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31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘The Invitation’ Smothers You In Paranoia And A Looming Sense Dread By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2019 8:00 am 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 Invitation (2015). The Invitation Now Streaming on Netflix Sub-Genre: Simmering mystery-thriller that makes you more and more uneasy with each passing momentBest Setting to Watch It In: With a group of estranged friends during a dinner party, all while suffocating under repressed emotionsHow Scary Is It?...

Cool Stuff: New Mondoids Vinyl Figures Turn Movie & TV Characters Into Gnarly, Slimy Collectibles By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2019 6:00 am EST When it comes to collectible art and vinyl soundtracks commemorating our favorite films and television shows, there’s almost no one better than Mondo. But every now and then, the company also likes to dip their toe into the collectible toy arena, and sometimes they do it in a truly weird way that only Mondo can deliver....

Jack Black May Be Retiring From Acting Soon, But Not If Quentin Tarantino Calls By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2019 4:00 pm EST Jack Black can be seen hamming it up on the big screen yet again this weekend in Jumanji: The Next Level. As we’ve seen in the trailers, he’s not just playing a video game avatar inhabited by a teenage girl again, but also the same video game avatar as played by a young black high school football star....

Read An Excerpt From Upcoming ‘Star Wars’ Novel ‘Light Of The Jedi’ By Ben Pearson/Nov. 12, 2020 3:00 pm EST In January 2021, Lucasfilm and Del Ray Books will usher in a new era of Star Wars content with The High Republic, a multi-platform publishing initiative which will tell stories across books, comics, and potentially even video games, TV shows, and movies. Set 200 years before the events of the prequel trilogy, the books follow mostly new characters and should expand the universe in way we haven’t seen in quite some time....

Sequel Bits: ‘Indiana Jones 5’, ‘Mission: Impossible 7’, ‘Disenchanted’, And ‘Edge Of Tomorrow 2’ By Ben Pearson/Jan. 16, 2021 11:00 am EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Will John Rhys-Davies reprise his role as Sallah in Indiana Jones 5? Disenchanted has recruited another star from the first film to come back Doug Liman gives a fresh update on Edge of Tomorrow 2 Vanessa Kirby talks Mission: Impossible 7 After turning down a cameo role in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull because he didn’t think it did his character justice, John Rhys-Davies says he’s open to playing Sallah once again in director James Mangold’s Indiana Jones 5....

Superhero Bits: ‘The Boys’ Deleted Scene, ‘Morbius’ Crash Course, ‘Loki’ Rumors & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 30, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see a deleted scene from the first season of The Boys? Which Marvel series might feature the MCU’s first transgender character? Which wrestler wore a Captain Marvel inspired outfit at Royal Rumble? What did Robert Pattinson apologize for with regards to Batman? Want to see some Birds of Prey B-roll footage?...

The Academy’s Board Of Governors Meet To Discuss The Likely Delay Of 2021 Oscars Ceremony By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 15, 2020 7:30 am EST The 2021 Oscars could possibly be delayed in one of the few times in the prestigious award’s 93-year history. The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are meeting today to discuss potentially postponing the date of the 2021 Oscars ceremony, which has long been scheduled for February 28....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix In December 2019 By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 22, 2019 2:30 pm EST Yes, 2019 is almost over. We have one more month to get through, and then it’ll be time for a whole new year! But first, how about some new movies? December brings a ton of original Christmas content to Netflix. But it also brings some non-Christmas movies, too. And we’ve rounded them up!...

The Morning Watch: How To Edit An Animated Movie, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog’s Debut & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 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, find out how to edit an animated movie and how it’s even more integral to the production than an editor working on a live-action movie....

Watching Under Quarantine: Movies Anywhere Screen Pass, Twitch Watch Parties, ‘Reno 911’ On Zoom, And More By Ben Pearson/April 9, 2020 5:30 pm EST I know different parts of the country adopted self-isolation and quarantine procedures at different times over the past several weeks, but many of us are coming up on a full month of being in quarantine due to COVID-19. And amid all of the Tiger King discourse, our daily streaming recommendations, and films like Parasite and Portrait of a Lady on Fire hitting Hulu, you may have missed a few things that might help make your time at home a tiny bit better....

‘After Exile’ Will Bring Together Robert De Niro And Shia LaBeouf By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 12, 2019 5:30 pm EST Robert De Niro and Shia LaBeouf are joining forces for After Exile, a crime drama based on true events. Oddly enough, this movie isn’t a sequel, nor is it an adaptation of a comic book or a TV show. Weird, right? Do they even make movies like that anymore? Joshua Michael Stern, director of the other Steve Jobs biopic Jobs, is set to helm this story of an ex-con and his ex-criminal father....

‘Boss Level’, A Joe Carnahan Time Loop Movie Starring Frank Grillo And Mel Gibson, Heads To Hulu By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 23, 2020 3:00 pm EST Boss Level, the latest from Narc and The Grey director Joe Carnahan, has been sitting around waiting for a distributor since 2019. The sci-fi action flick that stars Frank Grillo and Mel Gibson was originally scheduled to arrive in August 2019, but it missed its release date and has been without a home ever since Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, who purchased the film in 2018, dropped it....

‘Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles’ Review: A Sensitive, Lyrical, Animated Love Letter To Surrealism By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 16, 2019 12:00 pm EST “How do you change the world?” It’s a question posed to famous surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel by a group of intellectuals debating the merits of art or political action to combat the rising forces of fascism in Europe in the opening scene of Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles....

‘Castle Rock’ Canceled At Hulu After Two Seasons By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 4, 2020 7:00 am EST Stephen King’s scary creations are losing their home. Castle Rock has been canceled by Hulu after two seasons, with no plans from producer Warner Bros. TV to bring the psychological horror series to another home. Deadline reports that Hulu has canceled Castle Rock after two seasons. The second season of the Lizzy Caplan-led anthology series premiered on Hulu more than a year ago in October 2019, and Deadline notes that there were no expectations for a third installment, with the decision to end the series after two seasons made long ago....

‘Chucky’ TV Series Will Bring Back Jennifer Tilly, So We Can All Relax Now By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 7, 2020 5:00 pm EST It’s been a rough few weeks, so how about some good news? Let’s all take a deep breath and bask in the knowledge that Jennifer Tilly is returning to the Child’s Play franchise for the Chucky TV series. Tilly played Chucky’s girlfriend Tiffany (and also a fictionalized version of herself) in the Child’s Play movies starting with 1998’s Bride of Chucky....

‘Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself’ Trailer: This Is Not Your Typical Magic Show By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 8, 2021 2:00 pm EST Just what is Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself? DelGaudio is an illusionist, but this is not your standard magic show. Instead, it looks like a deeply personal, emotionally affecting experience that leaves several audience members either speechless or in tears. DelGaudio’s one-man show was directed by Frank Oz, and now a filmed version of the performance is headed for Hulu, with the synopsis describing the special as “the story of a man fighting to see through the illusion of his own identity, only to discover that identity itself is an illusion....

‘Don’t Worry, Darling’: Olivia Wilde Set To Direct, Star In New Psychological Thriller By Chris Evangelista/July 31, 2019 5:00 pm EST Having made her feature directorial debut with the acclaimed comedy Booksmart, Olivia Wilde has lined-up a very different sort of follow-up. The filmmaker and actress will direct and star in Don’t Worry, Darling, a psychological thriller about an unhappy 1950s housewife. So it sort of sounds like Mad Men, with more thriller stuff....

‘Mosul’ Trailer: Russo Brothers-Produced Netflix Thriller Follows Iraqi SWAT Team Fighting ISIS Militants By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 9, 2020 9:30 am EST Joe and Anthony Russo are giving a boost to a new international action film by a first-time director through their deal with Netflix, which has produced hits like the Chris Hemsworth-starring Extraction. But the Russo brothers are taking a gamble with the newest action thriller, Mosul, which eschews a big-name star and is entirely in Arabic....

‘Spaceship Earth’ Trailer: Neon’s Biosphere Documentary Has An Innovative Release Strategy By Ben Pearson/April 21, 2020 5:00 pm EST Director Matt Wolf’s documentary Spaceship Earth, which focuses on eight people who lived inside a self-engineered biosphere in the early 1990s, was picked up by Neon and the distributor will be releasing it online in about two and a half weeks – but this release won’t be quite like any other you’ve experienced before....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Action Figures, Funko POPS, LEGO Sets & More Revealed By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 26, 2019 4:30 pm EST Triple Force Friday isn’t until next week, but today, Lucasfilm wanted to show off the assembly of merchandise that will be available starting on October 4. Earlier today, a livestream event showed off cast members from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as they saw some of their action figures, LEGO sets, and Funko POPs for the first time, but they only showed a small taste of the merch that will be for sale....