October is upon us, and you know what that means. That’s right: Halloween season is upon us, and the Criterion Channel is once again joining the festivities! The streamer has released the trailer for an upcoming collection of Japanese horror films set to be added to the service on Tuesday, October 1, along with a ...
This report comes from Fantastic Fest 2024, the annual genre film festival in Austin, Texas. We’ll have more on-site reports throughout the festival. Hereticthe upcoming A24 horror film from A quiet place Writer and Track And 65 The film, produced by directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, is by far not the first in which ...
This report comes from Fantastic Fest 2024, the annual genre film festival in Austin, Texas. We’ll have more on-site reports throughout the festival. Immediately before the late-night screening of the Norwegian animation musical Spermageddonthe festival staffer who introduced it described it as “the most midnight movie ever made at midnight.” That’s an apt summary: Rasmus ...
In And every day the groundhog greets youAn inexplicable force – perhaps celestial, certainly moral – keeps misanthropic weatherman Bill Murray trapped in a single, repeating day until he sheds his attitude and becomes a better person. Palm SpringsThe work-shy wedding guests Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti find themselves in a time loop vortex in ...
Magic is not easy to portray in fantasy television series. There are many reasons why the makers of game of Thrones seemed so intent on shying away from the most fantastical elements of that universe in its adaptation. It destroys the sense of grounded realism that newer versions of these series love so much; it ...
September is already more than halfway over and the release calendar is finally getting more exciting, especially for science fiction fans. Transformers Onethe animated prequel by director Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4), will be released this weekend together with The substancethe new body horror film with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. And that’s not even ...
In the new time travel comedy My old assMaisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza play two versions of the same character, Elliott: one is a young, confident teenager, the other is her older self. The two actors Really look like beautiful couples. But My old ass Director Megan Park said that when casting two sides of ...
“Fuck the gods” is a sentiment that is currently felt everywhere, from the more literal interpretation of Netflix’ Chaos to the various “Eat the Rich” narratives that tap into the simmering anger over the current growing inequality. Ragnarök, the mythological end of many gods in a fit of brutal battle and revenge, is exactly the ...
This report comes from Fantastic Fest 2024, the annual genre film festival in Austin, Texas. We’ll have more on-site reports throughout the festival. Alexandre Aja’s gothic horror film Never let go is all about cleverly playing with audience expectations. Halle Berry plays a haunted woman (simply “Mama” in the credits) raising her two twins, Sam ...
Each week at Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases on streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies you can watch at home. This week, Flash twicethe new psychological horror film by actress and director Zoë Kravitz, is available for purchase and rental on VOD following its cinema premiere last ...
