You need to watch the bonkers Japanese fantasy horror film House
Get ready to ask “WTF?” a lot. Spooky season is upon us, and traditional horror films like Bring Her Back (excellently gruesome) or The Evil Dead (stone cold classic) are…
Amazon awkwardly edited the guns out of James Bond art
Last week, for James Bond Day, Amazon revealed updated poster art for the movies. But fans immediately noticed that the super spy’s signature Walther PPK was conspicuously missing from every…
The Minecraft movie is getting a sequel
A Minecraft Movie is getting a sequel, and according to a post on X, the new film will debut in theaters on July 23rd, 2027. Jared Hess, who directed the…
A bunch of 4K Blu-ray movies we love are under $20 for Prime Day
Everything Everywhere All at Once is a must-buy on 4K Blu-ray. | Image: A24 Movie streaming services are fine, but as their respective libraries and monthly rates change, nothing compares…
What’s going on with this Instagram promotion?
The Ring is a fantastic horror film that still gives me the chills. I can easily recall the movie’s iconic poster, which features a white ring on a black background…
Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop
Last week at the Zurich Film Festival, Eline Van der Velden – founder and CEO of AI production house Particle6 and its subsidiary talent studio Xicoia – said that a…
How generative AI boosters are trying to break into Hollywood
A still from the Critterz short film. This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the intersection of entertainment…
The Social Network follow-up has a new title and release date
We knew that Aaron Sorkin was working on a companion piece to The Social Network, and now we know what the movie will be called and when Sony plans to…
Scarlet turns Shakespeare into an animated fantasy epic
Scarlet. Well, I was wrong, and I did manage to make it to one last day at the Toronto International Film Festival. One of the movies I wanted to see…
Exit 8’s director was inspired by watching people play the game
Few video game adaptations understand their source material quite like the Exit 8 film. It takes the rules and structure of the game – which strands players inside of a…