TRAILER: Check out the trailer debut for the latest DC Animated feature BATMAN: HUSH
Posted by Victor Moreno
When it comes down to seminal Batman stories of the past decade, it doesn’t get more iconic than Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s seminal Hush storyline running through the BATMAN monthly comic book where Batman faced all his most iconic
FILM REVIEW: LIFE LIKE subverts expectations and delivers human drama about the nature of one’s insecurities.
Posted by Victor Moreno
While initially appearing to be a film in the mold of Ex Machina that teases the fine line between humanity and A.I., Life Like instead delivers a look at the void of ennui in modern life. When I first started
TRAILER: Check out the new poster and trailer for Ari Aster’s MIDSOMMAR
Posted by Victor Moreno
It’s no secret that the crew at Cult Following are all big fans of Ari Aster. Hereditary made it onto most of our Top 10 of 2018 lists, and it was Kirby’s 1 pick of the year overall as Best
TRAILER: Check out the first trailer for Disney’s MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL, in theaters October 18th!
Posted by Victor Moreno
While some of Disney’s live-action adaptations of their vast library of animated features haven’t been as solid as others, we’re big fans of Angelina Jolie as the wicked Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty. The original Maleficent worked really well as a
PODCAST: View & Spew Review #1 – Love on a Leash (2011)
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On the newest podcast from the Cult Following Podcast network, check out View & Spew Review Episode #1. Spinning off from the Beards on Breen limited series, join Adam Rutkowski, Shawn McLoughlin, Joshua T. Ruth and Victor Moreno in this
FILM REVIEW: ALL THAT WE DESTROY is an interesting modern take on the Frankenstein mythos.
Posted by Victor Moreno
Blumhouse’s film anthology series on Hulu ‘Into the Dark’ serves up a new entry that may seem similar to Happy Death Day on the surface but bears more of it’s DNA from Mary Shelley’s classic horror tale. Hulu and Blumhouse’s
FILM REVIEW: POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU is this generation’s answer to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Posted by Victor Moreno
With a generation weaned on the cartoons and various video and trading card games featuring Pokemon, their first live-action film appearance transcends their mythology in a noir-inspired mystery that engages non-fans and fans alike. There’s something to be said when
FILM REVIEW: Under The Silver Lake is a Lynchian neo-noir love letter to Los Angeles & the Hollywood Dream that loses it’s way.
Posted by Victor Moreno
Ambitious & slickly made with a tour-de-force performance by Andrew Garfield, Under the Silver Lake ultimately bloats by not knowing where to stop or what to really say. There’s something to be said for having an audacious and personal second
FILM REVIEW: Avengers: Endgame provides a rich and satisfying conclusion to the Infinity Stone Saga.
Posted by Victor Moreno
The saga of Marvel’s superheroic quest for the Infinity Stones over 20 films comes to an emotionally charged close in the Russo brothers’ highly anticipated sequel to Avengers: Infinity War. Back in 2008, that year’s most highly anticipated film was
FILM REVIEW: ‘Shazam!’ is a Standalone Family Comedy Superhero Film. And That’s Weirdly Refreshing.
Posted by Joshua T. Ruth
As we see comic book blockbuster tentpoles break records, it’s easy to forget that Hollywood was afraid of superheroes for long time. We would get one occasionally, and they were often great (Donner’s ‘Superman’ films, Burton’s ‘Batmans’) which made it
FILM REVIEW: Dumbo stumbles but ultimately takes flight as Tim Burton’s best film in years.
Posted by Victor Moreno
Tim Burton crafts an interestingly subversive tale of a unique creation taken in by big business that requires outsiders to free it so it can reach its full potential away from a heavy-handed creative monopoly. When Dumbo hits theaters this
FILM REVIEW: Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ is Almost a Masterpiece
Posted by Joshua T. Ruth
This review is broken into non-spoiler and spoiler portions. Jordan Peele’s second film after the critical and box-office success of ‘Get Out’ is a fiendish screamer with a fair amount of imperfection. It is a total blast and seeing it with a
PODCAST: Beards On Breen #5 – Twisted Pair (2018) SPOILERCAST
Posted by Victor Moreno
The final episode of Beards on Breen hits Cult Following with Twisted Pair. Doppelgangers, lasers and more, oh my. Join Adam and Joshua and occasional guest hosts in this special Cult Following limited series exploring the film world of outsider
LAS VEGAS and PHOENIX! See Jordan Peele’s US early on March 19th at Tempe Marketplace!
Posted by Victor Moreno
Hey Las Vegas and Phoenix horror fans! Your friends at Cult and Fingerpaint Film want you to be among the first people in the U.S. to see the new doppelganger horror film from the director and writer of GET OUT
Excited for Jordan Peele’s US? Join us for INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) for Terror Tuesday on 3/19!
Posted by Victor Moreno
Hey guys, We’re super excited for Jordan Peele’s doppelganger horror film, Us, opening nationwide on March 22nd. Join us on March 19th for the prototypical evil double film, Phillip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, at the Alamo Drafthouse Phoenix
FILM REVIEW: Captain Marvel aims to lay heavy foundation for next phase of Marvel Cinematic Universe at the expense of a compelling origin tale.
Posted by Victor Moreno
If there’s a lesson to be learned from the now 20 plus films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, its that the films which succeed the most as standalone films are those with a compelling cast of characters that actually feel
