Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...
There's this funny fad in Hollywood of turning iconic villains into sympathetic — or even heroic — figures. "Wicked" turned the evil Wicked Witch of the West of "The Wizard of Oz" into a misunderstood ...
Growing up, my older brother and I had a "stop, drop and shout" rule. The idea was pretty simple: If we were channel surfing and came upon one of a handful of movies, regardless of whether it was just ...
Director Dan Trachtenberg is now officially three for three with the Predator franchise. His amazing 2022 film Prey was a fresh take on the basic Predator tropes, only with a different time period and ...
The Walt Disney Company may be all about its squeaky-clean, family-friendly image, but you can’t just appeal to kids and their parents if you want to keep your stock numbers high. You need to expand ...
I can’t speak for all professional film critics, but personally, I live by a set of rules. You never make up your mind about a movie before you see it. You never walk out of a movie, no matter how bad ...
Director Dan Trachtenberg takes his third crack at Yautja lore with Predator: Badlands, and this time the protagonist is the galaxy’s most notorious trophy hunter himself. It’s a pretty wild shift in ...
Sacrifice and grief. Symbiosis versus exploitation. Nature versus nurture; the environment against the machines. Of course, we’re talking about the tensions in “Predator: Badlands.” Director Dan ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Predator: Badlands” is the first film in the franchise where much of the dialogue is in the alien hunters’ ...
Here's how to binge all the Predator (and occasional Alien) flicks in order.
Dan Trachtenberg has single-handedly resurrected the Predator franchise over the last few years, with Predator: Badlands representing his third straight critically successful movie in the franchise.