TRASHWIRE Movie Reviews

Big Screen ‘Backrooms’ An Unsettling But Uneven Debut for Kane Parsons

May 29, 2026

Kane Parsons becomes the latest (and youngest) in the YouTuber-to-horror-filmmaker pipeline with the A24 adaptation of his Backrooms liminal space series.

Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ a Humorous and Harrowing Horror Story

May 25, 2026

YouTuber-turned-filmmaker Curry Barker’s Obsession is like Get Out for “nice guys”, blending funny, disturbing, and highly entertaining horror with surprisingly impactful themes.

Mando and Baby Yoda Make the Leap to the Big Screen with ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’

May 22, 2026

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu brings our small-screen duo to cinemas with a standalone adventure that thankfully avoids empty fan service, but doesn’t quite hit the highs of the Skywalker saga.

‘Exit 8’ Video Game Becomes Psychological Horror in New Japanese Film

‘Exit 8’ adds depth to a popular Japanese liminal space video game, creating an effective, surprisingly tense psychological horror film.

‘The Drama’ Could Become the Most Discussed Film of the Year

Robert Pattinson and Zendaya star in The Drama, Kristoffer Borgli’s jet-black comedy about a happily engaged couple whose love is put to the test after a shocking revelation during a party game.

‘Project Hail Mary’ Brings Much-Needed Hope to Cinema Screens

‘Project Hail Mary’ couples Ryan Gosling’s charm with a sci-fi sense of wonder for a story about the value of connection, cooperation, and compassion.

5 reasons 2009 can suck it

Today’s the last day of 2009 and I, for one, can’t wait until it’s over. Aside from the bad economy, 2009 also brought us such unwelcome gifts as Balloon Boy, H1N1, Kanye’s VMA outburst, and celebrity deaths by the truckload. While some people are writing lists about their favorite moments of the year, I’ve compiled…

Avatar raises the bar for visual effects

James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ marks an achievement in computer generated effects that will raise the bar for years to come.

Merry F&*#ing Christmas

Here’s Mr. Garrison singing a special Christmas song from one of my favorite episodes of South Park ever, Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics. Watch the entire episode at South Park Studios http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103599 More clips after the jump….

Good advice from James Cameron

James Cameron gives a TMZ photog some tips on how to become a filmmaker

It’s a Very Sunny Christmas

If one of your favorite holiday traditions involves throwing rocks at trains then It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas might be just the Christmas special for you. The special, exclusively on DVD and Blu-ray, brings the same TV-MA humor that Sunny fans love to the holiday season as Mac, Charlie, Dennis, Sweet…