Director Dan Trachtenberg is now officially three for three with the Predator franchise. His amazing 2022 film Prey was a fresh take on the basic Predator tropes, only with a different time period and ...

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Whatever happened to subtext? With regard to the Predator franchise, it seems weird to bring this up so late in the day, after six movies and two Alien tie-ins. But the question that bubbles up right ...

There's this funny fad in Hollywood of turning iconic villains into sympathetic — or even heroic — figures. "Wicked" turned the evil Wicked Witch of the West of "The Wizard of Oz" into a misunderstood ...

Most Predator movies share two similar, universal truths: the Predator is the bad guy, and the Predator always loses. Those were rules director Dan Trachtenberg even embraced with his 2022 film, Prey.

I can’t speak for all professional film critics, but personally, I live by a set of rules. You never make up your mind about a movie before you see it. You never walk out of a movie, no matter how bad ...

‘Predator: Badlands’ contains several references to the ‘Alien’ franchise, but how deep does the connection go, and what does it mean for future sewu Alien and Predator aren’t nearly as intertwined as ...

Predator: Badlands revolves around Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), a young Yautja learning the brutal ways of his people in Yautja Prime, his species’ home world. As the runt of the litter, Dek ...

Dan Trachtenberg has single-handedly resurrected the Predator franchise over the last few years, with Predator: Badlands representing his third straight critically successful movie in the franchise.

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A PG-13 Predator movie shouldn’t work, but Dan Trachnentberg’s Predator: Badlands is no less bloody and brilliant because of the milder rating. Director Dan Trachtenberg is now officially three for ...