Great science fiction doesn’t always age well, but Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 anime classic Ghost in the Shell still feels remarkably prescient and forward-looking. That’s probably because it had so much …
Hyped Cannibal Thriller ‘Raw’ Is Much More Than Just a Gorefest
For those who don’t follow such things, the French-Belgian cannibal drama Raw is one of the most eagerly anticipated genre titles of 2017. Since its enthusiastic reception at Cannes last …
‘Life’ Is the ‘Alien’ Ripoff We All Need Right Now
If Life brings only one thing to the sci-fi/horror table, maybe it’s this: Being an overt Alien knockoff isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Daniel Espinosa’s ice-cold space chiller makes no …
Hugh Jackman’s Run as Wolverine Ends on a Blood-Splattered High Note in ‘Logan’
It’s no coincidence that the most interesting superhero movie franchises are also the most stylistically pliable ones—city-pummeling mayhem and save-the-world-again story lines get tiresome, but there’s something really satisfying about …
M. Night Shyamalan Provides B-Movie Satisfaction With Girls-in-a-Basement Thriller ‘Split’
Is there a support group for young women who are drugged, gassed, or conked on the noggin and forcibly extracted from troubled lives, only to awaken hours later, confined to …