In a year when comic book movies, remakes, and sequels ruled the box office, Rian Johnson delivered an original film that is also one of the year’s most entertaining movies. Knives Out is styled after classic whodunit murder mystery about a wealthy family whose elder patriarch dies at a family get-together. RELATED: Knives Out: 10 Best
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Executive producer and actress Linda Collins recently accepted an award for Best International Film award at the Brightside Tavern Shorts Film Festival for the short film Perception, an Andres Irias written and directed film approaching the subject of race and immigration from two perspectives. Collins plays Lauren, the mother of an American teen taught to hate immigrants
Cleo McDowell Should Be Up To His Neck In Trademark Lawsuits In hopes to get closer to Lisa, the woman he has fallen for, Akeem, with Semmi, goes to work for her father, Cleo McDowell (former Good Times star John Amos), whose self-named restaurant bears a striking resemblance to a certain popular fast food chain.
All of Marvel’s Disney+ shows have halted production due to coronavirus concerns. The studio previously announced that they were suspending their big screen projects, so it was really only a matter of time before the TV aspect was announced. All of Hollywood is trying to figure out what to do and suspending production has been
Dario Argento’s Mother of Tears, released in 2007, was a disappointing finale for the Suspiria trilogy. After the mixed reception of follow-up Inferno (1980) and the nearly 30 year wait, the Italian-American production failed to meet audience expectation. Upon its U.S. release in 1977, Argento’s Suspiria struck a cord with audiences looking for unique cinematic thrills.
If the character of Brian O’Conner doesn’t appear in F9 after all, you have to imagine they’ll find a way to add him to Fast 10, especially if it is the final movie in the saga. There are any number of ways they could do that tastefully, especially if he’s just in shadow or seen
Damon Lindelof, the creator of HBO’s Watchmen, is interested in taking a trip to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or a galaxy far, far away, in the future. Lindelof left his stamp in the DC universe in a big way with Watchmen, which proved to be one of the biggest hits of 2019. While there are
Furious 7 featured a clever scene in which Dwayne Johnson’s character watched himself playing college football in the ’90s. Johnson, a.k.a. “The Rock” to wrestling fans, first joined The Fast Saga in 2011 with his portrayal as Luke Hobbs in Fast Five. Since then, he cemented himself as one of the most prominent members of
The Bride Of Frankenstein Has Never Been Given A Proper Spotlight Unlike many movie monster properties, 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein was not based on a classic novel or story. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein did not have The Creature being given a bride, but he does ask Victor Frankenstein to create a female companion for him. In
Corey Feldman premiered his long-awaited documentary (My) Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys this past Monday at the DGA, where things took a turn for the weird as the simultaneous streaming premiere came under attack from hackers, leaving those who bought a ticket unable to see the movie. The same thing happened the following day
As Spawn’s release approaches on Mortal Kombat 11, new teasers include his interaction with Joker – which involves a Violator reference that fans of the anti-hero are sure to love. Spawn is the latest character set to appear on MK11 and will be available on early access on March 17, followed by a full release
Josh Boone Decides To Adapt The New Mutants Comic Books (2014) In 2014, Josh Boone was fresh off the weepy hit teen drama, The Fault In Our Stars, based on the best-selling book of the same name by John Green. The film’s success, both critically and commercially, proved that Boone was ready to move up
Jay Roach may be known best for his comedic exploits, as the director of the Austin Powers franchise, but his most recent effort, Bombshell, took a deep look at a massive scandal that plagued Fox News. Specifically, the sexual harassment scandal that led former CEO Roger Ailes to resign in disgrace from the media giant.
Outlander’s theme song, The Skye Boat Song, is a traditional Celtic song that details the journey of Bonnie Prince Charlie. However, for the purposes of the show, Outlander’s creators used the lyrics of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem ‘Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone’ in order to be more applicable to the
Perhaps my favorite part of the above video isn’t seeing the cast in costume or filming scenes, but watching J.J. Abrams and Oscar Isaac have their conversation. The iconic filmmaker is directing Isaac, attempting to make sure he moves properly in sync with the camera. But it does take some talking out, before the two
An “unlikely” extended shutdown of theaters could end Cineworld Cinemas, the second largest global cinema chain and owner of U.S. based Regal Cinemas. Two to three months of zero revenue could put the cinema chain in “breach its debt covenants.” The coronavirus is spreading rapidly and theater chains across the world are scrambling to figure
The X-Men‘s Bishop may have just been taken down… by his own mother. The mutant race has settled on the living island of Krakoa, and Charles Xavier dreams of peace between man and mutant. For all that’s the case, though, the fact remains that mutants have a martial tradition. Generations of mutants have been taught to
Last night, amidst a flurry of news regarding the spread of the novel Coronavirus a.k.a. COVID-19, film fans got a rather distressing update from one of the most beloved stars in the world. Tom Hanks, who is currently down in Australia filming the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic, shared on social media that both he and
It may be a while before we see Jason Voorhees back on the big screen, but the iconic slasher will be taking over SyFy for a full day on a most appropriate day. The cable network has announced that it will be hosting a 24-hour Friday the 13th marathon this Friday, which just so happens
A red-band trailer for Bad Trip, starring Eric Andre and Tiffany Haddish, reveals a prank-filled, hidden-camera comedy from the makers of Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. The film was initially scheduled to premiere at South By Southwest 2020, but plans changed when the event was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Currently, the film is still set for an April
It sounds like it was the right call, too. Not only did the new sequence save parents from dealing with traumatized children, it also let Natasha’s death have a bit more depth to it. The Avengers: Endgame writers, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, are “really proud” of the scene in the film, but as they
Incredibly, it has now been nearly 30 years since Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey was released on the big screen. With that much time passing between the last known adventures of this most-excellent duo, and the forthcoming release of Bill & Ted Face the Music, audiences are no doubt going to have to get used
Comic-Con, the organizer of both WonderCon and San Diego Comic-Con, has announced that WonderCon will be postponed, while a decision still needs to be made on SDCC. The news comes as the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has been responsible for sweeping changes across the entertainment industry. Several movies have postponed premieres and releases, such
Actor Colin Hanks, who is the son of Tom Hanks and Samantha Lewes, also spoke out about his parents’ brush with the disease on social media, mentioning that he hasn’t seen his parents recently since he is in Los Angeles and they are in Australia but that he is also keeping in touch with them.
Apple TV+ has unveiled the full-length trailer for Spike Jonze’s Beastie Boys Story. The footage is nearly 3 minutes-long and gives Beastie boys and girls a much better idea of what to expect. In late 2018, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond released their long-awaited memoir and celebrated with some extremely limited live
The CW’s hit show Riverdale has halted its season 4 production in Vancouver after a member of their team came into contact with the coronavirus. Riverdale follows the classic characters from Archie Comics, including Archie Andrews (KJ Apa), Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), Veronica Lodge (Camilla Mendes), and Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse). While it is still set in
Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found
CinemaCon 2020 has officially been canceled due to COVID-19. The announcement was made earlier today after Donald Trump announced his European travel ban. Trump and his administration are looking into ways to deal with the coronavirus in the United States. The event was scheduled to run from March 30th to April 2nd in Las Vegas,
The final group of six disguised celebrities graced the stage hit The Masked Singer stage. Group C included the last six singers: Astronaut, Bear, Night Angel, Rhino, Swan, and T-Rex. The Masked Singer that was sent packing was the fluffy pink Bear, who was revealed to be one of the most “polarizing” politicians of our time – former Alaskan
As Simon Pegg explained during our interview, although other productions have been about places like Skid Row, oftentimes they don’t tend to reach out to the community they are highlighting at all. Katharine O’Brien’s small-budget flick did involve the community in the filmmaking in order to tell a more authentic story about the almost 60,000