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The Directors Guild of America has just finished handing out their awards for 2025, and as comes to no surprise, the big winner of the evening was Paul Thomas Anderson for "One Battle After Another," officially cementing his frontrunner status for the Best Director Oscar. Please see below for a complete list of this evening's winners: Feature Film: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another First-Time Feature Film: Charlie Polinger, The Plague Documentary: Matyslav Cherno

The Film: Writer/director Osgood Perkins has had something of a questionable career thus far, delivering a collection of middling-to-sub-par horror films that are typically forgettable and have a number of issues to them, including such works as "Longlegs," "The Blackcoat's Daughter," "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House," and most recently, "The Monkey." For his next feature, "Keeper," he has opted to fill only the director's chair and leave writing duties to Nick

The Film: Ever since it premiered way back in 1959, Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" has been a much-beloved program that is often cited as one of the greatest shows ever made. Over the course of five seasons, it told fascinating moral tales that often had endings you weren't quite expecting, delighting & entertaining audiences of all ages. This made it no surprise that, 20 years later, the idea was brought up to bring the concept to theaters, with four big directors (John L

The Film: Hot on the heels of Shout! Studios' recent release of "Bullet in the Head" comes the next entry in their Hong Kong Cinema Classics series, "Once a Thief," another John Woo outing that may not be quite as well-known to some as his more popular works like "The Killer," "Hard Boiled," or "A Better Tomorrow." Once more, Shout! is giving the film a stunning upgrade and loading it up with over two hours of extras, so let's delve right in and see how this Woo work stacks u

The Film: Once again we return to Shout! Studios' incredible Hong Kong Cinema Classics series with another offering from the great John Woo, the filmmaker behind such action classics as "Hard Boiled" and "The Killer." This time we're taking a look at an entry in his filmography that's perhaps not as well-known as his more popular works entitled "Bullet in the Head," a curious blend of drama, crime, action, and romance that he made not long after the latter of the aforemention

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has just finished announcing their nominees for 2025, and it comes as no surprise to find that Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" tops the list with 14 nominations, followed very closely by Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" with 13. Also making great showings were Chloe Zhao's "Hamnet" and Josh Safdie's "Marty Supreme" with 11 each. Winners will be revealed on February 22nd. Until then, please see below for a complete list

The Film: Writer/director Derek Cianfrance may not be a filmmaker with a household name, but chances are that you've seen, or have at least heard of, his most well-known projects, which includes "Blue Valentine," "A Place Beyond the Pines," and the HBO miniseries "I Know This Much is True." Looking at his filmography, the material he works with typically skews towards drama, which makes it understandable as to why he would eventually want to try something a little lighter. Th

The Film: When it comes to writing comedy, it's one of those talents that you either have or you don't. There are those that can actually come up with well-formed, clever jokes that get plenty of laughs, while others will settle for aiming much lower, populating their project with lazy, uninspired humor that clearly shows that the writer just doesn't have a knack for it (with the recent attempted reboot of "The Naked Gun" being a prime example). This brings us to Jim O'Hanlon

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has just finished announcing their nominations for the 98th Annual Academy Awards, with a new record being set by Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," leading the pack with an astonishing 16 nominations, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" with 13. As usual, there wer plenty of unfortunate surprises this morning, including the complete shut-out of "Wicked: For Good," which was expected to garner Ariana Grande ano

The Film: When Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was released back in 1974, it became something of a phenomenon with audiences that made it quite a big hit at the box office. Made for under $140,000, the film's visceral, violent nature brought horror lovers out in droves to experience its macabre tale of a group of friends who cross paths with a family of cannibals. The critics may not have cared much for it at the time, but it has since gone on to be regarded as on