Marvel’s Misfits Hit Big: Florence Pugh-Led “Thunderbolts*” Strikes a Chord With Critics

The reviews for Thunderbolts* are hitting the internet like so many lightning strikes, and Marvel Studios is very much liking the weather report. Director Jake Schreier’s film about this assemblage of Marvel misfits—Rolling Stone‘s David Fear calls them the “off-brand Avengers“—who were all scooped from previous MCU outings and thrown together like possibly toxic leftover ingredients, has resulted in something satisfying. Thunderbolts* is being hailed as a surprisingly soulful,

No Heroes Available: “Thunderbolts*” Clip Showcases Marvel’s First Villain-Centered Film

The vibe of director Jake Schreier’s Thunderbolts* (more on that asterisk in a second) is very much evident in this brief but potent minute-long clip just released by Marvel Studios. In the clip, we find Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s Valentina Allegra de Fontaine being encircled and seemingly entrapped by the misfit antiheroes, the Thunderbolts, she assembled for a mission. The formidable triple agent spy, who has practiced the dark arts of her work in Black Widow,

From Barbie to Blasters: What to Know About Ryan Gosling’s Standalone “Star Wars” Film

Ryan Gosling is going from the world of Barbie and Ken to Leia and Kenobi.

With the Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo delivering a galaxy’s worth of news, including a new series from Lost co-creator Carlton Cuse and his son, Nick, a veteran of Watchmen and Station Eleven, it would require an interdiction beam (look it up, Star Wars nubes) to pull all the information together.

Mysterious “Star Wars” Series in The Works From “Lost” Showrunner Carlton Cuse

Well before Game of Thrones became the kind of appointment television event that captured the world’s interest and had millions of people tuning in simultaneously, Carlton Cuse’s Lost established the blueprint for serialized TV obsession. When Lost premiered in 2004, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse’s massively ambitious series was evident from the movie-like production values, sprawling cast, and evident chutzpah in telling a story that looked and felt big enough for the big screen.

Along With “The Amateur,” Sate Your Spy Appetite With These 6 Can’t-Miss Classics

In the wake of the release of director James Hawes’ The Amateur, starring Rami Malek as a CIA decoder who sets out to avenge his wife’s murder despite reluctance from his CIA superiors, now is the perfect time to revisit the genre’s rich history. From breathtaking sets to complex narratives complete with moral dilemmas and characters emblematic of the struggle between good and evil, the spy genre has everything a viewer could want.

“Daredevil: Born Again” DPs Hillary Fyfe Spera & Pedro Gómez Millán on Lensing NYC’s Mean Streets

Daredevil built a fierce fandom when the show first appeared in 2015, introducing Charlie Cox as visually impaired lawyer Matt Murdock, whose alter ego roamed the streets of New York at night as Daredevil, a superhero with heightened senses and lethally honed fighting skills. After nearly a decade, Cox reprises his role in Daredevil: Born Again, and in the first of two already planned seasons, doesn’t disappoint. 

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“Daredevil: Born Again’s” Stunt Coordinator & Second Unit Director Philip Silvera on Big City Brawling

At the beginning of Season 1 of the Disney+ revival of the Daredevil storyline, Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel vigilante Matt Murdock/Daredevil is operating more or less as a yuppie. Matt has hung up his superhero suit to keep his heroics to the courthouse, working as a defense attorney and taking on clients pro bono when he believes in their innocence, but they can’t afford him. But with the murder of his friend and colleague,

The Architecture of Espionage: Maria Djurkovic on Designing Rami Malek’s Revenge in “The Amateur”

Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar winner Rami Malik switches it up in The Amateur to play buttoned-down CIA analyst-turned-warrior Charlie Heller, who goes rogue in Europe to hunt down the terrorists responsible for the murder of his wife (Rachel Brosnahan). Tough-as-nails CIA handler (Laurence Fishburne) spearheads the Agency’s efforts to squash Charlie’s self-appointed mission, but he soon learns he’s dealing with a determined, lethally intelligent, and remarkably savvy operator who isn’t above blackmailing his own agency to get the revenge he seeks.

Calculated Frames: DP Martin Ruhe on Capturing “The Amateur’s” Deadly Chess Game

In the first part of our conversation with cinematographer Martin Ruhe about his latest film, The Amateur, he discussed director James Hawes’ grounded approach to Rami Malek’s CIA analyst-turned-vigilante by focusing on how his character’s humanity and intelligence were the keys to his playing a deadly game with trained spies and assassins. He’s able to do this not only because of his superior intelligence, but also because he blackmails his superiors (who have been ordering unsanctioned black ops) who know more than he does about the specifics of spycraft,

Lethal Intelligence: How DP Martin Ruhe Shot a Decoder’s Revenge in “The Amateur”

Tapping into nostalgia for ‘90s spy thrillers of late, 20th Century Studios’ globe-trotting espionage revenge thriller features Rami Malek’s quietly ingenious CIA decryption analyst as the everyman reluctant hero. “He’s not a killer, he’s not trained with weapons, he probably wouldn’t survive in a fist fight. So, he has to be smarter than everybody else,” says German cinematographer Martin Ruhe (Showtime series The Agency, The Tender Bar) of Malek’s Charlie Heller.

Jesse Garcia on his Joyous Reunion with Eva Longoria in “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip”

Over his career, actor Jesse Garcia has rubbed elbows with superheroes in The Avengers, battled vampires in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, and sold fake IDs to Sarah and John Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He portrayed an activist high school student in Walkout, a gay Mexican-American coming to terms with his sexuality in Quinceañera, and a janitor who invents Flamin’ Hot Cheetos in Flamin’ Hot.

Major Lasers: Jared Leto Breaks Through Reality in Official “Tron: Ares” Trailer

In the first trailer for Tron: Ares, Disney’s sequel to the 2010 film Tron: Legacy, Jared Leto has officially gone off-grid. Leto’s Ares, a sophisticated computer program, has penetrated the real world and is about to introduce humanity to an artificial intelligence the world is not prepared for.

Leto’s Ares is embarking on a dangerous mission, one that Jeff Bridges, who starred in the original 1982 Tron as Kevin Flynn,

James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” Unveils Sizzling Trailer at CinemaCon

James Cameron’s more or less right on time with his third Avatar installment. The ever-ambitious filmmaker was able to reveal footage from Avatar: Fire and Water at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, wowing movie theater owners and industry insiders.

Fire and Water‘s spot-on timing benefited greatly from the fact that Cameron shot the second and third films in the franchise, The Way of Water and Fire and Water,

“Snow White” Cinematographer Mandy Walker on Casting a Visual Spell Through Past & Present

Nestled between a dental office and a local tavern in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Atwater Village is Tam O’Shanter, a Scottish restaurant inside a storybook style Tudor cottage, its interior a blend of rustic elegance and historical charm, a vestige of “Old Hollywood.” In the corner of the dimly lit room is Table 31, a regular spot of Walt Disney when the studio was located on Hyperion Avenue in the 1920s. It’s rumored the restaurant partially inspired Disney’s first feature-length animated film,

“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip” Director Marvin Lemus on a Family Adventure Through New Mexico

The title says it all: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip is a PG comedy that follows a rambunctious family on an RV trek through New Mexico. Their destination? A very old village in Mexico, home to an ancient stone idol. By returning the haunted talisman to its ancestral home, 11-year-old Alexander (newcomer Thom Nemer) thinks he can lift the curse bringing bad luck to his mother, father,

Disney Circling Martin Scorsese’s Hawaii-Set Crime Thriller Starring DiCaprio, Johnson, & Blunt

You’d be hard pressed to find a more exciting film project than Martin Scorsese‘s Hawaii-set crime caper with this cast—DiCaprio, Johnson, and Blunt—so why wouldn’t Disney come scoop it up?

Deadline reports that the studio is nearing a deal for the project, which is being described as a kind of Goodfellas on the Hawaiian islands, with Robert De Niro’s Jimmy the Gent character instead a Hawaiian crime boss,

“Avengers: Doomsday” Five-Hour Plus Cast Reveal Unleashes Retro X-Men, Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts & Memes

While there have been countless stories on how audiences are suffering from a moderate to severe case of superhero fatigue, on Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, many, many, many people kept a tab open on their screens for five and a half hours to watch a live stream of chairs. This was how Marvel rolled out (eeked out, really) the cast reveal for the Russo Brothers’ upcoming Avengers: Doomsday,

Marvel Announces Massive “Avengers: Doomsday” Cast to Tangle With Robert Downey Jr.’s Dr. Doom

Who’s going to battle Robert Downey Jr.’s Dr. Doom in Avengers: Doomsday? We now have the names of the heroes, antiheroes, and, well, Bob, who will be taking on the iconic villain.

Marvel has announced that returning Avengers include Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Letitia Wright’s Black Panther, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man, and Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier. The Russo Brothers are returning to the Marvel fold to helm both Doomsday and the follow-up, 

A Gripping, Ripping “Andor” Season 2 Trailer Sets Its Course for Rebellion

“I came with you to a be a part of something,” Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) says at the top of the official trailer for Andor season 2. In season 1, our titular hero started out wanting to be anything but, yet he was swept up in events far larger than them himself, and are leading him on his fateful path to eventually being a part of the team that steals the Death Star plans—a team that paid the ultimate price in their successful mission that was the heart of the 2016 film Rogue One.

“Snow White” Early Reactions: One of the Best Live-Action Remakes to Date

The first reactions to Disney’s Snow White are here, and the scuttlebutt is that director Marc Webb and his stars Rachel Zegler (Snow White) and Gal Gadot (the Evil Queen) have delivered one of the best live-action remakes to date. This is quite the turnaround after a few shaky weeks leading to the film’s premiere, with the online chatter surrounding Snow White having to do with everything but the film itself.