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‘Dangerous Lies’ Trailer: What If ‘Knives Out’ Was A Soapy Netflix Thriller? By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 13, 2020 5:30 pm EST You know you’ve made a hit film when Netflix is already making thinly veiled knock-offs of it. Rian Johnson’s Knives Out was a sharp, stylish, incredibly timely hit that was one of the best movies of last year. And Netflix is working fast to capitalize on the success of Johnson’s whodunit by injecting a little Lifetime Channel-style soap into it with their upcoming thriller Dangerous Lies....

‘Just Mercy’ Review: Destin Daniel Cretton’s Latest Inspires Social Change, But Fails To Inspire Artistically [TIFF 2019] By Abby Olcese/Sept. 9, 2019 9:00 am EST Just Mercy is a hard film to criticize, not because it’s great, but because the actual cause it represents is. Destin Daniel Cretton’s film is based on the 2015 memoir of the same name by Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) founder and civil rights activist Bryan Stevenson....

‘Malcolm & Marie’ Trailer: Zendaya And John David Washington Are Lovers By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 8, 2021 12:30 pm EST “This is not a love story, this is the story of love,” the trailer for Malcolm & Marie declares in text as stark as the black-and-white aesthetic of the Zendaya and John David Washington-starring film. Directed by Sam Levinson (Assassination Nation, Euphoria), Malcolm & Marie is a black and white romantic drama that stars Zendaya and Washington as two lovers who reach an impasse....

‘RoboCop Returns’ Director Neill Blomkamp Is Off Project, Directing New Horror Film Instead By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 15, 2019 7:00 am EST RoboCop Returns is in need of a new commanding officer. More than a year after Neill Blomkamp was announced to direct a new RoboCop movie that would act as a continuation of the first film, he has confirmed that he is no longer the RoboCop Returns director. But Chappie fans can hold onto a sliver of hope: Blomkamp is already hard at work at a new horror movie....

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Breakdown: The Details And History That Enrich “Together Again” By Bryan Young/April 10, 2020 10:00 am EST The eighth episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 wraps up the story of Ahsoka and the Martez sisters as they try to escape the vile clutches of the Pyke Syndicate once and for all. In a stunning ruse, Ahsoka sends the Martez sisters away by selling them out and sending them off....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Drops Nearly 60% In Its Second Weekend, Still Slightly Trailing ‘The Last Jedi’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 2019 12:30 pm EST Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker had no problem dominating the box office for a second weekend in a row. The end of the Skywalker saga made over two times as much as Jumanji: The Next Level did in second place. However, it’s not all good news for The Rise of Skywalker, because the movie saw a roughly 59% drop from opening weekend, which is larger than analysts were expecting for the blockbuster sequel....

‘Tenet’ Behind-The-Scenes Featurette Shows How Nolan Pulled Off The Movie’s Biggest Stunts…in Reverse By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 26, 2020 11:00 am EST As Warner Bros. forges ahead with the divisive U.S. theatrical rollout of Tenet, the studio is attempting to take our minds off the dangers surrounding releasing a movie in theaters amid an ongoing pandemic with a ritzy behind-the-scenes featurette. The new nine-minute clip goes into great detail about how “cinematic” and “game-changing” the Christopher Nolan espionage movie is, from its incredible stunts to its even more incredible scope....

‘The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay’ And ‘A Really Good Day’ TV Adaptations Coming To Showtime By Ben Pearson/Dec. 10, 2019 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After years of failed attempts to reach the big screen, Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is finally getting its long-awaited adaptation – not as a movie, but as a television series on Showtime....

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Featurette Shows How The Filmmakers Fit Six IMAX Cameras In A Fighter Jet Cockpit By Ben Pearson/Dec. 18, 2019 2:30 pm EST It’s not just a fun line from the franchise: Tom Cruise really does feel the need for speed in Top Gun: Maverick. He’s learned that if you’re going to impress audiences with a stunt, it needs to feel as real as possible – so that means actually going up and pulling multiple Gs in a real fighter jet....

By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 16, 2019 1:49 pm EST It’s becoming apparent that unlike the first Venom, Venom 2 is going to at least try to be a good movie. Andy Serkis has been brought in to direct, and now master cinematographer Robert Richardson has come on board as well. Richardson’s credits include JFK, Casino, and all of Quentin Tarantino’s movies from Kill Bill onward (except Death Proof). You can rest assured that no matter how Venom 2 turns out, it’s going to look amazing....

‘WandaVision’ Has More VFX Shots Than ‘Avengers: Endgame’, Will Feature Some Of Marvel’s Biggest Setpieces By Ben Pearson/Jan. 11, 2021 1:00 pm EST We already know that WandaVision, the first big Marvel Studios show to be released on Disney+, is going to be an ambitious piece of comic book storytelling. But according to a new interview, it’s also going to be hugely ambitious on a visual level as well. In fact, one of the series’ stars has revealed that the show will have more visual effects shots than Avengers: Endgame....

‘White Boy Rick’ Review: A Far Too Familiar Story [TIFF] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 10, 2018 7:00 am EST White Boy Rick has a potentially great story to tell, but decides to take a far too familiar approach. The end result is a by-the-numbers true crime film the likes of which we’ve seen dozens of times before.“In 1980s Detroit, Ricky Wershe Jr. was a Street Hustler, FBI Informant and Drug Kingpin – all before he turned 16....

Ben Affleck’s Abandoned Batman Movie Would Have Been A Dark Journey Into Arkham Asylum By Ethan Anderton/July 31, 2019 8:30 am EST Batman Begins is the only Batman movie that used Arkham Asylum in a significant way. But since that movie took place only as Batman was just beginning his career the protector of Gotham City, we never really got to see what it was like when the rogues gallery of Batman’s most dangerous villains was inside of it....

Cool Stuff: Theory 11’s Stylish, Sleek ‘Star Wars’ Playing Cards Let You Choose The Light Or Dark Side By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 24, 2019 6:00 am EST It’s only been one weekend and a couple days since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hit theaters, and there’s certainly some divisive opinions pervading the web. But let’s take a break from all that madness for a moment to get behind a cool new piece of Star Wars merchandise that pretty much every fan can get behind....

Disney Says “Bah Humbug” To Apple, Plans Their Own ‘Christmas Carol’ Musical By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 28, 2019 3:00 pm EST How many more musical versions of A Christmas Carol do we as a society need? I don’t know the answer to that, but I do know we’re getting at least two more. One is from Apple, and features Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell. And now, THR says Disney is developing a Christmas Carol musical of their own....

Disney World’s Epcot Is Getting A Massive Overhaul – What Will Be Left Of The Park’s Original Mission? By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 30, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: the future of Walt Disney World’s Epcot is big and bold, but is it true to the spirit of the park?)Nostalgia is the currency of the Walt Disney Company, and it was on full display during the D23 Expo last weekend....

Disneyland Cancels Its Annual Passholder Program Due To The Pandemic By Ben Pearson/Jan. 14, 2021 2:30 pm EST Disneyland’s annual passholder program is no more. According to Ken Potrock, the president of Disneyland, the California theme park has decided to “sunset” the annual passholder program, which should have significant ramifications on how Disney lovers spend their time in the park. (You know, when it eventually opens again.) Potrock sent a letter to Disneyland annual passholders informing them that after nearly forty years, the program is being canceled “due to the continued uncertainty of the pandemic and limitations and expected restrictions around the reopening of our theme parks....

Fandango Launches Platform With COVID-19 Safety Procedures For Reopening Theaters By Chris Evangelista/June 23, 2020 1:00 pm EST Movie theaters are on track to reopen next month (whether we like it or not), but things can’t just go back to normal. Across the country, different theaters are putting different safety procedures in place to give moviegoers peace of mind in the age of coronavirus. To help folks figure out just what those safety measures are, Fandango is launching “a multi-dimensional program to help moviegoers go back to theaters with confidence and peace of mind....

Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ Will Feature Ewan McGregor As The Voice Of Jiminy Cricket By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 16, 2020 10:00 am EST After Moulin Rouge, it seemed a real shame that Ewan McGregor didn’t instantly become the musical movie heartthrob he seemed destined to be. In fact, the only way McGregor performs in musicals these days is from the recording booth, voicing beloved Disney animated characters in new remakes. First he put on a French accent to play the flirtatious candelabra Lumière in Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast and now McGregor will follow that up by playing everyone’s favorite moral compass, Jiminy Cricket, in Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated film Pinocchio....

Hulu College Student Plan Offers Streaming Service For $1.99 Per Month By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 12, 2021 5:00 pm EST Are you a college student, or at least pretending to be one? If so, Hulu wants to cut you a sweet deal: 65% off! The streaming service is unveiling a plan that will allow college students to pay only $1.99 per month. It’s part of Hulu’s plan to boost subscription numbers and lock in young viewers with the hopes that said viewers will stick with Hulu even after they graduate....