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2 weeks ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Image by Morena Perez Vitale The Western genre, even decades since its heyday, has continued to deliver top-notch movies and television, and The Unholy Trinity is no exception. The film follows a young man seeking to avenge the death of his father, who was framed and hanged by another. This leads him to the town of Trinity, where he encounters a righteous lawman named Gabriel Dove (Pierce Brosnan) and a dangerous man named St. Christopher...
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3 weeks ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Thrillers come in all shapes and sizes, but in Barron's Cove, things take a dark turn that audiences won't see coming.
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3 weeks ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks
There's nothing better than seeing a true fan of a franchise take the reins of it creatively. Those who grew up loving some of the amazing film franchises of the '80s and '90s are the same people now breathing new life back into them and adding even more to the story. Case in point: the Predator franchise. In 2022, Dan Trachtenberg's surprise streaming hit Prey showed that the human-hunting Yautja weren't out of the hunt just yet.
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3 weeks ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks
The John Wick franchise changed the world of movies beyond martial arts films by showing that stunts are more than cool moments and can be used to drive a narrative. Keanu Reeves' rugged yet skilled assassin, on a path of revenge and freedom, became an action sensation and spawned a sprawling world filled with danger, betrayal, and some amazing fight sequences set in beautiful locations.
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3 weeks ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Comedy is one of the oldest and most important forms of entertainment, and even now, in a world of superheroes, action, scares, and the general concept of what "cinema" is, comedy is still important. While there have been more than a few big-budget laughs over the decades, such as The Hangover or Tropic Thunder, comedy, like horror, thrives when it has very little to work with. Anything from a Marx Brothers movie to Napoleon Dynamite is...
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1 month ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account When it comes to the idea of fandom and theme parks, it's always been understood that Disney's parks are largely a fandom in itself, while Universal Studios' parks excel at bringing existing fandoms to life. Disney has made continuous leaps in recent years with its groundbreaking attractions and worlds being brought to life from Avatar's Pandora to a whole new planet in the Star Wars universe. But Universal Studios has also been hard at...
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1 month ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account The Last Rodeo is a new sports drama that follows a retired bull-riding champion who, after his grandson is diagnosed with a tumor, must come out of retirement to compete and earn the money to help his family. However, the movie uses this premise to tell a powerful story filled with heart, hope, and a message to always keep fighting for what matters most. CBR had the chance to talk with Neal McDonough, the film's co-writer and star, and...
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1 month ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account One of the biggest and most controversial elements of the Transformers franchise has always been the human element. At best, humans are there to push the story that is still largely focused on the robots, and at worst, they can hijack a narrative completely, a la the Mark Wahlberg era of Transformers movies. But that doesn't mean that these characters don't necessarily matter. This is especially true in the earliest era of the franchise,...
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1 month ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks
For over a century, Universal Pictures has delivered iconic films from Jaws and Jurassic Park to The Fast and the Furious and Back to the Future. That said, none of these movies would've been possible without the risky but ambitious decision to pursue horror films and adaptations of classic stories. Universal's Classic Monsters have become a staple of the studio and remain one of the most groundbreaking franchises in the genre and cinema.
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1 month ago | 
cbr.com | Nicholas J Brooks |John Dodge
By Nicholas Brooks & John Dodge Published 40 minutes ago Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Horror icon Matthew Lillard opens up about how Dungeons & Dragons inspired his fan-favorite whiskey line. Speaking to Nicholas Brooks of CBR for a soon-to-be-released interview, Lillard was asked about how his whiskey brand, Find Familiar Spirits, got its start. "Well, I was a nerd in 1978 and started playing Dungeons & Dragons, and started sort of my lifelong obsession with the...
