Image: Epicmedia/Courtesy of Sundance Institute The only non-English language film in the Midnight section of this year’s 2023 Sundance Film Festival, In My Mother’s Skin is a gut-wrenching horror story about a girl placed in a desperate situation who makes a choice she quickly regrets. It takes place in... Read more
I Am Legend 2 Won’t Follow the Original Film’s Ending
Movies February 18, 2023
Will Smith will return for I Am Legend 2. Image: Warner Bros. Believe it or not, the long-rumored I Am Legend sequel is indeed on the way but it’ll be oddly at odds with the 2007 original. Producer and co-writer Akiva Goldsman just signed a new deal with Warner... Read more
Kaleidoscope is a generic heist story but a fascinating experiment
EntertainmentMovies January 3, 2023
Netflix’s latest crime drama ventures into nonlinear storytelling. Giancarlo Esposito and Tati Gabrielle in Kaleidoscope.Image: Netflix On the surface, Kaleidoscope is a straightforward, albeit generic, heist story. It hits all of the beats you’d expect: the revenge-filled backstory, the complex process of finding a team and forming a plan,... Read more
2022 Was Star Trek’s Year
Movies December 30, 2022
Image: Paramount When a world of new Star Trek shows was still a glimmer in the mind’s eye of CBS, the thought of a world where there was “all Star Trek, all the time” after years of the franchise’s dormancy on TV seemed unfathomable. In 2022, however, the idea... Read more
Avatar: The Way of Water Is Now in the Billion-Dollar Club
Movies December 30, 2022
Photo: Christopher Jue (Getty Images) The holiday weekend has given the Avatar franchise water legs. James Cameron’s blockbuster continues to dominate the global box office; as the Wrap reports, the Disney/20th Century film has now crossed the billion-dollar mark. This is a big deal for any film, but especially big... Read more
The Disney Plus original already has a teaser trailer, featuring some of his cameos in the Marvel movies. Disney will release a documentary about comic book titan Stan Lee in 2023 as an original title for its Disney Plus streaming service. In a Marvel.com post, the company said the... Read more
The Last of Us’ Showrunner Unsure Whether the Game Is the Greatest Story of Its Medium or Just Silly Pixels
Movies December 29, 2022
Screenshot: HBO “Will break the video game curse?” is a debate as cyclical and pointless in entertainment criticism as “Are video games art?” is in games media, but Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin is intent on blending the two together to make his press tour as... Read more
