The Platform is a multi-tiered assembly of tension, terror, and terrible imaginings that, in cake form, would be worth centerpiece window placement in any professional pâtisserie.
The Hunt puts the "F-U" in midnight "fun" as no sides are safe in this middle-finger cultural roast that's as loudly defiant as it is proudly blood-soaked.
Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man draws from multiple Blumhouse catalog influences to ensure a chilling monster remake with ferocity and urgency at its core.
Bell's sequel seems to want nothing to do with its original, which is an odd and detrimental outcome for your direct continuation of Brahms' ongoing story.
Sonic the Hedgehog blazes by lesser video game adaptations that have thus defined the subgenre's lackluster reputation by succeeding as both a sincere children's film and blue hedgehog origin that fans will applaud.
Whenever filmmakers hoist their freak flag highest, that's when Warner Brothers' DCU has "peacocked" its feathers with the most memorable results. Let Shazam merge low-key horror influences with underdog heroics. Unleash Poseidon’s rage in Heavy Metal ways throughout Aquaman. Summon Harley Quinn to kick ass and chew pretty-pink bubble gum at this same time in Birds Of Prey. Creep into a title comic book character’s mind and splatter their essence all over the proverbial walls, as Cathy Yan does. Carnivalesque, Broadway-extravagant chaos as only the dame of madness, Ms. Harley Quinn, could ringlead.
Gretel & Hansel is a full course meal when it comes to cinematography and production design, but the sleepy, hollow narrative pacing is just too stogy to overcome.