54 posts tagged ‘oscar’
How to Survive a Horror Movie Prom in 10 Easy Steps
After finding success with its 2021 Fear Street trilogy, Netflix is plotting its next R.L. Stine adaptation, taking on the prolific author’s 1992 YA release The Prom Queen. The book’s plot and setting evoke one of horror’s favorite traditions: turning high-school dances into bloodbaths. Read more...
Oppenheimer is squeezing Killers Of The Flower Moon out of awards season
Oppenheimer is blowing up awards season. After becoming the third biggest movie of the year, Christopher Nolan’s film has dominated the awards circuit since sweeping the Golden Globes. Heading into Academy Award nominations, it’s the frontrunner, but when will Killers Of The Flower Moon get its flowers? Read more...
The January Canon: 20 good movies released during Hollywood’s worst dump month
Historically and annually speaking, January is a bad month for Hollywood movies. It’s a “dump month,” that time of year when the major studios offload the projects in which they have no faith. Sandwiched between the holidays and the Super Bowl, these four weeks are generally treated like a write-off season, as bad… Read more...
All the Big Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Films We're Excited for in 2024
In a modern movie landscape dominated by mega franchises, 2024 is looking mighty odd indeed. Yes, we’ve got films coming from DC, Marvel, Transformers, Lord of the Rings, and a few others, but almost all of them are slightly off-brand. The Transformers and Lord of the Rings movies are animated. The biggest Marvel and… Read more...
Ariana DeBose finds her space, and then some
Ariana DeBose, who turns 33 on January 25, has already attained the kind of success some actors only dream of, winning an Oscar and a Golden Globe for West Side Story, and being nominated for a Tony (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) and an Emmy (for hosting the 2022 Tony Awards ceremony). DeBose is striking while the… Read more...
2024 BAFTA nominations: Poor Things and Oppenheimer lead the pack
We’ve knocked out the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and Primetime Emmys in the past few weeks, but award season is far from over. Today, we got a glimpse into how some of the year’s top films are faring across the pond as Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir announced this year’s BAFTA nominations at a live press… Read more...
"Interactive horror movie" Until Dawn to become un-interactive horror movie for some damn reason
Ohhhh, this one is going to give us a headache. See, THR is reporting this week that Sony has just moved forward with plans to plug 2015 horror game sensation Until Dawn into its freshly minted video game adaptation machine, hiring Shazam! franchise director David F. Sandberg to helm a movie version of the bestselling… Read more...
16 Awesome-Sounding Genre Films Coming to Sundance 2024
The 2024 movie season kicks into high gear this week with the start of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Each year, Sundance is where many of the biggest, most buzzworthy independent films start their journeys to either box office success or critical glory—and, with the festival now being both digital and in-person,… Read more...