The first two entries in the live-action “Paddington” franchise, written and directed by Paul King, found the contemporary magic in the adventures of Paddington Bear’s life with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens.
Bong Joon Ho’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning film “Parasite” is a welcome reminder that Bong’s features (especially those in English – preceded by “Okja” and “Snowpiercer”) have always been excited to stretch and expand the limits of their genre as much as possible.
Director Osgood Perkins’ last feature, 2024’s horror-mystery “Longlegs”, benefitted from an excellent ad campaign identifying it as one of the scariest contemporary films.
The newly released entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Captain America: Brave New World”, is Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson’s first film as Captain America.
The new film “Companion”, which announces itself as part of the romantic horror genre, opens with voiceover narration that announces the fate of one of the main characters.
The press tour for the female buddy comedy “One of Them Days” has blessed the internet with several clips of interviews with its stars, Keke Palmer and SZA, and its producer, Issa Rae.
Rich Peppiatt’s Irish comedy “Kneecap” opens with Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh impishly narrating a sequence that immediately establishes the brash comedy that will be central to the antics of the film to come.
One of the more surprising things about “Babygirl”, the upcoming erotic thriller from Halina Reijn, is how often it resists making its characters symbols or avatars for ‘very important discussions’.
In late September, a newly released trailer for “Gladiator II” featured a line of dialogue that revealed a significant piece of information that seemed like a spoiler for the (at the time) upcoming film.