Divided

Image via Universal Pictures Despite claims of inconsistency and the inclusion of unnecessary twists, there’s simply no denying that horror auteur M. Night Shyamalan is one of the most diligent filmmakers in the realm of cinema. From an extraterrestrial takeover in Signs to flipped Cotard’s delusion in The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan continues to ignite a long-standing resume built on jaw-dropping feature films — which includes his most recent horror/thriller flick, Old. Following Shyamalan’s typical bizarre trope…

Image: Blumhouse / A24 Bloodbath slasher films are easily one of the most iconic horror subgenres. The movies are filled with menacing and nearly unstoppable killers like Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers who’ve slashed their way into the modern psyche. The question of whether a slasher’s true identity should be revealed has split horror fans on Reddit. Should the killer have a known, clear identity to the audience and characters or be more of a brute force born out of pure mystery? There’s an even split…

Image: A24 Films The slasher genre has died off in recent years as horror became increasingly mainstream and safe with its violence, but A24 had no issues releasing the divisive film X. The Ti West-directed film sees a group of young people drive out to the middle of nowhere in Texas to film an adult video, only to slowly realize a cruel cate would await them. Starring queen of the eyebrow-less Mia Goth, it saw fans completely unsure of what they’d seen, and the debate continues to rage on. A supposedly…

Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Candyman is the word on the lips of horror fans as a discussion opens up on Reddit as to whether the 2021 sequel/modern adaptation of the 1991 cult classic lives up to the latter’s legacy, with opinions mixed.  The author of the thread u/Professional-Mess383 argues the sequel carries on the commentary on racial injustice flawlessly, making special mention of the sequels credits sequence having the capability of being cut and pasted into the original for the same impact.  Judging by…

Photo: Ollie Upton/HBOThere’s something particularly apt about the first episode of House of the Dragon, the much-anticipated prequel series to Game of Thrones, being about the indecisiveness of King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) regarding who will succeed him on the Iron Throne. Like its lead character, House of the Dragon is clearly a show trying to figure out what it is, because it can’t figure out the answer to this question: Exactly how Game of Thrones-y should the series be?To be fair, it’s not exactly an easy…

Fans and critics are divided over the Hindi-language remake of Forrest Gump.The film titled Laal Singh Chaddha, which was released in theatres on Thursday (11 August), stars Bollywood actor Aamir Khan in the titular role alongside Kareena Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan.The film is a remake of Tom Hanks’s 1994 American film Forrest Gump, which is based on Winston Groom’s 1986 novel of the same name.According to local reports, Laal Singh Chaddha has been filmed in more than 100 Indian locations. The movie’s principal photography…

Image via Marvel Studios Of all the character arcs that occurred over the course of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s countless films, very few match the intensity of the one we saw from Tom Holland’s Spider-Man. From studying under Tony Stark as a plucky up-and-comer in Homecoming, to reluctantly shouldering the responsibilities of a hero in Far From Home, and finally having that responsibility crash down around him, resulting in one of the MCU’s greatest phoenix moments we’ve ever seen by way of No Way Home,…

Credit: Hobby School of Public Affairs/University of Houston As a signal of the intense abortion debate continuing to simmer in Texas, a new survey from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs found just four percentage points separating the issue's two extremes—50% of survey participants opposed the state's strict new abortion law and 46% supported it.…

Depending on who you talk to, The Last Jedi is either a masterpiece from the Star Wars galaxy, or an utter failure and stain on the long-running franchise. So divisive, it basically sparked the return of Phantom Menace-era toxicity. There have been a few major issues for people who don’t like The Last Jedi, but perhaps the chief one is the characterization of a certain Luke Skywalker. After believing he failed to keep the peace in the galaxy, and deterred by the past failures of the Jedi, Luke cuts himself off…

Warner Bros has released a first look at Ryan Gosling as Ken in Barbie – and fans aren’t sure what to think.The forthcoming movie directed by Greta Gerwig (previously Ladybird and Little Women) will see Gosling play the iconic fashion-forward doll Ken.Gosling is joined in the movie by Margot Robbie, America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Saoirse Ronan, and Will Ferrell.A photo debuting the actor’s new look as Ken was released by the studio on Wednesday (15 June). In it, the La La Land star is sporting bleach blonde…