Verdict: Predator: Badlands is the boldest swing the franchise has taken in decades — and it mostly connects. Director Dan Trachtenberg does something no Predator film has ever dared to do: he puts the monster at the centre of the story and asks the audience to root for it. The result is a rollicking, surprisingly … Read more
One of the year’s most star-studded science-fiction films is getting a second chance. The Dog Stars arrives on digital platforms today, Tuesday, October 27, giving audiences who skipped its theatrical run the opportunity to watch it at home. The film became available to rent or purchase from 9 p.m. PT on Monday, October 26 — … Read more
Most music biopics are greatest-hits packages with the edges sanded off. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is the opposite: a deliberately small, brooding film about the bleakest chapter of Bruce Springsteen’s career, and how a haunted bedroom demo became one of the most beloved albums ever made. It divided critics and underperformed at the box … 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
Verdict: 3/5 — A claustrophobic survival thriller with genuine nerve, weighed down by overwrought daddy drama What do you do when the premise of your movie is a man being swallowed alive by a sperm whale? If you are Brian Duffield, you play it straight — and mostly, Whalefall rewards that commitment. This is a … Read more
Hollywood Boulevard traded its red carpet for deep ocean blue this week as Whalefall surfaced for its world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre, and the event was engineered to be unforgettable. A giant sperm whale head greeted guests outside the venue, setting the tone for a survival thriller built around one of cinema’s most … Read more