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Contest: Win ‘Back To The Future: The Ultimate Trilogy’ On 4K By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 9, 2020 7:30 am EST The first Back to the Future remains an all-time classic – a film with a crackerjack screenplay, great performances, and what were then cutting-edge special effects. And hey, the sequels are pretty good, too (though not as good as the original). The Back to the Future trilogy is headed to 4K for the first time ever on October 20, and we’ve got one copy to give away....

Disney Is Pushing Premieres Of Live-Action Remakes ‘Pinocchio,’ ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Cruella’ To Disney+ [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 10, 2020 4:15 pm EST Update: During today’s Disney investor presentation, the company confirmed that everything in this early report was indeed true – each of these projects will indeed debut directly on Disney+. Our original article continues below.Disney+ may start becoming the go-to hub for Disney’s future theatrical tentpoles, as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic wears on....

Melissa McCarthy Doesn’t Listen To Our Pleas, Re-Teams With Ben Falcone For Netflix Series ‘God’s Favorite Idiot’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 1, 2020 12:30 pm EST Melissa McCarthy: you’re one of the most talented actresses working today. But when you work with Ben Falcone, you’re comedic poison. The husband-wife duo’s collaborations have resulted in some real stinkers like Tammy, The Boss, and the recently released Superintelligence, all of which Falcone had directed and co-written with McCarthy, who starred in the films....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 9, 2020 7:30 am EST Quentin Tarantino approached his fabled R-rated Star Trek script like any of us would: by taking inspiration from his love for Chris Pine. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood director is not-so-secretly a fan of Pine’s depiction of Captain Kirk in the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies, and the result is a Star Trek script that has “so much fun” with Kirk, according to Tarantino’s co-screenwriter Mark L....

Sci-Fi Video Game Franchise And Book Series ‘Metro 2033’ Is Getting A Movie Adaptation By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 28, 2019 1:30 pm EST The cult post-apocalyptic sci-fi book series and video game franchise Metro 2033 is finally becoming a movie. Based on Dmitry Glukhovsky’s trilogy of Metro novels which were turned into a hit series of first-person shooter games, the rights for a Metro 2033 movie have been picked up by Russia’s Gazprom Media....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: ‘Justice League Dark: Apokolips War’ Clip, ‘Amazing Story Of Superman’ Documentary & More By Ethan Anderton/May 5, 2020 6:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Go behind the scenes of the new Batwoman episode “If You Believe In Me, I’ll Believe In You” in this featurette. In case Secret Wars ends up being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, here’s a rundown of the comic event....

The 11 Movies That Redefined Animation This Decade By Eric Vilas-Boas/Dec. 24, 2019 1:00 pm EST (This article is part of our Best of the Decade series.)As we exit the 2010s, one thing is certain. The decade brought advancements in technology, bold choices in storytelling, and more creative diversity than cinema has ever seen before, trends that all apply to animation as it does to live-action. This medium remained the one in which artists can dream up wonders that we’ll never see in the real world and make them move, and the 2020s will be shaped by what we watched in the 2010s....

The Morning Watch: ‘RoboCop Vs Terminator’ In Mortal Kombat 11, Working With Steve Carell On ‘Space Force’ & More By Ethan Anderton/June 3, 2020 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

Video: We Hacked ‘Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run’ And Experienced A Secret Chewbacca Mode By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 24, 2020 1:30 pm EST The Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run ride has been open in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge for nearly 9 months now, but it has only been recently discovered that the attraction has some secret unlock-able alternate modes. Below, learn about Chewbacca mode (or otherwise called the Wookiee mode or Chewbacca hack), a new way of riding the attraction that is only available if you know the secret code....

‘Bloodthirsty’ Review: A Savory Tale Of Artistic And Primal Hunger And Also Werewolves [Fantastic Fest 2020] By Marisa Mirabal/Oct. 8, 2020 7:00 am EST The notion of hunger is vast and can be applied to an array of different desires. For the stereotypical starving artist, hunger usually comes in the form of fame, success, and basic needs. Writer/director Amelia Moses creatively applies the concept of hunger and desire to the werewolf sub-genre with her latest film, Bloodthirsty....

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Scraps Season 8 Scripts In Wake Of Black Lives Matter Protests By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 24, 2020 8:30 am EST TV shows centering around cops have been forced to reckon with the impact they’ve had on public perception of law enforcement in recent months, amid the global anti-police brutality protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police officers. Reality shows like Cops and Live PD have been canceled, while scripted series like Law & Order and NCIS are grappling with the question of whether they glorify police brutality....

‘Doctor Who’ Minisode Brings Back Bill Potts To Inform Aliens That Black Lives Matter By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 9, 2020 2:00 pm EST One of the greatest tragedies of Doctor Who season 10 — aside from being our last season with Peter Capaldi and for the alarmingly sad endings for our core characters — is that we only got one season with the TARDIS dream team that was Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, and Matt Lucas....

‘Doctor Who’ Rewrites History With The Introduction Of A New Doctor In “Fugitive Of The Judoon” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 27, 2020 10:00 am EST Well, that certainly was a lot. Doctor Who has been firing on all cylinders this season after a lackluster season 11, and the latest episode “Fugitive of the Judoon” was the most explosive yet. It’s a wildly marked difference between seasons for showrunner Chris Chibnall, who seems to be taking critics’ words to heart after his inaugural season of underwhelming standalone episodes; this time, it’s all season-long mysteries and arcs, baby....

‘Fatman’ Trailer: Mel Gibson Is A Miserable Santa Claus, And Walton Goggins Is The Hitman Trying To Kill Him By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 7, 2020 1:30 pm EST Mel Gibson is a miserable, washed-up, drunken Santa Claus and Walton Goggins is the hitman trying to take him down in Fatman, a new dark comedy for the holiday season. Here, Santa is thinking about hanging it up when the U.S. Military comes calling for his services....

‘Harriet The Spy’ Is Becoming An Animated Series On Apple TV+ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 2020 12:30 pm EST It’s been nearly 25 years since Harriet the Spy was turned into Nickelodeon’s first movie. An adaptation of the 1964 children’s novel by Louise Fitzhugh, the film followed Michelle Trachtenberg in the coming-of-age adventures of the irrepressible and curious Harriet M. Welsch, a young girl who dreams of being a spy and practices her skills around New York....

‘Monster Hunter’ Teaser: The Paul W.S. Anderson Movie Will Now Open In Some Places In December By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 5, 2020 5:00 pm EST The last few months have been filled with stories about 2020 movies being pushed into 2021 due to the coronavirus. So here’s a surprising change of pace: a movie actually being moved up. Monster Hunter, the latest bit of must-see trash cinema from Resident Evil director Paul W....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 13, 2020 11:30 am EST Domnhall Gleeson and Merritt Wever’s journey is coming to an end. HBO has canceled the Vicky Jones-created series Run after one season, nixing the second season that had been in discussions for the past month and a half. Deadline reports that HBO is getting off the Run train, canceling the romantic thriller after one season. The network will not be going forward with a proposed second season following “lengthy back-and-forth discussions” which had taken place since the series wrapped its seven-episode first season a month and a half ago....

‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ Trailer: Protests Turn Violent And Go To Court In Aaron Sorkin’s Timely And Relevant Drama By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 13, 2020 6:04 pm EST With peaceful protests turning violent in cities all over America this summer, Aaron Sorkin’s drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 couldn’t be more timely and relevant. The new Netflix original movie focuses on the true story of another peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention that turned into a violent clash with police and the court case that followed when seven protesters charged by the federal government with conspiracy....

‘Watchmen’ Is Ready To Blow Your Mind With “An Almost Religious Awe” By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 2, 2019 7:00 am EST I think we can make it official: Watchmen is the year’s best show. I don’t even know how you could argue against it at this point. Week after week, the show has delivered on nearly every level while scattering puzzle pieces. And with this latest episode, “An Almost Religious Awe”, we finally see those pieces start to come together, and the picture they reveal is stunning....

Anthony Daniels Recalls The “Mistake” Of The ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ And C-3PO’s Finest Moment [Interview] By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 17, 2020 11:30 am EST The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special is out today on Disney+, exactly 42 years after the abysmal original Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS. Thankfully, the new holiday special set in the building brick version of the Star Wars universe brings a lot of holiday fun and time-hopping action to the table, and will entertain kids and adults alike....