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Trivial Pursuit: Horror Ultimate Edition Is Here To Test Your Knowledge About The Pop Culture Of Terror By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2020 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A couple years ago, The Op (A.K.A. USAOPOLY) released a quick-play version of Trivial Pursuit featuring questions dedicated entirely to the horror movie genre. It must have been pretty popular, because now they’ve released a full-fledged Trivial Pursuit: Horror Ultimate Edition, complete with a full game board and 1,800 questions about horror movies, TV shows, books, and more....

Video: We Experience The World Premiere Of ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2019 2:30 pm EST In the latest edition of Ordinary Adventures, Peter and Kitra take you along as they experience the World Premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The world premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker happened last night at three theaters on Hollywood Blvd. As you probably know by now, Kita and I are both huge Star Wars fans and were eagerly anticipating the final chapter in the Skywalker saga....

Watch: ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Cast Reunite Over Zoom To Show Off Matching Tattoos, Swap Filming Stories By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 1, 2020 9:30 am EST In a time when the casts of cult TV shows and beloved movies are getting together virtually left and right, there is still only one Zoom reunion to rule them all and in the darkness bind them — or at least, provide us a small reprieve as the real world gets more distressing by the minute....

Weekend Box Office: ‘Bad Boys For Life’ Exceeds Expectations While ‘Dolittle’ Does Little For Audiences By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 20, 2020 2:00 pm EST Ride together, die together, blow up the box office together: Bad Boys for Life is a hit. The third entry in the action franchise exceeded expectations at the weekend box office, taking in 83% more than initially projected. But while Bad Boys had a good weekend, Dolittle did not....

‘Action U.S.A.’ Trailer: The Explosive, Long Lost 1980s Film Is Finally Available By Ben Pearson/Sept. 29, 2020 3:30 pm EST If you’ve seen and enjoyed ridiculous B-movies in the vein of Hard Ticket to Hawaii, it’s imperative that you put Action U.S.A. on your radar. In 1989, stuntman John Stewart made his directorial debut with his own outrageous, over-the-top piece of high-octane filmmaking, full of insane practical stunts and without a speck of CGI in sight....

‘Deathstroke’ Movie Details: Director Gareth Evans Explains His Approach To The Film That Never Happened By Ben Pearson/April 30, 2020 5:00 pm EST In the post-credits scene of 2017’s Justice League, the costumed mercenary Deathstroke (Joe Mangianello) emerges onto Lex Luthor’s yacht and suggests that if the good guys have their own league, perhaps the villains should have a league of their own. That setup has yet to be paid off in a DC Comics movie, and since the priorities at the studio have shifted, it seems like it never will....

‘Fugitive Dreams’ Teaser: Two Drifters Take An Emotional, Surreal Journey Across The American Midwest By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 20, 2020 8:00 am EST For most of this year, film festivals haven’t been what they used to be. While some have simply been canceled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, others fortunate enough to arrive later in the year are doing the best they can with limited theatrical screenings and many virtual premieres....

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Trailer: There’s Something Strange In The Neighborhood By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2019 6:34 am EST It’s been 35 years since the original Ghostbusters saved the world, but almost nobody remembers that fateful night. The world is about to be reminded just how scary the paranormal can be when Ghostbusters: Afterlife brings back some ghosts that need to be busted. Watch the first Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer below to see something strange happening the neighborhood yet again....

‘Halloween Kills’ Adds Anthony Michael Hall As A Grown-Up Tommy Doyle By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 26, 2019 1:30 pm EST Another familiar character is returning to the Halloween franchise – played by a new face. Anthony Michael Hall has joined the Halloween Kills cast as Tommy Doyle, a character who will be immediately recognizable to fans of the franchise. Tommy was one of the kids Halloween final girl Laurie Strode babysat in the first film....

‘His Dark Materials’ Season 2 Trailer Should Satiate Your Thirst For Big Budget Fantasy By Ben Pearson/Oct. 15, 2020 3:00 pm EST HBO has released the full trailer for His Dark Materials season 2, and it’s making me regret not carving out enough time to watch the first season when it was airing. Season 2 of the Philip Pullman adaptation looks even bigger, more thrilling, and more expensive than the impressive-looking first season – and of course, it also helps to have Andrew Scott (Fleabag) as a new cast member....

‘It: Chapter Two’ Early Buzz: An Overlong Sequel That Eventually Finds Its Groove By Ben Pearson/Aug. 20, 2019 6:12 pm EST The Losers’ Club is heading back to Derry, Maine to face off against Pennywise the Clown (aka, IT) once again – this time, as adults. But can James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, and Andy Bean recapture the lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry of the younger cast from 2017’s mega-successful It?...

‘Ted Lasso’ Provided The Warmest, Kindest Escape From The Horrors Of 2020 By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 31, 2020 8:00 am EST Throw a virtual rock, and you’ll find someone acknowledging that 2020 has been a particularly awful year. From the extreme intensity of the neverending American presidential election to the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a roller-coaster whose riders are people who never agreed to ride a roller-coaster to begin with....

‘The Investigation’ Trailer: Scandinavian Crime Drama From ‘Mindhunter’ Director Tobias Lindholm Comes To HBO By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 4, 2021 5:00 pm EST HBO is building out its international titles, with the acquisition of a new limited series from Danish filmmaker Tobias Lindholm. His name may not ring many bells, but his resume stands on his own: in addition to directing episodes of Netflix’s Mindhunter, he’s been nominated for an Oscar for writing and directing the 2015 drama A War, and collaborated multiple times with Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg, most recently on the Mads Mikkelsen-starring Another Round....

‘The Lodge’ Trailer: Riley Keough Gets Snowed-In…With Terror! By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 22, 2020 12:00 pm EST The Lodge is ready to give you the creeps with a brand new trailer. This genuinely scary horror movie from the directors of Goodnight Mommy traps Riley Keough and two kids in a cabin (or lodge, if you will) during a blizzard. Almost immediately, things start going wrong – with shocking results. Watch the latest The Lodge trailer below – but be warned: it gives away a few things that might’ve been left as surprises....

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Writers And Cast Confirmed By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2020 8:30 am EST We’re less than a month away from the premiere of The Mandalorian season 2, and we now have official confirmation of the writers who will be penning the highly anticipated season. Just like the first season, it’s a small group of names, but ones who are very familiar to those following the travails of the lone gunfighter and his unusual ward....

By Ethan Anderton/April 3, 2020 5:30 pm EST Right now, everyone is looking for some kind of reprieve from being locked up at home due to the spread of the coronavirus across the United States. That doesn’t appear to be in the cards anytime soon, but The Office executive producers Paul Lieberstein and Ben Silverman think they’ve figured out a way to make light of the situation by crafting a new workplace comedy series inspired by the sudden rise in employees working from home due to the outbreak of coronavirus forcing people to practice social distancing....

‘Trollhunters: Rise Of The Titans’ Will Bring The ‘Tales Of Arcadia’ Saga To A Close (Maybe?) By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 7, 2020 12:30 pm EST Oh Guillermo del Toro, you trickster. When the animated series Wizards arrived, it was heralded as the conclusion to the Tales of Arcadia saga. But it turns out…there’s more. Rather than wrapping things up with Wizards, del Toro and company are launching the feature film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, and now that is being sold as the proper conclusion to the story....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Gets A Slightly Tweaked New Trailer, But In Black In White By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 17, 2020 9:00 am EST This ain’t a Saturday morning cartoon, this is cinema, and the new Zack Snyder’s Justice League trailer is in black and white as the filmmaker envisioned, goddammit. Zack Snyder has released a new trailer for his cut of Justice League, which features a few tweaks and visual effects updates, but is essentially the same as the trailer that was released (and subsequently pulled over music rights) in August — just in black and white....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘The Innkeepers’ Is A Lighthearted Comedy That Suddenly Gets Very Scary By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2019 12:00 pm EST Welcome to 31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October, we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry: The Innkeepers (2012). The Innkeepers 31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘The Innkeepers’ Is A Lighthearted Comedy That Suddenly Gets Very Scary...

A Full-Size ‘Godzilla’ Theme Park Attraction Is Coming To Japan By Ben Pearson/Nov. 3, 2019 1:00 pm EST Would you like to go directly into Godzilla’s mouth? Sure you would! And starting next summer, you can – as long as you visit a new Godzilla theme park attraction on Japan’s Awaji Island. I remember reading about a huge Godzilla head that was constructed outside a hotel in Tokyo, but that seemed to be primarily done for photo opportunities....