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The Film: Justin Tipping's "Him," a supernatural horror flick released merely two months ago, was a rather bizarre case of a film that built up its hype based solely on the fact that Academy Award-winner Jordan Peele, noted for his own horror films like "Get Out" and "Nope," was one of its producers. The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews and failed to drum up any interest at the box office, causing it to disappear from theaters pretty quickly, along with the hype

The Film: Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky has had quite an amazing career thus far, with a body of work that has included such remarkable films as "Requiem for a Dream," "The Fountain," the Oscar-winning "Black Swan," and most recently, "The Whale," which took home two Oscars of its own for Best Actor (Brendan Fraser) and Best Makeup. Now he returns with his latest project, "Caught Stealing," a crime thriller based on the novel by Charlie Huston, who also ad

The Film: Body horror has always been a rather strange little sub-genre, one that has been used to great effect in the past, most notably by filmmaker David Cronenberg in projects like "The Fly," "Videodrome," and "The Brood," but one that can also go awry if a film's story isn't quite up to a certain level of quality. Now writer/director Michael Shanks looks to throw his hat in the ring by using it for his feature debut "Together," in which a couple going through a bit of a

The Film: Back in 1984, Rob Reiner's classic mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" was released into theaters to great acclaim. The film, which follows the fictional band on their disastrous American tour for their new album, was declared by many to be one of the best films of its year, and has since gone on to be called one of the very best films of its kind, in addition to being inducted into the National Film Registry back in 2002. It's one of those films that you can't imagin

The Film: 50 years ago this month, a little film called "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," based on the novel by Ken Kesey, was unleashed in theaters. It immediately garnered massive success, both critically and commercially, with the film earning well over $100 million against its remarkably small $3-4 million production budget. However, its success didn't end there, as the film went on to earn an incredible nine Oscar nominations, with it going on to win the "Big Five" (Pic

The Film: Back in the '90s, comedian Jim Carrey was at the height of his stardom, with a multitude of hits that included "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "Dumb and Dumber," "Batman Forever," "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls," and "The Truman Show." One of the absolute biggest of these hits was a little film called "The Mask," which paid homage to classic cartoons and put Carrey's remarkable comic talents to great use. While there were many critics who didn't quite understand what

The Film: After six seasons of the marvelous hit television program and two decent feature films, creator Julian Fellowes is finally bringing the world of "Downton Abbey" to a close with the aptly-titled "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale." It's been a long road to get to this point, and we've seen quite a lot of ups & downs with this vast ensemble of characters, but now it's time to say goodbye as they head into a new era marked with many personal changes that will take a fair

The Film: There was understandably a fair amount of apprehension when it was announced that there was going to be a reboot of the classic comedy "The Naked Gun," a film that is still highly-revered to this day and which was executed so brilliantly thanks to its amusing gags & the remarkable talents of the legendary Leslie Nielsen. That sense of concern was only elevated when it was additionally announced that Liam Neeson, known most recently for the action films he's made ove

The Film: Back in 2021, Sian Heder's "CODA" (Child of Deaf Adults) premiered at Sundance to decent reviews, but not a particularly high amount of fanfare. However, little did anyone know that in just a little over a year, it would be claiming the Oscar for Best Picture (along with Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur), shattering several major stats on its amazing journey to victory, including having only three nominations in total (no film had wo

The Film: In 1981, a little sci-fi thriller called "Outland" was released into theaters from writer/director Peter Hyams, who had previously given us similar genre films like "Capricorn One," and would go on to deliver other sci-fi & horror outings like "2010: The Year We Make Contact," "The Relic," and "End of Days." "Outland" wasn't exactly a hit with the critics, though it did receive positive notices from The New York Times & Variety, and performed respectably at the box