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Cool Stuff: ‘They Live’ Spinature Of The Politician Wants You To Obey On Election Day By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 3, 2020 11:30 am EST The new Waxwork Records collection of Spinatures mini-busts is growing fast. Following the new Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch additions to the collectible line, the vinyl company has another timely Spinature to reveal from John Carpenter’s classic 1988 sci-fi horror film They Live. It’s the grotesque Politician from the movie, and he’s got that classic pose from the famous “OBEY” shot that you’ve probably seen, even if you’re not familiar with the movie....

Hear An Exclusive From ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Soundtrack By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 1, 2019 12:30 pm EST Hulu’s harrowing The Handmaid’s Tale features music from composer Adam Taylor (August: Osage County, Meadowland), and we’re debuting an exclusive track from Taylor’s score. The track is included on the upcoming The Handmaid’s Tale (Deluxe Edition) soundtrack, due out this month. Hear the exclusive debut from The Handmaid’s Tale soundtrack below. The Handmaid’s Tale Soundtrack Lakeshore Records will release The Handmaid’s Tale (Deluxe Edition) – Original HULU Series Soundtrack digitally on August 2....

Movie Release Dates: ‘Free Guy’ Moves To May, ‘Death On The Nile’ Floats To September, ‘Antlers’ Vanishes Entirely By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 11, 2020 10:00 am EST First: Free Guy. Directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Reynolds, Free Guy follows a bank teller called Guy who “realizes he is a background character in an open world video game called Free City that will soon go offline.” The film was supposed to hit theaters on July 3, 2020, but of course, that didn’t happen due to the coronavirus....

Movie Theaters Closing Again In The UK For National Lockdown, But Film & TV Production Will Continue By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 2, 2020 1:00 pm EST The United States is still dealing with a significant rise in coronavirus cases across the country, but we’re not the only ones struggling right now. United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has issued a second national lockdown beginning on November 5 due to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases across the nation....

Netflix’s ‘Kingdom’ May Be A South Korean Zombie Series, But No Show Better Sums Up The Age Of Coronavirus By Monique Jones/Sept. 7, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything.)Kingdom, one of Netflix’s original South Korean dramas, couldn’t be streaming at a more apt time. The drama is, on the surface, a zombie show. It’s intriguing in how it puts the classic zombie trope into a historical drama format—the zombie outbreak has occurred during the Joseon Dynasty....

Off-Broadway’s ‘All The Natalie Portmans’ Showed The Power And Limitations Of On-Screen Identification By Marshall Shaffer/March 29, 2020 11:00 am EST After an extension by the MCC Theater off-Broadway, the COVID-19 outbreak forced the early closing of C.A. Johnson’s All the Natalie Portmans. That’s over two weeks of audiences who didn’t get to experience this production in its original form, which is a real shame. But as the virus forced New Yorkers and other entertainment-seeking visitors in the city out of public spaces, it moved them closer to more intimate forms of consuming entertainment – and quite proximate to the scenario of the play’s protagonist, Keyonna (Kara Young)....

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Adam’ And ‘Ms. Marvel’ Rumors, ‘The Simpsons’ Reveals Two New Superheroes & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 4, 2020 6:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What is Wally West doing when he returns to The Flash? Want to read the official novelization of Bloodshot? What is James Marsden’s advice for whoever the next Cyclops is for Marvel Studios? Will Cyclone debut in the Black Adam movie?...

Superhero Bits: ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Promo Art, ‘Eternals’ Action Figures & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 8, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see some promo art for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier? How about a new look at Eternals by way of some supposedly leaked Marvel Legends figures? Why did Warner Bros. boss Toby Emmerich try to stop Joker from being made? Is Wolverine’s adamantium or Captain America’s vibranium stronger that The Mandalorian’s beskar?...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Jay & Silent Bob Head To DC TV, John Boyega Reacts To Fan Petitions For Blade & More By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2018 5:00 pm EST Here’s a 16-bit recreation of the challenge fight between Killmonger and T’Challa from Marvel’s Black Panther. Kevin Smith revealed that his characters Jay & Silent Bob will have cameos in an upcoming episode of The Flash....

Taika Waititi Will Be Doing A Live Commentary Of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ On Instagram Live By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 9, 2020 11:30 am EST Like most of us, Taika Waititi is stuck at home watching movies. But unlike the rest of us, Waititi can offer some bonus content on one of the most beloved Marvel Studios films in recent years. Waititi announced that he’ll be doing a new quarantine-inspired spin on the director’s commentary for 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, holding a live commentary of the Marvel comic book movie on Instagram Live later today....

The Morning Watch: Jimmy Kimmel’s Latest Mean Tweets, ‘Star Wars’ Triple Force Friday Reveals & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 27, 2019 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, it’s time for another edition of Mean Tweets from Jimmy Kimmel Live, this time featuring Jeff Goldblum, Maisie Williams, Will Ferrell, Mark Hamill, Zendaya, and more....

The New ‘Scream’ Will Bring Back Neve Campbell If Everything Goes According To Plan By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 13, 2020 8:30 am EST Even though director Wes Craven is no longer with us, the Scream franchise is marching forward with a fifth installment on the way. Though the project is going by the title Scream and has been described as a reboot, it’s still bringing back cast members like David Arquette and Courteney Cox as the same characters they played in the original franchise....

Video: Celebrate The Journey Of ‘Parasite’ As The Film Nears Its One-Year Anniversary By Ben Pearson/May 15, 2020 5:30 pm EST I know time has essentially ceased to matter in the quarantine era, but for those of you who still appreciate marking things like anniversaries, Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning masterpiece Parasite is coming up on the one year anniversary of its premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Neon, the up-and-coming distributor which helped guide the movie to its historic award season run, has released a video celebrating “a year of cinema” and tracking the movie’s incredible journey from Palm d’Or winner to the Oscar afterparty....

What’s The Deal With The Squid In ‘Watchmen’? By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 21, 2019 12:00 pm EST If you watched the Watchmen premiere last night (and you should’ve, because it was incredible), but have never read the Watchmen comic, one particular scene might have left you puzzled. In involved a quick rainfall of baby squid coming from seemingly nowhere, and it was something the characters on the show are clearly used to....

‘Batman Returns’ Honest Trailer: The Dark Knight Was Kinky Before The Batsuit Got Nipples By Ethan Anderton/July 25, 2019 6:00 am EST When Joel Schumacher took over the Batman franchise with the campy, wacky installments of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, fans were pretty displeased. But let’s not forget that despite how dark and twisted Tim Burton’s take on Batman was, it was also campy and wacky in its own way....

‘Birds Of Prey’ Honest Trailer: A Hot Topic Version Of Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ By Ethan Anderton/April 10, 2020 6:00 am EST What happens when Harley Quinn emancipates herself from The Joker after playing second fiddle to him all throughout Suicide Squad? Well, she forms her own criminal gang, doesn’t take it too seriously, keeps the clown make-up, and uses weird weapons to tangle with a rich masked guy wearing all black. Like the Birds of Prey Honest Trailer says, that doesn’t seem like much of an emancipation....

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Is Coming Back For Season 11 On HBO By Ben Pearson/June 30, 2020 1:30 pm EST Larry David isn’t done playing Larry David on TV just yet. HBO has officially renewed David’s long-running comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm for an eleventh season, and you can read the creator/star’s response to the news below. HBO announced the news about the Curb Your Enthusiasm renewal on Tuesday, with Amy Gravitt, the executive vice president of HBO programming, saying, “This past season tapped into the zeitgeist in such an uncomfortably delightful way....

‘Daybreak’ Trailer: Netflix’s Apocalyptic Comedy Series Is ‘Zombieland’ For Partying Teens By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 8, 2019 9:30 am EST It’s the natural order of things: the world ends, the teens party. So many apocalyptic shows and movies take a dour approach to the end of the world, but Netflix’s upcoming apocalyptic comedy Daybreak imagines teens as the only ones unaffected by a zombie plague that renders all the adults brain-dead monsters....

‘Jurassic Park’ And ‘Jaws’ Top The Box Office In The Age Of Coronavirus, ‘Little Women’ Crosses $100 Million Overseas By Ethan Anderton/June 23, 2020 12:30 pm EST In the age of coronavirus, the box office has been essentially nonexistent. There aren’t any new movies to rake in the cash, so the likes of Trolls World Tour and Invisible Man have been topping the box office. But retro favorites have proven popular in repertory drive-in screenings, which is why Jurassic Park and Jaws have returned to the top of the charts yet again....

‘Onward’ Head Of Story Kelsey Mann On Building An Original Fantasy World And Making The Emotional Beats Work [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/March 10, 2020 9:00 am EST The newest film from Pixar Studios, Onward, begins with a look back in history—not our history, but the history of a fantasy world where all manner of mermaids, unicorns, elves, fairies, minotaurs, wizards, and just about any other creature you might find in a role-playing game would exist....