Venom is all of us in This Deleted Scene
Sony’s Venom might have been one of the year’s surprise hits (a surprise only in how well it’s done overseas, with folks in China absolutely devouring the film), but there are plenty of fairly obvious reasons why people flocked to the theater to catch Spider-Man’s sometime nemesis, sometime collaborator on the big screen. One is you’ve got one of Marvel’s most disgustingly intriguing anti-heroes in Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy)’s reporter-turned-alien-symbiote,
New Bumblebee Photos Reveal Decepticons Sent to Hunt our Hero
You may have heard that Travis Knight’s Bumblebee is getting some pretty fantastic first reactions from critics. /Film’s Peter Sciretta was awestruck to find he liked Bumblebee even better than Michael Bay’s first Transformers. “Better than TF1, and I really liked the first Bay film a lot,” Sciretta tweeted. Bumblebee sets the action in the 80s,
The new Godzilla: King of the Monsters Trailer Ends With Epic Clash
This is the trailer you need to get you through Monday. The king of the monsters himself has a fight on his hands that’s going to make the events depicted in 2014’s Godzilla reboot look like a walk in (Jurassic) park. Warner Bros. has just dropped the second trailer, and it reveals a film, directed by Michael Doughtery (Krampus) and starring Stranger Things‘
First Reactions to Bumblebee Largely Agree It’s the Best Transformers Yet
Bumblebee has critics buzzing and may boost the Transformers franchise in a satisfying new direction. The robot adventures have always been fun and larger than life, but sometimes their heart is more steel than human. The 1980s prequel appears to be reintroducing that much needed emotional hook.
The Transformers series has been largely popcorn fare, so critics were surprised to find how engrossing the character-driven installment actually is.
The Mall is Where It’s At for Stranger Things 3 Episode Title Reveal
Brick and mortar stores may be giving way more each day to online purchases, but malls were once king. They went beyond shopping opportunities and were cultural centers of suburbs. Often in malls of the 1980s, you could see movies, play arcade games, get glamour shots, and apparently battle Demogorgons. Netflix has announced the season 3 lineup of Stranger Things and it appears to be focused on that oh so important haven of 1980s teendom.
Men in Black Reboot has an Official Title & new Image
Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth are no strangers to battling aliens in faraway lands—the two last teamed up for Taikia Waititi’s cosmic superhero caper Thor: Ragnarok. The dynamic duo is back for F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton)’s Men in Black reboot, and now we’ve got the official title—Men in Black: International. The film was a part of Sony’s presentation down in São Paulo for the Comic-Con CCXP,
Director Anne Fletcher on Bringing Dumplin’ From Book to Screen
Shot outside of Atlanta over 30 days, with superstars Jennifer Aniston and Dolly Parton lending their respective acting and musical talents, director Anne Fletcher’s Dumplin’ mists your eyes and makes you laugh in equal, heartfelt measure. The independent movie, based on the YA novel of the same name, follows plus-size teenager Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald) as she signs up for her small Texas town’s beauty pageant, ostensibly to make a statement. What ensues is a life-changing experience for “Will” as well as many of her fellow contestants,
Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s Cosmic Plot Details Emerge
So the good news is that the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer delighted the folks at the Brazil Comic-Con CCXP down in São Paulo, where Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal were on hand to share Far From Home‘s big debut. The bad news is, it looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer until Sony puts the trailer online for the rest of us to see. In the meantime,
Avengers: Endgame Poster Reveals Surprise Release Date
The Avengers: Endgame trailer arrived this morning, teasing that the film would be opening in April. This was a change from the May 3, 2019 release date we’ve all been working with. Now, Marvel has released the first poster for the Russo Brothers‘ epic finale, and we’ve got an official release date to report—April 26, 2019.
You’ll remember that this is precisely what happened with Avengers: Infinity War.
Feast Your Eyes on the First Avengers: Endgame Trailer
“Part of the journey is the end.” This sentiment comes from Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), in a message he’s hoping gets to Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) while he’s adrift in space after the events of Avengers: Infinity War. Tony had been beaten (like everybody else) by Thanos (Josh Brolin) and left in space to die. Tony’s in a bind; his food and water ran out four days ago, his oxygen is going to run out tomorrow morning.
Behold the Fiery & Icy Teaser for Game of Thrones Season 8
Game of Thrones 8th and final season is coming this April, and HBO has dropped the first official teaser, playing at the theme of fire and ice. While there’s no actual footage here, there is the expertly crafted play on the title of George R. Martin’s Novels, “A Song of Ice and Fire,” which, of course, is the source material for the network’s most popular show ever. Keep in mind,
Off With Their Wigs! Mary Queen of Scots‘s Hair & Makeup Genius Jenny Shircore
This holiday season we’ve been graced with not one but two incredible examples of hair and makeup mastery. The first came in Yorgos Lanthimos’ hilarious The Favourite, which captures the lunacy at court (and in the bedroom) of Queen Anne (a sensational Olivia Colman), who close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) goes to war, so to speak, with a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) over the queen’s affection.
Here’s the Full List of The 2019 Golden Globe Nominees
Awards season is underway, folks. Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther is proving that the superhero genre can be worthy of consideration as one of the best films of the year, while BlacKkKlansman‘s Spike Lee, If Beale Street Could Talk‘s Barry Jenkins and The Favourite‘s Yorgos Lanthimos will very likely be vying for Best Picture nominations at the Oscars as well.
Exclusive: Anime Auteur Talks About the Child Heroes of Mirai
GKIDS has produced six Oscar-nominated animated pictures since 2015 and its latest effort, Mirai, is shaping up to be another Academy contender. Created by Japanese auteur Mamoru Hosoda for Studio Chizu, the anime feature follows adorable four-year-old Kum, who resents the arrival of his equally adorable baby sister. Time traveling adventures ensue when Kum magically meets up with a future version of his sister after she’s become a fun-loving teenager.
Black Panther, A Quiet Place & More Make Oscars VFX Shortlist
Awards season has officially begun, and it’s already looking quite good for Black Panther. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their shortlist for the visual effects category today, which includes more or less all the films you’d expect to see, with a few pleasant surprises. A few of these movies you haven’t seen yet, like Bumblebee and Welcome to Marwen,
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale Trailer is Equal Parts Cheery and Sinister
Are you sure you know exactly who is coming down your chimney this Christmas? If you live in Greendale, you might want to take some extra precautions. The Spellmans are preparing for a “bright solstice” this winter, but sinister forces may interrupt the celebrations. A new trailer for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale reveals what the holiday season is like for witches.
We’ve been obsessed with the new Sabrina series since it dropped this fall and are totally in the mood for more.
The Suspiria Prosthetic Designers Studied Forensics for the Gruesome Deaths
Suspiria is filled with gory and grotesque moments that will turn your blood to ice in your veins. Director Luca Guadagnino’s masterful suspense keeps you on the edge of terror for the full two-and-a-half-hour runtime. Want to cut to the chase? Prosthetics designer Mark Coulier runs through a highlight of the most gruesome moments in under 5 minutes and how they achieved all of those effects.
If you have not yet seen Suspiria click away now.
Tom Cruise Tells You How to Get That Annoying Motion Smoothing Setting Off Your TV
It’s your first livable wage paycheck. You’re going to start paying down those debts down and maybe even get a nest egg going. But first, you’re going to blow it all on a big screen TV. You lug the thing home, set it up, and kick back to enjoy some Game of Thrones on your epic new system. You scroll through the opening credits, hit play, and that’s when it happens. Daenerys’ dragons look like children’s puppets on sticks and all of Winterfell looks like a green screen glitch in a local weather forecast.
Black Panther Makes AFI’s Top Movies of 2018 List
That drumbeat you’re hearing is coming from Wakanda, and it’s signaling that Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther is a serious contender for an Oscar nomination for best picture. The prestigious American Film Institute has released the honorees for this year’s AFI Awards, and Black Panther is on their list for best films, the first in what we’re guessing will be a bunch of year-end awards for Coogler’s epic. The film school and historical organization,
The Intriguing Questions the Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer Will Raise
There’s been a lot for fans of the superhero genre to be excited about recently. Okay, if we’re being factual, there’s been a lot for superhero fans to be excited about for the last, oh, decade, but we’re referring to specific things that have been revealed in the past few weeks. These include the gushing reception to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the early reactions to the swashbuckling epic that is Aquaman,