Escape Room movies as a subgenre of survival horror/thriller have made their mark in the last two decades, ever since the Saw franchise garnered a cult following, and have their roots in platform survival games popularized in the late 1980s. In general, the plot of such movies revolves around a group of people getting trapped in maze-like settings, willingly or not, and their efforts to get out of increasingly difficult entrapments with their lives on the line most of the time.
In some of the memorable entries of the genre, psychological complexities become synonymous with entrapments and brutalities, and escape is equated with a release from the comfort zone that hinders human potential. No Escape Room, the 2018 movie of the eponymous subgenre, starts off well, managing to build up the intrigue using a particular theme, but never quite takes off, and by the end, you’ll think the makers...
In some of the memorable entries of the genre, psychological complexities become synonymous with entrapments and brutalities, and escape is equated with a release from the comfort zone that hinders human potential. No Escape Room, the 2018 movie of the eponymous subgenre, starts off well, managing to build up the intrigue using a particular theme, but never quite takes off, and by the end, you’ll think the makers...
- 8/14/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
Netflix subscribers only have until the end of February to watch Harrison Ford’s U.S. president tell Gary Oldman’s terrorist to “get off my plane!”
Wolfgang Petersen’s Air Force One, which also stars Glenn Close, is set to depart the streaming service at the end of the month.
Also leaving on Feb. 28, is Scream 4, less than two weeks before Hayden Panettiere’s Kirby Reed returns to the horror franchise in Scream 6.
And March 1 will see Netflix lose acclaimed indies Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley and starring Lakeith Stanfield as a telemarketer; the Wall Street drama Margin Call; and Jennifer Aniston starrer Cake.
Earlier this month, Netflix will drop the 2015 action rom-com Mr. Right, starring Sam Rockwell as an assassin and Anna Kendrick as the woman who falls for him.
The streamer is also saying goodbye to stand-up specials from Zach Galifianakis and Bert Kreischer.
Wolfgang Petersen’s Air Force One, which also stars Glenn Close, is set to depart the streaming service at the end of the month.
Also leaving on Feb. 28, is Scream 4, less than two weeks before Hayden Panettiere’s Kirby Reed returns to the horror franchise in Scream 6.
And March 1 will see Netflix lose acclaimed indies Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley and starring Lakeith Stanfield as a telemarketer; the Wall Street drama Margin Call; and Jennifer Aniston starrer Cake.
Earlier this month, Netflix will drop the 2015 action rom-com Mr. Right, starring Sam Rockwell as an assassin and Anna Kendrick as the woman who falls for him.
The streamer is also saying goodbye to stand-up specials from Zach Galifianakis and Bert Kreischer.
- 2/13/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In February 2023, Netflix will remove a bunch of movie and TV series from its library,
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
In February 2023, Netflix will remove a bunch of movie and TV series from its library,
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
As Netflix makes room for rom-com galore this February, a slate of classic flicks and beloved favorites, from Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” to the Samuel L. Jackson-led “Coach Carter,” will be exiting the platform.
“Air Force One” and “Walking Tall” and join the slate of action movies exiting the streaming service this month. Even spookier, several thrillers, including “Scream 4,” “Shutter Island,” “The Forest,” “Term Life” and “Margin Call” are also leaving Netflix this month.
Other notable titles that won’t be available on the streaming platform after February include “Cake,” “Mr. Right,” seasons 2 and 3 of “H2O: Just Add Water,” seasons 1 and 2 of “Versailles,” “The Paper Tigers,” “No Escape Room,” “Dragonheart: Vengeance” and several editions of “One Piece.” Catch up while you can!
Here’s the full list of what’s leaving Netflix in February 2023 below, and check out what’s new on Netflix here.
Also...
“Air Force One” and “Walking Tall” and join the slate of action movies exiting the streaming service this month. Even spookier, several thrillers, including “Scream 4,” “Shutter Island,” “The Forest,” “Term Life” and “Margin Call” are also leaving Netflix this month.
Other notable titles that won’t be available on the streaming platform after February include “Cake,” “Mr. Right,” seasons 2 and 3 of “H2O: Just Add Water,” seasons 1 and 2 of “Versailles,” “The Paper Tigers,” “No Escape Room,” “Dragonheart: Vengeance” and several editions of “One Piece.” Catch up while you can!
Here’s the full list of what’s leaving Netflix in February 2023 below, and check out what’s new on Netflix here.
Also...
- 2/1/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
In February 2023, Netflix will remove a bunch of movie and TV series from its library,
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Find a full list of every movie and TV series being added to Netflix this month here.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon...
- 2/1/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
In February 2023, Netflix will remove a bunch of movie and TV series from its library,
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Guest House
Holmes & Watson
Hostel
The King’s Speech
Letters to Juliet
Love Happens...
Netflix UK and Netflix US takes down numerous titles each month without fanfare, meaning that many things on your watchlist could suddenly disappear.
These removals are due to licencing deals coming to an end. Often, the titles make their way back to Netflix in the following year, but sometimes they leave to go to other platforms.
This month sees a selection of Netflix Originals being taken down, also.
To minimise surprise, we have put together a comprehensive list of everything being removed in both Netflix UK and US.
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.
UK
Movies
1 February
Amélie
Biking Borders
Christmas Under Wraps
The Cider House Rules
Collateral (2004)
Equilibrium
Event Horizon
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Guest House
Holmes & Watson
Hostel
The King’s Speech
Letters to Juliet
Love Happens...
- 1/31/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
Miami — Particular Crowd, the big new film banner of Warner Media’s Turner Latin America, and MarVista Entertainment, one of the world’s biggest and ambitious of independent entertainment studios, have announced a multi-year production slate deal.
As part of the deal, Particular Crowd and MarVista will target production of 10-plus films per year, focusing on elevated movie content featuring unique and edgier stories and breakthrough talent, with the potential to crossover to the theatrical space, the partners announced in a written statement Thursday.
First up in the deal, and now in production, are psychological thriller “Sightless,” written and directed by Cooper Karl; modern-day Western “Two Deaths of Henry Baker,” directed by Felipe Mucci; “Tow, “ directed by Alex Merkin (“No Escape Room”); and “Hunter Hunter,” from Shawn Linden.
Turner and MarVista will jointly oversee development and production, and MarVista will oversee global distribution of these films outside Latin America.
Though...
As part of the deal, Particular Crowd and MarVista will target production of 10-plus films per year, focusing on elevated movie content featuring unique and edgier stories and breakthrough talent, with the potential to crossover to the theatrical space, the partners announced in a written statement Thursday.
First up in the deal, and now in production, are psychological thriller “Sightless,” written and directed by Cooper Karl; modern-day Western “Two Deaths of Henry Baker,” directed by Felipe Mucci; “Tow, “ directed by Alex Merkin (“No Escape Room”); and “Hunter Hunter,” from Shawn Linden.
Turner and MarVista will jointly oversee development and production, and MarVista will oversee global distribution of these films outside Latin America.
Though...
- 1/23/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Long before puzzle hounds and adrenaline junkies were spending their own money and time solving real-world escape rooms, the horror space was dramatizing it on the big screen. From the obvious — the “Cube” cult favorites, the still-spinning “Saw” franchise — to enduring classics like, well, just about any haunted house film worth its screams, movies about overcoming terror with logic have always been a staple of the genre. Now that people can experience the madness of escape rooms for themselves, it’s only fitting that the film industry has taken note and churned out its own thriller about said rooms — entitled simply “Escape Room.”
This isn’t the first horror movie of its type: Not to be confused with 2017’s “Escape Room,” which also centered on the eponymous experience veering out of control, or last year’s “No Escape Room,” which added a supernatural twist to the same general scenario, Adam Robitel...
This isn’t the first horror movie of its type: Not to be confused with 2017’s “Escape Room,” which also centered on the eponymous experience veering out of control, or last year’s “No Escape Room,” which added a supernatural twist to the same general scenario, Adam Robitel...
- 1/3/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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