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Matt Reeves ’ “The Batman” isn’t a superhero movie. Not really. All the trappings are there: the Batmobile, the rugged suit, the gadgets courtesy of trusty butler Alfred. And of course, at the center, is the Caped Crusader himself: brooding, tormented, seeking his own brand of nighttime justice in a Gotham City that’s spiraling into squalor and decay.

But in Reeves’ confident hands, everything is breathtakingly alive and new. As director and co-writer, he’s taken what might seem like a familiar tale and made it epic, even operatic. His “ Batman ” is more akin to a gritty, ‘70s crime drama than a soaring and transporting blockbuster. With its kinetic, unpredictable action, it calls to mind films like “ The Warriors ” as well as one of the greatest of them all in the genre, “ The French Connection .” And with a series of high-profile murders driving the plot, it sometimes feels as if the Zodiac killer is terrorizing the citizens of Gotham.

And yet, despite these touchstones, this is unmistakably a Matt Reeves film. He accomplishes here what he did with his gripping entries in the “Planet of the Apes” franchise: created an electrifying, entertaining spectacle, but one that’s grounded in real, emotional stakes. This is a Batman movie that’s aware of its own place within pop culture, but not in winking, meta fashion; rather, it acknowledges the comic book character’s lore, only to examine it and reinvent it in a way that’s both substantial and daring. The script from Reeves and Peter Craig forces this hero to question his history as well as confront his purpose, and in doing so, creates an opening for us as viewers to challenge the narratives we cling to in our own lives.

And with Robert Pattinson taking over the role of Bruce Wayne, we have an actor who’s not just prepared but hungry to explore this figure’s weird, dark instincts. This is not the dashing heir to a fortune prowling about, kicking ass in a cool costume. This is Travis Bickle in the Batsuit, detached and disillusioned. He’s two years into his tenure as Batman, tracking criminals from on high in Wayne Tower—an inspired switch from the usual sprawl of Wayne Manor, suggesting an even greater isolation from society. “They think I’m hiding in the shadows,” he intones in an opening voiceover. “But I am the shadows.” In the harsh light of day, Pattinson gives us hungover indie rock star vibes. But at night, you can see the rush he gets from swooping in and executing his version of vengeance, even beneath the tactical gear and eye black.

As he’s shown in pretty much every role he’s taken since “Twilight” made him a global superstar in 2008, working with singular auteurs from David Cronenberg to Claire Denis to the Safdie brothers, Pattinson is at his best when he’s playing characters who make you uncomfortable. Even more than Christian Bale in the role, Pattinson is so skilled at making his beautiful, angular features seem unsettling. So when he first spies on the impossibly sexy Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle, slinking into her leather motorcycle gear and shimmying down the fire escape in her own pursuit of nocturnal justice, there’s an unmistakable flicker of a charge in his eyes: Ooh. She’s a freak like me.

Pattinson and Kravitz have insane chemistry with each other. She is his match, physically and emotionally, every step of the way. This is no flirty, purring Catwoman: She’s a fighter and a survivor with a loyal heart and a strong sense of what’s right. Following her lead role in Steven Soderbergh ’s high-tech thriller “Kimi,” Kravitz continues to reveal a fierce charisma and quiet strength.

She’s part of a murderer’s row of supporting performers, all of whom get meaty roles to play. Jeffrey Wright is the rare voice of idealism and decency as the eventual Commissioner Gordon. John Turturro is low-key chilling as crime boss Carmine Falcone. Andy Serkis —Caesar in Reeves’ “Apes” movies—brings a paternal wisdom and warmth as Alfred. Colin Farrell is completely unrecognizable as the sleazy, villainous Oswald Cobblepot, better known as The Penguin. And Paul Dano is flat-out terrifying as The Riddler, whose own drive for vengeance provides the story’s spine. He goes to extremes here in a way that’s reminiscent of his startling work in “ There Will Be Blood .” His derangement is so intense, you may find yourself unexpectedly laughing just to break the tension he creates. But there’s nothing amusing about his portrayal; Dano makes you feel as if you’re watching a man who’s truly, deeply disturbed.

This is not to say that “The Batman” is a downer; far from it. Despite the overlong running time of nearly three hours, this is a film that’s consistently viscerally gripping. The coolest Batmobile yet—a muscular vehicle that’s straight out of “ Mad Max: Fury Road ”—figures prominently in one of the movie’s most heart-pounding sequences. It’s an elaborate car chase and chain-reaction crash ending with an upside-down shot of fiery fury that literally had me applauding during my screening. During a fight at a thumping night club, punctuated by pulsating red lights, you can feel every punch and kick. (That’s one of the more compelling elements of seeing this superhero in his early days: He isn’t invincible.) And a shootout in a pitch-black hallway, illuminated only by the blasts of shotgun fire, is both harrowing and dazzling. Greatly magnifying the power of scenes like these is the score from veteran composer Michael Giacchino . Best known for his Pixar movie music, he does something totally different with “The Batman”: percussive and horn-heavy, it is massive and demanding, and you will feel it deep in your core.

Working with artists and craftspeople operating at the top of their game, Reeves has made a movie that manages to be ethereal yet weighty at the same time, substantial yet impressionistic. Cinematographer Greig Fraser pulls off the same sort of stunning magic trick he did with his Oscar-nominated work in Denis Villeneuve ’s “Dune”: Through pouring rain and neon lights, there’s both a gauziness and a heft to his imagery. His use of shadow and silhouette is masterful, and does so much to convey a sense of foreboding and tension. I could write an entire, separate essay on the film’s many uses of the color red to suggest energy, danger, even hope. And the costume design from the great Jacqueline Durran —with Dave Crossman and Glyn Dillon designing Pattinson’s rough-and-tumble Batsuit—put just the right finishing touch on the film’s cool, edgy vibe.

This is the most beautiful Batman movie you’ve ever seen—even if it’s not really a Batman movie at all.

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Christy Lemire is a longtime film critic who has written for RogerEbert.com since 2013. Before that, she was the film critic for The Associated Press for nearly 15 years and co-hosted the public television series “Ebert Presents At the Movies” opposite Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, with Roger Ebert serving as managing editor. Read her answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here .

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A scene in the 2004 comedy Mean Girls finds the Plastics, the trio of mean teens at the film’s center, standing in front of a bedroom mirror lamenting their individual physical “flaws”: “huge” hips, ugly calves, “man shoulders.” After a few moments, they turn to look at their silent new recruit, Lindsay Lohan’s Cady Heron, expecting her to chime in with her own expressions of self-disgust. The best she can come up with is morning halitosis.

It’s doubtful Coralie Fargeat had Tina Fey’s skewering of teenage girlhood in mind when dreaming up her deranged body horror tale The Substance . Still, the essence of that satirical scene courses through Fargeat’s cri de cœur against the idealization and demonization of women’s bodies – how a misogynistic culture teaches us to hate ourselves for not looking a certain way and to accept the fate of becoming all but invisible upon reaching a certain age. Many artistic movements have sought to push back against these restraints; The Substance ’s weapon of choice to address such ills is a straight-up wrecking ball often exhilarating and occasionally tedious.

The Substance begins turned up to 11, cheekily unbridled in its visual and narrative un-subtlety: bright, bold color schemes; big and broad performances; bodies torn asunder. Demi Moore is Elisabeth Sparkle, a Jane Fonda-esque aerobics TV star who turns the big 5-0 and is promptly ousted from her gig in Hollywood. Dejected, she drives home, only to get distracted by the sight of her smiling face being unceremoniously ripped down from a billboard.

She collides with another car, and is miraculously fine. Nevertheless, her nurse slips her a USB drive labeled “The Substance,” with a phone number to call and a tantalizing message: “It changed my life.”

A self-administered injection of the Substance serum creates a younger, hotter version of Elisabeth – “Sue,” played by Margaret Qualley – but only for seven days at a time. After that period is up, she must switch back to her older self and repeat the process again and again … or else. “Remember you are one,” reads the card inside her supply kit.

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As these stories go, Fargeat targets an expected source for Elisabeth’s drastic choice – men – though only on the periphery. Dennis Quaid hams it up to the nth degree in a handful of scenes as Harvey, the skeevy, boorish TV exec who flippantly fires Elisabeth and eagerly hires Sue.

More interestingly, The Substance is an internal character study, existing in an exciting year that’s seen a few female and non-binary filmmakers use rich, immersive storytelling to convey complicated relationships to the corporeal self, including Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow and Marielle Heller’s forthcoming adaptation of the novel Nightbitch . Fargeat’s intention isn’t only to call out the external pressure women face to take extreme measures to achieve a constricted definition of desirability; she wishes to plunge the viewer into a vicarious experience of the physical and psychological toll it all wrecks.

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Following that initial injection, Sue’s violent, terrorizing “birth” from Elisabeth’s body is a technical marvel and, like the vast majority of the movie, it’s not for the squeamish. (The visual and special effects team is made up of Pierre-Olivier Persin, Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, and Jean Miel. We’ve come a long, long way since David Cronenberg’s The Fly. ) New cells are formed, skin rips, blood oozes, and Fargeat takes her time over several excruciating minutes to ensure your senses are tapped and engaged by every mortifying bit of it.

This early scene is barely adequate preparation for what follows for the remainder of the runtime, as Elisabeth/Sue becomes consumed by an existential pestilence. Sue, perky and “perfect,” replaces Elisabeth as the new aerobics It-girl during her waking hours, while Elisabeth spends hers resenting her other half’s ascendance and her own continued existence as an old has-been. The seven day “balance” of time begins tipping in one direction, and things take a turn for the worse.

This is a towering showcase for Qualley and especially Moore, who might be channeling the abrasive, ever-spiraling spirit of Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest and late-period Bette Davis. On paper her character is thinly drawn, no family or friends to speak of, no backstory other than her identity as a faded TV star; Elisabeth and Sue are instead pure id, powerful vessels through which to deliver Fargeat’s primal scream.

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That primal scream is righteous and effective, to a point. Fargeat keeps upping the ante relentlessly, with Moore and Qualley totally committed to the absurdity and monstrosity of their characters’ shared trajectory. Some viewers will indulge this excess wholeheartedly, but during one particularly nasty sequence in the third act, the brilliant motif began to feel like a cudgel wielded with such brute force that my senses were dulled. I found myself both in awe of the audacity and uncertain whether the messaging was losing its bite because it was just so much .

At the same time the over-the-top approach feels like an argument in itself, given how little has actually changed even in the wake of campaigns like the body positive movement. The goal posts have merely moved.

Curves and body fat are socially acceptable and even celebrated, depending upon where they live on the body, and who’s inhabiting that body. (And if you don’t have them, you can always buy them at your own risk.) Hollywood’s standards for older women have loosened up compared to decades ago, though the unspoken definition of “aging gracefully” remains constricting; we marvel at actresses like Jennifer Lopez (55), Halle Berry (58), and even Moore (61) precisely because they don’t look their ages. ( Moore has been candid about her past struggles with disordered eating and aging within the industry.) It makes sense that a movie like The Substance would come along and unleash such unhinged fury at the thought of it all.

The film’s final protracted shot is a stunning vision, at once grotesque and cathartic. When it unfurls, following nearly two and a half hours of all manner of jabbing, slurping, pummeling, bleating, and rotting – not to mention butts; so many butts – it is, surprisingly, relatively subdued and almost soothing. It’s the kind of bold conclusion which elicits deep admiration for its creator’s ambitions as well as a sense of accomplishment within the self for having endured the ever-escalating madness all the way through to the end.

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In his review for Netflix's Rebel Ridge , Stephen King compared the action movie with Sylvester Stallone's Rambo . While it is understandable where his opinions about both films come from, it is hard not to notice how his review underscores that Rambo has often been misunderstood. Directed by Jeremy Saulnier , Rebel Ridge was trapped in development hell for several years because of production delays. However, despite the setbacks, the film has finally hit the small screen and is being hailed by viewers and critics as one of the best offerings of the action genre in 2024.

Even before Rebel Ridge landed on Netflix, many could not help but notice its narrative similarities with the first Rambo movie, First Blood . Owing to this, when it finally premiered, viewers and critics further drew parallels and comparisons between the two. Since Stephen King usually stays up to date with movie and TV trends, he, too, watched the film and shared his insights on it. He also made a solid comparison between Rebel Ridge and Rambo , which seemingly forgets what the Sylvester Stallone movie was really like.

Stephen King's Rebel Ridge Review: Why He Calls It The "Thinking Man's Rambo"

Stephen king's refers to the thematic depth behind rebel ridge's action & drama.

After quoting that Rebel Ridge is one of Netflix's best original movies, Stephen King called it " A thinking man's RAMBO. " Given how the thought of all Rambo movies conjures a mental image of Sylvester Stallone's titular character mindlessly duking it out with enemy forces, it is understandable where Stephen King's statement comes from. Compared to First Blood , Rebel Ridge is also far less violent and more cerebral because its main character, Terry Richmond, uses the least amount of force against the police officers who harm.

Although Rambo , too, fights back only to defend himself from law enforcers, his journey gradually takes an extreme turn where violence becomes his primary means of survival. Terry Richmond, in contrast, settles for deescalation midway through the film even after realizing that the police officers were responsible for his cousin's death. Owing to these differences between the two films, one can see eye-to-eye with what Stephen King is trying to imply in his review.

However, calling Rebel Ridge " a thinking man's RAMBO " seems unfair. The Stallone film is far deeper than it gets credit for, and, as Stephen King's review establishes, many have forgotten a crucial thematic element that drives First Blood 's overarching story. While there is nothing about comparing the two films, one is simply not more thought-provoking than the other because both dabble with serious themes.

Stephen King's Rebel Ridge Review Ignores What First Blood Was Like

First blood is far from being a regular action popcorn flick.

Since Rebel Ridge barely has a handful full of action sequences, First Blood undoubtedly features more action set pieces and badass protagonist moments than the Jeremy Saulnier film. However, First Blood 's action, like Rebel Ridge 's, is always driven by a solid purpose. Both films open with scenes that highlight how veterans are often mistreated. While Terry gets rammed off-road by a police vehicle, and two officers seize his money via civil asset forfeiture, Rambo learns that his friend and teammate from war passed away from cancer due to exposure to Agent Orange.

The Rambo movies draw inspiration from the true story of an American soldier, Audie Murphy, who even played a version of himself in a movie adaptation of his book, To Hell and Back .

The police officers in Rebel Ridge undermine Terry's well-being because they only care about fulfilling their own agenda and normalizing corruption. Sheriff Will Teasle targets Rambo because he looks down on the new generation of soldiers and fails to empathize with everything they have been through during the Vietnam War. Rambo and Teasle's conflict escalates relatively faster, but the villains in both films are also veterans who have been warped by their own experiences .

...the two films are not too different in terms of nuance and thematic depth, proving how King's review misses First Blood 's commentary on trauma and police brutality.

Rebel Ridge highlights Terry Richmond's powerlessness against the law by showing how, despite being an incredibly skilled fighter, he has to be careful about not taking things too far with the police. First Blood achieves the same by underscoring that even though Rambo does not want to resort to violence, his powerlessness against his PTSD forces him to take extreme measures when the police officers attack him. The Stallone movie certainly features more bloodshed and lethal weaponry.

Netflix's action thriller Rebel Ridge exposes a lesser-known real-life injustice as Terry fights to get his money back from corrupt local cops.

However, the two films are not too different in terms of nuance and thematic depth, proving how King's review misses First Blood 's commentary on trauma and police brutality. This is perfectly captured in both movies' final arcs, where one empathizes with the two leading characters and fears what will happen to them. Terry Richmond's future remains uncertain in Rebel Ridge 's ending moments even after he gathers evidence of Chief Sandy's wrongdoings. Meanwhile, Rambo breaks down and surrenders, realizing how war veterans like him are not supported despite their sacrifices .

Rebel Ridge 2 Should Avoid Becoming More Like The Rambo Franchise

The rebel ridge franchise must etch its own identity.

Given how Rebel Ridge etches its own identity in the genre instead of coming off as another Rambo rip-off, it seems likely that even its potential sequel will continue to carve its own unique space. First Blood 's sequels gradually dipped in quality because they seemingly forgot what made the first film emotionally stimulating and focused more on spectacle through action. Rebel Ridge 2 should avoid treading the same path and, as Stephen King quoted, continue being a thinking man's action movie instead of conforming to the tried-and-tested tropes of the action genre.

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Former Marine Terry Richmond travels to Shelby Springs to post bail for his cousin, only to find his savings unjustly seized by a corrupt local police force. With the help of court clerk Summer McBride, Terry uncovers a deep-seated conspiracy and vows to bring justice to the town.

First Blood (1982)

First Blood is an action-thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a Vietnam War veteran who drifts into Hope, Washington, in search of an old buddy. However, he is mistreated by the local sheriff, leading to a violent confrontation that sets off a chain of events, forcing Rambo to rely on his combat skills to survive.

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Running time: <br>108 minutes. Rated R (language throughout and some violent content). <br>On AppleTV+ Sept. 27

George Clooney and Brad Pitt made a public stink when Apple shifted the release of their movie “Wolfs,” for which they were paid tens of millions to make, from theatrical to streaming.

“It is a bummer,” Clooney moaned at the Venice Film Festival when asked about his paycheck, er, sorry, his movie.

Really, the pair should send Apple CEO Tim Cook an Edible Arrangement for saving them the embarrassment of what would have been a giant flop.

“Wolfs,” a so-called comedy written and directed by Jon Watts in which Clooney and Pitt play rival New York fixers tasked with discreetly disposing of a dead body, is a dreadful, laugh-free slog that tests the limits of what star power alone can salvage.

The A-list presence of Brad and George cannot mask the elementary school dialogue they utter, the jumbled tone and Dollar Store aesthetic. In fact, their attachment to this compost only exacerbates its many, many problems. 

The boldface names suggest a certain level of quality — or, at the very least, competence — that this movie does not meet. Maybe I’d be more forgiving if this buddy-cop retread starred Stephen and Billy Baldwin. Alas.

As it stands, woeful “Wolfs” won’t make you howl so much as huff and puff.

Watts’ 108-minute yawn begins with a woman’s scream. That’s Margaret (Amy Ryan), and she has just encountered a naked, dead body in a luxury hotel suite.

Covered in the young man’s blood, Marge lowers the blinds and shakily picks up her iPhone. Apple, trying to make lemonade from its lemon, can at least hawk some mobile devices.

“I was told if I ever need serious help to call this number,” she says. “There is only one man in the city who can do what you do.”

In walks black-clad Clooney, whose character has no name or, you know, traits. He dons rubber gloves and prepares to make the damaging situation disappear. 

But it turns out he’s not the only man. A few minutes later, a downcast Pitt knocks on the door. 

His character has been hired by the hotel’s owner, a disembodied voice, to complete the same task since it turns out Margaret is a powerful district attorney who slept with the dead guy, and the proprietor doesn’t want her business tarnished by scandal. 

(Every New Yorker knows that high-profile crimes actually make locales more alluring. Ask Sparks Steak House.)

The two shadowy fixers have never met or even have any familiarity, but they immediately hate each other for some vague reason. And that, readers, is the only joke of this entire movie: Anything Brad can do, George can do better.

Watts, whose “Spider-Man” films for Sony are great fun, tosses away centuries of comedy rules by having both Pitt and Clooney play the straight man. 

So, we grimace as two smug, deflated, blasé dudes speak so robotically they could be in a biopic called “Siri.”

Two unspeakably bland men being quietly annoyed at each other is not humor as the world understands it. What’s funny is how much product is in their mummified hair.

In the pantheon of Clooney and Pitt collaborations, I’d sooner rewatch “Oceans 12.”

“Wolfs” briefly finds a pulse from the introduction of the only actor who’s awake, the talented Austin Abrams, who plays Kid. Geeky and inquisitive, he tags along with George and Brad on their underwhelming tour of New York’s underbelly.

But as soon as the focus shifts back to the two huge movie stars, our eyes glaze over. They noncommittally natter on about Croatian and Albanian crime syndicates and get in an impressively boring shootout while always being totally unbelievable in their roles. 

The sole virtue of “Wolfs” being released straight to streaming is the incredible ease with which viewers can switch over to “Oceans Eleven” after the first five minutes.

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‘Agatha All Along’ Review: Toil and Trouble

Marvel’s “WandaVision” spinoff has more witchcraft but less magic.

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This review contains spoilers for the first episode of “Agatha All Along.”

Jac Schaeffer, who created the first of the Disney+ Marvel series, “WandaVision,” and has now created the 11th, its spinoff “Agatha All Along,” is not one to let an idea go to waste.

In Schaeffer’s first series, a grieving superheroine used her magical powers to create a world for herself based on classic American sitcoms . It was entertaining to watch how the show reimagined those familiar comedies within a dark fantasy-science fiction framework. (At least until “WandaVision” went off the rails toward convoluted Marvel business as usual in its last few episodes.)

Now she starts “Agatha All Along,” which premiered Wednesday night on Disney+, with another detailed sendup. This time she puts her new main character — Agatha Harkness , a dangerous witch with a half-century history in Marvel comic books — inside a parody of the grim HBO crime drama “Mare of Easttown.” Still stuck where she was at the end of “WandaVision,” under a spell that strips her powers and any memory of who she really is, the fallen sorceress is now a cynical, violence-prone small-town police officer.

You may ask yourself how, in the three years that have elapsed between the two shows, Agatha has undergone a complete personality shift, from chirpy neighborhood noodge to hardened cop. You should be more concerned, though, with why the cop-show pastiche is so disappointing — so dull and aimless that talented comic actresses like Kathryn Hahn (who stars as Agatha) and Aubrey Plaza seem at a loss.

It is a relief when that show-within-a-show ends during the first episode, apparently a quick diversion rather than an integral element like the sitcom burlesques in “WandaVision.” (Four of the nine episodes of “Agatha All Along” were available for review.)

It has set a bad precedent, though. Even when the series shifts into its actual format — a jokey, jaggedly comic fantasy quest in which a group of unfulfilled women hit the road in search of their powers — the results are mostly perfunctory. Spells are cast, but not on the audience.

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’12 to Midnight’ Review – Werewolf Movie Channels the Spirit of Classic Charles Bronson Cinema

What do you get when you combine the edgy cop-thriller films from the 1980s with the werewolf genre? The answer is 2024’s 12 to Midnight , co-produced by Millman Productions, Cannon Fire Productions, Delirium, Ron Lee Productions, and Salem House Films. Delco Horror Haven , the Philly area’s non-profit org dedicated to supporting all things indie horror, recently hosted their third film premiere event in Media, PA with a screening of the film.

In a bad mental place after the brutal murder of his wife, Detective Toth ( Robert Bronzi , Death Kiss, Exorcist Vengeance ) shoots up some perps in a convenient store and thwarts an attempted armed robbery. Instead of planning a parade in his honor, Toth is suspended by his captain because he was both drinking and off-duty at the time of his heroics. Toth’s captain, Rhodes, is played by Daniel Roebuck , who will next be seen in Terrifier 3 in theaters October 11.

After a recent string of murders appears to have been the handiwork of the same psycho that murdered his wife, Toth cleans up his act and is put back on the case. Now he has the chance to avenge her murder as well as end the lunatic’s killing spree for good. Toth even seeks help from his old friend Marco, who is played by another recognizable face—UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz . Toth also teams up with Sheriff Stacy Cooper ( Sadie Katz , Transmission ), who is tired of the body count increasing on her watch and has skin in the game, protecting her daughter Vanessa ( Juliet Biscotti , F-Word ). Can Toth and Cooper effectively work together and take down the supernatural menace?

In providing some context for the uninitiated, Hungarian actor Bronzi is a dead ringer for Charles Bronson and stars in some homages to the late actor’s films with twists implemented into them. For example here with 12 to Midnight , it is wordplay off Bronson’s 1983 film 10 to Midnight . And instead of Bronson pursuing a murderer who gets naked to kill people, it’s Bronzi pursuing a murderer who gets naked in order to wolf-out and kill people. It is a well-intentioned homage to films of that era that the filmmakers really lean into. Even producer Robert Savakinus specifically stated that fact during the screening’s Q&A session.

You will figure out that the killer is inhuman in the first few minutes of running time, but you won’t know WHO is the werewolf because the movie also stirs in the whodunnit factor. There’s a bunch of suspects, but you won’t know which character is the vicious furry until the final reveal, and that is part of the fun.

Speaking of fun, let’s get into the good and the bad of this production. Beginning with the acting, it is overall pretty good whether it is from the main stars or those with smaller roles like Searra Sawka ( Hell House LLC: Origins ) who plays Jessica or Eric Francis Melaragni ( Shelby Oaks ) as Buff. As far as the story goes, the overall main plot is pretty good when director Mark Savage ( Hell’s Coming for You, Stressed to Kill ) is solely focused on that. But the other subplots needlessly extend the running time, which is a little long in the tooth (hard pun) for this type of film. Another highlight is the writers taking liberties with werewolf lore in a way that actually makes sense to the plot and not changing the lore for the sake of changing it to seem edgy.

The cinematography is also well done and quite atmospheric, and the decision to use the “ghost town” borough of Centralia as one of the shooting locations for some key scenes is another added bonus. The Pennsylvania town has been long known as the inspiration for Silent Hill and if you’re not familiar with the town and its history, it’s worth a Google search and reading up on it. While the cinematography and locations are positives, the editing is a little iffy in some places. Lastly, the SFX are hit and miss. For example, the creature itself unfortunately does not look that great and would have been better served being protected from being fully shown by using some camera and lighting tricks. However, the creature’s transformation effects are actually very impressive, as well as other gore effects utilized throughout the film. All the effects are practical, and it is always refreshing to see practical effects usage even if they all aren’t winners.

If you are an old fan of those old ’80s crime thrillers that were borderline horror movies, like 10 to Midnight , or you love werewolf flicks and can appreciate independent cinema, you should check this one out. 12 to Midnight is available now to watch on Direct TV.

If you live in the Greater Philadelphia area, you can attend the Delco Horror Haven Invasion Weekend film festival , stocked with indie flicks, food trucks, raffles, and more, on September 28-29 in Media, PA . Tickets and more information on the event at delcohorrorhaven.org .

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Breaking Glass Pictures is releasing the horror comedy Hayride to Hell on the road to Halloween, and Bloody Disgusting is exclusively debuting the film’s official trailer today.

Starring horror legends Bill Moseley and Kane Hodder , who previously worked together on Old 37 , Hayride to Hell will be released on Digital and On Demand on September 24 .

Take a ride on the Hayride to Hell by watching the official trailer below.

The team previews, “Bill Moseley, known for his roles in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and House of 1000 Corpses , brings his intense, chilling presence to the role of Farmer Sam. Kane Hodder, famous for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in four Friday the 13th films, adds his unique, menacing charm as the corrupt Sheriff Jubel. Their pairing makes Hayride to Hell a must-see for horror enthusiasts and a tribute to the legends of the genre.”

“Set on the Coxe Family Farm in rural Willis County, Farmer Sam (Bill Moseley) exacts his bloody revenge on unscrupulous local town-folk, including Sheriff Jubel (Kane Hodder), who menace him and attempt to steal the farm that has been in his family for 200 years.”

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The Best Movies category awards the best-reviewed film regardless of their release, whether they went straight to streaming or swung onto the silver screen. Spider-Man: No Way Home became the mega-cultural event that would entice moviegoers back into theaters, and it lived up to the hype for critics, as well. It was a music-filled year with In the Heights , West Side Story , and Summer of Soul . On the heavy side, some big tomatoes for Pig and a career-best Nicolas Cage, Jane Campion’s first-in-11-years The Power of the Dog , and A Quiet Place Part II , everyone’s collective exhalation through horror. Meanwhile, Raya and the Last Dragon , The Mitchells vs the Machines , and Coda brought representative, progressive ingredients to family storytelling.

The order reflects Tomatometer scores (as of December 31, 2021) after adjustment from our ranking formula, which compensates for variation in the number of reviews when comparing movies or TV shows.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) 93%

In the Heights (2021) 94%

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) 99%

Pig (2021) 97%

The Power of the Dog (2021) 94%

CODA (2021) 94%

Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) 93%

West Side Story (2021) 92%

A Quiet Place Part II (2021) 91%

The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) 97%

The Suicide Squad (2021) 90%

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) 91%

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The Velvet Underground (2021) 98%

The Truffle Hunters (2020) 97%

Quo vadis, aida (2020) 100%.

Luca (2021) 91%

Slalom (2020) 100%

Drive My Car (2021) 97%

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The Sparks Brothers (2021) 95%

Parallel Mothers (2021) 96%

The Lost Daughter (2021) 94%

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Changing the Game (2019) 100%

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