How to Kill a Franchise Before It Even Starts
The new monster movie Hope can’t live up to its own epic aspirations.
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A Movie Can’t Be Just Its Own Thing Anymore
Onslaught is a victim of Hollywood’s obsession with turning everything into a franchise.
The Terrible Movie That Chinese Audiences Can’t Stop Watching
Viewers are flocking to a new film that captures the pleasure of bad art.
A Wildly Popular Movie Meets the Film World’s Most Revered Label
KPop Demon Hunters’ inclusion in the high-class cinema catalog may signal a changing tide.
Watching Tim Curry Have Fun Was the Most Fun Thing
The actor could make all of his characters delightful to watch, no matter how sinister or strange.
Why Was This Looney Tunes Movie Almost Shelved for Good?
The director of Coyote vs. Acme wants to make sense of the film’s near death.
The Road to Nowhere
The new liminal-horror film It Ends captures the terror of aimlessness.
Spidey’s Sense for Success
The masked web-slinger has been setting box-office records for decades, even as the popularity of superhero movies wanes.
The Dystopia of Modern Singlehood
The plot of One Night Only is extremely silly. It also contains a grain of truth.
The Trouble With Trying to Turn Viral Videos Into Blockbusters
The film industry is starting to see Reddit and YouTube as gold mines, but those platforms won’t save Hollywood on their own.