Tag: Movie Themes
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Him (2025) Review: Justin Tipping’s Sports-Horror Hybrid Fumbles Its Potential
Release Date: September 19, 2025 (USA) Runtime: 96 minutes (1 hr 36 min) Rated: R — for strong bloody violence, language throughout, sexual material, nudity and some drug use Production Companies: Monkeypaw Productions Producers: Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, Jamal M. Watson (Executive Producers: David Kern, Kate Oh) Cinematography: Kira Kelly Editing: Taylor Joy Mason…
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The Long Walk Review: Francis Lawrence Turns Stephen King’s Dystopia Into Brutal Spectacle
Release Date: September 12, 2025 (USA) Runtime: 108 minutes (1h 48min) Rated: R for strong bloody violence, grisly images, suicide, pervasive language, sexual references Production Companies: Vertigo Entertainment Producers: Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence, Cameron MacConomy Cinematography: Jo Willems Editing: Mark Yoshikawa Music / Composer: Jeremiah Fraites The Long Walk (2025) Director: Francis Lawrence Writer(s):…
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Caught Stealing Review: Darren Aronofsky’s 90s New York Caper of Violence, Trauma, and Survival
Release Date: August 29, 2025 (U.S. theatrical) Runtime: 107 minutes (1h 22min) Rated: R for strong violent content, pervasive language, some sexuality/nudity and brief drug use Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, Protozoa Pictures. Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing Producers: Jeremy Dawson, Dylan Golden, Ari Handel, Darren Aronofsky Cinematography: Matthew Libatique Editing: Andrew Weisblum Music / Composer: Rob Simonsen…
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Lurker (2025) Review: Fame, Manipulation, and the Toxic Dance of Parasocial Relationships
Release Date: theatrical release in U.S. on August 22, 2025 Runtime: 101 minutes (1h 41min) Rated: R for language throughout and some sexual content Production Companies: High Frequency Entertainment, MeMo Films, Twin Pictures Producers: Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery, Jack Selby, Galen Core, Olmo Schnabel, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Archie Madekwe Cinematography: Pat Scola…
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Splitsville Review: A Screwball Comedy of Open Marriages, Divorce, and Disastrous Loyalties
Release Date: U.S. limited theatrical release on August 22, 2025, expanding wide on September 5, 2025 Runtime: 82 minutes (1h 22min) Rated: R for language, sexual content, and nudity Production Companies: Neon, Topic Studios, Watch This Ready, TeaTime Pictures Producers: Emily Korteweg, Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Ryan Heller, Dakota Johnson, Ro Donnelly, Samantha Racanelli Cinematography:…
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“The Knife”: A Quiet Horror of Systemic Suspicion in Suburban America
Release Date: Limited theatrical release (US) August 15, 2025 Runtime: 82 minutes (1h 22min) Rated: R for violence and police intimidation Production Companies: iAm21 Entertainment, Duplass Brothers Productions Producers: Nnamdi Asomugha, Jonathan T. Baker, Ami Werges Cinematography: Alejandro Mejia Editing: Dana Congdon Music / Composer: Kyle Townsend The Knife (2025) Director: Nnamdi Asomugha Writer(s): Nnamdi Asomugha…
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Weapons Review – Zach Cregger’s Twisting, Tonal Horror Pays Off
Release Date: August 8, 2025 (United States) Runtime: 128 minutes (2h 8min) Rated: R — strong, bloody violence and grisly images; language throughout; some sexual content; drug use Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Subconscious, Vertigo Entertainment, BoulderLight Pictures Producers: Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules Cinematography: Larkin Seiple Editing: Joe Murphy Music /…
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Unpacking the Chaos of Eddington: Ari Aster’s Pandemic-Era Provocation
Release Date: July 18, 2025 (U.S.) Runtime: 2 h 28 m (148 min) Rating: R Production Companies: A24, IPR.VC, 828 Productions, Square Peg Producers: Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen (+ exec. producers Alejandro De Leon, Robert Dean, Harrison Huffman, Todd Lundbohm, Andrea Scarso) Cinematography: Darius Khondji Music / Composers: Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) and Daniel Pemberton Eddington (2025)…
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Catching Up
Movies You Slept On Exploring Themes of Class and Control in ‘Locked’ and ‘The Assessment’ Locked (2025) Directed by David Yarovesky Starring: Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins An engaging take on a timeless theme: class disparity and the divide between those who observe from the outside and those trapped within their circumstances. Eddie Barnish (Bill…
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Shepherding Through Trauma: The Wounds of Bring Them Down
Bring Them Down Directed by: Chris Andrews Starring: Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan Hillside views, spray-painted sheep, and decapitated heads only scratch the surface of what Bring Them Down explores in its story. Michael O’Shea (Christopher Abbott) portrays a sheep farmer who, alongside his father, Ray (Colm Meaney), is forced into a psychological battle with their hillside…
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