THIS REVIEW FEATURES SPOILERS FOR PREY. I’m going to start this review with a hot take: there are no bad films in the Predator franchise. For those of you reading past that first sentence, I will attempt…
Monster Movies
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‘Nightmare Alley’ Avoids the Supernatural, but Casts a Haunting Spell Nonetheless
by Jack Edgarby Jack Edgar“People are desperate to tell you who they are.” This lesson is one of many imparted to Stan (Bradley Cooper) in the first act of Nightmare Alley — the story of a rise and fall…
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Retrospectives
A Stone-Cold Classic Forthcoming? ‘Trollhunter’ 10 Years On
by Brian Connorby Brian Connor10 years ago, André Øvredal made his feature debut with the fast and loose found-footage monster movie Trollhunter. It was just before the found-footage fad fell off and it became something of a cult hit,…
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Clearing up after a film shoot, Day (Theeradej Wongpuapan) takes a break to float in a 6-meter deep pool on an inflatable. Unfortunately, it’s a slowly draining pool and after a little nap, he wakes…
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Reviews
2020 Sydney Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 1
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesLike most good things in life that were put on hold or canceled due to COVID-19, the 67th Sydney Film Festival cannot go ahead in its traditional form in 2020. But thanks to the tireless…
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The next big action vehicle for Tom Cruise comes with greater importance to a hopeful franchise, The Mummy! Setting the staged for the proclaimed Dark Universe, Universal Studios wants to bring back all its beloved monsters.…
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After the financial success of 2014’s Godzilla, executives at Warner Bros. decided to move forward with a “MonsterVerse.” The movie looks to setup for a future movie with a massive showdown between Godzilla and King…