Author: David Grove
I’ve enjoyed many shows released amid the 2025 TV schedule and, as the year winds down, I have a new favorite. HBO recently debuted Task, a miniseries that sees Mark Ruffalo playing the head of a task force investigating a string of robberies at drug dens in the Philadelphia area. The show is created by writer/producer Brad Ingelsby and, thus far, I’ve been captivated by it. I’d already love to see a second season, but hear me out on a crossover I want even more. (Image credit: HBO)There’s An Excellent HBO Series I’d Love To See Task Crossover WithBrad Ingelsby…
A Halloween-themed installment of the flagging “V/H/S” franchise is obvious to the point of redundancy: Both have become annual celebrations of horror-related kitsch, “scary” as a means of self-classification but increasingly safe — even comforting — in execution. Likewise, both offer a selection of disposable treats wrapped in the promise of a night to remember, but only one of them has ever given me a good excuse to dress my three-year-old son as the wood-chipper from “Fargo” (my then-pregnant wife went as Marge Gunderson, it was a whole thing). The “V/H/S” omnibuses became an institution because the first two were sinister enough…
There have been a lot of disturbing thrillers over the years that have left audiences in a state of shock long after the final credits roll. David Fincher’s Seven, Ari Aster’s Midsommar, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho are just some that come to mind. They’re movies that disturb us on a psychological level, getting deep inside our head to play havoc with our thoughts. Now, one of the most riveting of them all has found a new streaming home to once again traumatize viewers this October. Released in 1976, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver is perhaps one of the most disturbing psychological…
It seems that few celebrities have gone through as many personal highs and lows in just the past decade than Christina Haack. While she’s seen massive success as a home renovation and design expert, in that time she’s remarried twice, had two children and divorced three times. The early days of the 2025 TV schedule saw her launch another hit show on HGTV, The Flip Off, which featured both her first ex, Tarek El Moussa, and his second wife, Heather Rae, and 2024 dissolution of Haack’s third marriage to Josh Hall. It turns out that El Moussa actually joked that…
Planning on seeing Paul Thomas Anderson‘s “One Battle After Another” in theaters multiple times? You’re in good company, as it appears that fellow filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola is already planning his second trip to the cinema to see PTA’s latest. Can we get this icon of filmmaking his very own punch card, too? Coppola’s reasons for wanting to see the film again extend far beyond an eagerness to check it out in different formats, and instead are rooted in his interest in digging deeper into the storyline, the film’s many excellent performances, and just maybe getting to take it in…
Netflix Marcos Melendez is an entertainment journalist who has been active since 2017. His past work can be read on Collider, Escapist, ScreenRant, CBR, and Full Circle Cinema. He is currently a News Editor for MovieWeb. The streaming giant Netflix has returned with another Yellowstone replacement, and already looks like the most promising one yet. Featuring a stacked cast and crew, the streamer has officially unveiled a new action-packed Western that hopes to lean on the classic tropes of the genre. Netflix has announced that The Abandons will premiere on December 4. The western drama, which hails from Sons of…
I’m a bit of a trivia nerd and history dork. I also happen to love Guinness beer. It’s been my go-to beer going all the way to my college years in the ‘90s. When I learned that House of Guinness was going to be part of the 2025 TV schedule, I got excited.When I found it would be from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight (who is also slated to write the next James Bond movie), my excitement ratcheted up another few notches. When the first episode began, I was immediately taken by surprise to learn something I never knew: The…
Update October 1, 2025: A year after Schrader thought that “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” would screen at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival, the director is finally getting his wish. The acclaimed 1985 film will make its Japan premiere at the 2025 edition of the festival, as revealed in the official Tokyo International Film Festival lineup on October 1. Schrader’s film will be included in a special spotlight program to celebrate the 100th birthday of Yukio Mishima, alongside several other titles. As originally reported by Chris O’Falt in the article below, “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was…
If bugs or insects make you squeamish, and want to battle the fear of tiny poisonous creatures, free streaming platform Tubi has got you covered. Starting October 1, the ad-based platform is set to stream 1990’s Arachnophobia, giving modern viewers the chance to watch one of the most unsettling movies in the “creature feature” subgenre of horror. Directed by Frank Marshall and produced by Steven Spielberg, Arachnophobia follows a doctor who moves with his family to a new town in California. However, Dr. Jennings isn’t the only new arrival. A very poisonous spider has killed a local photographer on a…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a well-oiled machine at this point, routinely releasing content in theaters and streaming with a Disney+ subscription. Fans who spent years watching the Marvel movies in order have some lingering questions, including the epic costume that Elizabeth Olsen wore at the end of Age of Ultron. And now she explained the brutal reason we never saw that look again on the big screen.Wanda Maximoff is a fan favorite MCU character, but Avengers: Age of Ultron was her very first appearance in the shared universe. While she was originally an antagonist, she changed sides and became…