Ice Cream Man was self-financed by the film’s director, Eli Roth. Following his last film, Borderlands, a certified flop in every regard, Roth wanted to do away with the studio system and executive oversight and make a film without anyone giving him any notes. He also chose to release Ice Cream Man unrated, giving himself free rein over the blood, gore, and chaos of his newest splatter-horror film. While Roth isn’t the first…

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the 38th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is a spectacular movie and one of the best post-Avengers: Endgame MCU movies. It perfectly balances spectacle and character, resulting in a film that is exciting and emotional. It is the best Tom Holland-led Spider-Man movie, and the best live-action Spider-Man movie since the Sam Raimi films of the 2000s. Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up after the events of Spider-Man:…

  The Toy Story franchise has always been about one thing: the toys. The franchise, which was started over thirty years ago and is now on its fifth installment, has always found Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, and the whole gang on some adventure to ultimately get back to their owner, Andy, in the first three films, or Bonnie in the last two. Whether it was being held hostage by a psychotic toy-torturer…

Steven Spielberg’s last film, the magnificent and emotionally devastating The Fablemans, was Spielberg at his most personal, pulling back the curtain on his past and dissecting his own emotions during his childhood and his parents’ divorce. It is the most personal film in his filmography, and a side of Spielberg we had never seen before. With Spielberg’s latest film, Disclosure Day, Spielberg returns to the form that people most know him for with a big-budget…

  John Carney makes movies about how music can connect people. Whether it’s two strangers in Once, brothers in Sing Street, or a mother and son in Flora & Son, Carney shows how the power of music can bring people closer together. His latest film, Power Ballad, is no different, as it is a movie about how a song can be interpreted in different ways to bring those closer to the ones they love. Paul…