Directed by Travis Knight and based on the novel by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, Wildwood follows Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) and her classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay) who are drawn into a hidden magical forest in an attempt to save Prue’s abducted infant brother Mac (Arthur Knight) from a murder of crows led
Directed by Taika Waititi and based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun is set in a dystopian future where technological advances in genetic engineering have divided humans into strict, isolated social classes. An obsolete companion android named Klara (Jenna Ortega) tries to bond with Josie (Mia Tharia), a sick girl for
Created by Mike Flanagan and based on the novel by Stephen King, Carrie is a reimagining of the story of misfit high schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell), who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden death, Carrie finds herself contending with the challenges of attending
“It’s about the missing priest.” “He’s not missing, the guard said, looking puzzled. “He’s over there by the paddock. He turned to salt.” (Note for posterity: I didn’t have a big family vacation scheduled to preserve my streak of always having a new Natasha Pulley book to read for such events, but my sister was
Created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, Lanterns follows experienced Green Lantern Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) as they investigate a murder in Rushville, Nebraska, which Hal believes is an extraterrestrial incident, leading them to darker mysteries and reckonings. Among the vast library of superhero characters and
Created by Zoe Kazan and based on the novel of the same name by John Steinbeck, East of Eden is set in the farmlands of California’s Salinas Valley in the early 20th century and follows the multigenerational saga of the Trask family. John Steinbeck is responsible for writing many incredible novels and East of Eden
Directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, Forgotten Island takes place In the Philippines during the 1990s, where two childhood friends, Jo (H.E.R.) and Raissa (Liza Soberano), promise to remain close forever. After graduating high school years later, Raissa prepares to move to the United States for college at the urging of her parents. Fearing
Directed by Lance Oppenheim, Primetime is set in 2006 and follows Dateline NBC series host Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson) as he evolves from a conventional news reporter into the aggressive, famous face of the cultural TV phenomenon, To Catch a Predator. Now, I was growing up around the time To Catch a Predator was airing but I never
Robert Jackson Bennett returns with another installment in his award-winning series featuring the detective Ana Dolabra and her long-suffering assistant Dinios Kol. The third book in the series involves one of the weirder murder tropes: the murderer who was caught red-handed and seemingly has no explanation for why he committed the murder in the first