Dissecting Two Very Different Films With ‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Physical Media 4Eva After tackling a contemporary sequel last week with Insidious: Chapter Two, Trace and I figured we should do it again. This week we’re dissecting the sequel to queer director Adam Robitel‘s immensely popular Escape Room, which was released in 2021 as Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. In the film, survivors Zoey (Taylor Russell) and […]

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‘Hope’ – ‘Bones and All’ Star Taylor Russell Joins New Movie from ‘The Wailing’ Director

Korean director Na Hong-Jin (The Wailing) will make his much anticipated return with Hope, and Deadline reports that Taylor Russell (Bones and All) has joined the thriller’s cast. Russell joins the previously announced Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. Hoyeon (“Squid Game”) will also star. Deadline details the Plus M Entertainment project, “The largely Korean-language film will follow the residents of Hopo Port, […]

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‘Bones and All’ Featurette Introduces Taylor Russell’s Maren

A brand new featurette for cannibal love story Bones and All wants you to meet Maren (Taylor Russell), the eighteen-year-old at the center of this horror romance. Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino and writer David Kajganich reteam for the new genre film, an adaptation of Camille DeAngelis‘s novel. This time they take on an achingly tender and thoughtful coming-of-age romance between a […]

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The Standout Set Pieces in the ‘Saw’-lite ‘Escape Room’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Justice for Woll. After visiting the lovely, bitchy ladies of Sorority Row and enjoying the French countryside in Julia Ducournau’s cannibalistic debut film Raw, we’re celebrating the release of Escape Room: Tournament of Champions with a release of our exclusive Patreon episode of the original Escape Room! In the film, six adventurous strangers (Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, […]

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[Review] ‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Struggles to Break Its Game Rules

The ending of Escape Room teased another doomed plane ride for heroine Zoey Davis (Taylor Russell) and fellow survivor Ben Miller (Logan Miller). The implication being that they’re once again one step behind in their quest to stop the evil Minos Corporation. Its sequel, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, quickly bypasses that ending and finds […]

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‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Clip: Lasers Trap Players in a Bank-Themed Room [Video]

As John previously noted, Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room has nicely positioned itself as a sort of Saw-lite franchise, delivering PG-13 thrills with deadly traps in cleverly designed rooms. Robitel is back for this year’s Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, which Sony is releasing in theaters July 16. “In the next installment, six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series […]

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