The 1931 version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” remains an astonishing achievement, melding state-of-the-art effects with a stunning lead performance.
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In 2002, director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson reunited and returned to Miramax to recreate the magic of “Scream.” It did not go as planned.
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The noir-tinged thriller hit theaters 25 years ago, and it still packs a punch.
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The 1944 Bogie and Bacall vehicle was a transparent attempt to create another “Casablanca” – but it has plenty of pleasures of its own.
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This year’s installment of Austin’s genre film festival was a more muted affair, but there were still plenty of delights for horror and sci-fi fans.
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The Palme d’Or winner from director Julia Ducournau is a full meal of a movie – by turns shocking, sexy, scary, and heartfelt.
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Fifty years ago, Hugh Hefner tried to extend his Playboy empire into film production. It did not go quite as planned.
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Our mini-reviews of ‘East of the Mountains,’ ‘American Night,’ ‘Val,’ and more.
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Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 comedy, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, is a prickly satire that’s lost none of its edge.
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Netflix’s new Melissa McCarthy vehicle is an odd mishmash of incongruent tones and poorly developed characters.
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The new film adaptation of the Broadway smash is ill-conceived on nearly every level.
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Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott’s familial drama, released 25 years ago this week, is so much more than a food movie.
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