When people think of video games they often drum up visions of Super Mario or Fortnite, games with broad consumer appeal. But there’s a whole world of video games, unexplored by many, where rich characters...
The Northman is the new and third film by acclaimed director Robert Eggers. His first two features, The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019), were both extensively researched horror period pieces. Eggers...
Within the first few minutes of director Matt Reeves’ The Batman, a single sentence spoken by the titular character is able to strike fear in the audience: “They think I’m hiding in the shadows,...
By Owen Mahoney, Features editor
• February 17, 2022
The consistently self-referential and satirical Scream series has already ended twice by its own rules, with the third film parodying the finale of slasher trilogies and the fourth mocking the tropes of...
Red Notice begins with footage from a fake documentary about the three large golden eggs of Cleopatra. What follows is a two-hour movie that does not feel like it was made by a human being and somehow...
In a time dominated by cynicism and intense polarization, when informed that there is a remake of West Side Story (1961) on the way, the initial response could reasonably be one of confusion. Why would...
The audience sits in a dark auditorium. An announcement over the loudspeaker asks people to silence their cell phones, then the curtain rises and the show begins. Actors stand onstage and fill the space...
