The Smurl family home in “The Conjuring: Last Rites” includes peeling wallpaper in the stairwell, an accidental metaphor for the way the film uses top-shelf
Randall Park’s Dr. Shin, an audience surrogate who accidentally works for supervillain Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), notes in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (2023)
“M3gan” (2023) is a post-postmodern techno-horror comedy that tries – and largely succeeds – at being both a serious warning to young filmgoers and a
“The Conjuring” wouldn’t have been an obvious pick for launching the most lucrative horror franchise of all time when it premiered on July 15, 2013.
After director James Wan helped usher an old-school/new-school horror mix into the mainstream with 2011’s “Insidious” – set in modern times but with sound and
“Fast X” is fast approaching, and while it’s hard to imagine anyone cares anymore, worldwide box-office results prove they do. (These films cost $200 million
“Malignant” (theaters and HBO Max) promises “a new vision of horror,” and while I scoffed the first time I heard that, the film lives up
The first two “Conjuring” films ranked in my top 10s in 2013 and 2016. Despite a bevy of spinoff films in the interim, expectations were
The “Conjuring” Universe is now seven films strong – with an eighth (“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It”) on the way in September.
Through the end of May, I’m looking back at the nine movies of the “Fast & Furious” franchise, watching most of them for the first