Dark Rey was one of the biggest mysteries in The Rise of Skywalker trailers. Star Wars fans were instantly intrigued when they saw Daisy Ridley with a double-bladed red Lightsaber. The look is one of the more striking images in the final installment in the Skywalker Saga and a lot of fans wish there would
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Which Too Hot to Handle cast member looks like the biggest player on Instagram? Well, the answer to that is truly in the eye of the beholder. From Harry to Rhonda to Kelz, we unpack the dirty deets from the best source imaginable: social media. Related: Too Hot To Handle: Money Completely Changed Kelz’s Attitude Towards Hookup Getaway
Martin Short – Mr. Willoughby As Mr. Willoughby, the neglectful patriarch of the Willoughby family, Martin Short adds another voice-only role to his ever-growing resume with Netflix’s The Willoughbys. The Tony-winning comedy veteran of the stage and screen has a hundred-plus credits to his name, such as Three Amigos!, SCTV, SNL, Father of the Bride,
A sequel to UFO documentary Unacknowledged, Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind has landed on digital this week. Directed by Michael Mazzola and presented by Dr. Steven Greer, the global authority on extraterrestrials who created the worldwide disclosure movement and routinely briefs presidents and heads of state on the ET phenomenon, the film presents the
In 2000, The Exorcist received an extended director’s cut, at the time called The Version You’ve Never Seen, and here’s what it changes. Horror history is full of classic films that took years to catch on, such as The Shining, The Thing, and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. The Exorcist, however, was not one of those
Given what we know so far, while it’s unlikely that The Batman will be a direct adaptation of The Long Halloween, there are definitely some similarities. For one thing, the movie is reportedly set during Bruce Wayne’s second year of crimefighting and highlight his detective skills. It’s also been confirmed that Catwoman, Riddler, Penguin and
Ahead of her return as Veronica in the upcoming sequel Clerks 3, Clerks star Marilyn Ghigliotti will portray a gypsy in the new comedy movie Thursday the 12th. Aiming for a theatrical release this summer, the movie was originally scheduled to be released in April before theater closures and production delays brought about a change
The upcoming Venom sequel officially has a title: Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage - but what exactly does the subtitle mean for the forthcoming film? The first Venom proved to be a huge commercial success for Sony back in 2018, grossing over $850 million at the worldwide box office. Given that, it was expected that Sony would greenlight a sequel, one
The entertainment industry has come to a screeching halt over the past few months, due to global health concerns. Plenty of film sets were shut down as a result, including Matt Reeves’ long gestating blockbuster The Batman. Production was in full force at the time of the halt, which is a bummer to the cast/crew,
A brand new mini-documentary entitled Everybody’s Uncle Buck is now available for viewing. The documentary short does a wonderful job of exploring the career of the late, great actor, John Candy, who overcame personal tragedy to become one of the most beloved entertainers of all time. [embedded content] The short documentary has been written, edited
With so many delays due to coronavirus, here is every Warner Bros. movie that hasn’t changed its release date. The shutdowns of theaters and productions around the world have effectively ground Hollywood to a halt. The growth of the coronavirus pandemic has left 2020 without much of a spring or summer movie season as a
If you travelled back to around the time the first trailers for Sonic The Hedgehog dropped onto the internet, and told someone that not only would the design be changed, but the film would go on to become a box office record breaker, you’d probably get a lot of laughs from the room. But with
One of 2019’s most anticipated horror movies, The Lodge is finally coming home on DVD, Digital, Blu-ray and Hulu on May 5. Directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy), who co-wrote the script with Sergio Casci, the movie follows a family who retreat to their remote winter cabin over the holidays and get
The writer on Halloween Kills says that the sequel is going to be even more intense than its predecessor. John Carpenter’s horror masterpiece Halloween came out in 1979, which launched a franchise filled with lackluster sequels and remakes. The franchise started to get back on track in 2018 when David Gordon Greene took over by directing a sequel set 40
Fantasia When I said Disney’s decision to edit their own films went back decades, i wasn’t kidding. At the same time, 1940’s Fantasia includes topless centaur ladies bathing, and that’s still there. However, for about three decades in the “Pastoral Symphony” sequence, there was a character known as Sunflower who was removed from the film’s
Disneyland and Disney World are currently closed to the public for an ongoing extended amount of time. And while most have stayed away from the park during this crisis, one man attempted to break in via Disney’s California Adventure and was arrested near the Guardians of the Galaxy ride. He was later cited with trespassing.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 director, James Gunn, shares a playlist of songs from his master list for Meredith Quill’s favorite songs, some of which he hints could appear in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Currently, there’s no set release date for Guardians 3, but plans are in motion for production to begin this year after Gunn
In the meantime, Felton has a couple of movie projects in the works right now, including Braking For Whales, which is one of a few movies that are coming out on time right now thanks to being a VOD release. You can take a first look at that movie, an indie where Felton and his
The 1993 action movie masterclass that is Demolition Man has been trending of late, thanks not only to the superb scenery-chewing, explosive work of stars Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, but by the ways in which the present-day world seems to be aligning with the movie’s vision of the future. In a recent interview with
A recent datamine of Animal Crossing: New Horizons has revealed a handful of potential features that could be added to Nintendo’s popular life-simulator. All Animal Crossing games have featured real-time events that change the game depending on the time of day, the current month, and the season. Due to the ever-changing nature of Animal Crossing, fans can expect New Horizons to change drastically
While the films, inspired by Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling’s fictional textbook of the same name, have already cast a good majority of pre-existing characters, there remain a few that can still be reincorporated as younger iterations. Daisy Ridley could bring a new aura to, for instance, Hogwarts professor Bathilda Bagshot, who is known to
Robert Bronzi is back. Known for being a Charles Bronson lookalike, the actor is carving out a name for himself in the genre world with plenty of exciting thrillers, Westerns, and now, he’s even getting into the slasher genre with the insane looking Cry Havoc, which is coming to On Demand this summer. [embedded content]
The Punisher hunts John Wick in a new piece of fan artwork. Over the years, both John Wick and the Punisher have managed to remain popular action heroes in pop culture. Keanu Reeves has been the star of three John Wick movies, all three of which have gotten incredible reviews. The Punisher has continued to get comic books
There Are Even More New Stars Joining the Ensemble for The Suicide Squad Part of the fun of Suicide Squad stories is the fact that there are some characters who are included simply to be expendable – and James Gunn has loaded his The Suicide Squad ensemble with some high profile actors who could make
Quentin Tarantino knows why Grindhouse wasn’t a box office success. In 2007, Tarantino teamed with Robert Rodriguez for the epic double feature. However, it was lost on audiences and received mixed reviews from critics upon its release. Speaking in a recently unearthed interview from 2019, Tarantino reflected on the experience and revealed why the movie
One Disney animator decided to transform famous rappers into their own Prince Charming status animated characters. Disney is one of the greatest entertainment titans of all time. Top animators, performers, and designers dream their whole lives to work for the company, and Disney only hires the best of the best. Unfortunately, hundreds of these talented
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. There are two classic Star Wars lines that are repeated in just about every Star Wars movie: “May the Force be with you” and “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Both were
Allen Daviau has passed away. The cinematographer was 77-years old. Daviau died on April 15th due to complications from the coronavirus. Steven Spielberg paid tribute to his old friend with a touching message on social media. The two started out together in the late 1960s and Daviau served as cinematographer on E.T. the Extra Terrestrial,
Since its release on March 20, the adorable and relaxing Animal Crossing: New Horizons has quickly become a coronavirus quarantine staple. As the latest installment in the Animal Crossing franchise, Animal Crossing: New Horizons brings players to an abandoned island to settle on the land and build a new community of endearing and often familiar
X-Men is the movie that really launched James Marsden’s career into big-screen success, which projects such as Hairspray, Enchanted, 27 Dresses, HBO’s Westworld and Netflix’s Dead To Me. He told us that it was the first time in his career where he felt like he was part of something “really special.”