Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is being sold as a horror film, but let’s not kid ourselves — it isn’t. Horror is supposed to terrify, to drip with dread, to make you feel unsafe. Sinners never gets there. The vampires are polite, the finale swerves into a Tarantino-style shootout with the KKK, and along the way the script spends more time joking about oral sex than it does building fear. Domestically, it’s a box office hit with nearly $280 million, but overseas it fizzled. Because here’s the truth: Sinners isn’t horror. It’s a gothic-flavored drama that mistakes style and sex talk for scares.
The Minecraft Movie Dropped Without Its Creators—And It Shows
The Minecraft movie is finally hitting theaters, and on paper, it looks like a win. A projected $140 million global opening weekend, $65 million of that from the U.S. alone. That’s a solid launch for any film. But considering this is Minecraft we’re talking about—the most successful video game of all time—it feels strangely muted. … Continue reading The Minecraft Movie Dropped Without Its Creators—And It Shows
Welcome to the Party, Pal
The film industry is in freefall—or at least that’s what it feels like. Theaters are struggling. Studios are panicking. Movies are bombing left and right, and nobody seems to know why. Meanwhile, AI is creeping in like a fog machine no one ordered, and every other filmmaker is either on strike, getting laid off, or … Continue reading Welcome to the Party, Pal
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