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In honor of the release of his brand-new film Caught Stealing , which I think is one of the most flat-out entertaining movies he has ever made and without question one of the best films of 2025, I thought it was time to rank all of Darren Aronofsky ’s films in order of my personal preference. Darren Aronofsky is one of my favorite filmmakers and, in my opinion, one of the most important directors of his generation. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 12, 1969, to C

Father’s Day is right around the corner, and while most people are picking out cards, firing up the grill, and celebrating the wholesome, dependable, hard-working dads of the world… I’ve decided to take a slightly different approach. In true Nick D fashion, I’m here to pay tribute not to the best movie dads—but to the worst. Yes, the terrible. The twisted. The criminally incompetent. The dangerous. The dads who never should’ve had kids in the first place, and somehow managed

Pro wrestling—is it real or fake? Well, the answer is both. It's real and  fake, just like any other form of entertainment. The storylines? Fictional. The outcomes of the matches? Predetermined. The athleticism, the punishment these men and women put their bodies through, the sacrifices they make in and out of the ring? Very, very real. I've been a die-hard pro wrestling fan since I was a little kid sitting in front of the TV on Sunday mornings watching The Bruiser  and The C

I have Christmas tree needles all over my Film Critic pants, so it's time to shake them off (thanks, Taylor Swift) for a BIG week of film releases Six new movies are being released, so here are this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, December 6, 2024. 1) NIGHTBITCH A mess. An absolute mess. Amy Adams  stars in this crowded and annoying black comedy as a former artist but now a stay-at-home mom who begins to regret having a child while enduring the sacrifices and

A new horror film (and one of the year's best movies) called Heretic  recently opened. It features Hugh Grant  in one of the year's best performances in a role that is a massive departure from the types he is known for playing. He is best known as the romantic lead in proper English films like "Maurice,"   "Remains of the Day,"  and "Sense and Sensibility."  He is also beloved as the charming, stammering British guy with fabulous hair and winking smile in such rom-com dreck a