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via Netflix One of the most frustrating things about the majority of Netflix’s high-profile original output is that the vast majority follows the exact same formula, with You People the latest – but by no means the last – to blaze a familiar trail. The streaming service forks over a hefty amount of cash to a talented crew of filmmakers, creatives, and cast members, gives them the freedom to deliver the movie they want, and then sits idly by while it gets widely panned by critics. Even with the names involved,…

In 2007 and 2010 British writer-director Dean Craig gave us the farce Death at a Funeral (the latter, a US remake, directed by Neil LaBute), of which I must admit I was never a fan. But there is something in the relentless bad taste in his new all-star black comedy – something in the fanatical emphasis on the importance of the exposed penis in all its unimpressive smallness – that is actually weirdly effective.Kathleen Turner plays Hilda, a cantankerous, disagreeable and extremely wealthy old lady who is dying of cancer,…

From the calculated stripping of plot points to the careful unfolding of a character’s true morals, it certainly comes as no surprise that horror fans find themselves completely swallowed up by the genre’s large helping of slow-burning features. Furthermore, blending it with extra delicious elements such as satirical humor and eerie cult vibes undoubtedly adds a particular attraction to the project. This is essentially the case for 2022’s The Menu, which has the entire horror landscape screaming with excitement. As the…

Happy Taco Tuesday, fear (and taco!) aficionados. It’s common knowledge by now that Christmas is currently the talk of the town, but that doesn’t mean that the spooky realm has been forced to take a backseat. It’s only the opposite, actually, with a slew of eye-popping updates happening in everyone’s favorite genre. Well, almost everyone. And if today’s daily horror roundup here at We Got This Covered is of any indication, then it’s safe to say that the next several months are going to fuel plenty of headlines in the…

via Dimension Films Between the two of them, longtime A-listers and childhood buddies Ben Affleck and Matt Damon boast three Academy Awards and five Golden Globes from a combined total of 20 nominations during respective careers that have delivered a huge number of box office smash hits, critical darlings, and all-time classics. And yet, even the duo’s staunchest fans may be completely unaware they were listed as executive producers on 2005’s creature feature Feast. Believe it or not, they weren’t the only…

Will Smith is ready to come back to the big screen after the 2022 Oscars controversy. The A-list Hollywood celebs also supported him at an advance screening of his upcoming film Emancipation. The Oscar-winning actor took to his social media and shared an adorable photo from an Emancipation screening attended by several A-list celebs. Smith took a selfie with Rihanna and A$AP Rocky in the photos. Also in the pictures were comedian Dave Chappelle, film star Tyler Perry and more. Standing behind Smith was Rihanna, who…

20th Century Studios David O. Russell’s latest cinematic bow Amsterdam has been given a rude awakening during its cinematic run, and audiences still have plenty more to say about it as they set crosshairs on its impressive cast. Despite a supremely talented cast featuring the likes of Margot Robbie, Rami Malek, Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, and Anya Taylor-Joy, Amsterdam looks set to be one of the biggest box office bombs of 2022. Thanks in no part to its director’s controversial history, it’s set to lose…

via Sony On paper, everyone was expecting last year’s A Journal for Jordan to be a potential Academy Award contender, and with very good reason. Directed and produced by living legend Denzel Washington, who has two Oscars of his own from a whopping 10 nominations in total, and adapted from the moving memoir by Dana Canedy that focused on a soldier deployed to Iraq who kept the titular log for his young son back home, all while the onscreen version of Canedy recalls the story of her life-changing relationship…

It’s been a little while since we last heard from Stormzy. We’ve had features for Knucks, Ghetts, Dave, Headie One, and a few others, but the last time we got a solo tune was when he went head-to-head with Wiley in 2020. Still, he’s back now, and he returns in the grandest possible way. Late last night, he dropped “Mel Made Me Do It”—Mel being Mel’s Wardrobe, Stormzy’s personal stylist—a near 11-minute epic, and with it a mammoth, star-studded music video.The list of stars involved is almost too big to mention, but we’ll…

These are dark days for movie stars. The new Brad Pitt action-comedy Bullet Train took $30.1m (£24.6m) on its opening weekend in the US – a solid enough figure to top the domestic box office chart, but unspectacular given the film’s $90m budget and Pitt’s star power. One of the few actors who can still “open” a film, Pitt represents an increasingly endangered breed: the movie star who refuses to do TV.Another TV holdout, Tom Cruise, continued his hot streak with Top Gun: Maverick, which recently surpassed Titanic at the…