Synopsis – A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé’s two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place. My Take – While the generally audience continues to lap up jump scare filled horror thrillers, certain set of filmmakers are determined to stay on the other side of the genre … Continue reading The Lodge (2020) Review!!
Somehow, in this timeline we’re all living in, Universal Pictures’ recent release, the kid-friendly Trolls World Tour, has ignited a storm of serious saber-rattling amidst theater owners. Just one day after AMC Theaters owner Adam Aron declared the chain would not be showing new Universal releases — a statement made in reaction to NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell commenting to the Wall Street Journal on the financial success of the Trolls sequel’s … Continue reading Now Cineworld Also Refusing to Screen New Universal Releases!!
ABC has released the trailer for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 one month ahead of its May 27th premiere date. The entire Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. gang is back for the final season of Marvel’s ABC series, including series regulars Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennett, Elizabeth Henstridge, Ian De Caestecker, and Henry Simmons. The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 isn’t exactly the typical trailer we’re used to for an upcoming TV show. A majority … Continue reading ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Season 7 Trailer Reveals the Final Season!! Check It Out!!
A day after Irrfan Khan‘s passing, veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has passed away at the age of 67. His death was confirmed by his colleague and close friend Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Big B tweeted, “He’s GONE .. ! Rishi Kapoor .. gone .. just passed away .. I am destroyed!” Rishi Kapoor‘s brother Randhir Kapoor confirmed on Wednesday that the actor … Continue reading Veteran Bollywood Actor Rishi Kapoor Passes Away!!!
If you’re a fan of stop-motion animated comedy series like Robot Chicken and SuperMansion, then Hulu’s Crossing Swords should be on your radar. It’s been on our most-anticipated list for some time. While it feels like forever ago, we first heard of the new series back in the fall of 2018, and the project has stayed on track for a Hulu debut in 2020. We even … Continue reading ‘Crossing Swords’ Trailer Reveals Hulu’s NSFW Medieval Stop-Motion Comedy!! Check It Out!!
Steven Spielberg‘s Amblin Partners has tapped The Maze Runner filmmaker Wes Ball to direct a feature adaptation of Claire North‘s sci-fi novel The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Collider has confirmed. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August follows a man who is repeatedly born into the same life and can remember all of his past experiences. He sets out to save the world from … Continue reading ‘The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August’: Wes Ball Set to Direct Adaption!!
Fans of adolescent super soldiers rejoice – the new teaser for Season 2 of the Amazon Prime series Hanna just dropped on us unsuspecting viewers like a sleeper assassin. I stand by this metaphor. The trailer is brief (it is a teaser, after all), showing Hanna (Esmé Creed-Miles) making her way through the UTRAX facility, presumably to free more genetically-modified teens and/or seriously trash the … Continue reading ‘Hanna’ Season 2 Gets a Mysterious Teaser!! Check It Out!!
How much would you pay to get eaten by a dinosaur? Well, now’s your chance to find out. Chris Pratt has announced a new charity sweepstakes and auction tied to Jurassic World: Dominion and two lucky winners (or one lucky and one very wealthy winner) will win an appearance in the upcoming Jurassic World sequel. An appearance in which they get monched by a dino. How did this … Continue reading ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’: Chris Pratt Offers ‘To Get Eaten by a Dinosaur’ Role for Charity!!
Actor Irrfan Khan died on Wednesday in Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where he was being treated for an colon infection. A statement released by his family said that Mr Khan spent his final hours “surrounded by his love, his family for whom he most cared about.” Just hours ago, the actor’s spokesperson said in a statement that Mr Khan was “still fighting the battle.” … Continue reading Actor Irrfan Khan Has Passed Away!!
Movement is happening on a second Now You See Me sequel. Lionsgate announced today that it has hired American Hustle writer Eric Warren Singer to write the script for Now You See Me 3, based on his original idea. The follow-up is described as a “fresh take” on the franchise that will capture the fun, magic, and spirit of the original film, introducing new characters … Continue reading ‘Now You See Me 3′: ‘American Hustle’ Writer Eric Warren Singer Set to Pen!!
Is Ridley Scott really considering adding another directing project to his already full plate with an adaptation of the pandemic novel The End of October? The recently published novel from Lawrence Wright has only just hit shelves, but it seems like the director currently occupied with production on The Last Duel could be taking the helm on an adaptation of this hot property. An exclusive from Deadline indicates Scott’s production company, Scott … Continue reading ‘The End of October’: Ridley Scott Maybe Eyeing to Direct Pandemic Novel Adaptation!!
AMC Theatres, the biggest movie theater chain in the U.S., just fired quite the retaliation shot at Universal Pictures. After NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell commented on the success of Trolls World Tour on the straight-to-digital market to the Wall Street Journal, AMC Theatres CEO and President Adam Aron has released an open letter saying that AMC will no longer screen Universal Pictures films in any of this theaters. … Continue reading Universal Pictures Movies Will No Longer Screen at AMC Theaters!!!
Amazon Prime Video has released the official Homecoming Season 2 trailer, offering a full look at the new season of the mystery drama series. The show’s first season was anchored by Julia Roberts and told the story of a therapist trying to recall what exactly happened when she was overseeing a treatment center for veterans—which turned out not to be a straightforward “treatment center” at … Continue reading ‘Homecoming’ Season 2 Gets a Full Mystery Filled New Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Scholastic Entertainment, Sony Pictures TV, and Neal H. Moritz are teaming up for another go at a live-action Goosebumps series. Mortiz’s Original Film banner previously partnered with the studio for the one-two punch of the big-screen versions of R.L. Stine‘s spooky stories. Now, they’ll be taking the creepy kids books to the small screen once more. Fans of a certain age, myself included, probably remember … Continue reading ‘Goosebumps’ Set for a New Live-Action TV Series!!
It’s been one year since Avengers: Endgame burst into theaters, breaking box office records left and right and creating moviegoing memories that will stand the test of time. To mark the occasion and to help us remember what it was like going to the movies, directors Joe and Anthony Russo tweeted a watch-along last night, and along the way they released some never-before-seen behind-the-scenes videos … Continue reading ‘Avengers: Endgame’: Russo Brothers Reveal New Behind-the-Scenes Videos and Photos!! Check It Out!!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences convened its Board of Governors on Tuesday morning and made several temporary changes to the Oscars ceremony, especially with regards to eligibility. Movies that debut on VOD and streaming services will now be eligible for the Academy Awards so long as they were scheduled for theatrical release at one point. That means that Universal’s Trolls World Tour, … Continue reading Academy Relaxes Eligibility Rules for VOD Titles For Oscars 2021!!
David Leitch, the director of Hobbs & Shaw and Deadpool 2, is set to produce the amnesia-themed movie Fast and Loose for STX with his 87North partner Kelly McCormick, reports Deadline. Jon and Erich Hoeber (The Meg) wrote the script, which follows a man who wakes up in Tijuana after being left for dead with absolutely no memory. As he follows a string of clues … Continue reading ‘Fast and Loose’: David Leitch to Produce STX’s Amnesia Movie!!
Netflix has ordered Social Distance, a scripted anthology series from Jenji Kohan and the team behind Orange Is the New Black that will dramatize our current moment in quarantine. I don’t know about you, but this is one of the last things I’d want to watch right now, let alone in a post-pandemic future, though I suppose the right story and the right stars could … Continue reading ‘Social Distance’: Netflix Picks Up ‘OITNB’ Team’s Quarantine Anthology Series!!
Marvel badass Karen Gillan is set to star in the satirical sci-fi thriller Dual, which will see the Scottish actress set out to kill her own clone. Riley Stearns (Faults) will direct from his own original screenplay, and the film will co-star Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Martha Kelly and Jesse Eisenberg, the latter of whom starred in Stearns’ most recent feature, The Art of Self-Defense. … Continue reading ‘Dual’: Karen Gillan Set to Lead Clone Based Satirical Sci-Fi Thriller!!
Synopsis – The beloved superintendent of New York’s Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history. My Take – In some countries it is true that a town or district is only as good as its school system. But what if the funds allocated to better … Continue reading Bad Education (2020) Review!!
Netflix has canceled “Turn Up Charlie” after its first season. The comedy, starring Idris Elba, centered on a struggling DJ and bachelor who becomes a nanny for the daughter of a childhood best friend who has since become much more successful than him. “’Turn Up Charlie’ will not return for a second season,” said a Netflix spokesperson. “We’re especially grateful to star and executive producer … Continue reading Netflix Cancels Idris Elba’s ‘Turn Up Charlie’!!
Is there more story to tell when it comes to the new Netflix original action flick Extraction? The possibility of an Extraction sequel or prequel is certainly on the table, according to director Sam Hargrave and producer/writer Joe Russo. Extraction marks the feature directorial debut for Hargrave, who previously worked with the Russo brothers as the second-unit director on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The latest Netflix release … Continue reading ‘Extraction 2’: Sam Hargrave and Joe Russo Tease Possible Sequel and Prequel!!
Hollywood has not always been kind to leading actors in the Star Wars Skywalker Saga. Mark Hamill can be a geek icon now that Star Wars fandom is a cultural force, but people forget that for decades of his post-Return of the Jedi career, Hamill was in the wilderness, relegated to supporting roles and voice acting despite starring in one of the biggest franchises of all-time. … Continue reading ‘The Ice Beneath Her’: Daisy Ridley in Talks to Star in Psychological Thriller!!
Game developer outfit Naughty Dog hit a bump in the road with the recent announcement that they’d be delaying the highly anticipated follow-up game to their near-perfect 2013 hit, The Last of Us. Then, over the weekend, the wheels just about came off when a supposedly disgruntled employee uploaded tons of major spoiler content for the sequel in a sizable leak that was definitely not … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us Part 2’ Faces Major Leak Yet Reveals New Release Date!!
HBO Max has acquired the Seth Rogen comedy An American Pickle from Sony and will release the movie this summer under its Warner Max label, the streamer announced Monday. Rogen’s frequent cinematographer Brandon Trost directed from a script by Simon Rich, who adapted his own 2013 New Yorker novella series Sell Out. Rogen produced with his Point Grey partners Evan Goldberg and James Weaver, which … Continue reading ‘An American Pickle’: Seth Rogen Comedy Heads to HBO Max!!
Here to ensure our week starts off on a high note is The King of Staten Island director Judd Apatow and its star, Pete Davidson, with some very exciting news about the forthcoming comedy’s digital release. That’s right: Rather than release the feature theatrically (as it was originally planned) following a premiere at this year’s SXSW, Universal Pictures will be sending the Apatow/Davidson feature to on-demand. Apatow and … Continue reading ‘The King of Staten Island’ Gets a Digital Release Date!!
Netflix has released the official trailer for the exciting Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt interactive special, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend. The newest edition of Netflix’s choose-your-own-adventure platform is decidedly sunnier and funnier than the previous special, Black Mirror‘s Bandersnatch. Plus, Kimmy vs. The Reverend will see all of your Kimmy Schmidt faves — Ellie Kemper, Jon Hamm, Titus Burgess, Jane Krakowski, and Carol Kane — reuniting for this special event, with some new faces joining in on … Continue reading ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Interactive Special Gets Very Quirky Trailer!! Check It Out!!
More than 30 years after the release of 1985’s The Goonies, the now grown-up cast reunited with the movie’s director Richard Donner, writer Chris Columbus, and co-executive producer Steven Spielberg on Josh Gad‘s new video series Reunited Apart. The special, which aired on Monday, April 27, is the first of many hosted by Gad, with each episode raising money for charity. One of the most interesting updates dropped during the Goonies reunion special came from … Continue reading ‘The Goonies’: Steven Spielberg Shares Sequel Update During Cast Reunion!!
Y’know what we could all use during these troubled times? Some light, easy, feel-good entertainment. What’s that? Per Deadline, HBO is developing a Hellraiser TV series based on Clive Barker‘s notorious, graphically violent, gothically vulgar horror property? Hmm. Well. I guess that works, too. Best known from Barker’s 1987 horror classic, based on his own 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, Hellraiser has since spawned a multiple feature-film franchise, and … Continue reading ‘Hellraiser’ Is Getting a HBO Series with David Gordon Green Directing!!
Warner Bros. late Wednesday reaffirmed the studio’s commitment to the cinematic experience in hopes of clearing up confusion over comments made to investors by WarnerMedia boss John Stankey earlier in the day about the future of the theatrical model. “We are committed to — and are excited about — releasing Tenet in theaters this summer or whenever theaters reopen. We remain supportive of the theatrical … Continue reading Warner Bros. Reaffirm Commitment to Theatrical Movies like ‘Tenet’ and ‘WW84’!!
Synopsis – After the untimely death of his mother, a teenager befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor and becomes embroiled in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town. Directed – Joey Klein Starring – Imogen Poots, Neve Campbell, Alex Wolff Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Castle in the Ground’ Trailer Reveals the Addiction Drama!! Check It Out!!
Creator John Logan set his Showtime original series Penny Dreadful in Victorian England and took inspiration from classic novels like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to tell his story. Now, years after the original series came to an end after a three season run, Logan is back with a spin-off that seems more indebted to film noir than Gothic fiction. Penny Dreadful: … Continue reading ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’ Gets a New Trailer and a Behind the Scenes Video!! Check It Out!!
Good news, Train to Busan fans. The director of the 2016’s Korean zombie horror hit, Yeon Sang-ho, is set to direct a new Netflix animated series called Hellbound. Yeon is already on our radar these days thanks to his unofficial sequel to Train to Busan, Peninsula, currently set for release in 2020. But it looks like we’re going to have to officially file Yeon under “Directors to Watch” because he … Continue reading ‘Hellbound’: ‘Train to Busan’ Director Set to Helm Netflix’s Animated Series!!
Paramount on Wednesday announced that it is pushing back the release of the spy thriller Without Remorse by two weeks to Oct. 2, the date previously occupied by Sony‘s Venom sequel. The big-screen adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel stars Michael B. Jordan as John Kelly, a Navy SEAL who avenges his wife’s murder only to find himself inside a larger conspiracy. Stefano Sollima (Sicario: … Continue reading ‘Without Remorse’: Michael B. Jordan led Tom Clancy Adaption Gets a New Release Date!!
It’s an Anchorman reunion, as Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd are set to star in The Shrink Next Door, a limited series based on the hit Wondery podcast that just landed at Apple in a competitive situation. The eight-episode dark comedy series is inspired by true events that detail the bizarre relationship between psychiatrist to the stars Dr. Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf (Rudd) and his longtime … Continue reading ‘The Shrink Next Door’: Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd to lead Apple’s Dark Comedy Series!!
The latest trailer for TNT‘s Snowpiercer TV series reveals more details of the literal class warfare between front car and back car passengers. The promo kicks off with an announcement from Jennifer Connelly’s Melanie Cavill, a front car passenger who runs the Snowpiercer train’s PA system. She mentions the outside temperature of -116 degrees Celsius, and that the train passengers have been circling the globe … Continue reading ‘Snowpiercer’: Latest Trailer Is About Sparking a Revolution!! Check It Out!!
Chris Pine, Shia LaBeouf and recent Oscar nominee Florence Pugh are set to star in Olivia Wilde‘s psychological thriller Don’t Worry, Darling, which is heating up over at New Line. Pugh will play the lead — an unhappy housewife living in an isolated, utopian community in the California desert in the 1950s — while Wilde will tackle a key supporting role. Pine and LaBeouf’s roles … Continue reading ‘Don’t Worry, Darling’: Chris Pine, Shia LaBeouf, Florence Pugh Set for Olivia Wilde’s Thriller!!
Justice for Piggy! If you’ve ever read William Golding‘s classic novel Lord of the Flies(or skimmed enough Cliff’s Notes to finish your high school paper), you know its darkly classic structure well: Kids get stranded on an island, kids try to retain a sense of sanity and society, kids quickly devolve into their inherent animalistic natures, kids kill each other moments before getting rescued. The book has … Continue reading ‘Lord of the Flies’: Patrick Ness Set to Write Luca Guadagnino’s New Film!!
Disney+ is moving right along with production on its latest Star Wars spinoff show following Cassian Andor, Diego Luna’s character from the 2016 prequel Rogue One. Luna has already been confirmed to reprise his role as the Rebel pilot and team leader, with Stellan Skarsgård and Kyle Soller also joining the cast. Today, Disney announced that two more actors, Genevieve O’Reilly and Denise Gough, have … Continue reading ‘Cassian Andor’ Disney+ Series Sets Tony Gilroy as Showrunner!!!
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a watershed picture in the MCU. Under the guidance of the Russo Brothers, it brought Chris Evans‘ Steve Rogers into a paranoid conspiracy thriller straight out of the ’70s, with hard-hitting moral quandaries and even harder-hitting action sequences. If you love that Marvel film as much as I do, you’ll be pleased to know that Sebastian Stan, in a recent interview with the … Continue reading ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’: Sebastian Stan Confirms Similar Tone to ‘The Winter Soldier’!!
Synopsis – Four Japanese orphans form a rock band. Directed – Makoto Nagahisa Starring – Keita Ninomiya, Mondo Okumura, Satoshi Mizuno Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘We Are Little Zombies’: Acclaimed Japanese Film Gets a U.S. Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Free Guy duo Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy are set to reteam for an untitled time travel adventure movie that is in the works at Skydance. Reynolds will star and Levy will direct, while both of them will produce alongside Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger. Reynolds will play a man who travels back in time to get help from his 13-year old … Continue reading Skydance’s Time Travel Movie Set to Reteam Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy!!
Aubrey Plaza, Danny DeVito and his daughter Lucy DeVito are set to voice the leads in Little Demon, a new animated comedy from executive producer Dan Harmon that has just been greenlit by FX. The network is wasting no time getting started, as production is slated to begin next week. Danny DeVito will play the Devil, who impregnates a reluctant young woman (Plaza). 13 years … Continue reading ‘Little Demon’: Dan Harmon’s New Animated Comedy Casts Aubrey Plaza and Danny DeVito!!
Synopsis – Tyler Rake, a fearless black market mercenary, embarks on the most deadly extraction of his career when he’s enlisted to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. My Take – As we all know by now, the annual summer blockbuster season was supposed to begin from the coming weekend, however, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has led to a major shift … Continue reading Extraction (2020) Review!!
The coronavirus pandemic has been wreaking havoc on movie studios, with countless productions being shut down and rescheduled, and some movies getting bumped a year or more into the future. However, in a surprise move, Sony’s Uncharted will be coming out earlier than expected. The big-budget adaptation of its popular video game franchise about wise-cracking treasure hunter Nathan Drake, has swiped off the calendar like … Continue reading ‘Uncharted’ Gets a New Release Date from Sony!!
Sony has delayed the release of Tom Holland‘s third Spider-Man movie as well as the animated sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The untitled Far From Home sequel moves from July 16, 2021 to Nov. 5, 2021, while the Spider-Verse sequel moves from April 8, 2022 to Oct. 7, 2022. Spider-Man 3 takes over a date that was just vacated by Marvel’s Doctor Strange in … Continue reading Sony Delays Release Dates of ‘Spider-Man 3’ and ‘Into the Spider-Verse 2’!!
Paramount has pushed back the release of both Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8 due to production delays, the studio announced Friday. Christopher McQuarrie‘s Mission: Impossible 7 was slated to hit theaters on July 21, 2021, and will now debut four months later on Nov. 19, 2021. Meanwhile, the eighth installment of the action-packed spy franchise starring Tom Cruise was due on Aug. 5, … Continue reading ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ and ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ See Release Date Delays!!
It will be a little while yet before we see Season 2 of Disney+’s The Mandalorian–and no, the fake Season 2 trailer doesn’t count–but the Star Wars‘ series streaming service has a little surprise in store for fans. This coming Star Wars Day, May 4th, Disney+ will roll out Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, a new docu-series hosted by Jon Favreau that goes behind the scenes … Continue reading ‘Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian’ Trailer Teases the Disney+ Docuseries!! Check It Out!!
The billion-dollar+ LEGO franchise just built itself a bridge out of Warner Bros. and over to Universal. Deadline reports that a deal led by Universal’s Donna Langley and LEGO Group’s Jill Wilfert ensured five years of theatrically-released LEGO feature films from Universal. “To partner with such an iconic brand that remains relevant and is constantly evolving allows for creativity in storytelling,” said Langley. “We’re thrilled … Continue reading ‘LEGO’: Universal Picks Up Franchise from Warner Bros!!
Time to break out the old Alvin Schwartz books again, because a Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark sequel is on the way. As reported by THR, director André Øvredal is returning, along with screenwriters Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman. Guillermo Del Toro will once again write the screen story, but as of right now it’s unclear whether he will also return as a … Continue reading ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ is Getting a Sequel!!
