It’s hard to believe it’s been a full decade and three presidential administrations since the summer of 2008, the movie season that bestowed upon us The Dark Knight. Honestly, the memories one can have of this time—both for fanboys and the uninitiated—still feel so fresh. Christopher Nolan’s second Batman film… Read more
Nobody does ‘80s nostalgia better than Stranger Things, and the brand-new teaser for Season 3 is no exception. Featuring an advertisement for the new Starcourt Mall—with as many star wipes as you can handle—we also get to see an awkward Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) working at the Scoops Ahoy Ice Cream… Read more
A team of Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon doesn’t usually conjure up images of international spies on the run from deadly assassins. But on August 3rd, the two leading ladies will dive deep into the world of espionage in The Spy Who Dumped Me. Audrey (Kunis) and Morgan (McKinnon), two… Read more
Option 1: Diplomacy Option 2: Military Meet Option 3. In a visceral modern thriller from the director of Lone Survivor, Mark Wahlberg stars as James Silva, an operative of the CIA’s most highly-prized and least-understood unit. Aided by a top-secret tactical command team, Silva must retrieve and transport an asset… Read more
Ari Aster’s debut film, Hereditary, is a horror film in more than one sense of the word. Yes, it is a genre piece with visceral scenes of carnage, a storyline tinged with the supernatural, and the possible involvement of a cult. But aside from these basic building blocks of horror,… Read more
Going into Hotel Artemis, one might be inclined to admire it just on premise alone. A pulpy crime thriller with a cyberpunk setting is not too commonly done in cinema, and in a world where box-office draws consist mainly of remakes, reboots, sequels, and superhero redundancies, Hotel Artemis is even… Read more
Checking in? Hotel Artemis is “an original, high-octane action-thriller” that’s “set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles” that follows one night in the lives of 10 interesting and interconnected people. Written and directed by Drew Pearce, the film stars Jodie Foster as The Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only hospital for… Read more
The summer is the season for blockbuster movie releases—and Netflix is no different! Highlighted by the early releases of Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, June’s streaming entertainment is rising as fast as the temperatures. See what other crime/mystery/thriller entertainment is coming to (and leaving) Netflix in June!… Read more
Daphne du Maurier’s novel My Cousin Rachel is a study in character ambiguity. Published in 1951, it takes place—not unlike her earlier Rebecca (1938)—on a sprawling estate in the author’s beloved Cornwall. Du Maurier again works in the mystery-romance mode, and to a large degree, My Cousin Rachel inverts her most famous… Read more
Unsane is a movie about a woman being held against her will in a mental institution. That’s pretty much it—the best way to describe it. It’s not an arthouse release, a high-brow picture, or even considerably experimental (at least in terms of narrative arc). It’s an occasionally schlocky thriller with… Read more
