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‘Room 104’ Review: ‘Pizza Boy’ Delivers Steaming Hot Weirdness (And What’s Up With The Bathroom?) By Kristin Hunt/Aug. 7, 2017 11:00 am EST (Each week, we’ll kick off discussion about Room 104 by answering one simple question: what’s the strangest thing in Room 104?)Last week, HBO introduced us to Room 104 with one especially creepy kid. (Or was it kids?) But in the second episode, there are no children to be found....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Lovely Molly’ Turns Trauma Into Terror By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 8, 2019 7:00 am EST Welcome to 31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry: Lovely Molly (2012). Lovely Molly Now Streaming on Shudder Sub-Genre: Sleep-ruining meditation on trauma and the occultBest Setting to Watch It In: In your cursed family homeHow Scary Is It?...

46 Rogue One Easter Eggs: How Many Of These Did You Catch? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 22, 2016 9:35 am EST Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is filled with easter eggs and references to previous pieces of the Star Wars saga. What follows is a complete Rogue One easter eggs compilation I have seen on the internet. It includes cameos, references, characters, locations, tributes to other films and previous Star Wars history and much much more....

An Ode To Wong, The One MCU Dude Who Is Just Vibing Walt Disney Pictures/Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/Sept. 7, 2021 12:25 pm EST This weekend, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” did a lot of good for the world. It brought audiences back to theaters, showcased Tony Leung’s face, and was a refreshing change of pace for the MCU. But most importantly, it saw the return of the franchise’s most underrated wonder: Benedict Wong as master of the mystic arts, Wong....

And I Looked, And Behold A Pale Horse: And His Name That Sat Upon Him Was This ‘Sexy Beasts’ Clip By Danielle Ryan/July 14, 2021 2:41 pm EST The end times are nigh. At least I kind of hope they are, because Netflix just released a clip from their upcoming Sexy Beasts dating show. The series, based on a British dating show from 2014, puts its contestants in complex prosthetic makeup in an effort, I think, to make the blind dates about more than just appearances....

Charlize Theron Teams Up With Andy And Barbara Muschietti For HBO Max’s ‘The Final Girl Support Group’ Series By Marisa Mirabal/July 20, 2021 5:40 am EST Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti, the brother and sister duo behind Mama, It and It Chapter 2, are collaborating with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron to develop HBO Max’s upcoming horror series The Final Girl Support Group. The series is based on Grady Hendrix’s novel of the same name that was recently released on July 13....

Gundam Concept Art Reveals A First Look At Netflix’s Live-Action Adaptation Bandai By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 9, 2021 12:41 pm EST Netflix is really getting into the live-action anime game. The live-action adaptation of the beloved anime series “Cowboy Bebop” debuts November 19, 2021 on the streaming service, and now they’ve revealed a first-look concept image for another adaptation of a hugely popular series: “Mobile Suit Gundam.” Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise, the Gundam franchise features giant robots (or mecha) that are made from a special alloy called Gundanium, which makes them stronger than other mobile suits....

Gwendoline Christie Cast In Tim Burton’s Wednesday Addams Spinoff Series HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 15, 2021 3:54 pm EST The Addams Family is probably second only to the Brady Bunch in terms of most widely-recognized and beloved sitcom families, so it’s only fitting that the cast for Tim Burton’s “Wednesday” spinoff series continues to get the biggest and best names out there. Gwendoline Christie is the latest to join the spooky ensemble, adding her star power (and imposing physicality!...

How ‘Slumber Party Massacre II’ Rewrote The Language Of The Slasher Horror Film – And Became One Of The Great Queer Horror Movies By Ariel Fisher/June 28, 2019 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Queering the Scene, a series that explores LGBTQ themes and content in films of all kinds…especially where you least expect it.) One of the most sexualized subgenres of horror, the slasher film lives in a voyeuristic place where the male gaze is king, and women are but tidy little morsels to be hacked up and consumed....

Jason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho Gets The Spotlight In New Dune Featurette Warner Bros. Pictures By Max Evry/Oct. 4, 2021 10:09 am EST Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary have released a new “Dune” featurette focused on Duncan Idaho, the highly-skilled Swordmaster of the Ginaz whose fierce loyalty to House Atreides and Paul in particular makes him a prime focus of Denis Villeneuve’s new adaptation. He’s played by Jason Momoa, who has done his own fair share of onscreen saber-rattling in movies like “Aquaman” and “Conan the Barbarian....

LOL: McG Challenges Michael Bay To A Dick Measuring Contest! By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2009 8:27 pm EST I understand that this story might sound like it is some big goof. It sounds like a parody news story, like something you would read in The Onion. But trust me, it is real. So lets start at the beginning. A feud between Michael Bay and McG has been developing since January when Bay took a shot at McG’s use of a big giant robot in Terminator Salvation: “We’ve seen certain movies coming out even try to duplicate Transformer size robots in their ads,” wrote Bay....

Love Life Season 2 Trailer According to his friends, Marcus is a “Classic Obama.” This might just be a commentary on his corny jokes but hopefully it means his perfect, strong-willed match is out there somewhere just waiting to be wooed. So far, Marcus hasn’t had a ton of luck in that department. Marcus starts the trailer with divorce all over him, moving into a tragically empty apartment that obviously reeks of loneliness....

Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ May Have More Significant Ties To The MCU Than We Were Expecting By Shania Russell/July 13, 2021 12:38 pm EST Since expanding into TV, Marvel Studios has wasted no time shaking up the lives of its many characters. Rather than existing in solitude on Disney+, each of the new Marvel series come with major implications for the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, including its upcoming slate of movies....

Nailed It! Season 6 Trailer: The World’s Best Baking Show About The World’s Worst Bakers Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 24, 2021 12:55 pm EST “Nailed It!”, one of the best original shows on Netflix, is back with an all-new-season in September. Once again, host and national treasure Nicole Byer is on hand to guide us through a series of baking competitions where the bakers have absolutely no idea what the hell they’re doing....

Netflix’s New Dating Show ‘Sexy Beasts’ Will Live Forever In Our Nightmares By Chris Evangelista/June 23, 2021 12:03 pm EST Netflix has somehow cracked open the barrier that separates our world from some sort of Lovecraftian cosmic nightmare universe and turned what spilled out into a dating show. Sexy Beasts is a reality series that features contestants going on blind dates. But these singles are going to have their work cut out for them, because they’re all wearing terrifying, elaborate makeup and prosthetics that turns them into animals, and bugs, and the devil, and also a scarecrow?...

New ‘Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings’ Teaser: You Can’t Outrun Your Destiny By Shania Russell/July 28, 2021 9:27 am EST Just a few weeks after the premiere of Black Widow, Marvel’s first film in nearly two years, we’re already rounding the corner on their next: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The upcoming MCU film follows a skilled martial artist, Shang-Chi (Simu Liu), struggling to find his place in the world, especially when it comes to his family’s complex legacy....

New ‘Transformers’ Sequel Will Star ‘In The Heights’ And ‘Hamilton’ Actor Anthony Ramos By Chris Evangelista/April 1, 2021 3:00 pm EST The Transformers series will never end, so we’re getting yet another new Transformers sequel. This latest entry in the robots in disguise series comes from director Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II), and now it looks like the flick has found its lead – Anthony Ramos, star of Hamilton and the upcoming In the Heights....

Page 2: Star Wars, BTTF, Pixar, South Park, Blair Witch, Banksy, Die Hard, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 1, 2013 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: “Remy shot first” by Austin Madison. 3 SIMPLE BUT CRITICAL FILMMAKING TIPS FROM RON HOWARDHow Does Clooney’s ‘Monuments Men’ Delay Affect Oscar Season?Custom 1/6 Marty McFly Back To The Future Figure Michael J. Fox Netflix’s Next Big Battle: In-Season Binge-Watching The Problem With Film Tracking...

Scorpion King Reboot Is Still Happening, Producer Says Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 16, 2021 3:56 pm EST Calling all fans of “The Scorpion King.” Are you out there? Do you exist? And if so, are you ready to see a reboot? It’s been twenty years since Dwayne Johnson — and a CG facsimile of him — clawed and crab-walked (or scorpion-walked) his way onscreen as the Scorpion King in “The Mummy Returns....

Sequel Bits: ‘Transformers 4’, ‘Expendables 3’, ‘Transporter 4-6’, ‘The Hobbit’, ‘Anchorman 2’, ‘Pacific Rim 2’ By Angie Han/May 21, 2013 2:58 pm EST Guess who’s been hanging out in Middle-earth again! Also after the jump: There will be three more Transporter movies Sly Stallone wants The Raid stars for Expendables 3 “F***, yeah,” Guillermo del Toro says about having Pacific Rim 2 ideas Details uncovered on Transformers 4’s new robots Who else has an Anchorman 2 cameo lined up?...