Every major studio in Hollywood is currently closed down for the foreseeable future, which means it will be awhile before we see any major blockbuster trailers coming our way. So we’re having to settle for some bottom of the bucket B-Movies that usually wouldn’t get much attention heading into the summer. Luckily the new horror outingThe Jack in the Boxlooks worthy of our attention, if not just for the terrifying poster alone....
Earlier this week,Infinity WarstarChris Pratt joked that Tom Holland spoiled Jurassic World 2 for himbefore he was able to read the script. Holland is friends withJurassic World 2director J.A. Bayona from working on a previous movie and the director reportedly let the Spider-Man actor in on some of the plot for the upcoming sequel before filming began, which he relayed to Pratt. Chris Pratt then told the world, which saw Bayona poking some fun at Holland on social media and then resulted in the dead Spider-Man joke....
PresidentDonald Trumpis Jedi Master Yoda in a new official campaign video. The Trump administration is getting in on theStar Wars Dayfestivities, though it’s a bit on the violent side. This isn’t the first time that the official campaign social media account for Trump has taken clips from popular movies for their ads. Most recently,Trump became Thanos from Avengers: Endgamesnapping away the Democrats. Before that, they used Bane’s theme fromThe Dark Knight Risesand got shut down by Warner Bros....
We’ve known for some time now that Adam Sandler is capable of delivering an exceptional performance. Movies such asPunch Drunk LoveandFunny Peoplehave provided the proof. But, for whatever reason, we rarely get the chance to see Sandler at his best. Instead, he’s often featured in lowbrow comedies, these days ones that debut directly on Netflix. However, thanks to directors Benny Safide and Josh Safdie, aka the Safdie brothers, we’ve been treated to peak-Sandler inUncut Gems, which is a truly off-the-rails, totally unique and darkly comedic thriller....
J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company have hatched a pretty clever plan to unleash some original sci-fi movies on the world. Last year, they under-the-radar released a sort-of-sequel toCloverfieldby the name of10 Cloverfield Lane. The movie was a big success, so the “Cloververse” is expanding. This year will see the release ofCloverfield 3, which originally started out as a sci-fi movie calledGod Particle. Now, screenwriter Oren Uziel has explained how his original movie became the next movie in theCloverfield movie universe....
Mulder and Scully are coming back yet again. After a very successful revival season,The X-Filesis coming back for another full season on Fox. Now, it has been confirmed that the series will debut in early 2018, though, no specific premiere date has been revealed. But we do have the first photos fromThe X-Files Season 11, as well as the very first plot details, courtesy of showrunner and creator Chris Carter....
There are plenty of meta movies out there, AKA those that reference their own IP or the tropes of their genre. But then there are others that outright make references to other films, some classics and some not so much. Typically, the references are to landmark installments of the genre of the film doing the referencing, but occasionally the viewer is treated to a memorably pop-culture savvy protagonist (or, rarer still, antagonist)....
Comic book movie adaptationshave become immensely popular in the past two decades. With them being major box office successes too, it is no surprise to hear that studios are constantly dreaming up new big screen adventures based on beloved superheroes and villains. The characters fromMarvelComics, in particular, haveentertained legions of fansbecause of the grand treatment they receive from production studios. However, sometimes fans’ expectations are unfulfilled when certain movies are shelved....
A TV vampire doesn’t simply exist to horrify or seduce for 90 minutes and then fade into the credits. They have to endure. They are not just a spectacle; they are a character, forced to exist within the structure of longform storytelling. And because they exist over time, they tell us something about the era in which they were created. Barnabas Collins reflected a late-’60s gothic revival and the soap-operatic hunger for serialized tragedy....
It goes without saying that cinema has played a crucial role in shaping the society and evoking conversations around important subjects. From silent films a black-and-white wonders to talkies and dazzling blockbusters in color, the magic of movies has held us by the hand and led us to new worlds and time periods. It has made us laugh and cry. But regardless of the impact, for a really long time, the director’s chair remained elusive for women....
We’ve come to the end of the decade. It’s been a decade full of a great many developments in the movie world. Streaming asserted its dominance. Physical media began dying a slow death. Superheroes took over the worldwide box office and Hollywood became more franchise obsessed than ever. Some of that was for the better. Some of it, not so much. But we’re here to look at some of the highlights in that arena from 2010 to 2019, as we’re counting down the 21 best popcorn movies of the decade....
It may be hard to imagine a world were the House of Mouse didn’t own the rights to every Marvel property. Fromthe Avengers, to the X-Menand now, most recently, The Defenders and The Punisher. All they need now is the complete rights to Spider-Man. However, it was only a few years ago that other companies (Fox, Netflix, and Sony) were releasing Marvel movies and shows to a varied degree of critical success and praise from fans....
Michael Keatonhas one of the most extensive and beloved filmographies of any actor working today. Although there’s an audience from the 1980s that grew up loving him inBeetlejuiceandBatman, he has resonated with older viewers with his roles in such recent Best Picture Oscar-winners asBirdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) andSpotlight. Keaton has now come full circle by reprising hisrole as Bruce WayneinThe Flashfor the first time sinceBatman Returns, proving once again why he is the definitive version of the character for many viewers....
