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MOVIE REVIEW – Michael Almereyda’s NADJA (1994) channels vampiric ennui that still draws you in with a new 4K restoration.
Years before Jim Jarmusch’s ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, NADJA channelled the hipster cool downside of living the immortal lifestyle of the undead. NADJA (1994) ★★★ OF ★★★★★ stars 2026 is kicking off with a lot of big screen vampire resurrections – from DRACULA: ALOVE TALE from Luc Besson to the release of the 4K restoration…
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MOVIE REVIEW – Luc Besson’s DRACULA: A LOVE TALE (2026) is a fun cocktail full of ample dashes of past big screen Dracula adaptations
La Femme Nikita director Luc Besson delivers a fun big screen remake of the classic Bram Stoker vampire tale with some A-List talent hamming it up in a unique yet familar take on Dracula. DRACULA: A LOVE TALE (2026) ★★★ OF ★★★★★ stars When one thinks of big screen vampire tales, you have to instantly…
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FACES OF DEATH (2026) Trailer Reaction and Review
Our friends at Shudder and IFC announced today that they just acquired FACES OF DEATH — the new film from CAM’s Daniel Goldhaber starring EUPHORIA’s Barbie Ferreira – we’re hoping it plays at Overlook Film Festival but either way we’re seated opening day! TRAILER REACTION — Inspired by the legendary 1978 shocker of the same…
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MOVIE REVIEW – SEND HELP (2026) is a fun throwback comeback for Sam Raimi fans
The latest film from Sam Raimi is a back to basics horror reuniting him with Multiverse of Madness star Rachel McAdams. MERCY (2026) ★★★ OF ★★★★★ stars One of the things that really stuck out to me watching Sam Raimi’s excursion into the MCU in DOCTOR STRANGE AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS was how game…
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MOVIE REVIEW: Mercy (2026) is a fun 90’s sci-fi action redux
Director Timur Bekmambetov (NIGHTWATCH, WANTED) creates an interesting remix of the found footage movie with a sci-fi bent that remixes MINORITY REPORT by way of THE PURGE. MERCY (2026) ★★ OF ★★★★★ stars It’s not a leap to say that most found footage movies are low budget plodding affairs designed to make budget issues seem…
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MOVIE REVIEW – PRIMATE (2026) succeeds in scaring up laughs as a throwback to Grindhouse-era creature feature cult classics.
Writer/director Johannes Roberts mines his 47 Meters Down franchise for ideas in this film about a rabies infected chimp / cunning psychopath out to kill the world’s dumbest entitled teenagers whom he’s trapped In an infinity pool because … lulz? PRIMATE (2026) ★★ OF ★★★★★ stars PRIMATE, hitting theaters this Friday January 9th from Paramount…
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Cult Classics’ Top 10 Favorite Films of 2025
2025 was a banner year for cinema. From the relaunching of vaunted franchises like Superman in the hands of James Gunn and Warner Bros, to unique IP driven genre film like Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and amazing auteur fare like P.T. Anderson’s One Battle After Another; 2025 really gave film lovers something unique throughout the year…
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Movie Review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025) is a visual spectacle that starts to touch on the potential of this franchise
While the third installment in the AVATAR franchise dazzles with amazing 3D visuals, it also starts to feel more like a real universe by introducing shades of grey to its antagonists and feel like its more about a thin story to prop up the visuals. It’s not much of a secret that this reviewer isn’t…
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‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ Headlines 2025 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Hey everyone, Here’s the 2025 PFCS Best of 2025 voted on by the body of our critics group. One Battle After Another led the pack this year in our weighted voting, with a career best performance from Sean Penn. I’ll have my own Top 10 List later this month, but there’s some solid films and…
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MOVIE REVIEW: TRON ARES (2025) doesn’t deliver on the legacy of the franchise.
Too often TRON ARES feels like it’s apeing other sci-fi franchises while setting up a sequel that doesn’t look all that interesting There’s something to be said about the legacy of Steven Lisberger’s original 1982 TRON – a marvel at the time utilizing computer generated effects while channeling German expressionism by way of Fritz Lang’s…
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REVIEW: THE CONJURING: LAST RITES (2025) is a compelling finale to close the story of The Warrens, while opening the franchise up for a potential new future.
Director Michael Chaves follows up his last entry into The Conjuring universe, 2021’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, with the erstwhile finale of the main Conjuring series, while introducing characters to move it forward beyond Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring series has been one of Warner/New Line’s most successful franchises, finding…
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REVIEW – WEAPONS (2025) is a genre mish-mash that delivers one of the most unique horror movies of the year
Director Zach Cregger’s sophomore film revisits some unlikely inspiration in delivering one of the most unique horror films this summer. 2022’s Barbarian was a crazy film that cemented Zach Cregger as a voice to watch in horror. A unique film that mixed a crazy mutant that lived as baby living underground in an AirBnb owned…
