Shaurya Thapa

หลังจากสร้างฝันร้ายให้คนที่เคยใช้ Airbnb ในผลงานเปิดตัวหนังสยองขวัญอย่าง Barbarian ผู้กำกับ แซ็ค เครกเกอร์ ได้หวนสู่วงการหนังสยองขวัญอีกครั้งกับ Weapons (2025) ที่คราวนี้อดีตนักแสดงสายคอเมดี้ได้หันมาเล่าเรื่องราวของชานเมืองที่เงียบสงบแต่ดันเกิดเหตุการณ์สะเทือนขวัญ ด้วยคดีการหายตัวไปของเด็กนักเรียนประถมถึง 17 คน ที่จู่ๆ ก็ตื่นขึ้นมากลางดึก วิ่งหายออกไปจากบ้าน แล้วไม่เคยกลับมาอีกเลย เรื่องราวถูกเล่าผ่านมุมมองของหลายตัวละคร ยิ่งทำให้ปมซับซ้อนขึ้นไปอีก โดยเฉพาะเมื่อเด็กๆ ทั้งหมดอยู่ในห้องเรียนเดียวกัน คนในชุมชนจึงเริ่มเพ่งเล็งมาที่ครูประจำชั้น จัสทีน แกนดี้ (จูเลีย การ์เนอร์) แต่บรรยากาศความกดดันเริ่มค่อยๆ พัฒนาไปสู่ความสยองขวัญที่ลึกลับขึ้นเรื่อยๆ พร้อมอารมณ์ดาร์กคอมเมดี้ และความโหดแบบสุดแสนจะครีเอทีฟในองก์สุดท้ายเรียกได้ว่า บ้าระห่ำแบบสุดๆ ดังนั้น ถ้า Weapons คือหนังที่ทำให้คุณนั่งเกร็งนิ้วเท้าแล้วต้องหรี่ตาเวลาเจอฉากกดดันแล้วล่ะก็ ลิสต์หนังคลาสสิกสายคัลต์และหนังสยองแนวใหม่เหล่านี้ จะทำให้คุณหยุดดูไม่ได้แน่นอน

Second only to Shakespeare, Stephen King is the most adapted author of all time. With 60 movies and counting, King’s novels and short stories have terrified audiences for decades since Brian De Palma adapted his debut novel Carrie in 1976. But while King’s canon yielded memorable cinematic and TV horrors like It, Cujo, and Salem’s Lot, the Maine native also delved into profound human connections as seen in real-world dramas like Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption. This year alone marks the release of three highly-anticipated King adaptations: Longlegs director Osgood Perkins’s horror comedy The Monkey, the Tom Hiddleston-led sci-fi drama The Life of Chuck, and Edgar Wright’s upcoming The Running Man remake starring Glen Powell. From misty monsters to haunted hotel rooms, we glimpse through the best of Stephen King adaptations. And while it might draw the scorn of ‘the King of Horror’, this list also includes some cinematic classics that he notoriously hated himself.   😱 The best horror movies of 2025 (so far). 👹 The 100 horror films ever made.

As he told David Letterman in 2019, Shah Rukh Khan boasts 3.5 billion fans across his home land, the wider Indian diaspora and even Greece, Switzerland, and Egypt. Such is the extraordinary levels of fame attained by India’s most famous actor. But who sits alongside Khan at the top of that very big, very lush tree? There are a whole host to choose from.  Even beyond the Hindi film industry, India boasts stars with a cult fanbase ranging from Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan in Tamil movies to Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna in the Telugu film industry or even Mammootty and Mohanlal in the Malayalam language. While Bollywood is technically the term for Hindi productions, we are looking across all state borders and counting down the biggest actors in the country including the veterans mentioned above along with a new crop of rising stars. Recommended: 🇮🇳 The 100 best Bollywood movies of all-time🇬🇧 50 great British actors🌍 The 50 best foreign films of all-time

Much like many a film industry, Bollywood has had its fair share of male-led blockbusters where the actors take top billing for fighting global threats or playing jilted lovers while the heroines take the emotional toll. But from black-and-white classics to today’s age of pan-Indian film franchises, Bollywood’s leading ladies have delivered emotionally impactful performances time and again. From Madhubala’s portrayal of the tragic dancer Anarkali in the Technicolor epic Mughal-e-Azam to Alia Bhatt juggling between action hits and rom-coms, it’s high time we give the actresses of B-town their much-deserved flowers. In recent times, several Bollywood actresses have gone on to make their mark overseas as well. There’s Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who went from delivering Bollywood hits to taking on Hollywood outings like Baywatch and the Prime Video spy thriller series The Citadel. While Chopra Jonas has cemented her footing as an American celebrity as well, other Indian actresses delivering in international projects include Deepika Padukone (XXX: Return of Xander Cage) and Tabu (The Namesake, Dune: Prophecy). We’ve had quite the task in picking 12 actresses who have pan-Indian roots and have thrilled viewers on the big and small screens and have gone from the black and white era to the latest favorites.

In movies, the best things come in threes. Well, sometimes. Actually, it’s pretty rare for a film franchise to not run out of steam and/or ideas by its third instalment. But rarity is precisely what makes the best movie trilogies so memorable. Extending a story over three chapters is not an easy thing to do, so it’s no wonder that those which pull it off often include some of the greatest individual films of all-time. Of course, there are many trilogies that have crashed and burned while trying to stick the landing. That’s why, when considering this list, we’ve left off those series whose final chapters have hit the ground with a hard enough thud to leave a crater – think Alien, The Terminator and X-Men. On the other hand, there are trilogies whose first two entries are so impactful and influential (The Godfather, The Dark Knight) that we’ve forgiven the shortcomings of the lesser bookends. Even with the occasional bumps in the road, we consider these epic sagas the most worthy of an all-day binge. RECOMMENDED:  📽️ The 100 greatest movies of all time📺 The greatest TV and streaming series ever made

It costs a lot to be entertained these days. Just a few years ago ‘cord-cutting’ seemed like a life hack that’d save TV watchers a tonne of cash. Once the streaming revolution truly kicked in, though, the subscriptions piled up, and with recent price increases and crackdowns on password sharing – not to mention sheer overload of choice – it’s making some of us gaze at our old cable bills with wistful longing.   But what if we told you there was an easily accessible website out there with a trove of legitimately awesome movies available to stream 24/7, and entirely for free? It’s called YouTube. Yes, the site known primarily for instructional videos about how to install a new sink and use an air fryer is hiding an impressive library of classic cinema of the sort many other streamers don’t bother with – from silent era milestones to essential deep cuts. If you don’t mind sitting through a bunch of commercials, YouTube has a full channel of ad-supported modern films as well. But for true movie buffs looking to fill some knowledge gaps, check out the 35 flicks below – with links included. Recommended: 🎬 100 best movies of all time💣 The greatest thrillers ever made🤘 The best cult classic movies of all-time🌍 The 50 best foreign films of all-time

Every summer brings us a new superhero movie, muscular and flexing for your wallet. This time around it’s ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, a sure-to-be-snarky, sweary and irreverent middle ground between mainstream MCU fare and the satirical edge of ‘The Boys’. But before you flinch, drop that attitude: several of these blockbusters have been excellent action movies, redeeming Hollywood's most profitable genre as opportunities for sophistication, sarcasm and panache. We love the best superhero movies because they help us to dream big. Here are the 20 best examples – tie on your cape and dive in.

What if Bonnie and Clyde met Frankenstein’s Monster and his Bride? That violent, passionate run-in would perhaps lead to Maggie Gyllenhaal’s next film, starring Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley. Much like Victor Frankenstein’s lab room tinkering, Professor Maggie injects doses of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic and James Whale’s campily brilliant sequel Bride of Frankenstein in an original treatment that brims with dark romance, cop-car chases, existential dread, saturated colours, desaturated makeup, and even some song-and-dance numbers.   With Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating adaptation of Frankenstein hitting Netflix in November, The Bride! continues the party of the scientifically resurrected until next year. Photograph: Warner Bros. What is The Bride! about? While the original Bride of Frankenstein served as a direct sequel to 1931’s Frankenstein, The Bride! starts off as a standalone story with hardly any involvement from Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein, of course, is the scientist’s, not the monster’s name). Trading 18th century Britain for 1930s-era Chicago, The Bride! starts off with an unnamed woman’s demise as she rolls down a staircase in a pool of blood. Then enters her unconventional saviour, a scarred monster who wears stitched skin for a face. The Monster brings her back to life with sparkling wires, vials of blood, all the bells and whistles.   Our disfigured lovebirds go on to run away from the authorities and drunken pub-crawlers, testing their love a

He’s directed two Bond movies, toyed with one-take World War action, and continued to dabble in his first love: theatre. But Sam Mendes has taken on a new challenge now, making not one but four biopics on The Beatles. Looks like it’s going to be more than a few hard days’ nights for the Oscar winner. Putting the spotlight on each of the four bandmates, Mendes officially confirmed the casting for The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. And he was joined with the trendiest men in the British and Irish film industry right now. Spoiler: none of them are Liverpool boys. When were The Beatles biopics announced? News of Mendes’s musical tetralogy first broke out in February 2024 when it was announced that the British director would helm four separate films, each focusing on a member of the Beatles. Casting rumours followed shortly, but it was only on Day 1 of CinemaCon that Mendes officially brought out his Lonely Hearts Club Band. Photograph: Shutterstock/Elena Alex Ferns Who plays the Fab Four? To give adequate runtime to each Beatle, all four actors will front their own biopic. Paul Mescal is expected to bring his doe-eyed charm to Paul McCartney, while Harris Dickinson is roped in as John Lennon. Mescal’s Gladiator II co-star Joseph Quinn will make George Harrison’s guitar gently weep, with Barry Keoghan on the drums as Ringo Starr. While the quartet has made critically acclaimed turns in the past few years, The Beatles will be their most ambitious

Good news for fans of the ‘strangers surviving a crashed flight’ genre as they can take a break from their umpteenth rewatch of Lost or Yellowjackets. After premiering in the US earlier this March, MGM’s new thriller Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue is finally available to stream for UK audiences. With an ensemble cast led by Will and Grace’s Eric McCormack and mystery novelist Anthony Horowitz as show runner, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue lives up to its wordy Agatha Christie-esque title with a mystery set in the lush and grueling Mexico jungles. Photograph: Cristina Ríos Bordón/Eleventh Hour Films/Sony Pictures TelevisionJan Le as Amy, Adam Long as Dan, Siobhan McSweeney as Lisa, David Ajala as Zack, Eric McCormack as Kevin Anderson, Peter Gadiot as Carlos, Lydia Wilson as Sonja, Olafur Darri Olafsson as Travis What’s Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue about? The series starts off in a fancy private flight harbouring nine strangers who are left marooned when their plane crashes into the Mexican jungle. While fighting nature is essential, a human threat is also at large: suspicions ramp up when the nine start dying one by one. Survivor-style hi-jinks and psychological warfare follows. Photograph: Cristina Ríos Bordón/Eleventh Hour Films/Sony Pictures TelevisionJan Le as Amy, Lydia Wilson as Sonja and Adam Long as Dan Where was Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue filmed? Rather than Central America, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue was actually filmed in Spain – more specificall

Nestled in the dense forests of Tall Pines, Vermont, lies a seemingly normal institute for troubled teens, albeit one where secrets are buried, children are pitted against one another in psychological games, and the seeds are sown for what seems like Netflix’s reprise of Twin Peaks and True Detective. Created by and starring Canadian comedian Mae Martin, the new Netflix original Wayward is a gripping mystery set in the early 2000s that follows two girls trying to break out of the militaristic, brainwashing Tall Pines Academy. Photograph: Courtesy of NetflixToni Collette as Evelyn Wade and Joshua Close as Duck Martin shows their range as a cop posted to the town of Tall Pines, while Toni Collette brings her Hereditary A-game as the spine-chilling, bespectacled director of the boarding school. Equally integral to the series is the sleepy town itself, a pine tree-lined locale populated by tight-lipped adults and silenced teens. If you were wondering how the miniseries set the stage for a dark and gritty cop thriller-cum-teen drama, here’s your guide to the locations of Wayward. Photograph: Courtesy of NetflixGage Monroe as Riley How Wayward created the world of Tall Pines Even though Wayward mostly takes place in Tall Pines and its ominously creepy academy, the Netflix series was filmed in creator Mae Martin’s native country, Canada, mainly in the province of Ontario. In fact, Tall Pines is a fictional location in the script that serves as a stand-in for a sleepy town in Ver

Like many a New York City crime thriller, Netflix’s Black Rabbit thrives in the shadow of the mighty Brooklyn Bridge. But in exploring the nitty gritty of the city’s nightlife, the series’ titular haunt taps into the city’s history that predates even the foundation of the bridge.  While the Black Rabbit is very much a fictional restaurant in this new Netflix original starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman, the building that doubles as The Rabbit is very much real, a living archive of a past carved by pirates, bartenders, hurricanes, and even a lady who was probably the world’s first female bouncer.  Read on to discover the New York spots where it all came together.  Photograph: Netflix What is Black Rabbit about? Black Rabbit centres on estranged brothers Jake (Jude Law) and Vince Friedkin (Jason Bateman). While Jake makes a seemingly honest living running the Black Rabbit joint, his street-smart swindler of a brother wreaks havoc when he returns with some debtors and criminals hot on his trails. With Jake looking to expand to a new location beyond the Rabbit, binge-worthy chaos follows.  As the title implies, the three-storey restaurant is crucial to the storyline. Show runner Zach Baylin (King Richard) notes that it has ‘rock n’ roll DNA’. Baylin adds that he always thought of the restaurant as having Michelin-star prestige but without uptown pretentiousness.  The first two floors form the outer layer, a feel-good eatery with a cocktail bar. But the third floor is where the

I Fought the Law, Sheridan Smith’s new ITV drama, lives up to its hard-hitting, no-nonsense title as it charts the real-life struggle of a woman who took on the law of the land – from judges and barristers, right the way to the Home Secretary – and won.  Is I Fought the Law based on a true story?  The four-part drama follows the trials and tribulations of Ann Ming, a former nurse and fearless mother who embarked on a 15-year legal battle since 1989 to bring her daughter’s murderer to justice. Ming is pitted against the centuries-old ‘double jeopardy’ law that prevents an accused person from being tried twice for the same crime. While the killer of Ming’s daughter finally admitted to his guilt and received his due sentence, the double jeopardy law is still operational after more than 800 years. Photograph: Hera PicturesSheridan Smith as Ann Ming and Daniel York Loh as Charlie Ming Where is Ann Ming right now? Ming is now 80 and has stopped campaigning against the law due to her age. Giving I Fought the Law her blessing and serving as a consultant on the series, Ming says: ‘I’m living a full life sentence, it’s the same for anyone whose loved one has been murdered, you’re forever haunted by what happened. The one thing I love is doing my line dancing, and I still go.’ The family’s fight against this aspect of the parole system continues. Her late daughter Julie’s son Kevin, 39, is still helping the families of other victims. Where was I Fought the Law filmed? To honour I Foug

Forget the resurgence of the studio rom-com. Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch herald the comeback of the studio ‘anti-rom-com’ with the wickedly funny The Roses. The ever-reliable British actors star in Jay Roach’s tragicomedy as a married couple on the brink of divorce in The Roses. While the film draws direct inspiration from Warren Adler’s novel The War of the Roses and Danny DeVito’s 1989 film adaptation of the same name, The Roses updates its source material with debates on gender norms, violent slapstick antics with modern gadgets, and a cast that’s stacked with the who’s who of TV comedy, including the likes of Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, and Ncuti Gatwa. What’s also different is a change in setting. The original film settled for an upscale mansion in Washington DC as the marital battleground, while The Roses is set in a swank state-of-the-art house on the north coast of California. Architecture, in fact, plays a major part in the story as Cumberbatch’s Theo Rose is a passionate architect who obsesses over tiny details like Irish moss being better than the one in the States. But in reality, the cast and crew remained in the UK with a seaside getaway in southern England doubling for California. Here’s where they filmed it all. Where were the California scenes filmed in The Roses? The Roses briefly opens in the heart of London, complete with the mandatory shots of red double deckers and Big Ben. But after our mismatched lovebirds have their meet-cute in London, a

From the cult hit BoJack Horseman to more underrated picks like Undone and Tuca & Bertie, Raphael Bob-Waksberg has had an impressive streak when it comes to creation adult animated comedies. With a new Netflix original that just dropped on the streamer last week, Bob-Waksberg has shed his surreal humour and anthropomorphic animals for something more intimate. And yet, with immense critical acclaim and positive audience reactions, it’s clear that his latest animated offering has struck a universal chord. Netflix| Long Story Short (L to R) Paul Reiser as Elliot Cooper, Angelique Cabral as Jen, Ben Feldman as Avi Schwooper and Abbi Jacobson as Shira Schwooper in Long Story Short. Long Story Short is Bob-Waksberg’s latest creation, charting the everyday problems of a middle-class Jewish family in a non-linear storyline. From growing pains in adolescence to mid-life crises in adulthood, the series takes an unflinching look at life as an ever-evolving journey. But despite being grounded in a relatable reality, Long Story Short also carries its showrunner’s penchant for satirical observations on human society. Nothing is spared from the eyes of the ‘Schwooper’ family (an amalgamation of Schwartz and Cooper), be it religious orthodoxy or marital problems. Netflix| Long Story Short (L to R) Abbi Jacobson as Shira Schwooper, Lisa Edelstein as Naomi Schwartz, Paul Reiser as Elliot Cooper and Max Greenfield as Yoshi Schwooper in Long Story Short. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2025 Bob-Wa

There’s no dearth of streaming titles that delve deep into the high-risk business of drug smuggling. At first glance, Atomic feels the same, with Game of Thrones alum Alfie Allen playing Max, a street-smart errand boy delivering some dodgy shipments for a drug cartel. But when he makes an unlikely alliance with a stranger named JJ (Shazad Latif), the duo realises their shipment might not be your average bag of narcotics but something more nuclear in scope. This results in a cat-and-mouse game between the cartel and the authorities, as our heroes are pursued across the Saharan desert and North African settlements. The cast and crew of Atomic braved arid landscapes and sweltering temperatures to bring this story to life. These are the locations where they filmed it all.   Photograph: Sky UK Limited © Atomic was entirely filmed in this African nation As the cartel and law enforcement tail Max and JJ on dusty, long, and winding roads, the fast-paced storyline makes several pit stops across Morocco, Libya, Lebanon, and Guinea-Bissau. In actuality, the series set up base only in Morocco, relying on usual tourist hubs like Casablanca and Marrakesh, along with more remote rural communities like Tameslouht and Sidi Badhaj. Scouting for locations began almost a year before filming. As the show’s locations supervisor, Calvin Hayward recalls, ‘Trying to find all the different countries and matching landscapes – finding Libya, Syria, and Guinea-Bissau all in Morocco – was a great challe

Netflix is trying out a new trick to personalise your watchlist. This time, the streaming giant is turning into your personal astrologer. The Zodiac Watchlist feature launched globally for subscribers last Saturday (August 23), coinciding with the Virgo season kicking off a day before. So, if you’re a fiery Leo with main character energy, Netflix feels that Emily in Paris or The Crown might be right up your alley. Mysterious Scorpios are assigned Wednesday and House MD, while hustling Virgos get Oppenheimer and Money Heist. Netflix Who is making these watchlists? No algorithms at work here, as the streamer announced in a statement that these themed collections are created by ‘curators on the member experience team’. Does this mean Netflix knows my birthday? Not really. The Zodiac Watchlist feature offers curated picks for every star sign and doesn’t necessarily target the subscriber’s particular zodiac. So, you don’t need to give Netflix your birthday or star signs. Netflix What’s extra? Apart from watchlists for the twelve signs, there are even some recommendations for ‘when Mercury is in retrograde’, ranging from cerebral fever dreams like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Maniac to futuristic sci-fi hits like The Matrix and Black Mirror. There’s another section titled ‘Find Meaning in the Stars’ that mostly offers feel-good documentaries or health-focused Netflix originals. Is astrology making a comeback? With its Zodiac Watchlists, it’s clear that Netflix is trying

Noah Baumbach’s new Netflix dramedy Jay Kelly is set to premiere in the UK as part of the Cunard Gala at the 69th BFI London Film Festival this year. Screening at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on October 10, the film stars George Clooney as an aging actor and Adam Sandler as his devoted manager as they embark on a chaotic but profound journey across Europe. Baumbach (Marriage Story, The Squid and the Whale), in his trademark introspective, dialogue-driven style, makes his characters confront their past choices, relationships, and the legacies they’ll leave behind. ‘Noah returns with his signature blend of emotional honesty and comedy in a film that cleverly explores fame, friendship, and our eternal love affair with the silver screen,’ Festival director Kristy Matheson noted. The four-time Oscar nominee is on directing duties here while co-writing the screenplay with actress Emily Mortimer (Paddington in Peru, Mary Poppins Returns), who also stars in the film. Baumbach’s most recent credits include writing the screenplay for Barbie, which was directed by his wife, Greta Gerwig. Jay Kelly also stars Baumbach’s Marriage Story collaborator Laura Dern, Billy Crudup (Almost Famous, The Morning Show), and Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six, The Lodge). Calling the LFF selection ‘a homecoming even for this New Yorker,’ Baumbach added, ‘We filmed, as well as edited, mixed, and recorded our score, here in London.’ The director and members of the cast are expected to att

After patenting Brat Summer and touring as a ‘3-6-5 party girl’, Charli XCX is testing new waters, this time as an actress. And she is busier than expected, with eight confirmed projects, two of which she’s also producing. For followers of her hyperpop auto-tune gospel, the Grammy winner’s cinematic side might not come as a surprise. Even Letterboxd-addicted cinephiles worship her on-brand, cheeky one-line reviews (her username is @itscharlibb in case you were wondering). Also contributing to film soundtracks like The Fault in Our Stars, Barbie, and Bottoms, the London raver even bid adieu to Brat Summer at this year's Coachella by giving shoutouts to some top-tier filmmakers, declaring this year the summer of Darren Aronofsky, David Cronenberg, Celine Song, Paul Thomas Anderson, and many others. Then there was the time when even The Great Gatsby’s Baz Luhrmann referenced ‘party4u’ to evoke Gatsby’s longing for his beloved Daisy. “Gatsby, he only threw these parties for you,” the ever-flashy Australian director captioned a throwback Instagram post with Charli approving, “That’s right!” So, it only made sense for the 32-year-old to turn to acting. With a title at this year’s Venice Film Festival, and projects with the who’s who of Hollywood, Charli’s all set to turn heads and raise eyebrows yet again. Here’s your guide to every upcoming Charli XCX film. Get your Letterboxd watchlists ready. 100 Nights of Hero   Photograph: Alexandru Roberto Rusu   Premiering on closing night