"Smile 2" takes the simplicity of the 2022 horror hit and blows it up, big. Naomi Scott plays a Taylor Swift-like pop star ...

In an early scene in “Smile 2,” the fictional pop superstar Skye Riley is in her drug dealer’s apartment. “Do you believe in weird stuff?” he asks her, between doing lines of coke.

In an early scene in ''Smile 2,'' the fictional pop superstar Skye Riley is in her drug dealer's apartment. ''Do you believe ...

He returns to this series with Smile 2. But if there’s anything Joker: Folie á Deux taught us, it’s that just because a movie made a ton of money the first time, lightning doesn’t always strike twice.

Expanding lore is a key element in horror sequels, and it’s something that I pondered heavily going into my screening of ...