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Novelist Stephen King and director Mike Flanagan are both maestros of horror, but ‘The Life of Chuck’ shows the tremendous sensitivity both men have towards life, love and humanity. [TIFF 2024]
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Studio Ponoc gets spirited away with its unrefined Ghibli-esque musings, The Imaginary manages to do so with sincerity making for a much-needed reminder of the necessity of creativity during a time when things seem especially bleak.
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Audiences at last can return to the planet of Arrakis in ‘Dune: Part Two’, a sequel that not only manages to surpass its predecessor in every conceivable way, but cement itself as one of the best sequels ever put to film.
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Timothee Chalamet steps into the hat of the iconic chocolate maker in ‘Wonka’, a prequel that manages to charm and warm your heart in equal measure.
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While ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ rights many wrongs perpetuated by Disney’s 1953 animated film, it’s also a dour remake filled with risible performances, poor cinematography and nausea-inducing editing.
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As if on the wings of a chubby dragon, the legendary tabletop RPG inspired action-adventure comedy ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ premiered as the opening film of SXSW and FilmSpeak has you covered. Continue for our Spoiler-Free Review.
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While Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a considerable improvement over its predecessor, this sequel continues to demonstrate that this franchise is in desperate need of some proper magic.
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Hot off his Oscar win, Guillermo Del Toro is back with a new, expectedly dark and alluring film in the form of ‘Nightmare Alley’. Based on the novel, of the same name, and inspired by the Edmund Goulding 1947 film, del Toro has mustered up a strikingly atmospheric noir that effortlessly transports spectators into the filmmaker’s dark vision.
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Adapted from a 14th century poem by an unknown author, The Green Knight is a medieval coming-of-age story that doesn’t center around the usual players, and has only been put on screen a few times (clearly, not often enough).
In doing so, A24 and Director David Lowry convincingly conveys to modern audiences what medieval fantasy films should and can be.
With “Raya and the Last Dragon” hitting screens this week, Disney’s new pants-wearing princess shows audiences how the House of Mouse does dragons.
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Charlie Kaufman, everyone’s favorite emperor of existential crises is back with the Netflix release of his latest film, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”; and this time, he takes no prisoners.
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Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson might not be household names, but something is on the horizon for this duo. Their new film, SYNCHRONIC has subtext, a message, and a key central idea, but because Moorhead & Benson wanted to introduce so many elements from different genres, almost all of that effective storytelling was, ironically… lost in time.
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