Closure is the One Thing You’ll Never Get in ‘Weapons’

August 11, 2025 Ainsley 'LadyL' Landry

Horror movies love closure. The monster gets slayed, the curse is broken, and the sun comes up. But Weapons, the latest horror-leaning psychological thriller and box office champ, isn’t interested in that kind of comfort. Instead, it offers something messier, more unsettling, and for anyone who’s lived through real-life tragedy, more honest: the truth that some damage can’t be reversed.

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NOC Spoiler Chat: ‘The Matrix Resurrections’

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 Mike Manalo

The Matrix is back, baby! Last week The Matrix Resurrections hit theaters and HBO Max just in time for the holidays. And our very own Lauren Lola shared her thoughts on the film in her spoiler free review here on the site. But now that everyone has seen it, it’s time to go deeper, and break down the film and all its kung-fu goodness!

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Thoughts From Watching ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ For the First Time

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 Lauren Lola

In February 2020, a month before the initial shelter-in-place order for California went into effect for the then yet-to-be-declared COVID-19 pandemic, filming began for the fourth installment of The Matrix film franchise on the streets of San Francisco. Thinly veiled under the code name Project Ice Cream, reports circled online of sightings of film locations from all over the city; including one tracked down by yours truly.