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Although one of the most popular genres in film,horror movies rarely get the respect they deserve.Rarely nominated for honors like an Academy Award, horror is passed over for critical recognition even though some of the most legendary movies of all time were designed to frighten their audience. Those same audiences covering their eyes come back to horror again and again becauseit’s a genre that opens itself to include romance, mystery, and social commentarywhile still being capable of terrifying those who watch....

Since the world began, cultures around the globe have been obsessed with when it would end: there’s a morbid fascination in trying to predict the end of the world. Since art imitates life, it makes perfect sense why Hollywood is constantly producing films about the destruction of humanity. Through the years, these films have only grown more extravagant and diversified. RELATED:10 Post-Apocalyptic Movies or Shows That Are Not Total Bummers...

Welcome to our latest recurring feature,The Year in Film! So much of our coverage is devoted to the here-and-now of movies, and that’s all well and good. We’re still going to be bringing you that coverage. But we also love film history, so we thought it would be good to do a weekly series where we look back at a random year and design what made it special. That includes looking at the top-grossing movies, the Oscar winners, and some gems that you should put on your radar....

There have beena few unexpected twistswith this year’sEmmynominations, but along with the typical snubs came a different type of surprise: a whole new awards category. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which presents the Emmys, will award its first ever statuettes for Outstanding Stunt Performance at the 73rd annual ceremony in September. The new award is designed to recognize an individual or team of stunt performers, distinguishing it from the stunt coordination categories, first introduced in 2002....

If you know anything about modern horror, the fact that the new horror filmThe Woodswas being directed byAdam Wingardwas reason enough to get excited about its release. The first trailer for the film,which premiered a few months ago, bolstered that feeling two-fold, even though it looked nothing like the wild world that Wingard created withThe Guestor the subversive fury ofYou’re Next. We now have yet another trailer for the film, which you can take a look at below, but that comes second to a major revelation about Wingard’s latest project, that it is, in fact, an entry in theBlair Witchfranchise, titled simplyBlair Witchnow instead ofThe Woods(click here to watch Perri’s video review of the film)....

Though we have yet to set eyes onCaptain America: Civil War, the third installment in theCaptain America franchise after the insanely successfulCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, Marvel on television has been proving more substantially thrilling and dramatically alluring than even the best of the MCU -Guardians of the Galaxy,Ant-Man, andIron Man 3lead the pack. The second season ofDaredevilon Netflix, to say nothing ofJessica Jones, may be the comic line’s most audacious and compelling adaptation to date, and ABC’sAgent Carterhas found a stylish, fun, and humorous pulse of life that many of the movies have failed to locate....

Looking to expand your cinematic knowledge or dive into a treasure trove of classic cinema that is impossible to find anywhere else? Then you should check out theCriterion Channel. The streaming service’s February features Include a celebration ofSidney Poitier, the lateAnna Karina, Pioneers of African American Cinema,Bi Gan’sLong Day’s Journey into Night,Jason and the Argonauts, and more! Saturday, February 1 Saturday Matinee:Lamb Yared Zeleke’s delicately touching feature debut tells the story of young Ephraïm (Rediat Amare), a half-Jewish Ethiopian boy who, following his mother’s death, is sent by his father to live among distant relatives, bringing with him his beloved pet sheep....

What’s the common thread uniting our slate of contemporary, prestige action films? I’d categorize it as “unflinching brutality.” TheJohn Wickfranchise may represent this impulse’s mainstream apex, but you’re able to also see the kind of action work I’m talking about taking shape and calcifying inThe Raid, key sequences inCaptain America: The Winter Soldier,Extraction,The Old Guard, andBirds of Prey(featuring action assists from, explicitly, theJohn Wickteam) — not to mention off-the-beaten-path DTV and Hong Kong films that don’t permeate American cinema on as wide a scale as these....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforDa 5 Bloods.] With Netflix’sDa 5 Bloods, filmmakerSpike Leesimultaneously subverts our expectations and honors the tropes of two different genres: The war movie and the heist thriller. In doing so — like Lee did with 2006’sInside Man— the Oscar-winning writer-director further proves why he must rank among the best and most effective action movie filmmakers working today. Da 5 Bloodsstarted its life as a 2013 spec script titledThe Last Tour, written byThe RocketeerscribesDanny BilsonandPaul De Meo(and featuring a white cast)....

In the most long overdue news of the year, we’ll at last be treated to a competition show pitting human beings against their worthiest of predatory counterparts in Discovery Channel’s aptly titledMan vs. Bear, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. “Humans will be entering the bear’s territory and take them on in a competition like never attempted,” said the network. Historically, bear/human competitions have been very one-sided, depending on the task. Hopefully this series will find level playing field between the two species, crowning a champion and thus finally putting to bed the age old rivalry....

On Season 2 of the HBO seriesDivorce, Frances (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Robert (Thomas Haden Church) are learning to navigate the aftermath of their separation and rebuild their lives independently while they co-parent. Focusing on careers, new relationships and finding ways to be happy again, with some time apart, they can actually start to remember what it was that they liked about each other. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, executive producerJenny Bickstalked about what it was like to step in as showrunner for Season 2, being back at HBO and reuniting with Sarah Jessica Parker afterSex and the City, the shifts in the series’ tone, selecting the writers and directors for this season, what she most enjoys about watching Frances and Robert together, and what the future of the series could look like....

Since it wasannounced to be in productionback in 2023,Black Phone 2has kept audiences perplexed surrounding its storyline. It made complete sense why Universal Pictures would want to follow up the 2021 film with a chill-inducing sequel, thanks to the overwhelming positive feedback and the gargantuan financial gain of the first, but the question remained — how will they do it? After all, the ending tied things up into a neat bow, with Finney (Mason Thames) not only escaping from The Grabber’s (Ethan Hawke) basement prison but killing the sadistic madman in the process....

10 months after it opened and subsequently crashed and burned in theaters, the saga of theFantastic Fourrebootcontinues. The anticipated 20th Century Fox superhero film is probably better known for itsproduction squabblesthan the finished product, as rumors swirled months before release about extensive reshoots and contention with co-writer/directorJosh Trank, culminating in Trank tweeting (and quickly deleting) that he had madea superior version of the filmthat was not the one being released into theaters....