Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Jen Maravegias | News | May 9, 2025
It’s still weird to see Ethan Coen’s name by itself in a film’s credits. And while I don’t think he’s ever going to recapture the lightning in a bottle that was Fargo, Ethan’s Honey Don’t! looks like it’s going to be pretty good. Margaret Qualley AND Aubrey Plaza? In the same movie? In the same scene? Don’t screw this up, Coen.
Honey Don’t! also stars Charlie Day, and Chris Evans doing his best to erase any goodwill he had left over from playing Captain America. It opens in theaters on August 22nd.
We all (not you Petr, we know) loved 2020’s The Old Guard. It’s a shame we’ve had to wait five years for this sequel from Netflix. But it’s finally time for The Old Guard 2 and I am seated for Charlize and Uma facing off in a fight scene, with swords.
The cast of The Old Guard 2 also includes Matthias Schoenaerts (Red Sparrow), Veronica Ngô, KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk), Marwan Kenzari (Aladdin), Luca Marinelli, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Henry Golding. It premieres on Netflix on July 2nd.
The Conjuring Cinematic Universe is finally coming to a close (?) with the release of director Michael Chaves’ The Conjuring: Last Rites this September. I’ve watched and enjoyed every movie in this franchise. But I could not tell you which one is which. And I often get them confused with the Insidious movies (aka the OTHER Patrick Wilson supernatural horror franchise.)
Vera Farmiga returns with Wilson as IRL paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren with Steve Coulter returning as Father Gordon and a new family being terrorized by possessed household objects.
There’s nothing creepier than creepy dolls!
The Conjuring: Last Rites opens in theaters on September 5th.
When it eventually comes to streaming I hope they’re finally able to get all of the movies on one platform, at least for a little while, for a proper binge. I’m tired of trying to track them all down across the vast expanse of the internet.
Shifting tone for this week’s lagniappe, the writer and director of The Queen’s Gambit, is bringing brooding, bearded Matthew Goode (A Discovery Of Witches) to Netflix in the upcoming series Dept. Q at the end of this month.
