Last year, I wrote about what I called Christmas-adjacent movies, five films that took place at Christmas but didn’t quite qualify as full-fledged Christmas Movies. As it happens, there are quite a few films like this, many of which are great. So, here are another five flicks, in chronological ord...
Read MoreThere are many wonderful tropes in Christmas movies, but one of the most rewarding is the character who embodies the Christmas Spirit. This person is sometimes the lead and sometimes not, but always the inspiration for others to cast aside their malice and gloom and find the joy in Christmas. They a...
Read MoreThe Scream franchise is facing more hurdles than an army of Ghostfaces. In a couple of recent tweets, director Christopher Landon announced that he has left Scream 7. This follows production company Spyglass firing Melissa Barrera, the new lead of the series, over comments about the Israel-Palesti...
Read MoreThat obnoxious Jennifer Lawrence scene from Dark Phoenix may become a reality in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Scooper Daniel Richtman recently claimed that the MCU’s first X-Men movie will focus on the female members of the mutant superteam. He also says that Mr. Sinister will be the villain a...
Read MoreThe strangest version of the Joker yet will be making its way to theaters. At last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, a film called The People’s Joker, about a trans version of the legendary Batman villain, canceled its planned screenings due to a “rights issue” with Warner Bros. Di...
Read MoreEarlier today, Jonathan Majors was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment, two of the four charges filed against him in New York. (He was found not guilty of the two other charges – intentional assault in the third degree and aggravated harassment.) Not long after the ...
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