Resident Evil Review Roundup: Critics React to Zach Cregger’s Reboot
Zach Cregger‘s Resident Evil has arrived — and the critics are embracing the latest reimaginging on the long-running video game franchise. Based on the popular Capcom video games, Resident Evil stars Austin Abrams as Bryan, an outmatched medical courier who becomes trapped in a monster outbreak in Raccoon City during a single night of chaos […]
‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ Review: Takashi Miike’s Iffy Franchise Entry
The first in a planned series of international sequels, Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo gets things off to a mostly inauspicious start, despite enlisting the magnetic Shun Oguri as the latest incarnation of the seedy, morally hollow detective to whom the films owe their title. It’s closer in terms of plot machinations to Abel Ferrara’s 1992 original […]
Resident Evil Box Office: Zach Cregger Reboot Movie Eyes Big Opening
Resident Evil looks to get off to a running start in its opening weekend at the box office. Sony Pictures releases writer-director Zach Cregger‘s horror-survival video game adaptation on Friday in roughly 3,500 North American theaters, with the studio projecting a debut frame of $40 million for the three-day weekend. This is in line with […]
Obsession: Inde Navarrette Didn’t Want to Make Friends During Shoot
Inde Navarrette was dead set on prioritizing her work while filming writer-director Curry Barker‘s horror sensation Obsession. Focus Features held a special screening of the movie at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, where Barker and Navarrette took the stage for a conversation following the film. During the discussion, the filmmaker expressed […]
Neil LaBute and Gia Crovatin on Making Indie Comedy Thriller Murderous
Neil LaBute has spent three decades toggling between critical acclaim and heated controversy. The playwright burst onto the film scene with two sharply observed indie darlings — In the Company of Men (1997) and Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) — that earned festival buzz and positioned him as a fearless voice in contemporary drama, while […]
Oldenburg According To Director Edgar Pera: Interview
There can’t, it seems, be an Oldenburg Film Festival without at least one movie by Edgar Pêra. The Portuguese auteur has been a become a regular at the German fest, his brand of experimental, meta-cinema, typically self-financed films a perfect match for Oldenburg’s punk indie ethos. Pêra usually premieres his films at Rotterdam or Locarno […]
‘Strange Neighbors’ Review: Pretty but Familiar Wildlife Doc
There are certain words in film descriptions that can produce hives in reviewers. A prime example is “meditative,” an often-used adjective that’s particularly susceptible to abuse. But there’s no denying it’s the word to describe Mi Steinbach’s nature documentary Strange Neighbors, which chronicles the abundant wildlife on a man-made island in the Elbe River near […]
Wyatt Russell Joins John Carroll Lynch Comedy ‘Happy’
Thunderbolts* and Disclosure Day star Wyatt Russell has joined the cast of John Carroll Lynch’s upcoming comedy Happy. He will appear as Roger alongside Sex Education alum Asa Butterfield and 1917‘s Mark Strong, with Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Brittany O’Grady (The White Lotus) and Patti Harrison (Together Together) also starring. The feature follows Myles (Butterfield) […]
‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd’ Review: Powerful Death Row Drama
One of the principal takeaways from Tim Blake Nelson’s bruising drama set in and around a maximum-security Oklahoma prison, The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, is how infrequently we get to see Scoot McNairy in a meaty lead role that gives the reliably great character actor real complexity to chew on. McNairy plays a […]
Matthew Lillard Is Embarrassed About Scream 7 Return After Melissa Barrera’s Firing
Matthew Lillard has confessed that he’s “embarrassed” about returning for Scream 7 following Melissa Barrera’s firing from the slasher franchise. During a recent Q&A, via a video posted on TikTok, the actor said Barrera was “on the right side of history” when she expressed support for Palestinians in 2023 amid the Israel-Hamas war. “It’s just […]