Versatile artists like Veena Sud (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) are always looking to challenge themselves to become part of the evolutionary process of how we see TV and film. As a writer, director, and producer, she's done that through her projects like Netflix's The Killing and Seven Seconds, the film The Salton Sea […]
There's really no denying that Hellraiser is one of the most popular horror franchises of all time, having generated 11 films, a recognizable villain, various comic book titles, the potential for an upcoming television series, Dead by Daylight DLC, and decades of content so far. When the franchise made its highly anticipated return in 2022 […]
Searchlight is heading into the awards season with quite a lot of momentum behind them with Poor Things. However, while this studio is becoming more well-known for its artsy films, plenty are just normal films with excellent casts that aren't blockbusters. Unfortunately, those films for Searchlight and sometimes 20th Century Studios sometimes end up on Hulu instead […]
2023 was the year of movies with a ton of potential failing to cross the line from "pretty good" to "greatness." Usually, that wouldn't be a huge deal, but with prices of everything going up and the recession really starting to hit people where it hurts, people weren't willing to take a gamble on something […]
Anna Zlokovic, like many other aspiring writer-directors, is always looking for that break into the mainstream. The opportunity couldn't be riper for the taking, given how content-starved the streaming era has become. Luckily, Hulu decided to take a chance turning her short Appendage into a feature film following the Disney-owned streamer's anthology series Bite Size […]
Alien: Romulus is the latest film in the Alien franchise, coming to Hulu in 2024. It is written and directed by Fede Alvarez and stars Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu. Ridley Scott is on board producing, and Alvarez was quite nervous to show him the film, as he told Guillermo del Toro at […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Sean King O'Grady, director of The Mill, which dropped on Hulu on October 9th. The film, which is reminiscent of a Twilight Zone episode for the mega-corporation era, stars Lil Rel Howery, Pat Healy, and Karen Obilom. In The Mill, a corporate "wage slave" becomes a […]
It's only been a few months since the release of the horror film The Boogeyman, which managed to garner (generally) positive reviews and just over $80 million during its theatrical run. But as it turns out, the film is very much a first chapter in a larger story if the filmmaker behind the project has […]
It's been several months since the Hulu film Prey thoroughly impressed audiences with its new take on the Predator franchise, marking the beginning of a new era. Now, with its home release, the filmmaker behind the movie addresses one recently unearthed scene that didn't make the film's initial release. The Prey Scene (and Predator Weapon) […]
Hulu's recent sci-fi flick No One Will Save You has proven to be fairly popular with audiences so far, embracing a few solid alien tropes, minimalistic dialogue, decent use of tension, and a connection through music. Yes, music. You read that last part correctly. How Music Brings Everyone Together in No One Will Save You […]
Hulu's new film No One Will Save You is quite the sci-fi, alien home invasion flick – and as it plays out, it becomes less and less of what you might have expected coming into the movie. So, if you've found yourself wondering about that conclusion and how to interpret the film (with many divided […]
It's not easy out there within the studio system. Movies are expensive, and after several years where no one was making much money and many studios falling deep into the red, one would think it would be impossible to get anything greenlit. Even if you did get something greenlit, you'd have someone hovering over your […]
20th Century Studios and Hulu released a new film, No One Will Save You, this weekend, and if the response from someone like Guillermo del Toro is anything to go by, it's "fun." In fact, del Toro's specific words on Twitter/X were, "NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU is fun, fun, FUN. It is also smart and […]
When it comes to movies that really only have one character, there is the question of dialogue. Will this person be talking to themselves like an internal monologue or even out loud? Are they going to be talking on the phone or some other form of communication where there is another voice, but we don't […]
No One Will Save You is another one of those Hulu streaming releases sneaking up on us with a super interesting concept. It's also a film that isn't going to be easy for the cast because the cast only consists of Kaitlyn Dever versus the alien that is trying to break into her home. Carrying […]
We have another fun film set to come out on Hulu soon, but this one is actually getting a Toronto International Film Festival premiere first, which is always fun. As we have previously said, 20th Century has been sitting over on Hulu a lot in recent years, and a lot of the movies that went […]
Some big news coming out of today's The Walt Disney Company earnings call from CEO Bob Iger when it comes to streaming and the respective SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes. When it comes to the former, that news comes in the form of price increases beginning in October and a new ad-free Disney+ & Hulu bundle […]
There are plenty of self-made success stories in Hollywood because artists who are hungry enough will always look for ways to nourish themselves, as is the case of Michael Tennant, who's become his own force acting, writing, and producing. His latest project is IFC's Pretty Problems, which follows Jack (Tennant) and Lindsay (Britt Rentschler), a […]
When Linda Yvette Chávez heard about the inspiring story of former Frito Lay janitor and Flamin' Hot Cheetos creator Richard Montañez, it reminded her of her struggles and perseverance as a writer trying to break into Hollywood. Branching off her success from her Netflix series Gentefied, actress and director Eva Longoria sought her out to […]
During last month's earnings call, The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger and CFO Christine McCarthy laid out a number of measures that were going to be put into play to get "The Mouse" back on stable financial ground on the streaming side of things. Along with pulling back on content spending, stretching out the […]
