Brian Davids

I distinctly remember the day in 1996 when KROQ DJ Carson Daly first introduced me to Failure. I recall just as clearly the moment the following year when Daly, as MTV’s newest VJ, reported their […]

[This story contains spoilers from The Boys season five, episode four, “King of Hell.”] Erin Moriarty can’t bring herself to watch The Boys’ final season. Of course, she loves the show and her signature role […]

[This story contains spoilers for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.] Lee Cronin was both flattered and frightened when Jason Blum suggested titling his The Mummy reimagining as Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.  The Blumhouse CEO’s producing partner, […]

Normal features many of the same players from Bob Odenkirk’s Nobody films, but director Ben Wheatley never worried about any potential overlap from the similarly titled actioners. The British filmmaker knew his unique sensibilities would […]

Gaten Matarazzo didn’t want to overthink his first post-Stranger Things commitment.  Personal enjoyment became the only real criteria that a potential project had to meet, and BriTANick’s “stoner comedy for theater kids,” Pizza Movie, fit […]

There likely came a point on the set of Thrash where star Phoebe Dynevor started to miss the half corset she wore throughout her breakout role on Netflix’s period drama Bridgerton.  If that early 19th […]

[This story contains spoilers for Pizza Movie.] Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney, the creative duo known as BriTANick, are keenly aware that a movie called Pizza Movie is not the most compelling title for their […]

[This story contains spoilers for Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice.] On paper, a buddy action-comedy called Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is a tough sell. Throw in dashes of gangster, romcom, […]

The year may be young, but Kirill Sokolov and Zazie Beetz’s “flaming axe” sequence in They Will Kill You is likely going to contend for action set piece of the year. The Russian physicist turned […]

James McTeigue’s V for Vendetta plays like it was ripped from yesterday’s headlines, not just those of twenty years ago. It’s a reminder of why the adage of “history repeats itself” is so prevalent.  Of […]

A week after writer-director Ian Tuason wrapped Undertone, he called his own shot. At the time, the Filipino-Canadian filmmaker and a production team were assembling an electronic press kit (EPK) to aid festival submissions and […]

Radio Silence, the filmmaking collective of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, are finally back for more twisted fun and sadistic games in Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, the original property that took their […]

[This story contains mild spoilers for In the Blink of an Eye.] Andrew Stanton wants you to know that his sensibilities go beyond the wholesome family entertainment he’s helped shepherd at Pixar since the ’90s.  […]