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While slasher films are a sub-genre unto themselves, fans will tell you there is a wide range of variation to be found within. Tonally, films can blend elements of comedy, drama, or action with theirhorror. You also have films that aim for brutal realism, as well as those that want to throw a ridiculous excess of blood and gore at the audience. Yet, one of the more endearing mash-ups in the slasher sub-genre is a dash ofmystery, making it a “whodunit,” which teases the audience to try to figure out who the real killer is, along with those terrorized on the screen....

Taking the body-swapping genre in new directions,It’s What’s Insidedelivers a comical, dramatic, and sometimes horrifying look into the concepts of identity and intimacy. The movie follows eight friends as they come together to celebrate one of their weddings. However, the night takes a dark turn when outcast Forbes suggests they play a game. It’s What’s Inside When Cyrus is convinced to attend a pre-wedding party for his old friend, an estranged classmate shows up with a body-switching machine, causing the night to drift into chaos....

This Thursday, friends and families will gather forThanksgiving, an American tradition marked in equal parts by expressions of gratitude and gluttony. I know about half of you have a parent or uncle or friend who will insist everyone goes around the table to say what they’re most thankful for; standard responses include health, career success, and love. Even when years are tough, Thanksgiving is a time to realize that things could be much worse and, no matter how much or little we have, we’re always luckier than some....

American actorMark Hamillhas been a beloved talent in the entertainment industry since the 1970s. He’s most known for roles in the super obscure,niche franchiseStar Wars. His portrayal of the lead man, Luke Skywalker, put him on the map for science fiction and movie lovers all across the globe. Hamill also played the Joker in various Warner Bros. Batman adaptations. While his time fighting against the Galactic Empire remains Hamill’s biggest work, he has taken on various projects over the years that solidified him as the seasoned, reliable actor we all know today....

For many years, the general American exposure to foreign films has been limited. If you were lucky, there was an art-house cinema in your town, and you kept a list of everything nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar. But Hollywood’s solution to that was to just remake the film in English, sure that Americans weren’t going to read subtitles. With the advent of streaming services that have made international film and TV readily available, and the realization that, yes, we are perfectly capable of enjoying media with subtitles (hello,Parasite,Money Heist,Squid Game, etc....

47 Meters Downis ashark moviethat’s ultimately way too light on sharks. Director and writer Johannes Roberts wants to build tension, stoke fear in the murky black of the deep sea. What we get is an eighty-nine minute movie with five minutes of shark action. None of the characters exhibit any kind of common sense or behave in a realistic way. This movie portrays the young starlets as dumber than a box of hammers; foolish American girls plunging into an obviously dangerous situation....

Alison BrieandDave Francoare hopefully just at the start of a long and fruitful life of artistic collaboration. The couple, like Godard and Miéville or Fincher and Chaffin before them, and unlike the majority of spouses in the world, truly enjoy working together in the professional and artistic space. The pair (named the most attractive couple in the world by the just-made-up Obviously Magazine) made some very good films together, either as actors or with one of them as writer or director —The LEGO Movie, The Little Hours, The Disaster Artist, The Rental, andSomebody I Used to Know....

Get ready for ‘Another Reason to Dread the Season’. You’ve got antsy family members milling about, intense meal prep, and a giant wish list of gifts you can’t possibly fulfill. Now there are monsters in the bathroom, and demons hiding in the darkest corners of that annualChristmas party. What will you ever do? Today, we get the first trailer and poster for the awesome holiday screamerAll the Creatures Were Stirring. And it looks like somethingStripewould watch on VOD before getting down to his own dastardly business this yuletide season....

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniais one of the most highly anticipated projects in the MCU, with a big reason being a further introduction to Kang The Conquerer, played by Jonathan Majors. We first saw Majors join Marvel’s connected universe withLokiin 2021, where he played He Who Remains, a Kang variant who sought to protect the sacred timeline. But, of course, his character was killed during the finale, meaning every variation of Kang was unleashed, with Ant-Man presumably being the first Avenger to meet him....

Marvel Studios celebrates its tenth anniversary with a hurricane of carnage.Avengers: Infinity Warhits like a machine gun with an extended clip. It is an unrelenting onslaught of destruction; sprinkled with just enough humor to keep the melancholy at bay. Characters we’ve grown to love face their destiny from a merciless foe.Infinity Waris so gargantuan in scope, it almost becomes too much to digest. The smaller moments that have made the Marvel Cinematic Universe so enjoyable, are lost in the spectacle....

Offing major characters isn’t anything new for television series, although it happens less often in popular sitcoms. Compared to the overall tone of the show, it’s going to feel like a gut punch whenModern Familywrites out one of its characters in its upcoming season finale by way of killing them off. This news will certainly have viewers speculating to see which beloved character on the series we will have to say goodbye to, as really, it could be anyone....

Leave it toDave Filonito give us something really interesting to chew on. The man responsible forStar Wars: The Clone WarsandStar Wars Rebelswas on hand atStar WarsCelebration today for a panel with Lucasfilm’sPablo Hidalgo. During the panel,Filonirevealed a previously unreleased clip fromStar Wars: Clone Warsthat shows bounty hunters Cad Bane and Boba Fett squaring off in a duel that, sadly, never made it to the show. The panel, titledDave Filoni: Animated Origins and Unexpected Fates, was one of the highlights this afternoon during the first day ofStar Wars Celebrationin Orlando, Florida....

There’s a lot of excitement surrounding the upcoming release ofThe Whaleafter it made waves in the film festival scene, but there are some who have “conflicted” thoughts about the film. Directed by Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler,Black Swan), the film starsBrendan Fraserin what some are saying could be his most compelling role yet. In the movie, Fraser plays a 600-pound gay man hoping to reconnect with his teenage daughter (Sadie Sink) after abandoning his family many years prior....