster Masterpiece from del Toro
Guillermo del Toro once again adds yet another iconic monster to his cinematic curio cabinet It saddens me that most who encounter Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein will probably do so outside of a darkened theater, probably alone, while spreading their attention between the film and the billions of the other tiny distractions that fill our […] The post PFF 2025: FRANKENSTEIN is yet Another Modern Monster Masterpiece from del Toro first appeared on Cinapse.
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28 days ago
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