Scarlett Johansson courted controversy back in July when she signed on to star in RUB & TUG, a Rupert Sanders film which would tell the true story of Dante "Tex" Gill, a transgender man who flourished in a male-dominated business of massage parlors and prostitution. Naturally, this prompted a good deal of backlash and less than two weeks later, Scarlett… Read More...
Despite really enjoying the movie, I'm not sure if I actually want a sequel to A QUIET PLACE, but given that the film made quite the chunk of change comparable to its budget, we'll be getting a sequel whether we want it or not. Development on a follow-up began fairly quickly, but director/co-writer/star John Krasinski initially didn't want anything to do with… Read More...
Several days ago I shared a trailer for Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures with you, an upcoming series of animated STAR WARS shorts aiming to introduce the "classic themes, pivotal moments, and iconic characters" to the next generation of fans. Combining original dialogue, music, and sound effects combined with bold new animations, the series will hopefully… Read More...
We haven't seen quite as much of Rupert Grint over the years compared to his HARRY POTTER cast-members Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, but that may change as Deadline reports that the actor is set to join the cast of M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming psychological thriller series for Apple. We still don't know all that much of the plot for the series, but Deadline has… Read More...
After adding GAME OF THRONES alum Pedro Pascal and DEADPOOL actress Gina Carano to the mix, it's been announced via The Hollywood Reporter that Nick Nolte has joined the cast of THE MANDALORIAN, the live-action STAR WARS series from acclaimed filmmaker Jon Favreau that is destined for Disney's streaming service, Disney +.Reports suggest that the upcoming action-oriented sci-fi series… Read More...
TNT has dropped an official teaser trailer for I AM THE NIGHT, an upcoming original series that looks to expose the darkness lurking within the hearts of men. Based on true life events, the drama tells the gripping story of Fauna Hodel (India Eisley), a teenage girl who is given away at birth, and grows up outside of Reno, Nevada. Fauna lives more-or-less comfortably with the mysteries of… Read More...
Well alright, alright, alright. Word has come down the wire via The Hollywood Reporter that Colin Farrell will be joining the cast of Guy Ritchie's TOFF GUYS. Upon boarding the film, Farrell has set himself up to star alongside other Hollywood heavy-hittters Matthew McConaughey, Henry Golding, Hugh Grant Michelle Dockery and Jeremy Strong for a new crime drama that some say is bound… Read More...
PLOT: A shocking exorcism spirals out of control, claiming the life of a young woman. Months later, morgue worker Megan Reed takes delivery of a disfigured cadaver during the graveyard shift. Locked inside the basement corridors, Megan's horrifying visions soon lead her to believe that the body is possessed by a demonic force. REVIEW: Thank the movie gods that I knew next to… Read More...
Blumhouse has churned out more than their fair share of horror surprises, but one of their more unexpected hits was last year’s HAPPY DEATH DAY, a time-loop slasher flick that made over $100 million around the world. Now the sequel – HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U – is only a few months out, and the new trailer for the movie finds our leading lady, Tree (Jessica Rothe) back in a… Read More...
By now, you've likely heard the distressing news that Netflix has cancelled Marvel's DAREDEVIL after its third season. Now, I don't mean to kick a great show when it's down, but more news related to the cancellation has come to light. In addition to DAREDEVIL's demise coming as a shock to fans of The Man Without Fear, DAREDEVIL co-executive producer Sam Ernst recently… Read More...
If there’s a president -- or any other high-ranking political figure -- in trouble there’s only one person to call: Liam Neeson. But sometimes he’s busy saving other people, so when that happens, you call Gerard Butler. He’s done a bang-up job keeping the president safe in both OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN and LONDON HAS FALLEN, and now he’ll be back for… Read More...
Along with menacing laughs, dastardly mustaches and plans for world domination, facial scars/disfigurements have often been an attribute of movie villains for about as long as movies have been around. There’s THE DARK KNIGHT’s The Joker; Le Chiffre, Blofeld and Silva from the Bond movies and; Vader, Kylo Ren and Dryden Vos from the Star Wars movies, etc. Hell, LION KING’s… Read More...
The holiday season is here and that means there are lots of new releases coming out just in time to make the season bright. Below are some of the picks coming out sure to make the movie fan in your life smile. Whether it is an upgrade to a 4K edition, a reliable Blu-ray, or a special edition Box Set, this list has something for everyone! One disclaimer: Deals as good as as these can be fickle,… Read More...
One of the biggest surprises this year is something rather special. This weekend, audiences can look forward to one of the most delightfully unique movies of 2018. ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE is a Christmas movie. It is also a zombie, horror, rom-com and a musical extravaganza. It is gory, hilarious and it offers up a killer soundtrack. Featuring a wonderfully charming cast including… Read More...
Well, ladies, gentleman, and comic book fans everywhere, the time has finally come. The biggest ax Netflix could drop has now been dropped: After three seasons and launching the Marvel/Netflix series with a bang, the streaming service has canceled DAREDEVIL, only one month after the premiere of its fantastic third season. Now is the time to throw things and curse to the heavens, should you… Read More...
I'm about two seasons behind on Preacher, AMC's TV series based upon Garth Ennis and Steve Dillion's darkly grotesque and at times hilarious comic-series, but it seems that they're doing just fine without me as AMC has renewed Preacher for a fourth season. [SEEMORE] Starring Dominic Cooper as West Texas preacher Jesse Custer, Ruth Negga as his badass ex-girlfriend… Read More...
Who better to play an old, lovable wood carver than America's sweetheart, Tom Hanks. As Disney continues truckin' forward in an effort to remake each and every one of their classic animated movies, Collider reports that Tom Hanks is in early talks to play Geppetto in a live-action adaptation of PINOCCHIO. As most everyone knows, PINOCCHIO tells the story of a wooden puppet… Read More...
Serving as the culmination of the past decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR was already stocked full of more characters than it knew what to do with, but at one time, there was talk of adding even more in the form of the heroes from the Netflix Marvel shows. During a Collider-hosted screening of INFINITY WAR, directors Joe and Anthony Russo took part… Read More...
We've been seeing quite a lot of Katherine Waterston over the past several years, with the actress taking on major roles in FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, ALIEN: COVENANT, LOGAN LUCKY, MID90S, and FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD, and it seems that we'll be ringing in the new year with her as well. [SEEMORE] Written and directed by Meredith Danluck,… Read More...
As DC continues to chart a bold new course of action for their cinematic universe, it's been announced exclusively by The Wrap that DC and Warner Bros. are developing a feature film centered around the Latino superhero Jamie Reyes a.k.a. Blue Beetle. Penning the screenplay is Mexican-born writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who most recently wrote the script for MISS BALA starring Gina Rodriguez,… Read More...
The results of this year's New York Film Critics Circle are in, and the organization has chosen director Alfonso Cuarón's Netflix/Participant Media feature ROMA as its Best Film of 2018. Recently, Cuarón's emotionally-charged drama which chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s… Read More...
When Marvel's RUNAWAYS return in December of this year, they'll be ... well, on the run. After leaving their homes (and evil parents) behind the wayward team have been forced to learn and live on their own. As they scavenge for food, search for shelter, and take care of one another, the kids begin to realize that, for better or worse, they’re… Read More...
He sings! He dances! He pops his claws! It's been announced that THE FRONT RUNNER and LOGAN star Hugh Jackman is planning a worldwide arena tour in which he'll be performing a compilation of deep cuts from a series of his musical roles. The show is called "The Man. The Music. The Show.," and it's set to Wolverine roar onto the stage in Berlin… Read More...
Just when you thought things couldn't get any better than the second season of Netflix's CASTLEVANIA, it's been announced that Adult Swim is gearing up to host BLADE RUNNER - BLACK LOTUS, a 13 half-hour episode series produced by Sola Digital Arts (ULTRAMAN). Inspired by the events of director Denis Villeneuve's BLADE RUNNER 2049, Black Lotus will reportedly… Read More...
By now, you are likely one of the legion of MCU fans disappointed yet again that the first trailer for AVENGERS 4 has yet to appear. Like a cult predicting Armageddon, so-called experts have theorized that the first tease of the follow-up to AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR would debut. When the date of their prediction came and went, another theory rose and was quickly shot down. At this point,… Read More...
SYNOPSIS: In 2093, a diverse team of scientists embark on a journey into space aboard an advanced ship called the Nightflyer to make first contact with alien life-forms. However, when terrifying and violent events occur, the team begin to question each other and to realise there is something on-board the Nightflyer with them REVIEW: Everyone is looking for the next Game… Read More...
Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Superman, and he's flying back into theaters for a special 40th anniversary event! Check this out, fans of The Last Son of Krypton! Fathom Events is preparing to host one final chance to see Richard Donner's beloved 1978 big-screen adventure, SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, starring… Read More...
Comic book movies have been dominating the box office for years now, and each new entry easily fights off competitors during their opening weekend. Despite the hefty competition, the same should bode true for next month’s AQUAMAN, coming out the same week as Disney’s MARY POPPINS RETURNS and Paramount’s Transformers spinoff, BUMBLEBEE. Though those movies… Read More...
Alfred Hitchcock, M. Night Shyamalan, Peter Jackson, Eli Roth – these are all directors who have made a small cameo is most of, if not all, of their films. Mostly they are just fun little Easter eggs to find, but now director Adam McKay has upped the ante for a director cameo by placing a visual of his own heart attack in his new Dick Cheney movie – VICE. That’s right,… Read More...
The Christmas movie season can be a hectic one, as the final blockbusters of the year compete for our hard-earned dollars. This is the first year since 2015 when a STAR WARS movie doesn’t have a firm place in the month, leaving the crown open for heavy-hitters like AQUAMAN, BUMBLEBEE and MARY POPPINS RETURNS. The director of the former, James Wan, is confident in his superhero epic, but… Read More...
THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column will promote constructive and geek fueled discussion. Enjoy! ****SOME SPOILERS ENSUE**** Stop-motion animation films are a wonderful sight to behold when done correctly.… Read More...
To all my gaming fans out there I have one important question for you – Mario or Sonic? The question may seem innocuous, but decades ago lines were drawn in the sand(boxes), and you were either on one or the other, ready to die for your cause. Okay, maybe it wasn’t that intense, but Sega and Nintendo did have a vicious rivalry, and the 2015 book “Console Wars”… Read More...
It wasn't a series that I watched myself, but I was aware that fans were more than a little peeved when Young Justice was cancelled back in 2013, a move which was later attributed to insufficient toy sales. Not a fun way to go out. However, several years later, Warner Bros. announced that Young Justice would be returning for a third season after all on DC's new… Read More...
Over the past forty years, generations of families have been introduced to the STAR WARS franchise and have fallen in love with Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and the hundreds of other characters who fill the beloved movies. I've seen it play out many times with my own friends and family as parents wonder when the best time to show their children… Read More...
The Sundance Film Festival is rapidly approaching and their official lineup for 2019 has just been announced which boasts an impressive group of exciting new films. You've got Dan Gilroy's VELVET BUZZSAW starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo; Joe Berlinger's EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE starring Zac Efron; Scott Z. Burns' THE REPORT starring Adam Driver,… Read More...
Steven Moffat and Mark Gattis, the creators of BBC's Sherlock, have been developing a new series based upon Bram Stoker's "Dracula" for some time and it seems that they've finally found their leading man. Claes Bang, best known for THE SQUARE and THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB, is set to play Dracula in the series which is set to premiere on BBC… Read More...
While in the midst of filming THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY for director Giuseppe Capotondi, AMERICAN HANGMAN and THE HUNGER GAMES franchise actor Donald Sutherland has joined the cast of of HBO's upcoming limited series THE UNDOING. Upon boarding the project, Sutherland will star alongside Nicole Kidman (EYES WIDE SHUT, THE OTHERS) and Hugh Grant (LOVE ACTUALLY, ABOUT A BOY) as the father of Kidman's… Read More...
A new and international poster for TOY STORY 4 has arrived online, and it looks like somebody's poisoned the waterhole. I'm just kidding. What the new poster does signal to fans is that Woody is back, and this time, the wise, old cowpoke and his friends could be headed to the local carnival. Up until now, the posters for TOY STORY 4 have been rather minimalistic, with little to offer… Read More...
A new trailer for director Brady Corbet's VOX LUX has taken center stage, featuring a look at Natalie Portman's dynamic stage presence as she introduces fans to an original pop ballad titled "Wrapped Up" by the singing sensation Sia. As the mood of the trailer darkens, it's difficult not to become flooded with emotion as Portman sings "Turn the light on,… Read More...
Lace up your Oxfords, brush up on your Lepidopterology, and make an appointment to get yourself a bespoke suit, because some new details concerning the future of the KINGSMAN franchise have emerged. Thanks to an exclusive report by Collider, we've learned that the next KINGSMAN movie, set to take place several years before the events of the first film, will reportedly begin filming in January,… Read More...
In a society where everything is judged on social media – including our own self-worth – it doesn’t seem too farfetched that people would flock to the internet to judge and determine the fate of a man’s literal survival. In the new movie AMERICAN HANGMAN cinema vet Donald Sutherland plays a judge who is taken prisoner and forced… Read More...
Over the course of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow, characters such as Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, John Constantine, Superman, Killer Frost, Hawkman & Hawkgirl, Lois Lane, Captain Cold, and many more DC heroes and villains have made the leap to the small-screen for The CW's Arrowverse. There's also been talk of a potential Batwoman series starring… Read More...
**MINOR SPOILERS FOR CREED II** The first CREED movie saw the young Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed seeking out the help of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa as he sought to work his way towards becoming a boxing champ. In CREED II, their journey together continues, and the movie ends on a sweet note with both men finding peace. While there’s still plenty for Creed… Read More...It's that time again; Holiday Gift Guide time! We kicked off things with Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals and we will also feature guides on Blu-ray, Box Sets, Collectibles and Toys! But first, here is our list of the best books to buy for the movie fan in your life (or maybe just for yourself!) If you're a geek like me, then you've probably got rows upon… Read More...
T’was only ten years ago that the director of MADE and ELF, Jon Favreau, released his biggest project ever – the $100 million comic book movie IRON MAN starring Robert Downey Jr. The movie was so good it launched a franchise that changed the media landscape forever and set Favreau on the path to bigger and bigger projects. Now he’s got his hands in another massive… Read More...
The cult anime favorite COWBOY BEBOP is not invisible to the clutches of the live-action adaptation, and now the series remake from THOR: THE DARK WORLD scribe Chris Yost is heading to the ultimate content frontier – Netflix. The streaming giant announced yesterday with the help of a short tease that the series was heading to the service with a 10-episode run, meaning fans will… Read More...
VENOM was one of those films which split critics and audiences. Although the film received generally negative reviews, audiences seemed to have quite a lot of fun with it and VENOM went on to gross $822 million worldwide; Far from the box-office bomb which many were expecting. Those of you who enjoyed the film will soon be able to bring it home as Sony Pictures have announced that VENOM will… Read More...
Whenever a remake or reboot rolls around, it's somewhat expected that they'll try to secure the involvement of someone involved in the original film, and in the case of Steven Spielberg's upcoming remake of WEST SIDE STORY, Deadline reports that Rita Moreno has signed up. In the original 1961 film, Rita Moreno played the role of Anita, the girlfriend of Bernardo, the… Read More...
In projects as big as AQUAMAN, it's not out of the ordinary for the involvement of certain actors to fly under the radar, and with less than a month to go before the release of the Warner Bros. movie, Entertainment Weekly recently learned that Mary Poppins herself will have a secret role in the film. [SEEMORE] EW reported that Julie Andrews has lent her voice to a pivotal role in… Read More...
Just say his name five times while starring into a mirror, and Candyman will appear. In September there was buzz that Jordan Peele was beginning to develop a reboot of CANDYMAN which he would produce through his Monkeypaw Productions banner, and now it's been reported that Nia DaCosta (LITTLE WOODS) has signed on to helm the film. [SEEMORE] Rather than being a straight up remake, this… Read More...