New “The Marvels” Teaser Reveals a New Superteam and an Old Ally in Nick Fury
A new teaser for co-writer and director Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels has arrived, revealing the biggest non-Avengers team-up in a minute for the MCU. The film tracks the trials and tribulations of Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel, who has long grown used to operating as the universe’s mightiest solo act as she traverses the galaxy cleaning up galactic messes and returning to Earth to help out when supervillains like Thanos set their sights on her home planet.
A New “The Color Purple” Trailer Unlocks an Unbreakable Bond Between Sisters
A brand new trailer for director Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple has arrived, the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning 1982 novel which boasts a trio of super-producers—Oprah Winfrey, Quincey Jones, and Steven Spielberg. Spielberg directed the original The Color Purple adaptation back in 1985, which co-starred Winfrey.
Bazawule’s musical adaptation is centered on Celie—played in her younger years by Phylicia Pearl Mpasi and then by Fantasia Barrino as an adult—a Black woman living in the American South who is separated from her sister beloved sister Nettie (played by both The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey,
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” is Now Available to Stream
The globe-trotting pyrotechnics and death-defying stunts of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One are now available for your viewing pleasure while seated comfortably on your couch. Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie and star Tom Cruise’s latest lunatic mission is available to stream on Prime Video ($19.99). Dead Reckoning Part One finds Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his IMF team tracking an A.I.-powered weapon called “The Entity” that could lead to global chaos if it ends up in the wrong hands.
Michael Mann Confirms That “Heat 2” is His Next Movie & Adam Driver Could Star
When Michael Mann’s Heat hit theaters in December of 1995, it gifted us with the first time that Robert De Niro and Al Pacino acted in a scene together. The stars of Godfather 2 had never actually gotten a chance to play off one another, and in Mann’s Heat, while they had an entire movie to enact a brilliant, brutal cat-and-mouse game as Pacino’s Lt. Vincent Hanna tracked De Niro’s criminal Neil McCauley in one of the decade’s most satisfying crime sagas,
“Special Ops: Lioness” Cinematographer & Director Paul Cameron on Taylor Sheridan’s International Thriller – Part Two
As noted in part one of our interview with Paul Cameron, he took his first turns at directing for series helming two episodes of Westworld, and he drew on his experience as a cinematographer and from his work for some pretty important mentors. “I learned so much from working with Tony Scott,” Cameron said, referring to collaborating with Scott on films like Man on Fire and Déjà Vu.
“Special Ops: Lioness” Cinematographer & Director Paul Cameron on Taylor Sheridan’s International Thriller
As director of photography, Paul Cameron has shot such disparate films and series as Man On Fire, Collateral, Déjà Vu, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Westworld. He has worked with a slew of top-tier directors, including Michael Mann, Tony Scott, and Jonathan Nolan. Now, for Paramount+’s acclaimed limited series, Special Ops: Lioness, Paul Cameron – as he did with Westworld – worked both as a cinematographer and director.
Greta Gerwig Reveals “Barbie” Joys, Anxieties, and Teases Next Project
Greta Gerwig was on hand in London on Sunday to give a special talk at the BFI London Film Festival, interviewed by none other than Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. As you are no doubt well aware, Gerwig’s Barbie is a historic success, becoming Warner Bros.’s most successful film in its 100-year history, a mammoth achievement. Barbie made an astonishing $1.4 billion at the global box office, becoming the highest-grossing film by a solo female director and the number-one movie of 2023.
“Story Ave” Writer/Director Aristotle Torres Brings the Bronx to the Big Screen
Writer/director Aristotle Torres‘ feature debut, Story Ave, is centered on Kadir (Asante Blackk), a bright teenager from the South Bronx with a gift for visual arts filled with promise. But when Kadir’s younger brother dies, the loss amplifies the pressure cooker of modern teenage life—the demands of school, the expectations of family—and specifically the life of a kid living life in the Bronx, where an entire world of opportunity and danger is just a few steps out of your front door.
“Fair Play” Writer/Director Chloe Domont Makes a Killing on Male Fragility
Fair Play, writer/director Chloe Domont‘s feature debut, is somehow both an old-school erotic thriller and a shrewd, scalpel-sharp dissection of how far we have and have not come with gender equality in the workplace and in the headspace of men, even those who consider themselves allies.
The film is largely set at the hedge fund One Crest Capitol, where Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) are low-level but promising analysts trying to take the next step in their careers.
Official “Night Swim” Trailer Unveils Blumhouse’s Deep Dive Into Madness
When the horror maestros over at Blumhouse call you into the pool for a swim, you know you’ll be taking that dip at your own risk.
The official trailer for writer/director Bryan McGuire’s Night Swim has arrived, based on the 2014 short film by McGuire and Rod Blackhurst, and boasts a killer cast to turn their inspired short into a proper horror feature. Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,
“007: Road to a Million” Trailer Reveals James Bond-Inspired Reality Show Led by Brian Cox
It goes without saying that Brian Cox would be excellent in a James Bond movie. But, considering we’re waiting for a new actor to be cast in the role, we’ll settle for Cox hosting 007: Road to a Million, a new reality series that puts real people on a James Bond-like adventure with the chance to win a £1,000,000 prize.
Yet Cox is playing a character here—he’s “The Controller,”
“SNL” Returning With Pete Davidson Hosting the Season 49 Premiere
With the writer’s strike officially over and negotiations to end the actor’s strike in full swing, hopes are high that things are returning to normal in the entertainment industry. And nothing can make things feel back on track like a fresh season of Saturday Night Live beginning in the fall. This makes the news that SNL has lined up beloved former cast member Pete Davidson as host for the season 49 premiere feel extra promising.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” Star Robert De Niro the Focus of New Character Video
There is no director alive better at depicting the dual nature of a certain type of man, one who makes the sign of the cross with one hand while holding a pistol with the other, than Martin Scorsese. With Killers of the Flower Moon, Scorsese has turned his attention to the tortured souls of two men in particular, Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his uncle, William Hale (Robert De Niro). The film, adapted from David Grann’s sensational 2017 book of the same name,
New “Joker: Folie à Deux” Image Finds Joaquin Phoenix Soaked But Serene
Joker: Folie à Deux co-writer and director Todd Phillips has taken to Instagram to share a new photo from the upcoming sequel and to take a moment to reflect on the fact that it was four years ago when Joaquin Phoenix and Phillips unleashed their twisted character study of the iconic supervillain of them on all the screen. The original Joker arrived on the big screen on October 4, 2019, immediately announcing itself as something entirely different in the world of movies derived from the comic book universe.
“Ahsoka” Cinematographer Eric Steelberg on Lensing a Rebel Jedi’s Journey Through Time & Space
For Ahsoka cinematographer Eric Steelberg, lensing the latest live-action Star Wars series was a dream come true. Growing up in thrall to George Lucas’s original trilogy, Steelberg would find himself on set while filming the new series, surrounded by massive spaceships both practical and virtual (the latter thanks to Industrial Light & Magic’s LED immersive soundstage the Volume), astonished by his own job.
“You’re sitting there trying to figure this out and tell the story because it is a job,
“Killers of the Flower Moon” Star Lily Gladstone Takes Center Stage in New Video
“I feel immense responsibility playing Mollie Burkhart,” Lily Gladstone says at the top of a new Killers of the Flower Moon video. After dropping a look at Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Ernest Burkhart yesterday, Paramount has now delivered this closer look at Gladstone’s role. When Martin Scorsese’s latest had its rapturous premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Gladstone was showered with both praise and a standing ovation for her work.
“Loki” Drops New Extended Look at Season 2 Ahead of Premiere
The God of Mischief is back in just a few days, as Tom Hiddleston returns to the role that made him a star when Loki season two premieres on Disney+. Thor’s mischievous, occasionally villainous, and increasingly heroic brother had a wild ride in season one, handed over to the Time Variance Authority for his many crimes, specifically messing about with the multiverse, in what was supposed to be the start of his punishment.
“Dumb Money” Music Supervisor Susan Jacobs Takes it to the Bank With Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, & Unknown Artists
In telling the true story of the 2021 Wall Street GameStop meltdown, Dumb Money (in theaters now) needed to transport audiences straight back to their Pandemic-era head spaces when grassroots investors led by Keith “Roaring Kitty” Gill (Paul Dano) defied hedge fund managers to boost the stock value of a previously obscure company. Intent on setting a period-perfect tone, director Craig Gillespie asked music supervisor Susan Jacobs to wrangle hip-hop tracks redolent of the COVID era.
New “Napoleon” Video Reveals Joaquin Phoenix’s Approach to Taking on Historic Emperor
“Joaquin was just so incredible,” is how Vanessa Kirby succinctly sums up working alongside Joaquin Phoenix in a new video for Ridley Scott’s eagerly anticipated epic Napoleon. Phoenix plays the titular conquerer and eventual emperor of France —his second time playing an emperor, mind you—he first ruled the world as Roman Emperor Commodus in Scott’s 2000 epic Gladiator—as Scott takes us into the dangerous world of late 18th century France.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” Character Video Reveals Leonardo DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart
“The character of Ernest Burkhart I found absolutely fascinating,” Leonardo DiCaprio says at the top of this new video detailing his Killers of the Flower Moon role. DiCaprio has, of course, re-teamed with director Martin Scorsese for the epic crime saga in a film adapted from investigative journalist David Grann’s captivating 2017 book of the same name. Yet Scorsese and his co-writer Eric Roth refocused their version on the relationship between DiCaprio’s Burkhart and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone),
