Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey is an achievement in grandeur. There have been countless stories inspired by Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, ranging from films like O Brother, Where Art Thou? to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Nolan himself, in a 2025 interview with Empire, said, “When you start to
In pop culture, Robin Hood is primarily known for robbing the rich to give to the poor with his band of outlaws. The image that typically comes to mind is a kind-hearted man in green, fighting against injustice by morally gray means. Michael Sarnoski‘s depiction of the bow-
I Am Frankelda is an accomplishment in stop motion. A prequel to Cartoon Network Latin America’s stop-motion series, Frankelda’s Book of Spooks, the film is considered the first Mexican stop-motion feature film. With Netflix releasing the film to a wider audience, more people can enjoy the
Psychological thrillers are a challenging genre of film to get right. If you go too abstract and disorienting, you risk losing the audience in confusion and muddying the narrative. If you stay grounded in reality, you lose the spirit of uncertainty that makes psychological thrillers so riveting. This Tempting Madness
With the World Cup in full gear, México 86 is a timely release on Netflix. On its surface, this is a story about Mexico’s chaotic and unconventional bid to host the 1986 World Cup, and the mess that led up to the tournament. However, at its core the film
The Furious is a surprising Hong Kong action film about a man who goes to great lengths to save his daughter from kidnappers. The synopsis alone recalls an often tired strain of rescue-driven action films: Taken, Man on Fire, Sound of Freedom. However, despite the simple plot, The Furious
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that Steven Spielberg is fascinated by the possibility of extraterrestrial life. He’s made several films that entertain audiences with alien excitement: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, War of the Worlds, and now, Disclosure Day.
Over the years, Nate Bargatze has made a name for himself as a standup comedian. He has a unique style of clean comedy with a deadpan delivery, mostly about fatherhood and his family. In “Breadwinner,” Bargatze translates his deadpan, family-centered style from standup to the big screen, co-writing
Every once in a while, a low-budget action film surprises audiences with unexpectedly exciting thrills. Unfortunately, “Seven Snipers” isn’t that movie. The Australian action film’s plot is simple: a retired sniper lives in peaceful isolation in the bush with her daughter when a vengeful villain from her
Following the success of the Barbie movie, Mattel announced that it would be making over a dozen films based on its many IPs. Masters of the Universe is Mattel’s first major post-Barbie attempt to turn its toys into movies and the second live-action reimagining of the ’80s
In 2022, the 16-year-old Kane Parsons uploaded an analog horror video to YouTube titled The Backrooms (Found Footage). Over the next four years, the video garnered over 80 million views and unforeseeably widespread internet discourse surrounding the lore and mysteries of the Backrooms. Now 20 years old in
John Travolta loves planes. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone working in show business who loves aviation more than the Grease legend. In 1997, he wrote a semi-autobiographical children’s book called Propeller One-Way Night Coach about an eight-year-old aviation enthusiast’s first flight.