Author: Derrick Murray

“M3GAN” arrives as the first wide theatrical release of 2023 and is here to slay. Literally.

Happy birthday Nicolas Cage! Born January 7th, 1964, the prolific American actor has done just about everything under the sun in terms of roles and movies. Drama, Horror, Comedy, Action and more, it’s hard to find a film genre that doesn’t have at least one performance from the eccentric actor. Love him or hate him, Cage is guaranteed to always give you 100% Cage. It’s almost impossible to find a movie in his very long filmography that you can point to and say he phoned it there. He operates at 11 out of 10 at all times, whether it works…

As Boys II Men would say, we’ve come to the end of the road. After 200+ new films and few category best lists to eliminate some contenders and make the list more manageable, we’ve come to the fateful attempt to boil down the entire year to 10 films. Admittedly, it was incredibly difficult to try select the top 5% of such a massive watchlist, and even as I write this I’m not even 100% sure I got it all correct. So before we get into the list, let’s set some expectations and disclaimers to add some context as to how…

I regrettably did not watch enough animated features this year. Not sure if was a lack of options or I just didn’t seek them out as often as I normally do. Attacking such a vast array of films (and total number) does leave some categories lacking, and unfortunately animated films took the largest hit in 2022. I’m sure excluding anime entirely and zero desire to sit through another Minions film doesn’t help, either. There’s probably a lot of marque animated releases I just didn’t get to, so I”m fully expecting a lot of “why wasn’t SUCH AND SUCH ON YOUR…

I think 2022 has been the year of genre breakouts. Often pushed to the outskirts of fanfare and reserved for die hard lovers of the macabre, this year has seen a mainstream resurgence of horror unlike any other. Everything from brutal slashers to psychological thrillers to high minded outings have all had their time in the spotlight this year, and there were so many great entries I felt compelled to give them their own top 10. I’m not even a fan of the genre (something I’ve said over and over again with every new horror film) but 2022 made a…

Here are the 10 best documentaries we watched in 2022

In a ramped effort on my journey to 200 new films in a single year, the amount films I’ve watched in a short period of time has been nothing short of well, exhausting. There are just simply too many movies and not enough time to both watch and write reviews for all of them. Though the undertaking is rather daunting, it is a fantastic exercise in cinema, and affords me the ability to take in a vast array of films from all over the world. I’ve experienced the good, the bad, the ugly, and just about everything in between, so…

“Babylon” feels like Damien Chazelle thought because “La La Land” didn’t win Best Picture, he needed to make every single movie ever in one.

Sony Pictures is looking to get a fast start in 2023. With “Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse Part 1” set to drop next year, they could’ve rested on their laurels by dropping the first teaser trailer earlier this year. But looking to make a statement, the studio decided to drop a surprising new trailer for “65,” a new sci-fi film starring Adam Driver. He’s had quite the eclectic career, afforded the ability to tackle whatever interests him and seldom doing the same role twice. Never one to be typecast, him showing up in a sci-fi time traveling action thriller like “65”…

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” is an incredibly moving, deeply vulnerable exposé of art, addiction, and activism, and serves as a powerful voice for the marginalized and suffering.