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The Strangers: Prey at Night is a Fun Homage to 70s & 80s Horror Films

Warning: Full Spoilers for 2008’s The Strangers The Strangers is one of the few modern-day horror classics, perfectly mixing tone, scares and acting. It...

Red Sparrow Shines With Lawrence’s Performance and Overall Plot Point, But Drags In Other Areas

Director Francis Lawrence and Jennifer Lawrence are no strangers to each other in the movie realm. Lawrence was behind the camera for the last...

Gringo: A Film That Desperately Wants You to Love It

Gringo is a film desperate to be loved. Directed by Nash Edgerton and written by Anthony Tambakis and Matthew Stone, it’s supposed to be...

Thoroughbreds: Rich Girls Gone Bad

Early in writer-director Cory Finley's new film Thoroughbreds, one character says to another that the worst thing a person can be other than incompetent,...

The Shape of The Oscars: Our Final 2018 Oscar Wrap Up

“I’m telling you right now.  I think there’s a real chance The Shape of Water could fall flat on its face come Oscar night.”...

Podcast: The 2018 Oscar Reactions

https://soundcloud.com/popbreakdotcombreakcast/the-2018-oscar-reactions-podcast The 2018 Academy Awards are in the books! After months of prognosticating and predicting, the Oscars have been handed out. There were no envelope...

Breaking Down the Foreign Language and Documentary Oscars

 Welcome back to The Pop Break's third annual Oscar predictions series. This installment of our breakdown is written by Associate Television editor Matt Taylor,...

Best Picture Race: One of the Closest Best Picture Races in Years

Welcome back to The Pop Break's third annual Oscar predictions series. Like the previous two years, the site's film editor, and Oscar guru Daniel...

Best Director Race: A Heavyweight Title Fight

Welcome back to The Pop Break's third annual Oscar predictions series. Like the previous two years, the site's film editor, and Oscar guru Daniel...

They Remain: A Rote Paranoid Thriller

Based on the novella "—30—" by Laird Barron, writer-director Philip Galett's They Remain feels like an episode of Black Mirror minus the techno-terror. It...

Game Night: A Surprisingly Smart, Tense Comedy

Game Night Plot Summary: Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) are two highly competitive game players. They host a weekly game night, but things...

Best Actor Race: Can Chalamet or Daniel Day Beat Gary Oldman?

Welcome back to The Pop Break's third annual Oscar predictions series. Like the previous two years, the site's film editor, and Oscar guru Daniel...