This new War for the Planet of the Apes Teasers Brings us Back to the Original

In a fantastic new teaser for Matt Reeves’ War for the Planet of the Apes, we are brought back to the film that started this franchise (and one of the most influential sci-fi films of all time), with Charlton Heston’s character from the original Planet of the Apes, in voice over, rallying against the end of his kind.

“I refuse to accept the end of man,” Heston’s deep,...

Kurt Russell & Dave Bautista Talk Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

In his long and epic career, Kurt Russell has worked with some of the best directors alive, which makes his praise for James Gunn, the visionary behind the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy (he’s staying on board to see the franchise through its first narrative cycle) all the sweeter. Russell joined Vol. 2 in a crucial role, as Ego, the Living Planet, who also happens to be Peter Quill’s (Chris Pratt) father. One of the things Russell marveled at (pun intended) was how Gunn managed to make sure the epic sequel was grounded in real emotion...

Behold Sir Paul McCartney in a New Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales Photo

The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has a history of enlisting legendary British musicians in crucial cameos. You recall that none other than the Rolling Stones deathless guitarist Keith Richards played Jack Sparrow’s father in At World's End, and now, in Dead Men Tell No Tales, they’ve managed to employ possibly the only man even more iconic than Keith—Sir Paul McCartney. Now, for the first time, we’ve got a look at his character,...

Melissa McCarthy and Alec Baldwin Return, Bigly, to Saturday Night Live

Melissa McCarthy returned to SNL this weekend as the host, and once again reprised her now iconic role as embattled press secretary Sean Spicer, and boy, did she make the most of her time. Her Spicey crashes a press conference, one he used to run, and rages at the gathered and by now familiar faces—he might call them foes—assembled to do their jobs. This was McCarthy’s fifth time hosting, and her now legendary take on Spicey was the highligh to a very funny show,...

From Italian Disco to Tupac Shakur, Master of None Music Supervisor Explains Tonal Twists &Turns

Aziz Ansari fans probably have no idea who "Mina" is, but they'll hear plenty from the famous-in-Italy pop singer when Master of None season 2 begins streaming on today. "Mina was an Italian pop star in the late sixties, very much in the Phil Spector / Dusty Springfield vein," says deejay-turned-music supervisor Zach Cowie. "Aziz found out about her when he was in Italy and now she's kind of become the guiding voice for the season."...

The Facehugger Returns in Gruesome new Alien: Covenant Clip

If you don’t want to see a single moment from Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant before you’re in the theaters, then this clip is not for you. For those who do want a peek at Scott’s sci-fi horror, this “My Face” clip will do ample justice to recent critical reviews that say the film is a terrifying jolt. In the pantheon of awful creatures in the Alien franchise, perhaps the most feared is the ‘Facehugger,’...

New Twin Peaks Trailer has Actual Footage From Upcoming Show!

If loose lips sink ships, than David Lynch is an admiral for the ages—no one working on his Twin Peaks revival has breathed a word about the show's plot, or anything else. That ethos has also, at least in part, been driving the marketing campaign. Twin Peaks is a mystery, after all, so it makes some sense that the promo material up to now has been so…mysterious. Each new bit of information, be it a photo or teaser (one of which had this information to impart—...

Brad Pitt Plays Fast & Loose With the Rules in War Machine Trailer

Brad Pitt has comedic chops. This has been evident in scores of roles, from his inspired turn as certifiably insane people in 12 Monkeys and Snatch, to his more overt comedic roles like Burn After Reading. Consider that very early in his career, he stood out as characters that had but a handful of lines, like the stoner Floyd, in True Romance,...

Your Summer TV Watch List

There’s plenty of amazing movies coming out this summer. However, we all know that there are some lazy summer days where the thought of leaving your cool and cozy home sounds daunting. Thankfully, a ton of your favorite shows are coming back (or making their debut) to the small screen this summer. So get ready to sit back and relax as you tune into these binge-worthy and incredible shows, we've got you sorted to mid-July, when a certain epic series featuring dragons roars its way back to your living room...

It Comes at Night & Woodshock Add to A24’s Singular Slate

Founded in 2012, A24 has been paving its way through the film industry, uprooting the norm and making itself a household name in just five short years. A24 is the powerhouse indie production company that constantly brings new stories to the big screen, unleashing singular films that often take genres we known and love and jolt them. Whether it's sci-fi, horror or drama, this little powerhouse production company knows how to find the stories that expand what we think we know about how a certain type of narative is meant to unfold...

Critics Hail Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant

With a solid 76 percent fresh rating via Rotten Tomatoes, Alien: Covenant has been wowing critics leading up to the film’s theatrical release later this month. It’s full of enough nods to the original Alien, but also features plenty of updates and surprises to keep old and new fans alike on the edges of their seats. Here’s what the critics have to say:

Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter: “Gripping through its full two hours and spiked with some real surprises,...

Actor Tracy Letts & Writer/Director Azazel Jacobs Talk The Lovers

Writer-director Azazel Jacobs' rueful new drama began with Debra Winger's interest in its 2011 predecessor, Terri. The actress told Jacobs she liked that movie, so he consulted with her as he wrote what eventually emerged as The Lovers. In it, Winger and actor-playwright Tracy Letts are Mary and Michael, a suburban couple whose marriage has gone dormant. Each is dallying with another — Richard (Aiden Gillen) and Lucy (Melora Walters), respectively — yet is not quite ready to part...

The new Cars 3 Trailer Channels Rocky IV to Great Effect

This new Cars 3 trailer is a loving tribute to a film franchise that was famous for its training scenes. We’re talking about Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rocky series, particularly Rocky IV, in which Rocky headed to Siberia to train in his fight against the Russian monolith known as Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren). Compared to Drago's high-tech training method, and the myth surrounding the Russian ("whateve he hits,...

Ridley Scott Says Alien: Covenant Sequel to Start Filming in 14 Months

With Alien: Covenant scoring positive early reviews, Ridley Scott is already talking about the sequel (and Covenant isn’t even out until May 19!). Starting with 2012’s Prometheus, Scott has been reverse engineering the Alien mythology, leading us back to his iconic 1979 masterpiece that started it all—and inspired countless sci-fil films since.

Considering Scott has been working on this since well before 2012, his contention that they’ll be filming the sequel in 14 months is really not that surprising...

Watch the First Teaser for Bryan Singer’s X-Men Show The Gifted

With Legion already a critical and commercial success, one wondered what the X-Men movies most seasoned director, Bryan Singer, would do with his show The Gifted. One thing you can count on (and you’ll glean this from the teaser) is that it’s not going to be like Legion at all. As Singer told Mashable earlier this year, The Gifted is a very different kind of story from both Legion and his own work in the cinematic X-Men universe:

“I’ll tell you,...

Meet Baby Driver, the Beethoven of Get Away Driving

We told you this past March, and we’re telling you again; go see Baby Driver when it comes out on June 28. Edgar Wright's heist flick is as close to an action masterpiece as you can get, and we mean that quite literally. The film's conceit is a finely tuned thrill ride; a very young and very gifted getaway driver named Baby (Ansel Elgort) has to listen to his own bespoke playlists while he drives,...

Transformers: The Last Knight Reveals Secret History

“It started as legend. One of the greatest of all, one of the oldest of all. But every legend, has a secret.” – Sir Edmund Burton.

Sir Edmund Burton is played by Sir Anthony Hopkins, and its' his voice that we first hear in Paramount’s new “Secret History” featurette for Transformers: The Last Knight. Michael Bay has been teasing the Transformers long-standing presence on Earth for a while, making explicit reference to it in Age of Extinction,...

Watch the Incredible Human Effort Behind Alien: Covenant‘s World

HBO visited the set of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, hanging out with the cast and crew as they worked on what promises to be one of the year’s most brilliantly crafted films. And we do mean craft. The amount of technical and construction know-how that was poured into the creation of the sets, props and art design is staggering. 

As you’ve seen from the trailers, teasers and promos we've been sharing,...

Watch a Bunch of Tom Cruise’s Crazy Stunts in The Mummy

We’ve written plenty about Tom Cruise’s stunt work. We’ve interviewed stunt coordinators he’s worked with, looked at specific stunts he’s done, from the time he held on to the outside of a cargo plane as it took off in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, to the zero gravity scene in the upcoming The Mummy. At this point in Cruise's career,...

Peter Parker’s Secret is Revealed in 1st Spider-Man: Homecoming Clip

Ah, to be young again. The the first clip from Spider-Man Homecoming reminds us that Peter Parker has always been the youngest of superheroes, which means that in order to fight crime, he needs to sneak in and out of the house or he’ll be grounded. 

In the clip we find Peter (Tom Holland) sneaking back into his apartment after a night of heroics when he bump into his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon),...