Review Roundup: Female Centric Prom Night Comedy Blockers Scores Big
It’s hard being a parent, especially in the digital age. Kids are in constant contact with one another and everything they say is in a new code developed by their generation. In the trailer for Blockers, three parents try to deny what is on their kids’ screen, but they finally have to face the fact an eggplant can only mean one thing. And no, it’s not for cooking. The movie is getting fantastic reviews,
The Brutal Poetry of Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here
The thing about You Were Never Really Here is that it is already a tremendous success. Its screening at the Cannes film festival midway through last year received a standing ovation, and won the awards for best actor – the formidable Joaquin Phoenix – and best screenplay – written by director Lynne Ramsay – among other accolades. And it wasn’t even finished; the film was only about halfway through the editing process.
22 Avengers Revealed in Stand-Alone Avengers: Infinity War Posters
We pointed out in mid-March that a certain Avenger had been largely absent from all the Avengers: Infinity War promotional materials. A week later, on March 27, a new crop of posters for the film were released, and, again, no Hawkeye. Then the Russo Brothers themselves directly (or, comically) addressed the issue themselves. Now, another, even larger batch of posters have been released by Marvel, giving 22—that’s right,
Simon Pegg Opens up About the Joy & Pain of Being in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
As super fans, geeks, and all-around movie nerds, we’ve all dreamt of being part of the movie magic that goes into making our favorite film. George Lucas started a phenomenon in 1977 that has inspired successful film careers of generations that followed. Some people get to actually live that dream and step into iconic roles. Others, like actor Simon Pegg, get to be in the movie and also help chart the story’s future.
Pegg played Unkar Plutt in The Force Awakens and helped contribute to the script.
Today in Great News: Guillermo del Toro’s Complicated Monsters Find Permanent Home at Fox Searchlight
Guillermo del Toro has been following his passion for decades, and it paid off this award season. Nominated for a Golden Globe and Oscar for directing The Shape of Water, ultimately taking home statues for both, del Toro delivered passionate acceptance speeches that struck an emotional note. The king of creating complicated monsters, we were thrilled to see del Toro reach commercial success. Now, his ideas will be going even farther.
Does this Mortgage Commercial Reveal Iron Man’s New Vibranium-Powered Suit in Avengers: Infinity War?
Every Avenger suit must start somewhere. Janet van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) is getting a winged upgrade in Ant-Man and The Wasp, and Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) protégé, Spider-Man (Tom Holland) will don an iron suit in Avengers: Infinity War. Ever since Stark first developed the Iron Man suit, the billionaire genius has been making improvements. There have been theories he’ll be combining his knowledge with another great mind to further improve his fighting gear.
Watch This Very Special Message From a Pink Deadpool
The reigning king of superhero irreverence is back…in a pink suit? Yup, Deadpool is donning a fabulous new pink number in this very special message, in which the Merc with the Mouth is partnering with Omaze to help fight cancer. This is likely the only call for donations you’ll ever see that is NSFW, but the results of this campaign are very real, and go to a very good cause.
Westworld Website Reveals Details of Mysterious Shogun World
At the very end of the trailer for Westworld‘s second season, we got a glimpse of what many fans have been clamoring for—the Japanese-themed Samurai world—or so we thought it was called. You see an armor clad warrior at the 2-minute mark, followed by Maeve (Thandie Newton) in a kimono, and then a brief shot of a woman in who appears to be a geisha a few seconds later.
Black Panther Passes Frozen to Join Top Ten Highest Grossing Films of All Time
A new week means a new milestone for Ryan Coogler’s world conquering Black Panther. Last week Coogler’s epic film passed The Avengers to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time. This week it has just passed Frozen to enter the top ten highest-grossing films in history. Oh, and it also zoomed past Jurassic World to become number four on the all-time domestic charts (without adjustment for inflation.) As we wrote last week (and will likely write again next week): How many different ways can you write “All hail the King“?
Graphic Designer Erica Dorn Sweats the Details for Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs
When Erica Dorn heard Wes Anderson needed a London-based, Japanese-speaking graphic designer for his new stop-motion movie, she jumped from the world of advertising into her first feature film and helped produce the precision-tooled typography, signage, documents and product packaging now on display in Isle of Dogs. Born and raised in Japan, Dorn moved at age 18 to England to study illustration, then worked on branding campaigns. Passing a two-week Isle of Dogs audition,
Get In On an Intense Game of Sabacc in This New Solo: Star Wars Spot for Denny’s
Han Solo is as close as we get to a space cowboy from the Star Wars canon. He’s quick on the trigger, a bit of a troubadour, and he won the Millenium Falcon in a game of poker – er, Sabacc, rather. A new commercial takes us to the table where a rough game of Sabaac is being played. You might think this Collider exclusive is a clip from the Solo: A Star Wars Story,
Kevin Hart is the Class Clown of Tiffany Haddish’s Night School
Have you ever thought about going back to high school? Maybe they were the best days of your life, or maybe they were the worst. Well, Kevin Hart doesn’t seem to have a choice in the first official trailer for his new film, Night School.
Hart stars as a high school dropout who, after an incident involving leaking gas and open flames, finds himself out of a job. As a result,
Thanos Demands No Avengers: Infinity War Spoilers, Or Else
The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is you do not give away the twist ending. Most true fans make efforts to avoid spoilers, but sometimes the filmmakers themselves get involved. Alfred Hitchcock bought every copy of Robert Bloch’s Psycho to keep audiences from reading that Norman’s mother was dead. Now, the Avengers: Infinity War directors have their own method for dealing with blabbermouth moviegoers.
It’s a Battle of the Greats as Science Fiction’s Biggest Awards Announce Finalists
The Hugo Awards have announced their finalists, and it looks like many of our favorites have made the cut. As science fiction’s most prestigious honor, the Hugo Awards are trademarked by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) who hosts the annual World Science Fiction Convention or “Worldcon.” This year the final list of nominees is packed with excellent films, television series and books. Blade Runner 2049, Get Out and The Shape of Water—all three films that walked away with at least one Oscar—are among the names vying for Best Dramatic Presentation,
Fighting Thanos Makes Strange Bedfellows in 11 New Avengers: Infinity War Images
Marvel has just released 11 new photos from Avengers: Infinity War that lends further validity to the ancient proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Granted, it would be slightly inaccurate to call some of the assembled Avengers, superheroes and superhero adjacent characters enemies, but the last time most of them together, it was in a film subtitled Civil War for a reason. The biggest threat to humanity yet,
Pixar’s Latest Short About a Giggly Chinese Dumpling to Play Before The Incredibles 2
One of the many joys of seeing a Pixar film like The Incredibles 2 in the theater is you get both the fantastic feature film and a Pixar short before it. There have been few sequels in Pixar history not named Toy Story 2 that have been as hotly anticipated as The Incredibles 2, and now fans have one more thing to whet their appetite for the return of the most fantastic family ever—a new Pixar short about a giggly Chinese dumpling called Bao.
Joaquin Phoenix’s Interest in Playing the Joker All About Character, Not Genre
This past February we wrote about a potential dream paring of actor and character: Joaquin Phoenix was potentially eying playing the most iconic villain of all—the Joker. Variety‘s scoop had it that Phoenix was in talks to play the Clown Prince of Chaos for Todd Phillips still untitled Joker origin film, you know, the one being produced by Martin Scorsese. We were excited. This excitement was based not only on Phoenix’s track record for excellence,
Get Caught up on FX’s Mind-Blowing Legion Before Tonight’s Season 2 Premiere
Noah Hawley’s Legion (FX Network) was one of the most ambitious and deeply weird takes on the superhero genre on TV. Fully investing in its central character’s mental instability, Legion‘s season one was a boldly visualized and brilliantly performed head trip. Starring Dan Stevens as David Haller, a troubled you man who was misdiagnosed as a schizophrenic (more on what he really is in a second), Legion‘s first season was as much Kubrick as it was comic book.
Ready Player One Turns Virtual Adventure into Box Office Victory
Jaws, Raider of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Minority Report. The list goes on for Steven Spielberg blockbusters, and now there’s a certified addition to that elite group. Spielberg dominated the box office again this weekend with Ready Player One. The virtual adventure commanded audiences to the tune of $53.2 million in the US with $128 million more overseas.
Spielberg has a legendary history of displaying a mastery over mega movies.
Rocky Balboa & Adonis Johnson Return as Creed II Officially Begins Filming
Didn’t get enough of Sylvester Stallone in his brief appearance in Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.2? Well no worries, because all you Sly fans can look forward to his return to the big screen, and the ring, in Creed II—filming for this next installment of the iconic Rocky franchise has officially started. Rocky himself, Sylvester Stallone shared behind the scenes footage on his Instagram.
Stallone’s excitement is palpable as he invites viewers inside his trailer,
