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TIFF 50 Review: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Might be his Masterpiece

Sean Cordy - September 11, 2025

Pop Break is celebrating its 16 year anniversary by raising money for St. Jude! If you have a few dollars, please consider giving to help...

TIFF 50 Review: ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ is the Best ‘Knives Out’ Mystery Yet

Sean Cordy - September 7, 2025

Rian Johnson has always treated the Knives Out mysteries as more than parlour games. They’re cultural X-rays, slicing open the bodies of wealth and...

TIFF 50 Review: McConaughey’s ‘The Lost Bus’ is a New Contender for Best Movie of 2025

Sean Cordy - September 7, 2025

In the final scene of 2013’s Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks’ titular character is being examined by a nurse. It’s a harrowing scene, not just...

TIFF 50 Review: Alan Ritchson Brings it Near-Silent Film, ‘Motor City’

Sean Cordy - September 5, 2025

It’s 1977 in Detroit, and apparently, no one can talk. That’s the gimmick behind director Potsy Ponciroli’s film Motor City, which had its North American...

SXSW 2025: ‘The Surfer’ Terrorizes a Wonderful Nic Cage

Sean Cordy - March 13, 2025

The Surfer is one of the most unrelenting movie experiences of my life…in the best way possible, putting Nic Cage through the wringer, and...

SXSW 2025: Mimi Cave’s ‘Holland’ is a Disappointing Followup to 2022’s ‘Fresh’

Sean Cordy - March 11, 2025

Sometimes the ingredients just don't mix together. The sum of the parts just doesn't add up. Nicole Kidman + Matthew Macfadyen + a rising director...

SXSW 2025: Rudd, Ortega highlight A24’s ‘Death of a Unicorn’

Sean Cordy - March 11, 2025

At the end of my screening of Death of a Unicorn at SXSW, director Alex Scharfman said that he wrote role Paul Rudd’s role...

SXSW 2025 Review: ‘The Accountant 2’ is the Surprise Movie of the Year (So Far)

Sean Cordy - March 9, 2025

SXSW has a great history of bringing some of each year’s funniest comedies to the world -- some of my favorite movie-going experiences --...

SXSW 2025: ‘Together’ is a Fresh Body Horror Movie with Scares & Laughs

Sean Cordy - March 8, 2025

Every programmer who introduces a movie at SXSW tries to sell and hype up the audience for the film they’re about to see. And...

SXSW 2025 Review: ‘Another Simple Favor’ Improves the Original with More Twists

Sean Cordy - March 7, 2025

Introducing SXSW’s opening movie this year in Austin, the film & TV festival’s director said when they screened Another Simple Favor back in October,...

SXSW 2025’s Most Exciting Premieres: Two Paul Rudd Films, Nic Cage Surfs & More

Sean Cordy - March 4, 2025

https://youtu.be/nE6ix5Rdky8 This will be my fifth year covering SXSW for The Pop Break (and sixth overall). This year looks to be the biggest as I...