‘Cloak & Dagger’ Gets Back On Track With “Alignment Chart” By Monique Jones/April 26, 2019 1:00 pm EST This week, Cloak & Dagger is back on track and, as I expected, the drama was tenfold. The episode, “Alignment Chart,” brought us a tale of two vipers. One was hiding in plain sight and the other, seemingly more dangerous one, was actually defanged. Let’s get into which is which. Connors wants justice...
‘Detective Pikachu’ Director Rob Letterman On How To Catch All Of The Pokemon Appearances And Easter Eggs [Interview] By Fred Topel/May 9, 2019 1:00 pm EST The goal of Pokemon is to catch ’em all, and you’ll find a lot of them in Detective Pikachu. The live-action adaptation of the video game includes lots of Pokemon from many different games from across the franchise.In the film, Tim (Justice Smith) has given up Pokemon until his father’s sudden death brings him into contact with Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds)....
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‘Making A Murderer’ Part 2 Trailer: The Convictions Were Only The Beginning By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 9, 2018 8:00 am EST Netflix’s Making a Murder caused a sensation in 2015, telling the story of Steven Avery, who is either a killer or an innocent man framed by zealous cops, depending on who you ask. The Avery story continues with Making a Murderer Part 2, which delves into the case following Avery’s conviction....
‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Deleted Scene Has Advice On How To Save The World By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 22, 2019 1:30 pm EST One of last year’s best films, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, is swinging onto digital and Blu-ray soon. It brings with it several deleted scenes, including one you can watch below. In the scene, Jake Johnson’s Peter B. Parker tries once again to offer some heartfelt advice to Miles Morales (Shameik Moore)....
It’s Time For ‘Star Wars’ To Bring Back (And Properly Explore) Zam Wesell By Donna Dickens/Oct. 5, 2018 10:00 am EST (Welcome to A Different Point of View, a column where we explore the supporting characters of the Star Wars universe and discuss why they deserve more time in the spotlight.)Welcome back, intrepid lore nerds! Today I’ll be breaking down a character that lives on the periphery of Star Wars fame....
Kathy Bates Joins Clint Eastwood’s Movie About The Atlanta Olympics Bombing, ‘Richard Jewell’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 14, 2019 1:30 pm EST Kathy Bates is joining a cast of awards heavy hitters in Clint Eastwood’s feature film based on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing. Bates will join the cast of Richard Jewell, previously titled The Ballad of Richard Jewell, as Bobi Jewell, the mother of the title character played by I, Tonya actor Paul Walter Hauser....
Netflix Animated Anthology ‘Love, Death & Robots’ Coming From David Fincher And ‘Deadpool’ Director Tim Miller By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 7, 2019 12:30 pm EST David Fincher and Tim Miller aren’t exactly names I associate with each other, but both filmmakers are now involved with the upcoming Netflix animated anthology Love, Death & Robots. The series will feature a variety of genres, with 5 to 15 minute episodes presented in 2D animation, photoreal CGI, and more....
Netflix’s ‘She-Ra’ Season 2 Won’t Introduce He-Man To This Universe Yet By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 26, 2018 5:00 pm EST She-Ra and the Princesses of Power has turned out to be a galactic hit for Netflix, earning critical raves and a loyal fan community that has flocked around the ’80s warrior princess reboot. But there may only be room for one Master of the Universe in the animated Netflix series. Though the original She-Ra is a spin-off of the 1983 series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, the original loin cloth-wearing warrior won’t be making an appearance in the new She-Ra series....
Ranking The Films Of Edgar Wright On The 15th Anniversary Of ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ By Josh Spiegel/April 9, 2019 10:00 am EST A mashup of zombie horror and romantic comedy, a video-game-style depiction of millennial culture before it was called millennial culture, a post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller seen through the eyes of some Gen-X’ers, and more. These concepts all sprung from the mind of filmmaker Edgar Wright, whose features over the last 15 years have managed to all feel daring and strikingly original even as he wears his references on his metaphorical sleeves....
This Week In Trailers: Avengers Of Justice, The Cure - Anniversary 1978-2018, Danny’s House, Chasing Perfect, Hush By Christopher Stipp/June 16, 2019 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...
VOTD: Prepare For Blockbusters With The Summer 2019 Movies Montage By Ethan Anderton/April 22, 2019 6:00 am EST Even though summer doesn’t officially begin until late in June, Marvel Studios has officially proclaimed the beginning of the summer blockbuster movie season with Avengers: Endgame. Even though it will be one of the biggest movies of the year, there are still plenty more blockbuster hits coming to theaters this summer, and a new 2019 summer movies montage has arrived to get you hyped for the rest of the films coming this season....
‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel Is Dead, Won’t Be Returning From The Grave By Chris Evangelista/April 8, 2019 4:30 pm EST You can try saying his name three times in a row, but it looks like Beetlejuice isn’t coming back. There’s been talk of a potential Beetlejuice sequel ever since Tim Burton’s supernatural comedy arrived in 1988, but according to Burton himself, any prospect of a return of Michael Keaton’s ghost with the most is dead....
‘Documentary Now!’ Season 3 Trailer: New Mock Docs Star Cate Blanchett, Michael Keaton & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2019 12:30 pm EST It’s been over two years since we’ve gotten new episodes of the mockumentary comedy series Documentary Now! Thankfully, our wait for documentary spoofs is nearly over. The third season (or 52nd season) of the series returns in February, and the first trailer for the new slate of episodes has arrived, showing off the incredible line-up of guest stars, including Cate Blanchett, Michael Keaton, Owen Wilson, Michael C....
‘Hereditary’ Director Ari Aster’s New Horror Movie Coming Next Summer From A24 By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 24, 2018 4:30 am EST Next summer, Ari Aster will terrify audiences all over again with a new horror film released by A24. Aster caught everyone’s attention this year with his creepy debut Hereditary, and his next fright fest sounds like it might be even scarier – and it now has an official release date. Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh and Will Poulter star in a story about a vacation that goes terribly wrong....
‘Pet Sematary’ Was Frightening Before I Became A Mother – Now I Understand Its Horror All-Too-Well By Vanessa Bogart/April 25, 2019 8:00 am EST This post features spoilers for Pet Sematary. You know you shouldn’t, you think that you wouldn’t, but what if you could? When I read Pet Sematary last summer, it was a last minute grab off of the shelf during an otherwise average trip to the bookstore. Unbeknownst to me, I had just grabbed a book so disturbing that it would sink its claws deep into my psyche....
‘Saturday Night Live’ Bloopers Show Line Flubs, Stumbles & More From Pre-Recorded Sketches By Ethan Anderton/June 6, 2019 5:00 pm EST Saturday Night Live has already finished season 44, so we won’t be getting any new episodes until the show comes back this fall. But that doesn’t mean the late night sketch comedy series is done dishing out laughs. This week, the folks behind the ongoing “Creating Saturday Night Live” web series on YouTube have delivered a collection of hilarious bloopers from the show’s pre-recorded sketches completed by their film unit....
‘Sex Education’ Trailer: A Netflix Comedy About A Reluctant Teenage Sex Therapist By Ben Pearson/Jan. 2, 2019 4:00 pm EST Remember Charlie Bartlett, the 2007 high school movie that starred Anton Yelchin as a teen therapist who dishes out advice and prescription drugs to become popular? The new eight-episode Netflix series Sex Education seems to be a sort of British riff on that film, with Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game, Hugo) playing a kid who offers sex therapy to his classmates in order to gain social status at his own school....
‘The Lion King’ Won’t Be A Shot-For-Shot Remake Of The Original By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 26, 2018 10:30 am EST After the record setting debut of The Lion King teaser trailer on Thanksgiving earlier this year, many fans have assumed that the new take on the animated classic would merely be a shot-for-shot remake of the 1994 movie. After all, you can put pretty much every shot in the trailer right next to a shot from the original....
An Unused ‘Who Is America?’ Interview Took A Dark Turn, Prompting Sacha Baron Cohen To Notify The FBI By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 26, 2018 1:30 pm EST Sacha Baron Cohen turned plenty of heads with his Showtime series Who Is America?, where he put himself under heavy make-up to become various characters who interviewed politicians, pundits and everyday American citizens, ultimately embarrassing them or making them severely uncomfortable, and showing the ugliest side of their instinctual proclivities and behavior....
