Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

With the Halloween season upon us, it’s the perfect time to be watching horror movies. Now the HBO Max streaming service has a real treat for fans of the genre – what many are calling the most shocking horror movie of 2022. This movie is none other than Barbarian, which premiered in theaters earlier this year. Now horror fans will be able to watch the film from home, however, which has given it an all-new surge in popularity. It’s quite impressive to see how well the film is doing. It’s not only an original IP, but one that was shot…

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The hit Netflix series The Crown is about to debut its fifth season. Interestingly, however, Netflix has done something that it hasn’t done with past seasons of the show. Now the major streaming platform known as Netflix has added a new warning to the hit series. As you can see below, they apparently want to make it clear that their production of The Crown is a work of fiction. This seems to be a result of backlash that the series has been facing over the last few years. As noted by Deadline, this comes “after two years of lobbying from…

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It’s no surprise that The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has strong feelings against the MAGA movement. After all, he’s used the hit Amazon series The Boys to contain as much satirical humor inspired by such movements as possible. But now Eric Kripke has made a rather specific statement directed towards MAGA while accepting an award at this year’s Saturn Awards ceremony. At the start of his speech, Eric Kripke took the time to be thankful towards everyone surrounding the series. This included Amazon, Sony, and the director of the show’s pilot, Dan Trachtenberg. Additionally, he gave a tribute to the…

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Sony has been attempting to build their own version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with mixed results. While projects like Morbius have received rather negative responses from fans, other projects like the Venom films starring Tom Hardy have been hugely successful. In fact, Tom Hardy’s Venom was so successful that he received a cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home. As such, fans are anxious to see what’s next for the character, and that will be answered in the yet-to-be-titled film Venom 3. Now it’s been announced that Kelly Marcel will direct Venom 3 with Tom Hardy once again starring. As…

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Although Logan was largely expected to be the final appearance for Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, he’ll be returning for the upcoming film Deadpool 3. This was a major announcement that had fans around the world excited at the possibilities. After all, it was already an exciting notion that Deadpool, as played by Ryan Reynolds, would have the opportunity to play around in the MCU. But throwing Hugh Jackman into the mix no doubt increased everyone’s excitement tenfold. Now Hugh Jackman has explained why he decided to return as Wolverine for the upcoming film. Hugh Jackman recently spoke with Variety, and…

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We’ve been waiting for months to see what would happen. Now Elon Musk has officially began his takeover of Twitter. In fact, he’s already made some major moves with the massive social media platform. Specifically, it appears that he has already fired CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, and several other top executives at the company. The Wall Street Journal reported as much, including the removal of Twitter’s top legal and policy executive, Vijaya Gadde, as well as their general counsel, Sean Edgett. For the time being, however, the spokespeople for Twitter are said to have no comment…

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Although Halloween will soon come to pass, the Netflix streaming service still has plenty of horror-themed surprises in store for genre fans. For example, they’ve unveiled a new teaser trailer for the upcoming horror film The Pale Blue Eye. The new movie comes from Scott Cooper, director of Antlers, and it stars Christian Bale along with Harry Melling as none other than Edgar Allan Poe. The new film is based on Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel of the same name. In the film, Christian Bale will play retired detective Augustus Landor. His character is tasked with investigating a series of harrowing…

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It’s no surprise that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has major expectations attached. After all, the new sequel will not only have to follow the original Black Panther film and respect its legacy, but it’ll also be following a number of MCU projects which received mixed reviews from fans. This time, however, early reactions for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever have called the new film the best MCU movie since Avengers: Endgame. Now that’s a massive statement. As of this writing, it appears that the highly-anticipated sequel is being estimated to make as much as $175 million for its opening weekend. It’s…

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The film Django Unchained is often considered one of Quentin Tarantino’s best movies. However, musician Kanye West, aka Ye, is now making a bold claim regarding the film – and suggests that Quentin Tarantino actually stole the concept for Django Unchained from him. As noted by Variety, Kayne West had an interview with Piers Morgan on “Piers Morgan Uncensored.” During this interview, Kanye West made his shocking claim. He insisted that Django Unchained was initially the basis for a music video concept for his 2005 song Gold Digger. The music video concept was pitched to both Quentin Tarantino and Jamie…

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While Marvel Studios is largely known by their Marvel Cinematic Universe branding, Warner Bros never gave the same treatment to their DC properties. In fact, the “DCEU” title that many fans use to describe their film franchise, is not an actual term endorsed by the studio. Now, however, with James Gunn and Peter Safran in charge of DC Studios – this has changed. Warner Bros has revealed the new and official name for what was previously known as the DC Extended Universe. As revealed via The Wrap, a memo has confirmed that the new name is simply The DC Universe.…

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