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Listen To An Exclusive Track From ‘The Addams Family’ Soundtrack By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 10, 2019 10:30 am EST The Addams Family are back, in cartoon form. The new animated film based on the classic, creepy comic strip from Charles Addams, boasts an all-star voice cast and animation meant to emulate Addams’ original style. The film also features a score courtesy of Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, and we’re debuting an exclusive Addams Family soundtrack track below....

MoviePass Is Somehow Still Screwing Up, Exposes Thousands Of Customer Card Numbers By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 21, 2019 2:00 pm EST MoviePass’s meteoric rise and rapid downfall is already the stuff of Hollywood cautionary tales, but somehow, the movie ticketing service keeps falling harder. It seems like the only time that MoviePass makes headlines lately is when its latest scandal surfaces, and this newest one is a doozy. According to a new report, MoviePass has exposed tens of thousands of customer card numbers and personal credit cards through an unprotected critical server....

Netflix Heist Movie ‘Red Notice’ Wraps Filming, Releases New Photos By Ben Pearson/Nov. 2, 2020 3:00 pm EST Like most Hollywood productions, the Netflix action heist comedy Red Notice temporarily shut down back in March when the pandemic began to present itself as the global threat we now know it to be. Producer and star Dwayne Johnson announced in a March 14 Instagram post that the film would be pulling the plug for at least two weeks, and included the following phrase in his seemingly inspirational caption: “Our country will do its job, as the rest of the world will do theirs....

Superhero Bits: ‘Joker’ Final US Box Office Numbers, Unused Wolverine Concept Art & More By Ethan Anderton/March 9, 2020 6:00 pm EST Who is joining the second season of Doom Patrol? What do we know about the Marvel Future Revolution mobile game? What is the final box office take in the US for Joker? Would Alex Garland ever direct a Swamp Thing movie? Did you know Ben Affleck didn’t realize how iconic Batman was?...

Superhero Bits: LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic And Monsters Trailer, Jim Lee Auctioning Sketches For Charity & More By Ethan Anderton/April 6, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see the first animated LEGO Shazam!: Magic and Monsters trailer? What’s in store for Supergirl and Batwoman when they return at the end of the month? Why is Justice League co-star Ezra Miller choking a woman in a video? Who pushed Chris Evans to reconsider his hesitancy to play Captain America?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Clone Wars’ Season 7 Trailer Easter Eggs, Will Ferrell’s Stories From ‘SNL’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 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. In this edition, check out nearly four dozen Easter eggs from the latest trailer for the upcoming seventh and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars....

There Will Be More Chris Hemsworth As Thor After ‘Love And Thunder’ By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 11, 2020 3:00 pm EST If you were concerned Chris Hemsworth would hang up Mjölnir after Thor: Love and Thunder, here’s some good news: Hemsworth is sticking around. The actor says he has no plans to stop playing the God of Thunder anytime in the future, so whenever they get around to making more Marvel movies, he’s sure to be involved....

Video: We Built A BB-Unit Droid In ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 6, 2019 12:00 pm EST A few months back, we adventured to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland to build an R2-unit droid at Droid Depot. That video has since been watched almost a half a million times, and the biggest question we get is: What about the BB-unit droids? So this past weekend, we took a trip back to the edge of the galaxy, and visited Mubo’s Droid Depot in Black Spire Outpost on the planet of Batuu so that Kitra could build a BB-Unit droid....

Why ‘Birds Of Prey’ Took Creative Liberties With Its Comic Book Characters By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 4, 2020 7:00 am EST With every comic book movie comes legions of comic book fans who grumble that the costume doesn’t look at all like the one on the page. Birds of Prey has received plenty of that criticism — not only are the central members of the all-female Gotham team very different from the comics, the movie revolves around Harley Quinn, a longtime Batman villain who has never been associated with the Birds of Prey on the page....

Zack Snyder Discusses His Future With DC Movies, Reveals Scrapped ‘Wonder Woman’ History Photo By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 5, 2021 12:00 pm EST Director Zack Snyder is busy getting his four-hour miniseries cut of Justice League ready for a release on HBO Max. There are plenty of fans excited about this prospect, and some of them are so hyped that they’re hoping this will let Zack Snyder follow through on his ultimate vision for the DC Extended Universe....

‘Dune’ TV Series Loses Showrunner Jon Spaihts By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 5, 2019 11:48 am EST The Dune TV series destined for HBO Max, Dune: The Sisterhood, is going to need a new showrunner. Jon Spaihts, who wrote the script for the upcoming Dune movie from director Denis Villeneuve, was set to serve as showrunner for the tie-in TV series, but that’s no longer the case. Sources claim that Legendary TV was unsatisfied with the work Spaiths was doing on the show, but that doesn’t mean the writer’s time in the world of Dune is done – he’s still slated to pen the Dune sequel....

‘Gamemaster’ Director Charles Mruz On Documenting The Complexities Of The Board Game Industry [Interview] By Matthew Monagle/July 29, 2020 12:00 pm EST I may not remember precisely when I rediscovered board games, but I do remember the moment I knew I was hooked. In January of 2016, a friend invited me to join his much-anticipated playthrough of Twilight Imperium, a super-complicated game centering around galactic exploration and conquest. The only catch?...

‘Joker’ Underwent “Radical Changes” During Filming, According To Joaquin Phoenix By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 4, 2019 12:30 pm EST Joker is now in theaters, and people can’t stop talking about it. The film is polarizing, to say the least, with many concerned about the movie’s dark message, and others arguing that it’s just not even that great a movie. No matter how dark and divisive Joker is now, it could’ve turned out a lot differently, according to star Joaquin Phoenix....

‘Ramy’ Season 2 Trailer Teases A Heavenly Mahershala Ali Appearance By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 21, 2020 5:00 pm EST Ramy is one of Hulu’s great underrated shows — a deviously funny, profoundly affecting drama about a first-generation Egyptian-American grappling with his relationship with his Islamic religion and his family, all while trying to get laid. Created, written, and produced by star Ramy Youssef, Ramy got some deserved critical attention leading to a Golden Globe win for Yousseff, but it remains criminally underwatched....

‘The Mandalorian’ TV Spot Goes Heavy On The Action By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 6, 2019 7:30 am EST Hey, are you in the mood to watch some stuff explode while Werner Herzog offers narration? Of course you are. A new The Mandalorian TV spot goes heavy on the action, showcasing blaster fights, dramatic glances, some Herzog voice-over work, crowds going wild, and Nick Nolte’s alien character that looks like a fleshy St....

2019 Emmy Winners: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Takes Best Drama, But ‘Fleabag’ Has The Most Impressive Showing By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 2019 8:00 pm EST The 71st Primetime Emmy winners were announced live on FOX this evening. Game of Thrones took the big prize even though they didn’t take home many of the other awards they were up for during the broadcast. On the comedy side, Fleabag was a huge winner. And there were a few surprises throughout the night too, and even some history to be made....

DC FanDome Trailer Teases The Virtual Convention Bringing Big DC Comics News This Month By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 5, 2020 9:00 am EST If Comic-Con at Home felt like a bit of a bust, maybe you can take solace in knowing that there’s another virtual convention right around the corner. And this one promises some huge announcements. DC FanDome is coming on August 22, promising a free virtual fan experience that will celebrate everything from the DC Multiverse across Warner Bros....

Exploring The Emotional Logic Of ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ By Bryan Young/Dec. 24, 2019 7:00 am EST Naturally, this piece contains spoilers.There’s no doubt that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has its flaws. Every Star Wars movie, no matter how revered or perfect, has at least one or two. If you think too hard about any of these mistakes, they risk diminishing your experience of the film. I mean, who holds it against The Empire Strikes Back that it should have taken decades for the Millennium Falcon to make it to Cloud City with sublight engines?...

Fantasia Film Festival Will Be Online-Only This Year; Locarno Film Festival Canceled By Chris Evangelista/April 29, 2020 4:00 pm EST Film festival season is coming, but it’s going to be very hard for most fests to stick their usual plans this year. With that in mind, the Fantasia Film Festival, which is traditionally held in Montreal, Quebec, has made the decision to go fully digital this year. Meanwhile, Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival is officially canceled this year, and will instead set up an initiative to support independent cinema....

How Has ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ Held Its IMDb Crown For So Long? By Josh Spiegel/Sept. 23, 2019 1:00 pm EST What is the best film ever made? Don’t think too long about that question, or the various ways in which it could be broken down regarding “best” vs. “favorite.” Though many of us can likely agree on some of the greatest films ever made, we each have different answers about what is or isn’t the best ever, hands down....