Octavia Spencer

Ryan Reynolds Gets Nickelback to Cover "Unredeemable" Song from His Holiday Movie

PUBLISHED Dec 27, 2022

It's a CanCon crossover Christmas! Model citizen Ryan Reynolds has recruited none other than Nickelback to perform their own rendition of a...

'The Witches' Is the Scariest Children's Movie You'll Ever See

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2020

Here's something you might have forgotten if you haven't read Roald Dahl since childhood: his books are dark as hell. Charlie and the Choco...

'Superintelligence' Isn't Very Smart

Directed by Ben Falcone

PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2020

Artificial intelligence and surveillance culture are terrifying concepts. At best, corporations are harnessing our phones to spy on us and...

​'Onward' Has That Old Pixar Magic

Directed by Dan Scanlon

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2020

Pixar's last couple of films have been sequels; it's been a few years since the Disney-owned animation studio knocked it out of the park wi...

'Dolittle' Does Little to Help Robert Downey Jr.'s Next Chapter

Directed by Stephen Gaghan

PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2020

Robert Downey Jr.'s post-Iron Man career is off to a clumsy start. His latest foray into the world of franchise IP is an unfortunately dead...

'Luce' Is a Tense, Subtle Examination of Hidden Racism

Directed by Julius Onah

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2019

If Green Book's Oscar win taught us anything, it's that Hollywood loves inspiring dramas about racial reconciliation. Luce, however, is not...

'Ma' Is a Big "Nah"

Directed by Tate Taylor

PUBLISHED May 30, 2019

This should probably go without saying, but listen up teenagers: if a clingy 40-something invites you to come party in their basement, don'...

The Shape of Water

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2017

Much like Hayao Miyazaki, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro is a man with a singular vision, an ability to craft stories both strange and...