James Franco Leads a Standout Episode of SNL On His 4th Time Hosting
There’s one more SNL episode before Christmas, but Kenan Thompson made an appearance as Santa this week to deliver arguably the most poignant and humorous sketch of the year. As the news cycle continues to descend into chaos and becomes increasingly NSFW each day, Thompson and Kate MacKinnon nailed the depressing climate with a hilarious host of kid actors. The precocious children who were sharing their wish lists with Santa nailed the hypocrisy of our time better than any adult ever could.
Go World Hopping in new Star Wars: The Last Jedi Video
Now that the first impressions of Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi are out—and they’re overwhelmingly, thrillingly positive—we can breathe a sigh of relief (and jack up our expectations even higher) and calmly prepare for the film’s December 15 premiere. Just kidding. All of these gushing tweets about how incredible The Last Jedi is has us, as it likely will have you, counting down the hours until we’re in the theater ourselves.
Your 2018 Golden Globes Nominees Speak to a Really Good Year on Screens Big & Small
The Golden Globes nominee list this year is a real celebration of creativity, and rewards filmmakers who took big chances. Emblematic of just how wide-ranging and unique this year’s crop of films was, look no further than a Best Picture list that includes Guillermo del Toro’s gorgeous, dark creature feature The Shape of Water (for Drama) and Jordan Peele’s horror/comedy/social thriller Get Out for (Comedy). In fact, The Shape of Water topped out with the most nominations among film or TV at seven.
Your Star Wars: The Last Jedi First Impressions are in, and They’re Insanely Positive
There are very few sure things in life, and the things that are sure (death, taxes, Monday mornings) tend to be bad. While it was entirely reasonable to assume that Rian Johnson would knock Star Wars: The Last Jedi out of the park, it was far from certain. A finished film is the work of dozens, sometimes hundreds of people, and even a filmmaker as sure footed, clear-eyed and collaborative as Johnson can make mistakes.
Watch the Thrilling new Trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Return to Blockbuster Filmmaking With Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg’s return to blockbuster filmmaking looks about as thrilling and massive as you’d expect. Behold, a brand new trailer for Ready Player One, Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s ‘80s-loving sci-fi novel, a eye-popping, futuristic romp set to Van Halen’s “Jump” and boasting some of the most striking visuals in Spielberg’s recent career. Watch it for the frame filling details, stay for the King Kong cameo.
The film follows Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan),
Wonder Woman is one of AFI’s top picks for Best Film of the Year
As award season is fast approaching, The American Film Institute has released their list of the year’s 10 best films and TV shows. Several films, like the comedic and heartfelt romantic comedy The Big Sick, and the thought-provoking horror/social thriller film Get Out are at the top of the list, both likely to be major contenders during this year’s award season. Amongst these coveted titles, the superhero blockbuster Wonder Woman has captured one of the top spots.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Andy Serkis Says Snoke More Powerful Than Vader & the Emperor
In a new Collider Jedi Council, Star Wars aficionados Kristian Harloff, Ken Napzok, Tiffany Smith and Mark Reilly discuss all things The Last Jedi, including news on Supreme Leader Snoke’s (Andy Serkis) role as the new trilogy’s potent, mysterious new super villain. When asked whether Snoke is more powerful than the infamous Sith Lords, Darth Vader and the Emperor, Andy Serkis responded, “Oh, without question.
I, Tonya Screenwriter Steven Rogers on the Many Sides to one of the ’90s Most Infamous Antiheroes
Steven Rogers remembers watching Tonya Harding at the televised 1994 Olympics when she complained to judges about a broken shoe lace a few weeks after being accused of ordering an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan. “I thought, ‘Oh, she just wants attention, anything for attention,’ because that’s what I was being fed,” says Rogers. “That’s what we were all being fed.”
Two decades later, Rogers burrowed beneath the scandalous surface and wrote I,
The First Official Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Trailer Teases Much Darker, More Explosive Sequel
After a week of promising teaser trailers and one very cool behind-the-scenes featurette, the new Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom official trailer is finally upon us, and it’s been worth the wait. Within a few seconds right at the top, the trailer confirms what we all sort of assumed—Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) are no longer dating. Despite being on the path to romance by the end of Jurassic World,
This New Black Panther Poster Almost Can’t Contain the Star Power
There are so many powerhouse actors and cool things to see in Black Panther that this new poster practically can’t contain it all. Ten of the film’s stars are gathered, ready for action, before a Wakandan skyline. We’ve been seeing some stunning images from the film ahead of its opening, but it’s difficult to fathom the magnitude of the movie until you see the main characters gathered in one place.
Black Panther courtesy Disney Studios/Marvel
T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) towers above the group.
Are You Afraid of the Dark Movie from IT Screenwriter Lands Release Date
Listen up all you members of the Midnight Society. Mark your calendars. There has been a long hiatus, but the next club meeting will be held on October 11, 2019. That should give you plenty of time to work up your best scary story.
The grand nostalgia tour of all your favorite things from being a kid continues with the big screen reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark. The scariest Nickelodeon show of the 90s,
New X-Men: Dark Phoenix Details Reveal Potential Franchise Shattering Twist
There’s a lot of excitement building about Simon Kinberg’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which is centered on Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), arguably the most powerful mutant in the entire X-men canon. What we’ve known about the project thus far was this; the film would explore how Jean Grey develops her immense powers, which have the ability to turn her into the titular Dark Phoenix, a mutant so potent her very life threatens the world.
Ryan Reynolds to Star as Detective Pikachu in Pokemon Movie
When Ryan Reynolds isn’t breaking the fourth wall, and other peoples’ bones, as Deadpool (out June 1, 2018), he’s going to be playing the titular animated detective in Legendary’s live-action Pokemon movie, Detective Pikachu. The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop that Reynolds joins The Get Down and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s Justice Smith and Big Little Lies actress Kathryn Newton in the film,
Welcome to Droid School in new Star Wars: The Last Jedi Featurette
Who are you going to call if you’ve got to train a bunch of people on how to be proper droids? There is one name, and one name only, that should spring to mind—Anthony Daniels, the man behind the golden mask (and neck, and entire body) of C-3P0.
In this new Star Wars: The Last Jedi featurette, Daniels leads us on a brief tour of his “Droid School,” where he taught actors coming onboard The Last Jedi how to embody a droid and bring out its’ particular encoded soul.
What Rian Johnson’s Star Wars Trilogy Won’t Be
Star Wars is such a legendary franchise that it has attracted some of the best directors in the business. J.J. Abrams and The Last Jedi director, Rian Johnson, have both helmed stories in the series. We were overjoyed to hear that Johnson is committed to a brand new trilogy. Despite an Episode IX and the standalone Han Solo story scheduled, we’re still hungry for information about Johnson’s latest project.
Cool New Things in The Last Jedi To Keep an Eye Out For
It’s a big galaxy out there, and each installment of Star Wars introduces us to some magnificent new discovery. The Last Jedi trailers and teases have left our mouths watering over the crystal foxes, new First Order vehicles, and of course, porgs. Right up to the last minute we’re getting information about the new surprises in store. Parade magazine has a two page spread with some really fun highlights about what new treats lay ahead.
This new Behind-the-Scenes Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Video has us Excited
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s plot details have finally been unearthed, and as we predicted after seeing this teaser, they’re centered on a volcano erupting on Isla Nublar, the home of the resurrected dinosaurs. These details were further explained by star Bryce Dallas Howard in Entertainment Weekly, who plays Jurassic World employee Claire Dearing. When we first met Claire in Jurassic World, she was the park’s chief operations manager,
Black Mirror Season 4 Finally Has a Release Date—Just in Time for New Year’s Eve
A spectacular montage of all the creepy, crazy, and beautiful things we’ll see this season on Black Mirror culminated in the long awaited announcement of season four’s release date. You have time to finish your holiday shopping and spend some time with your family before devoting your life to binge watching the six new episodes. Cancel those New Year plans, however. Black Mirror season 4 begins streaming December 29—what a way to end a year that seemed itself one long Black Mirror episode.
Watch the Making of a Chewbacca Mask Using Stuart Freeborn’s Original, Brilliant Design
The late Stuart Freeborn was a giant in the make-up artist realm, considered by many to the one of the originators of make-up design as we know it today. His long, incredible career touched some of the biggest films in history, including Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (he created the incredible “Dawn of Man” sequence, which gave poetic beauty to the transformation of apes into homo sapiens), as well as Kubrick’s Dr.
Mark Hamill Invented a Brutal Backstory for Luke to Prep for The Last Jedi
Luke Skywalker was MIA throughout The Force Awakens until the very end, but clearly a great deal has happened to him since Return of the Jedi. We learned more about Leia and Han, who went on to have Ben, better known as Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), who went from studying under Luke to becoming at least one of the reasons Luke went into exile. Ben/Ren’s plunge into the Dark Side was likely one reason Luke and Leia,
