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By Robert Scucci
| Published 1 minute ago

Normally, I’m perfectly okay when a Jay Baruchel vehicle gets tanked by critics because there’s something about the characters he portrays that irritates me to no end. After watching 2007’s Just Buried, I had a similar revelation about him that I recently had about Justin Long. Justin Long is often typecast as a jerk because he’s so good at playing that guy. Similarly, Jay Baruchel has an innate ability to play a hapless wiener who you just want to give a swirlie.

I know my thinking is wrong here because actors like Baruchel and Long get typecast in these roles precisely because they’re exceptionally good at them. The reason I don’t like their characters is because they’re not supposed to be likable. This isn’t an indictment of who they are as real people, but a celebration of the talent they bring to the table and how well it works when applied correctly.

Though Just Buried’s 33 percent critical score on Rotten Tomatoes would lead you to believe this isn’t one of Jay Baruchel’s finer hours, I’m going to respectfully disagree. It’s one of the few movies where he gets top billing (2013’s This is the End being the other one) that I’d actually recommend to anybody curious about what he has to offer.

A Deadly Inheritance

Jay Baruchel’s Oliver Whynacht (pronounced “why not”) is more charming in Just Buried than the critics would have you think. Summoned to a small town in Nova Scotia for his father Rollie’s (Jeremy Akerman) funeral, Oliver, a grocery store delivery boy with no real prospects on the horizon, is shocked to learn he’s inherited his entire estate, including the struggling funeral home Rollie owned and operated. What Oliver doesn’t realize is that the business is facing bankruptcy because rival owner Wayne Snarr (Christopher Shore) has been poaching all of his potential clients from the nearby retirement home.

Rollie’s widow, Roberta (Rose Byrne), who works as the embalmer, quickly befriends Oliver, and the two hit it off. Their budding friendship is tested when Oliver, who gets a nosebleed whenever he’s stressed, accidentally runs over a pedestrian after a couple of drinks at the bar. Terrified he’ll go to jail for vehicular manslaughter, Oliver learns that Roberta is not only a skilled embalmer, but also the town’s coroner and Police Chief Knickle’s (Nigel Bennett) daughter.

After staging the scene to look like the pedestrian suffered a fatal fall during one of his nightly walks, Roberta handles the autopsy, giving Oliver his first customer at the funeral home when the victim’s wealthy family comes to pay their respects. This creates a twofold problem. First, locals grow suspicious about the man’s death, meaning potential witnesses may need to be dealt with, something Roberta seemingly has no qualms about. Second, Roberta suggests sabotaging Wayne Snarr so they can get the funeral home’s books back in black once they’re the only game in town again.

The body count in Just Buried keeps climbing because Oliver and Roberta want to protect themselves, but they also realize they’ve stumbled onto a disturbingly effective business model. Dead people need funerals, funeral homes need dead people, and Roberta knows how to make people dead as if she’s been quietly planning something like this long before Oliver came into the picture. Oliver, whose nose starts bleeding whenever pressed by Chief Knickle, becomes the primary suspect in the string of deaths. Roberta, given her unique position in a small town where everybody knows everybody, remains calculating enough to stay one step ahead of the authorities.

Expert-Level Escalations 

What makes Just Buried far better than its reputation suggests is how perfectly Jay Baruchel is cast as Oliver Whynacht. Everything I dislike about Baruchel’s on-screen presence in films like 2010’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice translates perfectly here. Every time Oliver gets in trouble, I expect him to start huffing and puffing before blurting out “gee whiz,” or something equally irritating. In this film, that personality trait works because he’s not reluctantly embarking on a magical adventure, but instead spiraling through a steadily escalating situation that could land him behind bars for the rest of his life.

Rose Byrne’s portrayal of Roberta Knickle is equally commendable here. At first, she comes off as an eccentric yet helpful accomplice in the incident that kicks off the gruesome chain of events in Just Buried. As Oliver spends more time with her, it becomes clear she’s a low-key psychopath whose reach and influence over the community is far wider than anybody would ever expect. The result is a morbidly hilarious mystery thriller that’s sharper and funnier than it has any right to be.

Just Buried is currently streaming on Netflix.

By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 18 seconds ago

Steven Yeun became a horror icon thanks to The Walking Dead, and Samara Weaving became a scream queen thanks to movies like Ready or Not and The Babysitter. In 2017, these two teamed up to create the most subversive horror movie ever made: Mayhem, which is about killing your bosses in the most brutal way and getting away with it thanks to an insane legal loophole. It’s a fast, frenetic film that turns the zombie genre on its head, and you can now stream this macabre masterpiece for free on Tubi.

The premise of Mayhem is that Steven Yeun plays a lawyer with a very specific claim to fame. He helped set the legal precedent that those infected with the Red Eye virus (which removes inhibitions and morality but otherwise leaves intelligence intact) are not liable for what they do during this altered state.

However, he loses his job on the same day that his building is flooded with the virus, resulting in every employee being quarantined until the virus runs its course. At this point, he decides to team up with a disgruntled client (Samara Weaving) to kill his bosses, knowing full well he won’t have to face any legal repercussions for any violent mayhem he causes.

A Cast That Bleeds Pure Talent

The cast of Mayhem is lean and mean, with Steven Brand (best known for Saw X) playing the amoral boss that our plucky protagonists are determined to kill. One of our heroes is played by Samara Weaving (best known for Ready or Not), whose insanely unpredictable character serves as the film’s ultimate chaos agent. Our other protagonist is played by Steven Yeun (best known for The Walking Dead), and his character has so much charisma that it’s hard not to support his goal: getting away with murder against the worst boss you could possibly imagine.

When Mayhem came out, it impressed reviewers who were hungry for more than just another horror flick. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 84 percent, with critics praising the movie’s stylish violence and dark humor. They particularly commended the movie for tying its bonkers fictional plot to real-world economic anxieties, which serves to elevate the film without turning everything into a preachy mess.

Violence Has Never Been Sexier

I first saw Mayhem when it appeared on The Last Drive-In, the popular Shudder program hosted by horror legend Joe Bob Briggs. As Briggs described the movie, I had a bad feeling that the Red Eye virus would be nothing more than an excuse to turn characters into mindless zombies. After watching Steven Yeun’s Glenn get violently murdered on The Walking Dead (the exact point that I walked away from the show), I wasn’t really in the mood to see the actor tangle with mindless zombies yet again.

However, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this wasn’t really a zombie movie; instead, the Red Eye virus is just a plot MacGuffin to explain why an entire building of stuffy lawyers would suddenly transform into violent killers. They aren’t mindless, either, and the fact that everyone retains their intelligence is a big part of why this movie is so scary. Instead of transforming into slow, shambling monsters, everyone in the building becomes someone with the morality and violent appetites of movie monsters like Hannibal Lecter.

I was also impressed by the bonkers premise in which our lawyer protagonist has figured out that he can attack and even kill his employers without seeing so much as a day of jail time. In this way, Mayhem channels movies like The Purge, asking viewers to consider what they would do if they had a certain amount of time (in this case, eight hours before the virus dissipates) to commit any possible crime. Anyone watching who has ever had a crazy jerk of a boss (which is basically, well, everyone watching) will also sympathize with the plight of a protagonist fighting against a broken system of capitalism in the only way he knows how.

A Freaky Film Worth Fighting For

In addition to the great premise and tight script, the movie delivers everything a horror fan could ask for: killer action, a perfect pace, and entire buckets full of blood. Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving also make the perfect onscreen team, each of them utilizing their genre experience to bring their characters to vivid, violent life. Overall, I found Mayhem to be one of the freshest horror films of the last decade, and the biggest problem with this movie is that not enough people have seen it!

You can change that by streaming this subversive horror classic for free on Tubi. Mayhem is a great movie to watch for anyone looking for a new take on an old genre or who simply wants to see two veteran performers chew the scenery in the most captivating way. Of course, it’s also the perfect movie for another group of viewers: anyone who needs a bit of catharsis after working for a terrible boss day in and day out!

By Robert Scucci
| Published 17 seconds ago

Vigilante justice is often portrayed in films through masked superheroes or hardened but well-intentioned police officers who are tired of always seeing the bad guys win. 2023’s Walden introduces its quirky brand of vigilante justice through a frustrated stenographer who has access to countless court records and starts noticing the coincidences that pile up through his millions of keystrokes. It’s the story of a man with a front row seat to some of the worst crimes that pass through the courtroom, who finally snaps after watching enough guilty people walk away without receiving the punishments they deserve.

Between the acts of brutality found in Walden is an underlying sweetness from its titular protagonist (Emile Hirsch), who simply wants to see bad people go away. The problem is that he’s such a nice guy that he doesn’t quite know how to carry himself in heightened situations, which lands him in more trouble than even the most hardened private eye could reasonably handle.

Documenting Cases Leads To Cynical Places

When we’re first introduced to Walden Dean, there’s literally nothing to dislike about him. He speaks softly, with a gentle Southern drawl, and he’s excessively polite to everyone he encounters, not because he’s trying to pull one over on anybody, but because he’s genuinely kind.

A true master of his craft, Walden is well on his way to accomplishing the unthinkable by typing 360 words per minute with startling accuracy. This particular skillset becomes the catalyst for his transformation, because those skilled hands are responsible for documenting every grisly case that passes through the courtroom under Judge Boyle (David Keith).

When a fainting spell leads to a potential terminal brain tumor diagnosis, Walden starts thinking about his purpose in life, and it doesn’t take long for him to find one. After learning that murderer Norman Bolt (Ben Bladon) walked free on a technicality after burning his own daughter to death in an oven, he springs to action, deciding he has nothing left to lose. Convinced he’s found his calling, Walden pulls out old case files with the intention of tracking down guilty parties and delivering the punishments he believes they deserve.

What Walden doesn’t anticipate, though, is a larger conspiracy that surfaces when his mentally handicapped friend George (Luke Davis) is wrongly implicated in a string of child disappearances and arrested by detectives Bill Kane (Shane West) and Sally Hunt (Tania Raymonde). As Walden’s brand of vigilante justice escalates, the stakes climb quickly. His days are numbered. His friend is in serious trouble. Authorities are catching on to his totally justified but still totally illegal slayings. And looming over everything is a much bigger case that has been brushed under the rug for years.

You Can’t Not Like This Guy

Walden works so well because Emile Hirsch dials the wholesomeness up to 11. He’s a typing nerd who suddenly finds himself way in over his head after learning he might not have much longer to live. He has seen firsthand how often people avoid justice for their horrific crimes, and he has the paper trail to prove it. He carries out acts of violence that mirror the ones committed by his targets, and he does it all with near childlike innocence and Southern charm.

Even if Walden is technically the bad guy for taking the law into his own hands, it never feels like he’s in the wrong. His intentions are pure. He still shows up week after week trying to hit that per-minute word count that would make him a legend, because at the end of the day, he takes pride in his work, and he’s simply on a side quest.

They say nice guys finish last, but in Walden, Walden Dean gets the last laugh, and it’s so satisfying to watch. If you want to type along to the subtitles while solving this murder mystery, you can stream Walden for free on Tubi as of this writing.

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February 17, 2026
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Taylor Sheridan is famously known as the Yellowstone guy, but the acclaimed Western scribe also has plenty of other amazing credits under his belt. In fact, he actually began his career not with TV shows, but with movies like Sicario (starring Josh Brolin), Wind River (starring Elizabeth Olsen), and Hell or High Water (starring Jeff Bridges). It wasn’t until the first season of Yellowstone in 2018 that he turned his attention to the world of TV, and it wasn’t just with offshoots of the Kevin Costner-led series like 1883 and 1923. Sheridan also developed gritty crime dramas like Mayor of Kingstown (featuring Jeremy Renner) and Tulsa King (led by Sylvester Stallone), and he topped it all off with Landman (starring Billy Bob Thornton), his new oil drama with the potential to become his biggest show yet.

However, one Sheridan-produced show that has fallen through the cracks over the years is Lawmen: Bass Reeves, the eight-part Western miniseries following one of the greatest frontier heroes of all time, who was also one of the first Black marshals west of the Mississippi River. The show features Silo veteran David Oyelowo in the lead role, and he’s surrounded by other major stars like Dennis Quaid and the late Donald Sutherland. All episodes of Lawmen: Bass Reeves aired on Paramount+ back in 2023, and although the show has been off the air for almost three years now, it’s still hanging around the top 10 in several countries. It’s quietly become the perfect Western weekend binge for both Sheridan fans and those just looking for something else to dive into.

What Is Taylor Sheridan Working on Right Now?

It will come as no surprise to Taylor Sheridan fans that the Western scribe has a lot of irons in the fire right now. His next two projects on the slate are two more Yellowstone spin-offs, Marshals and The Madison, which will premiere on March 1 and March 14, respectively. He’s also working on new seasons of some of his most popular shows, like Landman, Tulsa King, and Mayor of Kingstown, but none of them have yet been assigned slots on the release calendar. Sheridan is also due to wrap filming soon on the third season of Lioness, which is expected to air before the end of the year. He’s also writing a new movie, F.A.S.T., as well as a Call of Duty movie for Paramount with Peter Berg directing.

Check out all episodes of Lawmen: Bass Reeves on Paramount+ and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates.

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By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 17 seconds ago

In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel is a character stricken by a very specific curse: as a vampire, one of his victims’ families gives him his soul back, forcing him to constantly experience the crushing guilt of everyone he has ever hurt or killed. To make things worse, there was a catch to this curse that served to twist the knife in Angel’s heart. Specifically, if he ever experiences a moment of true happiness, he would lose his soul and once again become Angelus, one of the scariest vampires the planet had ever known.

All of this makes Angel (played by David Boreanaz) one of the most complex and fascinating characters in television history, and many Buffy fans have wondered where showrunner Joss Whedon got the idea for this gut-wrenching curse. But you don’t have to look far to discover the answer: as it turns out, Whedon drew inspiration from one of the most famous stories in all of literature. You see, Angel’s curse is very similar to what we see in the tale of Faust, better known as the original “deal with the devil” story.

What A Terrible Night For A Curse

If your memories of English class are a little fuzzy, here’s a quick primer: Faust was originally a German legend about a man who, despite his success, simply wanted more out of life. In order to get it, he made a deal with the devil in which he would get all of the worldly knowledge and pleasures that he could ever want. But after a life of experiencing what amounted to Heaven on Earth, his soul would go straight to Hell once he died.

Multiple authors have adapted this German folktale, and the most famous was created by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He added his own twists to Faust’s pact with the devil, including Faust making a very special wager: he will become a servant in Hell only if the Devil can provide him with a moment of true happiness that he would want to last forever. This unexpectedly happens when Faust begins dreaming of people working together to make the world a better place; this moment of happiness damns his soul, but he is effectively saved by God, who rewards Faust with salvation because of his righteous dream of human harmony.

The Most Tortured Vampire In History

Needless to say, there is plenty of parallelism between what happens to Goethe’s Faust and what happens to Angel in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Once his soul is restored, Angel does his best to atone for all the terrible acts that he committed as a vampire. But once he experiences a moment of true happiness (which happened, awkwardly enough, during sex with Buffy), he loses his soul, becoming once more a terrible monster who damns himself with each transgressive act.

Arguably, Angel is also the beneficiary of the same divine grace that saved Faust: after losing his soul and becoming Angelus, he enacts a plan meant to plunge the entire world into Hell. Buffy stops him, but only after Willow successfully restores his soul. This leads to the most heartbreaking moment in the entire series, in which Buffy has to kill the only man she has ever loved, sending him to a hell dimension in order to save every human on the planet.

Saved By The Spell

He is inexplicably resurrected in Season 3, and there is never an official explanation given for who or what brings him back from Hell. But one very prominent fan theory is that he was brought back by The Powers That Be, the same mysterious group of cosmic powerhouses who ensured Angel met Buffy. Later, they gave prophetic visions to Doyle, the demon who helped Angel become a champion of the helpless once he moved to Los Angeles.

Angel was originally condemned to Hell thanks to a very Faustian curse, and he may have been saved in the same way: by divine powers that rewarded his dream of making the world a better place. Either way, it’s clear that the tale of the most iconic vampire in Buffy the Vampire Slayer was influenced by the original deal with the devil story, one that has been influencing storytellers for centuries. Even though most fans never clocked it, this means that the hottest TV show of the ‘90s is forever connected to a German folktale that became popular nearly 500 years ago!

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