Although The Simpsons Season 36 has the chance to get a surprising series first, that would require the show's creators to take a big creative risk. The Simpsons may get a lot of flak for its perceived critical decline, but the show can't be faulted for its reinvention. One 2017 two-parter was a two-part parody of The Great Gatsby Narrated by hip-hop, while the premiere of the show's 29th season took place entirely in a fantasyland reimagining The Simpsons Universe. Judging by seasons 34 and 35, The Simpsons Season 36 will continue this experimental streak with aplomb. Related Unfortunately, not…
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Although The Simpsons Season 36 premiere promises a big twist, the series-shocking revelation may just be a red herring from the creators of the show. The Simpsons Season 36 comes at an interesting time in the show's long history. The early seasons of The Simpsons They were very popular with the audience and showed a lot of creative promise, but it was seasons 3-11 that the series entered its Golden Age. This era represents the peak of the show's popularity and remains the seasons that critics and fans highlight as both the best years of The Simpsons And some of…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Never Let Go (2024) While Never let go Relying heavily on its big twist, I guessed where the horror movie's story was heading a month before I even saw it. Horror movie trailers are a mixed blessing. Some, like NEON's viral marketing campaign for Long legsCan be as disturbing and thrilling as a great horror movie. Others, like the trailers for Alien: Romulus, Speak no evilAnd many more of 2024's biggest genre movies give away too much plot and leave viewers with no reason to seek out the movie itself. Then there are movies…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Never Let Go While Never let go The horror movie has a few nasty surprises, the horror movie steered clear of one twist that no viewer wanted to see. Even the darkest horror movies rarely cross certain cultural taboos. It's unusual for slasher villains to kill children, for example, because it's too unnecessarily nasty for audiences who want to guilt-trip the masked killer. Although Never let goThe twist ending was bleak, the story of the movie was able to avoid this issue by sidestepping a particularly gross twist. Director Alexandre Aja's psychological horror skirted…
While Ryan Murphy's new show Grotesquerie Can't recover American Horror Storys cult success, the series is trying something that the anthology shows never quite pulled off. According to The Hollywood ReporterNearly a fifth of scripted TV shows from 2019-2020 are cop shows. The police procedural has been one of the most popular formats in American television history ever since Dragnet Started back in 1951, so it's no surprise that Ryan Murphy's new series Grotesquerie Lined in this format. What's surprising is how long it took for the legendary television producer to capitalize on this multi-decade trend. Related While each season…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Grotesquerie episodes 5 and 6 After a couple of chaotic episodes with few new insights, Grotesquerie Episodes 5 and 6 suddenly brought the main mystery of the show back into focus. GrotesquerieThe story follows Nicci Nash's detective Lois Tryon and her unlikely partner sister Megan. Lois is a hard-drinking detective whose illustrious career has taken a toll on her personal life, leaving her a burned-out, bitter alcoholic. Sister Megan is a strange nun whose harrowing reporting on the eponymous religion-obsessed serial killer brings the duo together. After a few episodes, it's clear that Grotesquerie…
While the Rosemary's baby Prequel Apartment 7a It looks exciting, it's hard to ignore the movie's revival of 2024's most weirdly specific horror genre. Released in 1968, Rosemary's baby was a successful adaptation of Ira Levin's best-selling novel of the same name. This slyly satirical supernatural horror story follows Rosemary, a newcomer who moves into a creepy New York apartment building with her self-centered actor husband. Rosemary becomes pregnant and, as strange events pile up, she begins to realize that something is very wrong. The upcoming Rosemary's baby Prequel Apartment 7a Will expand the story of the original movie. Related…
Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Matter (2024). While The substance see Demi Moore Play an Oscar winner, I think Hollywood should make this actor a real winner thanks to her fearless performance in the wildly satirical body horror. The substance is the second directorial effort from Coralie Fargeat, previously known for her 2017 debut Revenge. Like the brutal earlier horror movie, The substance is a charming, vicious feminist horror movie that doesn't shy away from the mystery side of the genre. In an era of so-called "Elevated horror", Fargeat's second film is unashamedly influenced by Cronenberg, Carpenter and…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Speak No Evil (2022) and Speak No Evil (2024). By changing the story of the movie, Speak no evilThe 2024 remake fixes a major plot hole that the 2022 original completely ignored. 2022 S Speak no evil was a Danish horror film that earned critical acclaim thanks to its brutally bleak tone and pitch-black comedic elements. However, the original movie is not perfect. Speak no evilThe story was criticized by some reviewers and its ending was not without some major plot holes. Don't say anythingThe original twist ending was so shocking that many viewers…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Speak No Evil (2024). Although Speak no evilThe 2024 remake has a tighter story than the 2022 original, there's one loose end the psychological thriller never ties up. 2022 STop no evil Ended with a brutal twist that, although it fit the preceding movie's tone and plot, felt so unnecessary that viewers and critics were left stunned. 2024s Speak no evil Remake changes the ending of the thriller, offering a more crowd-pleasing alternative. However, in the process, director James Watkins' re-imagining introduces a new plot hole to the movie's straightforward story. 2024s Speak no…