Author: Nick Spake

  • Stranger Things: Season 2 reviews are in

    Stranger Things was one of Netflix’s breakout hits last year. Does the second season suffer from the sophomore slump, though? Read More >

  • Has Captain Marvel found its villain?

    We all know that Oscar-winner Brie Larson will be playing the titular heroine in Captain Marvel. Outside of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, though, little had been said about the film’s supporting cast. Read More >

  • How The Nightmare Before Christmas changed stop-motion forever

    When people think of projects that launched stop-motion animation into the mainstream, Rankin/Bass’ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas usually come to mind. Read More >

  • Denis Villeneuve comments on Blade Runner 2049’s box office disappointment

    Denis Villeneuve can take solace in the fact that he made a critically acclaimed modern classic with Blade Runner 2049. Unfortunately, he can’t call his film a financial success. Read More >

  • First trailer for Daniel Day-Lewis’ last film is here

    As excited as we are for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, it’ll sadly be Day-Lewis’ final film before retiring from the silver screen. Read More >

  • Why do we revisit Hocus Pocus every Halloween?

    Is Hocus Pocus really as good as we remember or are people just wearing nostalgia goggles? Read More >

  • Nicolas Cage’s unmade Superman movie could’ve been animated

    In what remains one of the most talked about cancelled movies ever, Nicolas Cage nearly played the Man of Steel with Tim Burton behind the camera in Superman Lives. The unmade project apparently almost got a second life as an animated feature, however. Read More >

  • Breathe vs. Stronger: Which is better?

    It’s hard to talk about Andy Serkis’ directorial debut Breathe without also addressing David Gordon Green’s Stronger, which came out only a couple weeks earlier. Read More >

  • Will Rian Johnson be involved in Star Wars: Episode IX?

    When it was announced that Colin Trevorrow was getting booted off Star Wars: Episode IX, a lot of people thought Last Jedi director Rian Johnson might replace him. They weren’t too far off base, as J. J. Abrams of The Force Awakens was brought back on board. Will Johnson be involved in the film at… Read More >

  • We’re getting another Tolkien movie

    After The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, you wouldn’t think there would be much left to do with J. R. R. Tolkien. The fantasy author’s days on the silver screen aren’t over yet, however. Read More >