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A thriller movie released earlier this year is potentially one of the genre's best, but it's hurt by its own marketing.

A weekend getaway turns bloody and violent in Director Drew Hancock’s sci-fi thriller, Companion. Hancock’s film follows a remote cabin gathering among friends that descends into chaos when it is ...

It was this anxiety that writer-director Drew Hancock sought to turn on its head by recontextualizing AI not as the bad actor, but rather a product of the fallible humans putting it to use.

While audiences struggle to get behind the inconsistent 'M3GAN 2.0,' they should revisit 'Companion,' the best killer robot film of 2025.

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Written and directed by Drew Hancock in his directorial debut, Companion stars Thatcher as a “companion robot” named Iris, who rebels against her owner, Josh (played by Jack Quaid).

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From the writer of “Fred 3: Camp Fred,” Drew Hancock’s movie directorial debut “Companion” is a slasher with a blend of humor, romance and commentary on the increasingly automated world. Released ...

As the heroine of Drew Hancock’s "Companion," Iris (Sophie Thatcher) seems in fact a bit needy, especially considering that her dorky boyfriend, Josh (Jack Quaid), is not exactly a catch.

Writer/director Drew Hancock: For Iris, the only description was ‘impossibly perfect skin,’ presenting this idea that she is a doll, but without saying that she's a doll.