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Review: Novocaine

March 18, 2025

The recently released Novocaine is anything but painful. It delivers tons of laughs along with over-the-top, creative violence led by a fantastic Jack Quaid. Quaid plays Nathan Caine, a mild-mannered assistant bank manager who was born with congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis or CIPA, which makes him unable to feel any physical pain. After finally […]

Battle at the Box Office 3/17/25

March 17, 2025

Novocaine took the top spot at the box office this past weekend, but it ruled over an extremely slow weekend in theaters. Novocaine opened to $8.8 million domestically and $10.5 million worldwide.  That’s slightly below Jack Quaid’s other recent release, Companion, which made $9.7 million in its opening weekend.  The movie got a B CinemaScore, which isn’t […]

Review: Companion

February 4, 2025

Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid endure a brutal break-up in the hilarious, violent, and clever Companion. Sophie Thatcher plays Iris, while Jack Quaid is Josh. The couple head to the remote but opulent lake house of a wealthy acquaintance along with some other friends, but things go violently awry. After the mysterious first teaser trailer, […]

The Barbarian Team Tells a Twisted Love Story in Companion (Trailer)

October 2, 2024

Zach Cregger, who wrote and directed 2022’s horror breakout Barbarian, is producing a new twisted “love story” with Companion.  Written and directed by Drew Hancock, there’s not much to glean from the trailer regarding the plot except that Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher are in some sort of horrific relationship.  Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey […]