Welcome to a world where monsters are real and the world is in despair. The second feature film by Michael Matthews is set in a world seven years after an apocalyptic event wiped out 95%…
Paramount Pictures
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As we all know by now, the marketing campaign for Sonic the Hedgehog started as an all-out disaster with a terrible trailer displaying a humanoid Sonic in the middle of a movie that looked just…
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PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast
‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Beats the Memes to Become a Box Office Hit
by Nick Kushby Nick KushWhen it comes to dunking on things that seem really, really stupid, the internet is just about undefeated. The weekend brought with it an exception to that rule: Sonic the Hedgehog. The big-screen adaptation of…
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Ah, January, a time when every critic wonders why they even bother. I often think that studios think something similar as they release bottom-of-the-barrel material with a lazy shrug that says, “well, at least we…
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ReviewsScience Fiction
‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Proves that this Franchise Needs to Disappear
by Nick Kushby Nick KushI’m one of the few people that ride for Terminator: Rise of the Machines. Maybe less so for the actual content of the film — I find it a solid if semi-disposable sequel with an awesomely…
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AnalysisSurveys
‘Crawl’ Exit Survey: Let’s Talk About All Those Alligator Kills!
by Nick Kushby Nick KushCrawl is exactly what you think it is: a non-stop B-movie with PLENTY of gruesome gator kills in the middle of an unprecedented hurricane. In other words, it’s fun for the entire family! Horror regular…
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Listen, I enjoy capital “C” Cinema. But sometimes, I need a movie where characters are ripped to shreds by dangerous animals in a bout of extreme exploitation filmmaking. Veteran director Alexandre Aja is no stranger…
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We have now found the new trend for studios without access to comic book IP: high-toned biopics. Or, better yet, musical biopics. It’s especially important for Paramount to cash in on such a trend, as…
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Surprisingly (or not), the Shrek films have been some of the most requested topics for MovieBabble to cover. While the franchise was popular during its heyday in the mid-2000s, Shrek has since regained popularity on the…