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fromVulture
1 week ago

What Wicked Can Do to Overcome Oscar's Weird Relationship With Sequels

Wicked: For Good is aiming to be the 11th direct sequel to be nominated for Best Picture and the fifth sequel to be nominated the year directly after its predecessor. Of the three Best Picture-nominated sequels in the last four years, there's Top Gun: Maverick, a legacyquel to a movie that was seen as popcorn fare in the 1980s, and Avatar: The Way of Water and Dune: Part Two, sequels to previous Best Picture nominees that boasted both box-office success and dazzling visual filmmaking.
Film
Film
fromInverse
2 weeks ago

35 Years Ago, An Iconic Horror Franchise Came To A Fascinatingly Weird End

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho spawned three sequels and a TV prequel that failed to match the original while probing Norman Bates' damaged psyche.
Film
fromInverse
2 months ago

25 Years Later, The "Worst" Fantasy Movie Ever Suddenly Feels Fine

Highlander repeatedly retconned its continuity, and Highlander: Endgame attempted to reconcile film and TV continuities despite earlier contradictions.
fromInverse
5 months ago

'M3GAN 2.0' Gives The Horror Icon A Big, Bratty Upgrade

M3GAN 2.0 embraces camp silliness by elaborating the absurd nature of its killer robot protagonist, blending humor with horror and affirming its cultural meme status.
Artificial intelligence
fromInverse
5 months ago

The Best Animated Superhero Movie Is Getting Another Sequel - With A Risky Twist

This is the first movie in the series not directed by Brad Bird, one of its biggest strengths being its classic 1960s retro-futuristic tone.
Independent films
Independent films
fromInverse
5 months ago

The Sequel to 2021's Best Horror Movie Is Answering Its Biggest Mystery

The Black Phone 2 revives its dead villain, the Grabber, as a supernatural entity, merging satisfying closure with the potential for future horror narratives.
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