filmmaking

The Literary Genius of Movie Novelizations

‘Based on the major motion picture’ doesn’t mean bargain basement — the exact opposite, really

Every Disaster Film Is About How We Can’t Wait for the World to End

The new ‘Don’t Look Up’ is an angry satire that argues humanity wouldn’t bat an eye if a comet was heading directly toward Earth. But over the years, the genre has taught us to embrace the horrific, fiery death that awaits us all — at least at the movies

‘Make a Better Hanukkah Movie Than ‘Eight Crazy Nights’ — I Dare You’

Seth Kearsley, director of the oft-maligned animated holiday comedy, is still pinching himself that he had the opportunity to work with the legendary Adam Sandler — and still adamant that the final product is far better than it’s given credit for

‘Wild Things’ Existed at a Time When There Was Actually Sex on the Big Screen

Now on Netflix, the steamy, silly 1998 thriller feels like it exists in a parallel reality where Hollywood was into threesomes and lurid love stories