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New ‘Black Widow’ Photos: Scarlett Johansson And Florence Pugh Are Ready For Super Spy Action By Ethan Anderton/April 6, 2020 10:30 am EST If we weren’t in the darkest timeline right now, Marvel’s Black Widow would be arriving in theaters in a little under a month. Unfortunately, the globe is dealing with a dangerous pandemic, and the entire movie release calendar is being shuffled around every week as studios push back some of the biggest movies of the year following the closure of pretty much all movie theaters everywhere....

New ‘Hamilton’ Trailer And Clip: Disney+ Brings You Into The Room Where It Happens By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2020 12:00 pm EST Before the Independence Day holiday weekend begins, Disney+ will kick off the patriotic celebrations with the debut of their live recording of the Broadway hit Hamilton. Created by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, the hip-hop musical tells the story of historical figure Alexander Hamilton, including his interactions with the likes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and of course, Aaron Burr....

New ‘The Haunted Mansion’ Movie In The Works From ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Writer Katie Dippold By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 28, 2020 3:04 pm EST Time for the dreams of a Guillermo del Toro Haunted Mansion movie to die yet again! The acclaimed filmmaker has been talking about making a Haunted Mansion movie for Disney for years, and while it looks like the House of Mouse is now ready to give a new film take on the classic attraction a try, del Toro isn’t involved....

Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Moves To November, Disney Animation’s ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ Heads To 2021 By Ben Pearson/April 13, 2020 12:00 pm EST Earlier this month, Disney unveiled a series of major release date changes for films like Mulan, Jungle Cruise, a whole batch of Marvel movies, and more. But after the dust settled, the Pixar movie Soul was still locked in for a June premiere in theaters. That seemed…well, unlikely to remain in place, given the present circumstances, and now the studio has shifted Soul and a couple other movies around on its release calendar....

Pop Culture Imports: Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Ran,’ A German Sexual Assault Drama, A Penelope Cruz-Javier Bardem Reunion, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 13, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) In this week’s Pop Culture Imports, we have Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece, Ran, on the Criterion Channel, and a few hidden gems on Netflix including a superb German sexual assault drama, a poignant slice of life anime film, the latest cinematic reunion between Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, and a vibrant animated love letter to Ancient Andean culture....

The 10 Best Sequels Of The Decade By Andrew Todd/Dec. 20, 2019 8:00 am EST (This article is part of our Best of the Decade series.)Sequels were big business this last decade. Between shared universes (Marvel, DC, Fast & Furious, Star Wars), nostalgia sequels (Independence Day: Resurgence), surprise sequels (Split), soft reboots (Bumblebee), and hard reboots (21 Jump Street), every flavour of sequel was represented in some way. Many, of course, were terrible....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Leaving Netflix In November 2019 By Ben Pearson/Oct. 24, 2019 4:00 pm EST With the rapturous early buzz for Greta Gerwig’s new adaptation of Little Women, perhaps you, like me, are interested in watching (or re-watching) the 1994 adaptation of the book before you check out the new version. Well, you better hurry, because the ‘94 Little Women is one of the titles that will be vanishing from Netflix just after the clock strikes midnight on Halloween night....

The Final Cut Of ‘Apocalypse Now’ Is A Challenging And Riveting Reminder That Francis Ford Coppola’s Film Is A Masterpiece In Any Form By Jason Gorber/Aug. 20, 2019 8:00 am EST As a kid, I was obsessed with helicopters. There was no real reason why, save for the fact that they seemed more magical than planes. Helicopters seem so implausible, like they shouldn’t work, some sort of mechanical beast that defied nature’s rules....

They Let Roberto Benigni Make Another ‘Pinocchio’ Movie, And The English-Language Version Is Opening This Christmas By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 30, 2020 2:00 pm EST Roberto Benigni became an international star after he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in Life is Beautiful, a film Benigni also directed and co-wrote. But Benigni’s star plummeted a bit in the years to come, worsened by his directorial follow-up, 2002’s Pinocchio....

TV Bits: ‘Reno 911!’ Part 2, ‘Stranger Things 4’, ‘Patriot Act’, ‘Ozark’ Season 4, ‘Warrior Nun’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 23, 2020 12:00 pm EST In this edition of TV Bits: Watch the trailer for Reno 911! Part 2 on Quibi Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act canceled at Netflix Stranger Things 4 won’t be the final season Warrior Nun renewed for second season Ozark season 4 details And more! Reno 911!...

‘Black Panther II’ Reveals May 2022 Release Date [D23] By /Film Staff/Aug. 24, 2019 10:05 am EST Marvel’s Black Panther was a phenomenon. Not only did the movie earn rave reviews and take in boffo box office, it was also nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Can Marvel strike gold twice with Black Panther II? There’s definitely a damn good chance, since Ryan Coogler is returning to write and direct....

‘Cooper’s Bar’ Is A Breezy Comedy About People Who Try Way Too Hard [SXSW] By Amelia Emberwing/April 28, 2020 1:00 pm EST (The SXSW Film Festival may have been cancelled, but our coverage will go on with reviews of films and TV shows made available to our critics.)Los Angeles is a tough city. It’s filled with dreams and aspiring who-knows-whats all just trying to make their dreams come true. Some hustle hard enough to break through, others get flat out lucky....

‘Doctor Who’ Shakes And Stirs Season 12 Up With A Big Reveal In “Spyfall, Part 1” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 3, 2020 9:00 am EST Over the decades, Doctor Who has assumed a plethora of identities: in the ’60s it was an educational program with a sci-fi twist, in the ’70s it was briefly a James Bond-inspired espionage series, in the ’80s and on, it embraced its camp. With the 2005 reboot, Doctor Who embraced and shed even more identities: the blue-collar soap, the fairy tale adventure, and even flashes of hard sci-fi....

By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 2, 2020 9:00 am EST When The Muppets returned to Disney+ a few weeks ago with the new series Muppets Now, I found myself disappointed. While it was somewhat fun to see all of Jim Henson’s beloved characters in a new project, they don’t work as well when they’re mostly separated from each other in their own YouTube-style web shows, and something felt off about the comedy. Thankfully, another Jim Henson production is coming to Disney+ starting later this week, and this feels more in line with the kind of laughs that The Muppets used to deliver on television a long time ago....

‘Hobbs And Shaw’ Honest Trailer: Idris Elba Takes On Two Buff Testicles By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2019 6:00 am EST The Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw closed out the summer with a lot of ridiculous action. It was too long for some, didn’t have enough “family” for others, but you really can’t say that it was anymore stupid than the rest of the Fast and Furious movies that have slowly become superhero movies with cars....

‘Little Things’ Trailer: Denzel Washington Is Trying To Track Down A Killer And Jared Leto May Be The Culprit By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 22, 2020 8:30 am EST It’s been a couple of years since we last saw Denzel Washington on the big screen, delivering justice on the streets in The Equalizer 2. Now he’s back laying down the law as a county sheriff called in to help with a string of grisly murders....

‘Major Grom: Plague Doctor’ Trailer: Russia Gets In On The Superhero Movie Game By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 5, 2020 7:30 am EST It was only a matter of time before Russia got in on the superhero movie market. Major Grom: Plague Doctor is the latest caped crusader to enter the ever-crowded comic book movie field, based on the cult Russian comic book series published by Bubble Comics. Watch the Major Grom: Plague Doctor trailer below....

‘No Time To Die’ Release Date Delay Could Result In A $30-$50 Million Loss For MGM By Chris Evangelista/March 6, 2020 10:30 am EST No Time to Die was set to open next month, but fears of the coronavirus outbreak lead to MGM bumping the movie to November. And while that ultimately might have been the right decision, it’s going to cost the studio. Sources state that the No Time to Die release date delay is likely to result in a $30 million-plus loss for the film, which is bound to lead to some double-oh-headaches....

‘Star Wars: The High Republic – Light Of The Jedi’ Review: An Intriguing And Ambitious Start To A New Era By Bryan Young/Jan. 5, 2021 10:00 am EST This review will touch on some plot points that some readers may not want to know in advance. So consider this a minor spoiler warning.Written by Charles Soule, the new novel Star Wars: The High Republic – Light of the Jedi kicks off the entire transmedia experience known as The High Republic....

‘Stranger Things’ Shut Down Due To Coronavirus; Netflix Halts All Film And TV Production In US & Canada By Chris Evangelista/March 13, 2020 2:48 pm EST It seems like every other hour brings us news of yet another TV or film production being halted in the wake of concerns about the coronavirus (aka COVID-19). The latest comes from Netflix, which has decided to halt production on all film and TV productions in the US and Canada....