Hereditary’s ending is a coronation, not a tragedy — at least not for the cult. After the Graham family is destroyed, the demon Paimon finally claims its intended male host: Peter. In the backyard treehouse, cult members crown him and chant “Hail Paimon,” while the headless bodies of his mother and grandmother bow before him. … Read more
Memento’s ending reveals that Leonard Shelby already found and killed his wife’s attacker a year ago — and that the story of Sammy Jankis is his own repressed guilt. His handler Teddy has been using him as an amnesiac hitman ever since. Unable to face the truth, Leonard deliberately manufactures Teddy as his next target, … Read more
The Predator franchise is about to do something it has never done in nearly four decades: ask you to root for the alien with the dreadlocks. Predator: Badlands, the new film from Prey director Dan Trachtenberg, opens in theaters on November 7, 2026 — and its final trailer, released this week, makes the franchise’s boldest … Read more
The phone is ringing again. Four years after Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone became one of 2022’s most celebrated horror hits, its sequel has arrived — and audiences showed up. The Universal and Blumhouse release topped the box office with $26.5 million domestic from 3,411 theaters, plus $15.5 million internationally for a $42 million global … Read more
Netflix’s most beloved odd couple is back. Nobody Wants This season 3 arrives today, Thursday, October 22, 2026, with all 10 episodes dropping at once — and this time, Joanne and Noah are doing something they’ve never done before: living under the same roof. The romantic comedy created by Erin Foster, which became a sleeper … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Paramount and Legendary’s Street Fighter opened at No. 1 at the North American box office over the October 16–18 weekend, earning an estimated $31 million from 3,575 theaters — the biggest domestic debut in the franchise’s three-decade, three-film history. With $20.1 million from 66 international markets, the reboot’s global bow reached $51.1 … Read more
Verdict: 3.5/5 — a sly, talky two-hander elevated by Helen Mirren at her wicked best. A Talent for Murder, opening in US theaters on Friday, October 23, 2026, in a limited release from Bleecker Street, imagines an encounter between the reclusive Patricia Highsmith and a young literary agent with a dangerous agenda. It is stagey, … Read more
The short answer: Nick stays with Amy because Amy is pregnant — with Nick’s own child, conceived through a stored sperm sample she used without his knowledge. The ending is a mutual trap: both know exactly who the other is, and both choose the perfect-marriage performance anyway. The final shot of Amy’s calm, faintly triumphant … Read more
Verdict: 4.5/5 — Laika’s most ambitious film is also its darkest, and possibly its masterpiece. Wildwood, the stop-motion studio’s first feature since 2019’s Missing Link, opens in US theaters on Friday, October 23, 2026, with a perfect 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes — a first for Laika. The praise is earned: hand-crafted filmmaking of … Read more
The short answer: Dr. Malcolm Crowe was dead the entire movie. Shot in the opening scene by a disturbed ex-patient, he never survived — and everything that follows is told from the perspective of a ghost who doesn’t know he’s a ghost. When his wedding ring slips from his sleeping wife’s hand, Malcolm finally grasps … Read more