BY BRENDAN MORROW

Halloween Kills kills time in between two finales

Oct 17, 2021

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Halloween, Horror, Movies

Sinister 2 is a surprisingly solid, restrained sequel that brings the scares

Sinister is not an easy movie to make a sequel to. The original is built entirely around mystery, and that’s part of makes it work so well. We’re totally in the dark alongside Ellison, and we don’t understand much about Baghuul and how he operates until the final act. Sometimes not knowing… Listen ⇢
Fantastic Four is insanely terrible, and it never should have made it to theaters

Fantastic Four is absolutely horrible, but if you’ve been on the Internet at all this weekend, you probably didn’t need me to tell you that. This whole thing has already become one of the biggest clusterfucks in recent Hollywood memory, plagued by bad buzz, studio meddling, and the director coming out… Listen ⇢
Fox clearly thinks that Fantastic Four is going to suck

Uh-oh. Fantastic Four is going to be a disaster, right? Probably? Listen ⇢
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is the action blockbuster (mostly) perfected

All of the marketing behind Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is built around the image of Tom Cruise dangling off a plane in midair. Listen ⇢
Hopes and fears for the Jurassic World sequel

As a huge fan of Jurassic World, part of me was really hoping the movie would fail. That might sound super contradictory, but my dream was that this could be a one-off film and that there would never be a need for a sequel. I didn’t want a new Jurassic Park franchise. World did everything I ever… Listen ⇢
Whatever happened to horror film budgets?

Earlier this year, producer Brad Fuller gave an interview with Esquire about the upcoming Friday the 13th reboot, and he provided some fascinating insights into the current state of horror filmmaking. Fuller told a story about how in 2009 the latest Friday the 13th movie opened, costing Paramount Pictures $20… Listen ⇢
Rick and Morty returns with brilliant premiere episode A Rickle In Time

How confident are you in yourself? That’s a question at the core of Rick and Morty’s Season 2 premiere, “A Rickle in Time,” an episode which as usual plays with science-fiction tropes in a brilliant way that also services the series’ overarching narrative. After six months in the show’s world and… Listen ⇢
The new footage from The Muppets couldn’t be more perfect

The Muppets belong on television. As much as I absolutely loved the most recent two films, The Muppet Show is really where these characters were most able to shine, and the episodic format just seems so right for them. Luckily, Disney and ABC have realized that, and the Muppets are… Listen ⇢
Thoughts on Ant-Man: Alright, sure, why not?

Is it even possible to talk about a Marvel movie without using the word fun? Because that’s exactly what Ant-Man is, and it’s what all of these movies since the first Avengers have been: blockbusters that understand their sole purpose is to make us smile and have a good time.… Listen ⇢