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I just recently, as of this writing, passed one hundred movies released in 2025 watched. In that hundred films, I've obviously seen a lot of movies in theaters and that were big, major releases ( Predator: Badlands was officially #100, for instance), but you don't get to that figure without finding a lot of independent flicks on streaming services. When you watch a lot of indie films--especially in the horror genre--you end up seeing a lot of films of a somewhat dubious qual

Noah Baumbach’s latest turns what could’ve been another “movie about movies” into a layered, deeply human reflection on legacy, regret, and the masks we wear to survive in both Hollywood and life.

After thirty years of planning, Guillermo del Toro breathes new life into Frankenstein — an operatic Gothic marvel that’s as emotionally rich as it is visually breathtaking.

Let's get this straight out of the way because it really matters to this review and will come up again as I talk about Chain Reactions : I'm far from the world's biggest fan of the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre . (Now Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 , that's a different story. I kind of love that movie) To be absolutely fair, I've only seen the 1974 horror classic once, and perhaps it was a "wrong time, wrong mindset" kind of thing. Maybe if I watched it again, I'd be far more into

James Vanderbilt’s   Nuremberg  delivers a haunting courtroom drama that probes the minds behind humanity’s darkest chapter. Anchored by a towering Russell Crowe performance and a chilling moral tug-of-war, the film is long, heavy, and often brilliant — even when it drags its feet. PLOT & SETUP Directed by James Vanderbilt , Nuremberg  adapts Jack El-Hai’s 2013 book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist , chronicling psychiatrist Douglas Kelley’s  (Rami Malek) psychological evaluatio

Few sports stories are as naturally cinematic as that of Christy Martin — the first woman to ever box on pay-per-view and, unintentionally, a trailblazer for women’s boxing. Christy  aims to honor that legacy, showing how a small-town fighter from West Virginia became a symbol of perseverance and empowerment. Unfortunately, the film often buries that power beneath convention and formula, opting for the expected over the profound. The film’s first act chronicles Martin’s unlik

A Bruce Springsteen biopic that confuses introspection with inertia. Deliver Me From Nowhere looks and feels authentic but struggles to find the heartbeat of its own story.

After navigating the holy halls of the Vatican in Conclave , director Edward Berger trades in papal secrecy for the pulsating nightlife of Macau in Ballad of a Small Player , a visually electric and emotionally turbulent descent into obsession, luck, and moral decay. It’s the kind of movie that walks into the casino with swagger and style to spare, only to realize its chips are stacked on a busted hand. But for all its flaws, Berger’s latest is never dull, never dispassionate

It's time to review another movie coming to Screambox , as we take a look today at the Brazilian horror feature, A Mother's Embrace , which will be dropping on the service on 9/16/2025 ! A Mother's Embrace is directed by Cristian Ponce, and it starts off in the childhood of our protagonist, Ana. She and her mother start off at home--where her mom makes Ana guzzle down a full glass of strange tasting milk--but the two quickly head out to a local carnival. At the fair, the two