Deborah Ann Woll should feel right at home opposite monsters and supernatural beasts—after all, she once played one on HBO’s True Blood. In The Cycle, however, she trades fangs for forensic tools as Dr.

Does this paranormal mystery deliver scares worth losing sleep over? Its panic-stricken opening certainly suggests so.

Presidential security and transportation operate like a ballet—precise, disciplined, and carefully synchronized. The Beast opens by setting that machinery in motion, then gleefully blows it to hell.

I’ve always enjoyed a good pirate movie: bold swashbucklers stirring up trouble across the seas in pursuit of stolen riches, with a thrill of danger and anti-establishment freedom. Add a sharp screenplay and a star-studded cast, and the result is seafaring magic.