Dealing with a beast of an entirely different nature, “The Friend” stars Naomi Watts as a writer grieving her mentor (Bill Murray) who ends up inheriting his enormous dog. From the trailer alone, the film looks undeniably heartwarming, if you’re into that whole (wo)man’s-best-friend sort of thing. It’s based on the novel by Sigrid Nunez.

The new film "Death of a Unicorn," starring Jenna Ortega, features the mythical beast as a brutal killer. From purity to immortality, unicorns have been featured in works of art throughout the centuries.

io9 recently attended a special screening of A24’s Death of a Unicorn starring Jenna Ortega ( Wednesday) and Paul Rudd (Avengers: Endgame); they play a daughter and her father who accidentally run over a unicorn. And yeah, that seems about the sort of a film A24 would push for its cinema addicts.

Death of a Unicorn (2025) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Alex Scharfman and starring Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, David Pasquesi, Anthony Carrigan, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Kathryn Erbe, Sunita Mani, Steve Park, Nick Wittman, Christine Grace Szarko and Tasha Lawrence.

Following its buzzy premiere at SXSW with killer unicorns, “Death of a Unicorn” from A24 is now releasing in theaters. The genre-bending story follows a father and daughter, played by Jenna ...