“The Suicide Squad” Features Real Stakes For Its Maladjusted Misfits

It’s officially The Suicide Squad day, with writer/director James Gunn’s long-awaited film finally in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. Gunn has promised that there will be real stakes for his misfits, and it’s the unpredictability of who will live and who will die that earns The Suicide Squad its title. As the reviews have noted, however, what elevates the film from gleeful nihilism is the fact that Gunn’s created characters who will,

“The Suicide Squad” Review Round-Up Part 2: A Delightfully Gonzo Epic

Last week we took our first look at what the critics were saying about The Suicide Squad. Now, with the film opening today in theaters and premiering on HBO Max, we’ve updated our round-up. The increase in reviews has only bolstered the initial takes from last week—writer/director James Gunn has hit a home run in his first outing for the DC Extended Universe.

The reviews expand on the rapturous early buzz and reveal a filmmaker who may have found the perfect outlet for his particular gifts,

Get To Know The Cast of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”

Marvel Studios has released a brand new Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings video, only it’s nothing like what we’ve seen thus far. Instead of getting a teaser or trailer showing us the action in director Destin Daniel Cretton’s film, the new video, titled “Most Likely To,” gives us a taste of the chemistry between three of the movie’s stars. On hand are Simu Liu, the titular Shang-Chi, and his co-stars Awkwafina (she plays Katy,

“South Park” Creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone’s Epic New Deal Includes 14 Movies for Paramount+

Get ready for a South Park cinematic universe.

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have inked a massive new $900 million deal that will include 14 new films created exclusively for Paramount+, two a year, starting this year. The deal also includes the renewal of South Park through season 30—2022 is the landmark show’s 25th season (the show premiered on Comedy Central on August 13,

Hold Your Breath During This “Don’t Breathe 2” Trailer

If you’re a character in a movie and are planning on pulling off a little light B&E (breaking and entering), pick anybody else’s place but the house of Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang). Then again, there’d be no movie without some misguided folks’ barging in on Norman’s quiet life. In the first Don’t Breathe, a surprise hit from director Fede Alvarez, based on a script he co-wrote with Rodo Sayagues, it was some silly teenagers trying to take advantage of a blind old man and rob him.

A New “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” Featurette Reveals Fresh Footage

This Monday saw the release of the official trailer for director Andy Serkis‘s Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Now, a new featurette reveals just how seriously the multi-talented Serkis took on the challenge of stepping into Venom’s world.

“I’ve been making this directing journey for a decade,” Serkis says at the top of the video. “To enter into this level of fan-based, really adored franchise world,

Final “Annette” Trailer Sheds Fresh Light on Cannes Crowd Pleaser

Fresh from earning a five-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, Amazon has revealed the final trailer for Leos Carax’s Annette. The visionary director behind Holy Motors (2012) and Boy Meets Girl (1984) has dispatched Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard in his latest, genre-defying feature, this one inspired by a chance encounter he had at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.

That encounter involved Carax meeting the pop/rock band The Sparks at the festival.

New Image of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Getting Jacked For “Aquaman 2”

Black Manta isn’t messing around.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is returning for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and he’s making sure he’s prepared. In a brand new Instagram post, the man who plays Aquaman’s nemesis Black Manta can be seen at the gym getting to work. The caption, “Under Construction! #Aquaman2” lets you know that he’s building himself up for director James Wan‘s return trip to Atlantis. (For you weightlifters out there,

Amazon Reveals First Image From “The Lord of the Rings” Series

In case you missed it, Amazon has, at long last, revealed the first image from The Lord of the Rings series that we’ve all been patiently waiting for. What’s more, we now know the release date. You can expect to head back to Middle-earth on September 2, 2022, with each new episode dropping weekly.

Filming for the long-awaited series just wrapped on August 2 in New Zealand, and the first image,

Let “The Green Knight” Director David Lowery Take You Through A Haunting Scene

Writer/director David Lowery is here to walk you through a scene in his ravishing, critically acclaimed The Green Knight thanks to a new “Anatomy of Scene” video from the New York Times. If you’re a reader of The Credits, then you know we’ve been tracking Lowery’s film since we first heard about it last year (it was, like so many other releases, delayed due to the pandemic).

“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” Unleashes Official Trailer

The official trailer for Sony Pictures’ Venom: Let There Be Carnage reveals a serious symbiote vs symbiote brawl for the ages. While the last time we saw Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), he had thrown down with another symbiote, Riot, who was being hosted by the body of Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), it’s safe to say Eddie and his symbiote life partner Venom have an even tougher challenge ahead. They’ll be facing—and fighting—the titular king of the alien symbiote carnivores Carnage,

Marlee Matlin on Her New Film “CODA” & Its Refreshing Focus on a Deaf Family

Marlee Matlin is unquestionably the best-known and most successful deaf actor working in American film and television. She exploded on the scene with her Oscar-winning performance as Sarah in the 1986 movie Children of a Lesser God and has worked steadily ever since. From her Emmy-nominated performances in Law and Order, The Practice, Seinfield, and Picket Fences to the memorable characters she created for The L Word,

“Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings” Will Connect Directly to First “Iron Man”

“We’re going back to the very beginning of the MCU,” Kevin Feige says in a new Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings featurette. The Marvel Studios president confirms that the MCU’s first Asian superhero’s story will connect directly to the film that started it all, Jon Favreau’s 2008 Iron Man. “We have a keystone event, and that event is Tony Stark becoming Iron Man. He’s forced to build these weapons for an organization,

Feel the Power in New “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” Teaser

A fresh Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings teaser has the kind of umph that’ll get your morning going, from the fight sequences to the soundtrack. The minute-long look is pure adrenalin, focusing on the core of the film’s by giving us a relentlessly paced montage of action sequences set around an epic intra-family faceoff. This is the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Asian superhero, and with director Destin Daniel Cretton at the helm and Simu Liu starring as the titular Shang-Chi,

Sound Editor Trevor Gates on Keeping “Fear Street” Real, Upbeat, & Horrifying

Based on master of teen horror genre fiction R.L. Stine’s novels, Netflix released writer-director Leigh Janiak’s Fear Street trilogy over the past three successive Fridays. Opening with a neon-lit shopping mall murder spree, Part One – 1994 introduces the seemingly cursed teenaged residents of Shadyside and their luckier next-door neighbors in Sunnyvale. In Part Two – 1978, intrepid Deena (Kiana Madeira) and her nerdy younger brother,

“The Suicide Squad” Review Round-Up: James Gunn Crafts a Bloody Good Time

Writer/director James Gunn seems to have hit a home run in his first outing for the DC Extended Universe. With the review embargo lifted for The Suicide Squad, the reviews are starting to roll in, and they expand on the rapturous early buzz. Gunn’s film borrows a few characters from David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad and then goes its own way, and the result is a bonkers, bloody,

“Jungle Cruise” Review Roundup: A Fun Family Adventure Led By Two Charismatic Leads

The reviews are in for Jungle Cruise, director starring Jaume Collet-Serra’s (The Shallows, Orphan) family-friendly adventure starring Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson. Spoiler alert—Blunt and Johnson are charismatic and have chemistry to spare, and Collet-Serra, a nimble director with a great sense for action, has done a good job of goosing the film with plenty of adventure.

Johnson stars as riverboat captain Frank Wolff,

A Special Look at Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story”

20th Century Studios has revealed a new special look at Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, his long-awaited adaptation of the legendary musical. This fresh glimpse gives us a nearly wordless teaser set to Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein’s song “Somewhere” from the original 1957 Broadway show. We see our two star-crossed lovers, Rachel Zegler as Maria and Ansel Elgort as Tony, caught between two warring gangs in mid-century New York,

“The Card Counter” Trailer Sees Oscar Isaac Going All In

There are filmmaker’s filmmakers, the kinds of writer/directors admired by their peers, filmmakers who aren’t household names but who quietly, patiently create a body of work that are esteemed by their colleagues and movie lovers alike. Writer/director Paul Schrader is one of those filmmakers, and the trailer for his latest work, The Card Counter, lays out why his new work is one of the most anticipated entrants to this year’s Venice Film Festival.

Winston Duke to Voice Batman in Podcast From “The Dark Knight” Screenwriter

Winston Duke has fared well in Wakanda and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so why not enter the DC universe and head to Gotham? The talented actor, who played M’Baku in Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame (and is expected to return for director Ryan Coogler’s sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and co-starred in Jordan Peele’s fantastic sophomore horror film Us with Lupita Nyong’o will now be voicing Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight screenwriter David S.