The conventional wisdom in film (even, or even especially, action/adventure entertainment) is that formula is bad, an exemplar of laziness with a focus more on product than art. The other side is that the formula easily draws audiences in, and breaking it without warning is also bad because it will drive your audience away. No …
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Things aren’t going well between Venom and Eddie Brock. Eddie’s rules about not eating human brains begin to fuel resentment in the alien symbiote. And Eddie is being driven nuts by Venom’s chaotic antics. Matters aren’t helped by the fact that Anne has moved on with her life, thus leaving them both depressed. In an …
Walt Disney Animation Studios will release their new animated film, Encanto, on November 24, 2021. Vital Thrills got a chance to attend an early press day for the film and learned all about Disney Animation’s 60th feature. We’ve also got the new trailer and poster, which you can both view by scrolling down! The movie …
(Disclosure: The author of this review has been friends with C. Robert Cargill, the co-writer of The Black Phone, for many years, going back to the days when they wrote together for a film review website. The author has also been on friendly terms with the film’s director, Scott Derrickson. While the author’s opinions of …
A musical, particularly a musical with strong upbeat numbers from the team behind The Greatest Showman and La La Land, built around teen depression and suicide, is a mighty big swing. It’s such a delicate topic it’s going to land differently for everyone, and musical drama is a genre that, at best, favors big melodrama …
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Shang-Chi cast and crew last week about the highly anticipated Marvel Studios film, which will be opening exclusively in theaters on September 3. The Shang-Chi cast, director Destin Daniel Cretton, and producer Kevin Feige gave us the scoop on what’s coming in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s …
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Vacation Friends cast about their new comedy, premiering August 27 on Hulu in the U.S. and as a Star Original on Star on Disney+ internationally. The Vacation Friends cast includes John Cena (The Suicide Squad, F9), Lil Rel Howery (Free Guy, Get Out), Yvonne Orji (Insecure, …
On August 13, director Shawn Levy is taking us into the world of Free Guy, a new movie starring Ryan Reynolds as a background player in the violent, open-world video game “Free City.” His character meets the sexy Molotov Girl (Jodie Comer), who helps him navigate the game and come to terms with the fact …
Sometime after the events of Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey, Amanda Waller has a new mission for her misfit band of villains. A coup has recently taken place in a small Central American country. Unfortunately, the country has possession of an extraterrestrial weapon of mass destruction, and the new president has a distinctly anti-American …
Guy is an average fellow living in Free City. He has a job as a banker, follows a regular routine, and interacts with his fellow citizens in the exact same way every single day. But Guy realizes he is longing for something more when he meets the girl of his dreams. He instantly falls for her …