Both are good, but in different ways (Spoilers) The Running Man is a 1982 novel by Stephen King, written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The book is set in 2025 and tells the tale of a dystopian America that’s steadily imploding due to a corrupt government, weaponized media, economic inequality, and pollution caused by unregulated …
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The Hand That Rules The World
A good cult classic and fine remake (Spoilers) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is a movie that came out as part of the yuppie nightmare cycle that was all the rage in the ’80s and ’90s. It was directed by Curtis Hansen and written by Amanda Silver, who would later pen several blockbusters with …
Air
A nice, but not surprising thriller (Spoilers) Violet Gates (Meghann Fahy) is a single mother who has finally started dating again after many years. Her date for the evening is the charming and hunky Henry Campbell (Brandon Sklenar). Except, on the date, Violet starts receiving air drops from a mysterious stranger with the handle “Let’s_Play,” …
Die Harder
A good movie for a happy Christmas Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) is a TSA worker at LAX who’s recently learned that his girlfriend Nora Parisi (Sofia Carson), who works as a manager at the same airport, is pregnant. Working the baggage-scanning area during a Christmas Eve shift, Ethan starts getting orders from a mysterious traveler, …
Love Hurts
Love Scars In This Great Thriller (Spoilers) Strange Darling is a new thriller about the Demon (Kyle Gallner) chasing the Lady (Willa Fitzgerald). I really shouldn’t go into further details about the plot beyond that, so instead, I’ll say that it’s a well-written film that looks gorgeous with the great performances by the two leads. …
Let’s Live for Today
The worst I can say is nitpicks (Massive Spoilers) The Last Stop in Yuma County primarily takes place at the last stop in Yuma County—surprising, I know. More specifically, the film takes place in the ’70s at a rest stop whose filling station has run out of gas, leaving travelers stranded at the diner next …
California Dreamin’
From Series To Film Clare (Maika Monroe) is a rideshare driver and aspiring screenwriter who recently moved to LA from Wamega, Kansas. One night, she picks up a stranger with the profile name Carl E. (Dane DeHaan), though the way he points out that’s an anagram of Clare makes it pretty obvious that’s an alias. …
Open Wide
Nothing A Cheery Commercial Can’t Fix (Spoilers) Claire (Millie Brady) is one of seven participants in an experimental drug trial. The person in charge of the trial is Dr. Burke (Pollyanna McIntosh), who works for Blackwood Pharmaceuticals. While staying at the company’s underground facility, Claire shares a room with Alison (Abby Fitz). Unlike her roommate, …
Burn This G*****n House Right Down
Well, that happened (“Spoilers”) Upon arriving at Oxford on a scholarship, Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) quickly becomes enamored with the richer and more popular Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi). After becoming friends and hearing some troubling information about Oliver’s home situation, Felix invites him to spend the summer at Saltburn, the Catton family estate. From there, …
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