Off Script Film Review

Plagued by a recurring violent nightmare, a college student returns home to find the one person who can break the cycle and save her family from the horrific fate that inevitably awaits them in 'Final Destination: Bloodlines', the sixth entry in the Final Destination horror series from directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein starring Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Richard Harmon, & Tony Todd.A trio of seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crew mate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface in 'Last Breath', the harrowing based-on-a-true-story indie feature from director Alex Parkinson starring Finn Cole, Simu Liu, & Woody Harrelson.Ari Aster's new film 'Eddington' makes a splash at this year's Cannes Film Festival, but is it on the same track as 'Beau is Afraid'? Also, what's happening with Lynne Ramsay's new feature 'Die My Love' and Julia Ducournau's latest 'Alpha' trailer? It's a full rundown of the first week at Cannes in this year's Off Script Cannes Coverage!Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!

A powerful friendship develops between two young African-American men as they navigate the harrowing trials of reform school together in 'Nickel Boys', the 2x Academy Award-nominated 2024 adaptation of the award-winning Colson Whitehead novel of the same name from director RaMell Ross.When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island - but as strange things start to happen, Frida questions her reality in 'Blink Twice', the 2024 directorial debut of actress Zoë Kravitz starring Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Adria Arjona, and Christian Slater.James Gunn's new 'Superman' trailer is finally here, but can this new farmboy out-charm his previous on-screen iterations? It's an Off Script look at 'The Conjuring: Last Rites', 'Nobody 2', and newcomer Tony Tost's 'Americana' in our Trailer Park review!Also, Warner Bros. announces a new (old?) name change to MAX, 'I Saw The TV Glow' director Jane Schoenbrun begins filming her next project 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' with Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, and why won't anybody pay for Kevin Costner's next 'HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA' feature?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts in 'Thunderbolts*', the latest film from Disney/Marvel that's been making waves for it's late-release name-change to 'The New Avengers' starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Drefyfus, and Lewis Pullman.When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband - also a legendary agent - faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country in 'Black Bag', the indulgent new understated spy thriller from director Stephen Soderbergh starring Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchette, Tom Burke, and Naomie Harris.After a drug deal gone wrong, a bruised detective must fight his way through the criminal underworld to rescue a politician's estranged son, unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city in 'Havoc', the new Netflix crime thriller from 'The Raid' director Gareth Evans starring Tom Hardy, Forest Whittaker, and Jessie Mei Li.Also, Trump announces a 100% Tariff on movies citing 'a dying industry', Guy Ritchie is directing 'Road House 2' at Amazon, and why is Marvel suddenly calling Thunderbolts* 'The New Avengers'?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back in 'Sinners', the new film from 'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler starring Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, and newcomer Miles Caton.A platoon of Navy SEALs embark on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event in 'Warfare', Alex Garland's follow-up to 'Civil War' with first-time director Ray Mendoza starring Joseph Quinn, Cosmo Jarvis, Will Poulter, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai.Also, Cannes announces their star-studded 2025 film lineup, the Academy Awards finally add a 'Best Stunt Design' Award, and how are traditional movie theaters like Alamo Drafthouse fighting back against Blumhouse and Facebook's new second-screen experience in 'M3GAN 2.0'?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!

When best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact in 'One Of Them Days', a new buddy comedy inspired by 90's black comedies like 'Friday' starring Keke Palmer and SZA.When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist and the detective in charge are all left asking what really happened in 'Adolescence', a new 4-episode Netflix miniseries starring Stephen Graham and newcomer Owen Cooper that's been making waves overseas due to it's graphic portrayal of toxic masculinity in internet cultures.Two high-school nobodies make the decision to crash a Y2K party, but the night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight in 'Y2K' the 2024 A24 indie comedy from SNL writer Kyle Mooney starring Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, and Julian Dennison.Finally, Tom Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' is set to launch at Cannes, Hershey's Chocolate greenlights a film starring Finn Wittrock and Alexandra Daddario, and why are children getting arrested in 'A Minecraft Movie'?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!

Father-Daughter duo Elliott and Ridley hit a unicorn with their car and bring it to the wilderness retreat of a mega-wealthy pharmaceutical CEO in A24's new horror-comedy 'Death of a Unicorn' from writer-director Alex Scharfman starring Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, Will Poulter, & Richard E. Grant.In 1950s Mexico City, an American immigrant in his late forties leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student stirs the man into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone in 'Queer', Luca Guadagnino's 2024 adaptation of the unfinished William S. Burrough's novel starring Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, & Jason Schwartzman.Matt Remick is the anxiety-ridden new Studio Head at Continental, a legacy Hollywood movie studio striving to survive in a world where it is increasingly difficult for art and business to live together in Apple TV+'s 'The Studio', the new star-studded 10-episode miniseries from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg that's recieving critical praise for it's sweeping cast and unique one-take perspective.Finally, Cinemacon 2025 kicks off with a bang when Sam Mendes and Sony announce their four simultaneous Beatles biopic films starring Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan, Spider-Man: Brand New Day gets announced alongside a disappointing pushback for Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse, and what's this about a new David Fincher / Quentin Tarantino film starring Brad Pitt?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!

An amateur bodybuilder battles both the limits of his physical body and his own inner demons to gain recognition in 'Magazine Dreams', the controversial new drama feature from writer/director Elijah Bynum starring recently disgraced actor Jonathan Majors.Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art in 'Sing Sing', the Academy Award-nominated drama from A24 and director Greg Kwedar starring Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, and Paul Raci.New trailers for 'Together', 'The Toxic Avenger', 'Final Destination: Bloodlines', and Alec Baldwin's contentious western feature 'Rust' are finally on the internet, but what's worth watching? It's an all new trailer review in The Trailer Park!Finally, Marvel unveils it's full 'Avengers: Doomsday' cast in a 5+ hour livestream on YouTube, Warner Bros. 'Coyote vs Acme' may finally see the light of day thanks to Ketchup Entertainment, and what's pushing Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride' out of theaters?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!

A writer travels to the compound of a pop icon who disappeared years ago. Surrounded by his cult of sycophants, as well as a group of fellow journalists, she soon discovers his twisted plans for the gathering in 'Opus', the new horror-comedy film from writer/director Mark Anthony Green starring Ayo Edebiri, Juliette Lewis, Tony Hale, & John Malkovich.An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick in Netflix's 'The Electric State', the new film from 'Avengers: Endgame' directors Joe and Anthony Russo based on the graphic novel from Simon Stålenhag starring Millie Bobbie Brown and Chris Pratt.Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are Earth's only hope when facing the threat of alien invasion in 'The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie', the latest Looney Tunes offering from Warner Bros. and director Peter Browndgardt starring Mel Blanc successor Eric BauzaA woman advertising for a new roommate finds that something very strange is going on with the tenant who decides to move in in 'Single White Female', the 1992 cult classic slasher pic from director Barbet Schroeder starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh that's set to receive a new remake starring Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell.With another Disney live-action adaptation on the way with 'Lilo and Stich', a host of other trailers hit the internet in 'The Life of Chuck', 'F1', 'Materialists', 'Happy Gilmore 2', and more in another edition of The Off Script Trailer Park!Amazon MGM announces a new biopic about golf legend Tiger Woods, Conan O'Brien announces he'll be returning to host the Oscars again in 2026, and a new ‘Starship Troopers’ Movie in the Works from ‘District 9’ Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp!Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!

Mickey Barnes is an 'expendable' and his 17th body is all but destined to die until a chance meeting with his 18th iteration begins a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet in 'Mickey 17', 'Parasite' director Bong Joon-Ho's new sci-fi film based on the book 'Mickey 7' from author Edward Ashton starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Tony Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.Take a deep dive into alternative theories surrounding the Manson murders, revealing unexpected connections to government agencies, mind control experiments, and key figures from the era and challenging the accepted narrative in 'Chaos: The Manson Murders', the new Netflix true-crime documentary feature from 'The Thin Blue Line' director Errol Morris surrounding Charles Manson and the Manson family murders based on the book from writer Tom O'Neill.As cinematic television continues to pioneer an increasingly lucrative industry, what sort of shows are we watching when we're not seeing new films? It's an inside look at Amazon's 'INVINCIBLE' and Apple TV+'s 'Severance' in the very first edition of Off Script's TV Corner!Finally, AMC wants to make movies great again by turning back the clock on theatrical release windows, 'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink joins Tom Holland for 'Spider-Man 4', Disney's live-action 'Snow White' may turn out to be a live-action dud, and why is best picture director Bong Joon-Ho's new 'Mickey 17' premiering to an underwhelming box office?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!

After the catastrophe, although the souls of Ne Zha and Ao Bing were saved, their bodies would soon be shattered. Now, in order to help Ao Bing’s soul recover his tangible body, Ne Zha will have to hide his identity as a demon, overcome multiple obstacles to become an immortal, and obtain a miraculous elixir to aid his pal in 'Ne Zha 2' (哪吒2), the chinese animated children's epic that's just unseated Disney's 'Inside Out 2' as the highest grossing animated feature film in history with over $2 billion in box office returns (and hardly any attention in the United States).The 2025 Academy Awards went off without a hitch this year - unless you were watching on Hulu like the rest of us - but what of the ceremony? How'd Conan O'Brian perform as the host? Did Amazon pay for that big James Bond tribute in the middle of the broadcast? And with Sean Baker's 'Anora' taking home most of the awards, how did our favorite runner-ups like 'The Brutalist', 'Conclave', 'The Substance', and 'Dune 2' fare - and who built the better predictions ballot?On Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one in 'Black Christmas', the 2006 holiday horror from the heyday of 'Final Destination' producers starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lacey Chabert, and the late Michelle Trachtenberg.Also, Jason Statham announces his return to David Ayer's 'The Beekeeper 2', 'Megalopolis' director Francis Ford Coppola gets tilted by the Razzies, and if the Oscars were on this weekend, then why the slow box office?Movie News, Movie Reviews, and more every Tuesday on Off Script Film Review!