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‘Joker’ Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir On The Magic Of The Unsaid And That Stunning Final Scene [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Oct. 10, 2019 8:00 am EST A great comic book villain isn’t living up to his or her potential without a proper musical theme, and in the case of Joker, he gets one courtesy of composer Hildur Guðnadóttir. Her score for Joker is chillingly good and up there with the best of the genre, with an intensity matching and complimenting Joaquin Pheonix’s performance....

‘Killing Eve’ Season 4 Is On The Way, So Get Ready For More Murder By Ben Pearson/Jan. 3, 2020 11:30 am EST Season 3 of BBC America’s hit drama Killing Eve hasn’t even premiered yet, but the network is so confident in the series that it has already ordered a fourth season. “How could we not have massive confidence in Killing Eve?” said Sarah Barnett, the president of AMC Networks Entertainment Group....

‘Never Have I Ever’ Teaser: Meet Devi, A Young Mindy Kaling, In The Netflix Comedy Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2020 3:30 pm EST Mindy Kaling has ruled the romantic-comedy TV landscape lately, with her acclaimed Four Weddings and a Funeral reboot, which followed her fun but uneven comedy series The Mindy Project. But now she’s tackling girlhood, and all the ups and downs that come with it, in the Netflix comedy series Never Have I Ever....

‘Ride Or Die’: Marlon Wayans To Star In Romantic Buddy-Cop Action Comedy By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 20, 2020 1:30 pm EST What if you took When Harry Met Sally and added guns? That’s the premise of Ride or Die, the new Marlon Wayans and Neal H. Moritz comedy that is being billed as the “first” romantic buddy-cop action comedy. Wayans co-wrote and is set to produce and star in Ride or Die, which Moritz will also produce, fresh off the (relative) success of Sonic the Hedgehog, Bloodshot, and Netflix’s Spenser Confidential....

‘Sex Education’ Season 2 Trailer: The Second Season Is All About Second Chances By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 16, 2020 5:30 pm EST Every great romantic comedy is driven by that sexual tension, and Sex Education has that in spades. The Netflix teen sex comedy continues the will-they-won’t-they dynamic between unlicensed junior sex therapist Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) and his bad-girl crush Maeve (Emma Mackey), who may finally be ready to return his feelings....

‘Star Wars’ Day Deals: Vinyl, Comics, Ornaments, Limited Edition Art, And More By Ben Pearson/May 4, 2020 3:30 pm EST Earlier this morning, Disney and Lucasfilm kicked off Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you) by announcing that Taika Waititi will be co-writing and directing a new Star Wars movie. But let’s get down to what this day is really about: merchandising. After all, this is America, where people want to spend their hard-earned money on frivolous pop culture-related things....

‘The Black Phone’: Jeremy Davies Joins The Cast Of The Joe Hill Adaptation From Director Scott Derrickson By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 13, 2021 4:30 pm EST The Black Phone, the new horror film from the Sinister team of Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, has added Jeremy Davies to the cast. The film is based on a short story by Joe Hill and follows a kidnapped boy locked in a basement with a creepy, unconnected telephone that suddenly starts ringing....

By Ethan Anderton/July 23, 2019 10:30 am EST Final The Boys Trailer This final trailer finally gives Simon Pegg some screentime as the father of Hughie (Jack Quaid), who wants revenge on superheroes after A-Train (Jessie T. Usher) accidentally tears apart Hughie’s girlfriend Robin while running at super speeds. A-Train tries to blame Robin for standing in the street, and that’s the final straw for Hughie. But maybe not all superheroes are bad, because Hughie makes a connection with Captain Fantastic (Erin Moriarty), who is starting to feel a little lost in her heroic lifestyle....

‘The Mandalorian’ Gets Better In Episode Two, But It Desperately Needs To Find Some Direction By Siddhant Adlakha/Nov. 18, 2019 12:00 pm EST This post contains spoilers for The Mandalorian.Writing about The Mandalorian episode-to-episode feels like folly, since the show seems so clearly designed for the binge era of streaming. Granted, “Chapter 2: The Child” arrives just three days after “Chapter 1” (which looks discernibly Star Wars but zips past anything discernibly human), though were the gap a traditional seven days, the hook might not have been strong enough to linger in people’s memories and draw them back for more....

By Chris Evangelista/May 13, 2020 3:00 pm EST Father-son horror legends Stephen King and Joe Hill occasionally join forces to pen a tale of terror, and one of their collaborations is headed to the screen. Throttle, a short story about a gang of bikers being chased by a big rig truck, is being developed as a feature by HBO Max, with the prolific David S. Goyer producing and Leigh Dana Jackson handling the script....

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Super Bowl Spot: Take To The Skies Again With Tom Cruise By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 2, 2020 3:30 pm EST It wouldn’t be the Super Bowl if you didn’t feel a little need for speed. Thankfully, Paramount Pictures is here with a Super Bowl spot for the eagerly anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick. The one and only Tom Cruise returns as the titular hot shot pilot, but this time, he’s the one dealing with some new pilots, including Miles Teller as Lt....

‘Watchmen’ Wants You To “See How They Fly” With A Satisfying Conclusion By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 15, 2019 7:00 pm EST There was just the tiniest bit of trepidation leading into the Watchmen finale. Would the show, which had so far exceeded all expectations, stick the landing? Thankfully, the answer is yes. On one hand, “See How They Fly” the season (and perhaps series?) finale of the show is almost too simple in its approach....

Cool Stuff: New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie Figures Coming From NECA By Ethan Anderton/March 6, 2020 6:00 am EST It’s a good time to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan. In the past couple years, the collectible toy makers at NECA have been delivering some incredible figures inspired by the comic book movie franchise. Their action figure lines range from detailed and and perfectly sculpted versions of characters from the original movie from 1989 to stylized figures modeled after the animated series....

Elizabeth Debicki To Star In World War II Spy Thriller Limited Series ‘Code Name Hélène’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 30, 2020 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Elizabeth Debicki will bring her towering, elegant stature to the new international limited series Code Name Hélène, which will tell the true story of Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, a New Zealand-born journalist who became a ferociously brave spy and one of the most powerful leaders of the French Resistance....

Exclusive ‘Blood On Her Name’ Clip: How To Get Rid Of A Body By Matt Donato/Feb. 21, 2020 5:30 pm EST Matthew Pope’s Blood On Her Name is a blue-collar revenge thriller with one helluva hard nose compared to other glamorized action spectacles where consequences don’t matter. It’s homestyle, nasty survival storytelling rooted with family at its core and despair weighing heavy on the viewer’s chest. Jeremy Saulnier comparisons are apt, even if the brutality isn’t as gruesome....

New ‘Peanuts’ Specials And 70th Anniversary Documentary Coming To AppleTV+, Along With Your Favorite ‘Peanuts’ Holiday Classics By Ben Pearson/Oct. 19, 2020 4:00 pm EST AppleTV+ is ordering more Peanuts from the menu. The streaming service already had a deal in place to produce series like Snoopy in Space and the upcoming The Snoopy Show, but AppleTV+ will soon become a hub for all things Peanuts, including brand new specials centering on Mother’s Day, New Year’s Eve, and more; as well as a 70th anniversary documentary; and beloved specials like A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown....

The Lighthouse The Death of Stalin Now Streaming on Netflix Release Date: 2017Genre: Dark ComedyDirector: Armando IannucciCast: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Jeffrey Tambor One of the darkest comedies you’ll ever see, The Death of Stalin takes the true story of the power vacuum that opened up following Stalin’s death and spins it into a hysterical farce. Everyone here is bringing their A-Game, especially Steve Buscemi, who kills it as a constantly befuddled Nikita Khrushchev....

Revisiting ‘Treasure Planet,’ Disney’s Ambitious Sci-Fi Disappointment By Rafael Motamayor/Jan. 31, 2020 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Out of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)Walt Disney Animation Studios has been the linchpin of the Disney empire. Though the company has had huge success with live-action endeavors and franchise acquisitions, their world dominance began with their animation unit. After hitting some very, very rough patches in the ’80s, the studio went through what was later called “The Disney Renaissance....

By Chris Evangelista/July 15, 2019 12:00 pm EST — Nicole Sperling (@nicsperling) March 21, 2019 Rothman added that Gabler and Murray are “the gold standard at their respective jobs and I am overjoyed that we will all be working together in this very forward-looking partnership.” It’s worth noting that while the deal stipulates that the material being adapted will be from HarperCollins, Gabler and her team aren’t limited to only use HarperCollins titles....

The Horrifying ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour’ Is Getting Action Figures By Ethan Anderton/July 8, 2020 6:00 am EST There have been several different iterations of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. But none have come close to being as weird and terrible as the rock star versions of the heroes in a half-shell from the Coming Out of Their Shells Tour....