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The Movies Of Summer 2019 Gave Us Permission To Actually Feel Again By Dalin Rowell/Sept. 6, 2019 1:00 pm EST To paraphrase Sebastian from Disney’s The Little Mermaid: “the human world is a mess” and that statement perfectly explains the summer 2019 movie season in a multitude of ways. Sure, we got what we wanted with the continuation of thrilling franchises, further exploitation of nostalgia, and a multitude of post-movie viewing memes....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘A Night At The Roxbury’ Is One Of The Stupidest Comedies That I Shamelessly Love By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2021 7:00 am EST Instead of just listing all the things I love about A Night at the Roxbury, I’m just going to revel in a few clips that have made me laugh for years and have been referenced endlessly by me, much to the chagrin of my friends, with the exception of one of them who loves it just as much as I do....

Theme Park Bits: Disney Hard-Ticket Events, A New Barn, No More French-Fry Rocks At Tomorrowland, And More By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 24, 2019 10:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Disney’s trying to get you go to their parks any which way. Disney World horses are getting a new barn. Tomorrowland is getting an upgrade. And more! One of the common threads of theme parks this summer is that Disneyland and Walt Disney World haven’t been doing quite as well as expected in attendance....

VOTD: ‘X-Men’ Franchise Cinematographer Explains The Effect Of Three Different Camera Lenses By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 20, 2019 6:00 am EST Every single shot you see in a motion pictures is methodically planned. Each shot serves a purpose, and exactly how that shot is captured with a camera is meant to evoke a certain feeling, look, or style. One element of photography that can drastically change how a shot is captured is what lens is being used on the camera....

‘Boss Level’ Early Buzz: Joe Carnahan Delivers An Action-Packed ‘Groundhog Day’ Riff With Frank Grillo By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 12, 2020 8:30 am EST Have you heard of Boss Level? It wouldn’t be surprising if you haven’t because it’s a movie produced by the now-defunct MoviePass that doesn’t yet have a release date. But this is an action-packed new movie from Smokin’ Aces and The Grey director Joe Carnahan that follows Frank Grillo as a retired special forces veteran trapped in a never-ending time loop resulting in his death every day....

‘For All Mankind’ Trailer: Apple TV+ Series Imagines An Alternate History Of The Space Race By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 26, 2019 2:00 pm EST In Ronald D. Moore’s new Apple TV+ series, For All Mankind, the future is female. The producer behind Battlestar Galactica and Outlander presents a new take on the space race, in an alternate-history series that imagines what would happen if Russia beat the United States in getting a man on the moon....

‘Kill Them All’ Graphic Novel Adaptation Lands In The Hands Of ‘Star Wars’ Second Unit Director Victoria Mahoney By Ethan Anderton/June 3, 2020 8:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you’ve never heard of Kill Them All, here’s the official synopsis for the graphic novel: The graphic novel initially began as a project on Kickstarter, but Oni Press, publishers of the comics that inspired Scott Pilgrim vs the World, ended up picking it up for publication....

‘Mank’ First Look Photos: David Fincher’s New Movie Stars Gary Oldman As ‘Citizen Kane’ Writer Herman J. Mankiewicz By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 8, 2020 10:30 am EST Director David Fincher is back with his first feature film since Gone Girl in 2016. The film is called Mank, and Netflix will be releasing it this fall, hoping to get some awards season glory with a story about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he worked on the screenplay for the influential Hollywood classic Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles....

‘Revival’: Mike Flanagan Says His Latest Stephen King Adaptation Is “Relentlessly Dark And Cynical” By Chris Evangelista/July 3, 2020 2:30 pm EST Mike Flanagan knows a thing or two about Stephen King adaptations. The filmmaker helmed both Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, and now he’s gearing up for another: Revival. King’s revival, published in 2013, is a bleak, disturbing novel – and it sounds like Flanagan isn’t going to water things down....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Early Buzz: It’s ‘The Force Awakens’ Of The ‘Terminator’ Franchise By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 20, 2019 7:29 pm EST The first reactions from Terminator: Dark Fate have rolled in on social media after the first wave of critics recently got a sneak peek at the movie. They weren’t the only ones either. An event at Alamo Drafthouse locations that was marketed as a Terminator 2: Judgment Day fan event with a sneak peek of footage from Terminator: Dark Fate turned into a full fledged screening of the sequel nearly two weeks before it hits theaters....

‘The Mandalorian’ Concludes Its Second Season With An Emotional, Action-Packed Finale Full Of Surprising Reveals By Bryan Young/Dec. 18, 2020 8:30 am EST Naturally, there are spoilers here.This final episode of The Mandalorian season 2 brings to a head all of the disparate storylines from the series. After learning the location of Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) moves across the galaxy to put together the pieces he needs in order to board the Imperial light cruiser and rescue Grogu....

‘The Maxx’ Adaptation Coming From Channing Tatum And Producer Roy Lee By Ben Pearson/Nov. 22, 2019 3:19 pm EST The Maxx, a popular comic from the early 1990s, is the latest comic book to be adapted for the screen. Channing Tatum (Magic Mike) and Roy Lee (It, The Departed) are teaming up to produce the adaptation, but it’s still too early in the development stage to know whether it will be a film or a TV series....

‘Train To Busan’ Follow-Up ‘Peninsula’ Is Coming To VOD Just In Time For Halloween By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 13, 2020 1:30 pm EST Peninsula is making the stop to VOD much earlier than anticipated. Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan follow-up is set to be available on Digital on October 27, just before Halloween. The Peninsula VOD debut is set a month before it heads to 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD in November....

Cool Stuff: Let This ‘Jumanji’ Board Game Replica Turn Your Living Room Into A Jungle By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 7, 2020 6:00 am EST This year marks the 25th anniversary of the family adventure movie Jumanji. Adapted from the 1981 children’s book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg, the movie features a board game that brings all the dangers of a jungle into the suburbs. Stampedes, mischievous monkeys, deadly spiders, a relentless hunter, and a grown man sucked into the game 20 years before all wreak havoc on the lives of two young orphans....

Pym’s Test Kitchen Since hanging out with superheroes will probably take a lot of energy, you’ll probably want to take a break for some food and drinks. That’s where Pym’s Test Kitchen comes in, which looks more like a lab space than a restaurant. That’s because Hope Van Dyne and Hank Pym opened up a lab to experiment on Pym Particles on food. So you’ll see a conveyor belt where Bavarian pretzels appear to grow in front of your eyes....

Genndy Tartakovsky Talks The Raw Brutality Of The Prehistoric ‘Primal’ [New York Comic-Con 2019] By Caroline Cao/Oct. 5, 2019 10:30 am EST Legendary animator Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, the 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars) comes to Comic Con New York to introduce his latest–and perhaps most audacious–work: Primal. At the dawn of evolution, a stout Neanderthal caveman and a dinosaur forge an unlikely friendship to survive a bloodcurdling eon in the beast-ridden prehistoric landscape....

Hulu Picks Up ‘KID 90’ Documentary, Looking Back At The ’90s Hollywood Life Of ‘Punky Brewster’ Star Soleil Moon Frye By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2020 4:30 pm EST It’s hard to believe, but the 1990s are getting so old that people are equally as nostalgic for that decade as they were for the 1980s throughout the 2010s. With pieces of pop culture from that decade ranging from 20 to 30 years old, movies are starting to dig into the 1990s as a retro period of time, and a new documentary coming to Hulu will give us an interesting perspective on the Hollywood of that decade and what life was like in it, thanks to the camcorder of Punky Brewster star Soleil Moon Frye....

Leslie Jones Not Returning For ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 45 By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 27, 2019 2:30 pm EST When Saturday Night Live returns for its 45th season on September 28 with host Woody Harrelson, the cast will be missing a familiar face. Comedian Leslie Jones has chosen not to return for the new season of Saturday Night Live, opting to focus more on her feature film career and upcoming stand-up special for Netflix....

Michael Bay’s Pandemic Thriller ‘Songbird’ Sets VOD Release For December By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 16, 2020 1:00 pm EST Producer Michael Bay’s pandemic thriller Songbird made headlines for being the first major film to be made during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Los Angeles. Then it made headlines again with reports that the production was not following COVID safety protocols. And yet again, Songbird made headlines for the negative online buzz around its trailer, which showed the films — let’s say ill-advised — apocalyptic vision of the pandemic....

Netflix’s Signature Launch Sound Was Almost The Bleating Of A Goat By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 9, 2020 11:00 am EST Whenever you watch a Netflix original movie or TV show, there’s that signature sound that plays when the steaming service’s logo appears. The recognizable sound is known in Netflix’s offices as “Ta Dum,” but it was almost something that would have been easier to describe and a lot more odd. Todd Yellin, Netflix’s VP of Product, recently revealed that one of the options considered for Netflix’s production logo was the bleating of a goat....