True to Its Name, ‘The Devil All the Time’ Landed at the Worst Possible Time
The Pitch: Lives and deaths intersect with a religious fervor in this Southern Gothic thriller, set in ‘50s and ‘60s Knockemstiff (surprisingly, not a fake place name).
‘28 Years Later’ Craps Out With a Bad Ending (Spoiler Review)
The Plot: A boy goes zombie hunting with his father, then doctor hunting with his mother in a post-apocalyptic England where male aggression is the true contagion.
‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ Self-Destructs in Three Long, Messianic Hours
The Plot: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch secret agent Ethan Hunt save the world one last time from a nuke-happy AI.
‘Heretic’ Undermines Its Compelling First Half by Cribbing Straight From ‘Religulous’
The Plot: Two Mormon missionaries get trapped in a Hugh Grant character’s house as he argues against religion in favor of his own brand of militant atheism.
The Real Pandemic in ‘Pearl’ Is an Ailing Strain of American Optimism
The Plot: A Texas farmgirl with showbiz dreams will let nothing stand in the way of her success, even if it means going on a killing spree.
Capsule Review of ‘Twisters’
The Plot: An ex-storm chaser heeds the call to adventure and returns to the Midwest, just in time to get caught up in a once-in-a-lifetime tornado outbreak.
'Monolith' Makes One Location and Actor Go a Long Way in a Sci-Fi Thriller Big With Ideas
The Plot: A podcast host gets sucked down the rabbit hole of an unsolved mystery in this Aussie one-hander from director Matt Vesely and screenwriter Lucy Campbell.
Capsule Review of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
The Plot: The discovery of oil on Osage tribal land sets off a chain of murders in 1920s Oklahoma in director Martin Scorsese’s chilling non-fiction book adaptation.
In ‘The Flash,’ Hollywood Is Running to Stand Still
Tinseltown’s latest superhero flick seems built as a time machine, but it runs more like a treadmill—or an assembly line in a nostalgia factory.
The Vampire Movie Century: Sink Your Teeth into These 100 Films from 1922 to 2022
Load up on garlic, shine your crucifix, and sharpen your wooden stakes. We’re embarking on a dark journey into the heart of vampire territory with a look at 100 films produced since the landmark Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. This is the genre fan’s answer to AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies.
Our Love for ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ Is Stronger Than Death
Bela Lugosi might be turning over in his grave, but it’s official: Gary Oldman’s portrayal wins the final elimination round for our favorite movie Dracula.
Remembering That Time ‘The Vampire Lovers’ Weaponized Church Hymns Against a Vampire
The vampire, Carmilla, doesn’t take kindly to church music, and can you really blame her? This was years before Whoopi Goldberg brought Motown to the convent. Bus in the nun choir and let’s get to singing about the debilitating effects of church hymns on vampires.