It’s Morbin’ Time (Spoilers) Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is a brilliant scientist with a rare blood disease. Alongside his college Martine Bancroft (Adria Arjona), Morbius is looking to find a cure for himself and his rich, surrogate brother Milo (Matt Smith). Eventually, Morbius starts experimenting with putting vampire bat DNA into a human, turning …
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Reach out and touch someone
Talk about long-distance calls (Spoilers) Finney (Mason Thames) is a young child taken by the Grabber (Ethan Hawke), a child abductor who leaves black balloons behind at the scene of his crimes. The film was based on the short story of the same name by Joe Hill. You can find it in one of the …
Marvel’s Multiverse Madness
I missed you Raimi (Massive Spoilers) After assisting several other heroes in other movies, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Doctor Stephen Strange for the first time in his own film since 2016 (god, that seems like a million years ago). He is joined by a newcomer to the Marvel Cinematic Univers (MCU), Xochitl Gomez, who holds …
Northman
His thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth (Spoilers) Amleth (Oscar Novak) is a young Viking prince who’s the son of King Aurvandill War-Raven (Ethan Hawke) and Queen Gudrún (Nicole Kidman). One day, Aurvandill and Amelth are ambushed by men working for Fjölnir (Claes Bang), Aurvandill’s brother. Amleth manages to escape, but his father is …
Cherry, Cherry baby
The one horror movie where you don’t want to keep it in your pants (Unmarked Spoilers) Jody Marken (Brittany Murphy) is the daughter of local Sheriff Brent Marken (Michael Biehn) and the final girl of Cherry Falls, a slasher movie from the early 2000s. Though not by virtue of being the only virgin in the …
The G*****n Batman
It’s “I am,” not “I’m” (Unmarked Spoilers) After multiple delays, The Batman has finally arrived. Starting as a vehicle for Ben Affleck’s version of the character, it eventually became its own separate thing. Robert Patterson plays a Batman who’s able to delve into the character’s detective side more than previous versions. He unravels a complex, …
Dither
Where are all the superheroes? (Unmarked Spoilers) Bill Pardy (Nathan Fillion) is the chief of police in Wheesly and has been carrying a torch for his childhood friend Starla (Elizabeth Banks) for years. Starla is a schoolteacher molding young minds like Kylie Strutemyer (Tania Saulnier). Starla’s also married to an older, wealthier, and less attractive …
Face to face
Another day, another chainsaw massacre. (Unmarked Spoilers) Melody (Sarah Yarkin) is a young chef who has traveled to a small town of Harlowe along with her younger sister Lila (Elsie Fisher) and others. They’re planning on auctioning off the property of the town, but then they meet Virginia (Alice Krige), a resident still living in …
The saw remains the same
Phew, now I’m all caught up (Unmarked Spoilers) The article which you are about to read is an account of eight horror films spanning six decades. Each installment concerns the exploits of the masked killer Leatherface and his murderous family. In light of a new entry coming out in less than a week, I decided …
Be my victim
Say my name. (Unmarked Spoilers) Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is an artist living with his art gallery director girlfriend Brianna (Teyonah Parris). Searching for inspiration for his next project, Anthony meets Cabrini-Green resident William Burke (Colman Domingo), introducing him to the legend of the Candyman. The vengeful spirit of a black man killed due …