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‘The Invite’ Prompt Was — Bergman, But Make It Funny!

July 11, 2026July 14, 2026 Laura Pruden 3 Comments Adam Newport-Berra, Cesc Gay, Comedy, Edward Norton, ensemble cast, film review, independent film, Ingmar Bergman, Jade Healy, marriage, middle age, Olivia Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Penelope Cruz, play adaptation, Rashida Jones, relationship comedy, romantic comedy, Seth Rogen, sex comedy, Spanish cinema, The Invite, The People Upstairs, Will McCormack

Olivia Wilde directs and acts in a comedy about love and marriage in middle-age

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Traumatized Young Woman?

July 10, 2026July 14, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Book and Film Globe, comic book movies, CW Supergirl, DC Comics, DC Studios, DC Universe, Fantasy, film review, Gal Gadot, graphic novels, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Helen Slater, James Gunn, Justice League Unlimited, Kara Zor-El, Krypton, Melissa Benoist, Milly Alcock, Patty Jenkins, science fiction, Supergirl, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, superhero movies, Superman, women superheroes, Wonder Woman

‘Supergirl’ disappoints in all the key ways

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Minions and Monsters With Movies and Mayhem

July 4, 2026July 9, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Allison Janney, animated film, animation, Bobby Moynihan, Book and Film Globe, Brian Lynch, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Christoph Waltz, Comedy, Cthulhu, Despicable Me, family film, film review, George Lucas, H.P. Lovecraft, Harold Lloyd, Hollywood, Illumination, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Minions, Minions and Monsters, Modern Times, movies, Phil LaMarr, Pierre Coffin, Safety Last, silent films, Steamboat Bill Jr, The Blob, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Trey Parker, Universal Pictures, Zoey Deutch

Is this the nail in the Pierre Coffin series?

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‘Power Ballads’ Shows How Jams Can Get Sticky

June 4, 2026June 8, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 2026 movies, authorship, character driven films, comedy drama, contemporary cinema, creative ambition, creativity and art, Dublin, emotional honesty, feel good movies, film review, Havana Rose Liu, independent film, Irish cinema, Jack Reynor, John Carney, Marcella Plunkett, movie review, music and relationships, music comedy, music industry, music movies, musical drama, musicians, Nick Jonas, original songs, Paul Rudd, power ballad, rock music, singer songwriters, wedding bands

Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in John Carney’s latest music-themed comedy-drama

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‘Backrooms’ Takes Psychological Horror to the Next Level… Of a Building

June 2, 2026June 6, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments 2026 movies, A24, A24 films, Backrooms, Chiwetel Ejiofor, creepypasta, cult horror, Curry Barker, David Lynch, film review, Finn Bennett, found footage horror, horror cinema, horror movies, Indie Horror, Internet culture, Kane Parsons, liminal spaces, Lukita Maxwell, Mark Duplass, OBSESSION, psychological horror, Renate Reinsve, science fiction horror, Severance, Smile 2, supernatural horror, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Twin Peaks, X Files, YouTube creators

YouTuber Kane Parsons brings internet creep to Hollywood

Putting ‘Pressure’ on the Weathermen of World War II

May 29, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Allied invasion, Andrew Scott, Anthony Maras, Brendan Fraser, British cinema, Chris Messina, D Day, Damian Lewis, Dwight Eisenhower, film review, Historical drama, historical films, James Stagg, Kerry Condon, military history, military strategy, movie review, Normandy invasion, Pressure, The Longest Day, war films, war movie criticism, weather forecasting, World War II, WWII cinema

Brendan Fraser is Eisenhower deciding on which day will be D-Day

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‘Obsession’ Is Everything You Might Wish For — And More

May 22, 2026May 26, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments Andy Richter, Barbarian, Cooper Tomlinson, creepy movies, Curry Barker, Faustian bargains, film review, Goosebumps, horror comedy, horror fans, horror movies, horror tropes, Inde Navarrette, Indie Horror, Megan Lawless, Michael Johnston, Misery, monkeys paw stories, monster movies, movie review, OBSESSION, psychological horror, Smile, supernatural horror, teen horror, Twilight Zone influences, Weapons

Curry Barker plays with classic trope that won’t ever die — unlike many victims

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Boodled by the Art and Artists of ‘The Christophers’

April 29, 2026May 13, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments art world films, British actors, contemporary cinema, Ed Solomon, film review, Ian McKellen, indie cinema 2026, James Corden, Jessica Gunning, Michaela Coel, Steven Soderbergh, The Christophers

Steven Soderbergh comes out of retirement yet again to direct Sir Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel

‘City Wide Fever’ Is a Love Letter to Giallo

April 16, 2026April 16, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Alamo Drafthouse, analog film, arthouse cinema, auteur cinema, City Wide Fever, cult film, Dario Argento, Diletta Guglielmi, experimental film, film review, giallo, giallo films, horror movies, Ian Fidance, independent film, Indie Horror, Italian horror, Josh Heaps, Mario Bava, midnight movie, surreal cinema

A unique homage to Italian horror hits theater screens

‘The Drama’ Uses Vomit in Place of Emotion, That’s Just the Start

April 10, 2026April 10, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Alana Haim, Boston films, controversial films, dark comedy, European cinema, film criticism, film review, Indie Film, Kristoffer Borgli, Mamoudou Athie, Millennials, Robert Pattinson, romantic comedy satire, The Drama, Zendaya

Kristoffer Borgli wants to skewer modern romcom conventions but ends with a smug exercise in millennial self-loathing

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BFG Podcast #202: SXSW, ‘Project Hail Mary,’ and Guy Fieri’s ‘Tournament of Champions’

March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment America's Culinary Cup, Apple TV Plus, astronauts, Austin Texas, BFG Podcast, Book and Film Globe, CBS cooking show, Dan Friedman, Elle Fanning, Festival Coverage, festival culture, Film festival, film review, flashback narratives, food competition shows, Food Network, Guy Fieri, HBO comedy, Larry David, live music, Margot's Got Money Troubles, media criticism, Neal Pollack, Nick Jonas, Omar Gallaga, Once film, Paul Rudd, podcast episode, power ballad, Project Hail Mary, Robert Dean, science fiction, Sing Street director, South By Southwest, space movies, SXSW 2026, Top Chef, Tournament Of Champions, TV previews

Neal Pollack, Omar Gallaga, Dan Friedman, and Robert Dean talk food, film, and the future of humanity

Wuthering Hots

February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alison Oliver, arthouse film, British cinema, Emerald Fennell, Emily Brontë, erotic cinema, Ewan Mitchell, film review, Gothic romance, Hong Chau, Jacob Elordi, Ken Russell, literary adaptations, Margot Robbie, Martin Clunes, neo-gothic, period drama, sexual politics, Shazad Latif, Wuthering Heights

Emerald Fennell turns Emily Brontë’s Gothic classic into a feverish erotic nightmare

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Benoit Blanc Takes up God in ‘Wake Up Dead Man’

December 10, 2025December 15, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Andrew Scott, Benoit Blanc, Cailee Spaeny, Catholic thriller, Daniel Craig, Daryl McCormack, detective fiction, Dorothy Sayers, Edgar Allan Poe, film review, G.K. Chesterton, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, John Dickson Carr, Josh Brolin, Josh O'Connor, Kerry Washington, Knives Out, locked room mystery, Mila Kunis, murder mystery, Netflix, Rian Johnson, theatrical release, Thomas Haden Church, Wake Up Dead Man, whodunnit

Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out mystery is a holy whodunnit — a soulful satire and sermon

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George Clooney Looks in the Mirror

December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 Samuel Porteous 2 Comments 8 1 2, Adam Sandler, Billy Crudup, celebrity culture, Fellini homage, film review, George Clooney, Grace Edwards, Hollywood satire, Jay Kelly, Noah Baumbach, Oscar season, Riley Keough, Ron Sukenick reference, Sadie Sandler, Stacy Keach, Stardust Memories, The Player

Jay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s meditation on fame, ego, and the fading glow of Hollywood’s ‘last movie star.’

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Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Bugonia’ Stings with Paranoid Precision

November 2, 2025November 5, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments absurdism, AI paranoia, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone, big pharma, Bugonia, conspiracy culture, dark comedy, Emma Stone, film review, Jesse Plemons, Pete Seeger, psychological thriller, satire, Save the Green Planet, Stavros Halkias, Yorgos Lanthimos

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons electrify in a hallucinatory satire about the human urge to find meaning in chaos

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