The Substance review: the grossest movie of 2024 is also one of its best

Demi Moore plays an aging actress who falls into a mutating nightmare in the superbly disgusting satire The Substance.

Entertainment Reviews         September 21, 2024

Why wasn’t this Brad Pitt space odyssey a bigger hit 5 years ago?

Brad Pitt's attempt to reap Gravity's fortunes stalled at the box office. Five years later, it still stands as one of the best modern sci-fi movies.

Features         September 21, 2024

10 years ago, this action thriller unleashed an evil Captain America on an unsuspecting audience

10 years ago, this clever action thriller showcased the dark side of American heroism and solidified the star qualities of its two lead actors.

Features         September 17, 2024

This 2024 movie is a lo-fi Jason Bourne paranoid thriller you need to watch (if you can)

The director of Hell or High Water returns to Toronto with a throwback paranoid thriller that loses its edge as it goes.

Entertainment Reviews         September 10, 2024

This movie might just be 2024’s most unnerving action thriller

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Japanese director of Pulse and Cure, gets his visual mojo back with this strange action thriller about internet greed and wrath.

Entertainment Reviews         September 9, 2024

At 30, TV’s greatest teen drama remains as wonderful as you remember

Tragically canceled after just one season, My So-Called Life nonetheless became a hallmark of TV drama that launched the careers of Claire Danes and Jared Leto.

Features         August 28, 2024

10 years ago, a famous TV marathon event made us all Simpsons fans again

For 12 days, FXX's Every.Simpsons.Ever. marathon kept us glued to our TVs — and reignited a love affair with The Simpsons.

Features         August 21, 2024

Is Alien the ultimate directors’ franchise?

From Ridley Scott to James Cameron to David Fincher, the Alien series has long functioned as a revolving door of great directors.

Features         August 18, 2024

Alien: Romulus review: a down-and-dirty creature feature that plays it too safe

Though slickly directed by Fede Álvarez, Alien: Romulus is little more than a remix of the beloved sci-fi franchise's most iconic moments.

Entertainment Reviews         August 16, 2024

The scariest Alien sequel came out 10 years ago — and it isn’t a movie at all

Alien: Isolation still captures the pulse-pounding spirit of Alien better than any of the franchise's big-screen sequels.

Features         August 16, 2024

With Deadpool & Wolverine and Robert Downey Jr.’s return as Doctor Doom, Marvel is getting desperate

Robert Downey Jr.'s return to the MCU as Doctor Doom, combined with the Deadpool & Wolverine's cheap fan service, only illustrates the mess Marvel is in now.

Features         August 11, 2024

20 years ago, one of the most unsettling movies ever made divided audiences

Upon its divisive release 20 years ago, this low-budget movie impressed critics, but enraged audiences. All these years later, is it still worth watching?

Features         August 7, 2024

Forget Deadpool & Wolverine — this is the best X-Men adaptation of them all

With apologies to Deadpool & Wolverine, it's not the best X-related adaptation. Find out which X-Men movie, or show, remains the greatest X-Men tale ever.

Features         August 3, 2024

Trap review: M. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller is deeply stupid

Josh Harnett is creepily entertaining in Trap, a new M. Night Shyamalan movie that buckles under the weight of too many contrivances.

Entertainment Reviews         August 2, 2024

20 years later, this widely hated blockbuster is still one of Hollywood’s most underrated thrillers

This summer hit movie, which just turned 20, is better than its bad reputation will lead you to believe.

Features         July 31, 2024

Deadpool & Wolverine review: Marvel’s inside joke grows old

In Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman team up for a relentlessly meta superhero sequel that overdoes on fan service.

Entertainment Reviews         July 26, 2024

Twisters? Longlegs? Deadpool? The ’90s are back, baby!

From the blockbuster sequel Twisters to the return of Deadpool and the X-Men, 2024 is already looking a lot like the 1990s.

Features         July 22, 2024

Longlegs review: A spooky slideshow in search of a movie

The new horror movie Longlegs, starring Nicolas Cage as a serial killer, is arrestingly stylish, but lacks the deeper terror of its influences.

Entertainment Reviews         July 18, 2024

30 years ago, this action movie changed Hollywood forever. But was it for better or worse?

In 1994, a popular action movie starring one of the biggest stars changed Hollywood forever. 30 years later, Digital Trends asks if it was for better or worse.

Features         July 16, 2024

This unforgettable film might just be the best sci-fi movie ever made. Here’s why

This great remake of a sci-fi classic has lost none of its nightmarish, paranoid power. Find out what it is and why it's more timely than ever.

Features         July 7, 2024

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 review: Costner’s Western is an epic bore

The first installment of Kevin Costner's multipart Western epic Horizon: An American Saga plays like the tedious pilot of a miniseries you wouldn't finish.

Entertainment Reviews         June 29, 2024

This 1994 film is one of the best action movies ever made. Here’s why it still holds up

This 1994 action movie hasn't aged a bit, and is more exciting than the latest John Wick or Bad Boys sequel. Find out what it is and why you should watch it.

Features         June 10, 2024

Post-Avengers: Endgame, the MCU’s biggest stars have gone gloriously bad

With Furiosa, Chris Hemsworth joins a growing list of MCU stars like Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo who have been rejuvenated by standout villainous roles.

Features         June 8, 2024

Hit Man review: At last, the star vehicle Glen Powell deserves

Anyone but You and Top Gun: Maverick star Glen Powell reunites with Richard Linklater for Hit Man, an eccentric comedy on Netflix that proves he's a star.

Entertainment Reviews         June 7, 2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review: a thrilling new trip down Fury Road

George Miller takes Mad Max out of Mad Max, but there are thrills aplenty in his astonishing spinoff prequel Furiosa.

Entertainment Reviews         May 24, 2024

Are the new Planet of the Apes movies going anywhere?

The new Planet of the Apes franchise has craft and soul to spare, but it lacks direction — the sense that it's building to anything.

Features         May 14, 2024

2024’s weirdest movie is a haunted flashback for the Nickelodeon generation

Jane Schoenbrun's spooky A24 indie I Saw the TV Glow captures a precise moment in American culture — the last gasp of analog fandom before the internet age.

Features         May 11, 2024

25 years ago, The Matrix led a mini movement of sci-fi simulation thrillers

From The Matrix to eXistenZ to The Thirteenth Floor, 1999 was an unusually robust year for sci-fi movies that put the world inside a computer.

Features         May 1, 2024

Does the sci-fi classic Alien have the best movie marketing campaign ever?

With Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi masterpiece Alien back in theaters, let's revisit its iconic tagline, poster, and trailer.

Features         April 26, 2024

The Continental review: John Wick is less fun without John Wick

Keanu Reeves is sorely missed in Peacock's unsatisfactory TV prequel to John Wick, The Continental.

Entertainment Reviews         April 23, 2024

Ripley review: Netflix’s terrifically tense thriller

Originally developed for Showtime, Ripley, Netflix's beautifully shot adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley, features a brilliant performance by Andrew Scott.

Entertainment Reviews         April 23, 2024

The best Marvel movie just turned 10 this year. Here’s why it’s still a blast to watch

There are funnier and more inventive entries in the MCU, but Captain America: The Winter Soldier is still the platonic ideal of a Marvel movie.

Features         April 13, 2024

The Beast review: a gonzo sci-fi movie with a touch of David Lynch

David Lynch meets Cloud Atlas meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in the ambitious sci-fi whatsit The Beast, starring Dune 2 actress Léa Seydoux.

Entertainment Reviews         April 5, 2024

Netflix just remade one of the best thrillers of all time. Is it worth watching?

Netflix just quietly premiered a remake of one of the best thrillers ever made. But is this latest version worth watching or just another disappointing retread?

Features         March 30, 2024