The name Ethan Hunt and the words “final mission” don’t feel like they should go together. While the eighth film in the franchise bears the title “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” there might be hope that Tom Cruise has another 29 years to give, committing perilous and elaborate stunts to save the world. One main sticking point that continues to wow audiences is how far Hunt goes to ensure atrocities don’t happen.

2023’s “Dead Reckoning: Part One” set the…

For 25 years, the “Final Destination” franchise has found ways to make you second-guess many parts of our lives we take for granted. Perhaps you second-guess how tight the bolts are on a rollercoaster or if that tanning bed is secure. Not that we need any more reason to be scared of flying, but specific moments in the first and fifth films have made viewers all a little more aware of the safety demonstrations. And the logging trucks – oh,…

Parents would move heaven and earth to help their children reach their highest potential. With that line of thinking, there’s an extra layer when it comes to immigrant families. Stories are often of a mother and a father making the ultimate sacrifice to come to America for their children to live in a land of opportunity (although that may not be entirely applicable in the classic sense these days). Felipe Vargas’s directorial debut, “Rosario,” combines various horror influences, drawing from…

Sometimes, the scariest thing isn’t the possibility of a zombie outbreak, a werewolf, or a vampire —it’s being confronted by the flaws in everything you believe, and realizing you may be a pawn in a game you never consented to play. Writer/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods take a big detour from their work on A Quiet Place and 65 with their latest film, Heretic, a far from prototypical horror movie.

At least for the bulk of Heretic’s runtime, the…