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Three ‘Dune’ Soundtracks Are On The Way, Because Hans Zimmer Scores Are The Wallet-Killer By Danielle Ryan/July 27, 2021 9:52 am EST Composer Hans Zimmer is known for his skill at composing sprawling scores for movie epics. Now he’s compiled not one, but three different Dune soundtracks, all set to be released by WaterTower Music in anticipation of the film’s release. Three Distinct Dune Soundtracks Apparently, Zimmer was so inspired by the world of Dune that he just kept writing music....

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring & The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) Where to stream: HBO MaxLord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first entry in Peter Jackson’s groundbreaking trilogy, is so damn good that it feels like a minor miracle. Very few filmmakers have figured out how to adapt big, sprawling tales like this successfully, but Jackson and company nail it right out of the gate....

Why ‘Sailor Moon’ And The Magical Girl Anime Still Matter Today By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 8, 2021 11:00 am EST There’s something magical about the magical girl anime. The genre that birthed beloved classics like Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura, and to which shows like The Powerpuff Girls owe their inspiration, the magical girl anime has always presented a different kind of hero than the “woman warrior” that is so prevalent in pop culture....

‘Dave’ Season 2 Trailer: Lil Dicky Struggles To Record An Album, Starts Dating Doja Cat & More By Ethan Anderton/June 4, 2021 10:04 am EST The second season of Dave is coming to FXX this summer. The series starring rapper Dave “Lil Dicky” Burd kicked off last spring with a raucously hilarious first season following a fictionalized version of the real-life hip-hop artist who became an online sensation and has since collaborated with some of the best artists in the business....

‘Gaia’ Review: A Skin-Crawling Blend Of Environmental Fable And Creature Feature [SXSW 2021] By Matt Donato/March 17, 2021 9:00 am EST With shades of Annihilation, The Last Of Us, and The Ruins, Jaco Bouwer’s Gaia is a welcome addition to the environmental horror canon. South Africa’s Tsitsikamma forest stages a warning from our universe’s mother; a scolding finger pointed towards humankind’s treatment of Earth. When Gaia bleeds, Gaia gets pissed. Tertius Kapp’s screenplay is contemplative horror that’s as substantially frustrated as it is enthrallingly tense....

‘Loki’ Head Writer Explains Alligator Loki: “It’s So Stupid, But It Also Makes Total Sense” By Ben Pearson/July 7, 2021 2:20 pm EST Tom Hiddleston isn’t sure whether Alligator Loki – the alligator wearing golden horns in the latest episode of Marvel’s Disney+ series Loki – is actually an alternate universe version of a Loki, or if it’s just an alligator. “The question is, ‘Is he really Loki? Or is he just green?...

‘Sinister’ Is The Scariest Movie Ever – According To Science Blumhouse/Lionsgate Forbes has the story: broadbandchoices—a comparison tool for broadband deals – ran something called the Science of Scare Project to try to find the official scariest movie ever made. Per the story, they tracked “the heart rates of 50 people of a variety of ages who watched over 100 hours of scary movies. After all of the tracking, broadbandchoices narrowed down a list of what it (scientifically) believes to be the scariest 35 movies ever made....

‘The Batman’ Is “Gothic” And “Sleuthful,” According To Star Jeffrey Wright By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 3, 2021 11:15 am EST Batman fans have long craved to see a proper live action adaptation that actually focused on doing (pun incoming, brace yourselves) justice to some of the Caped Crusader’s most beloved characteristics. Namely, a genuinely gothic atmosphere and a story that showcases the skills of the so-called World’s Greatest Detective. If Jeffrey Wright is to be believed, The Batman may just scratch those fans right where they itch....

‘The Terminator’ Producer Isn’t Prepared To Admit Defeat Just Yet By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 11, 2021 2:26 pm EST Rarely has “I’ll be back” sounded more like a threat. Everyone can agree that the first two Terminator movies are absolute classics, but the flip side of the coin is that those two movies have also spawned an entire franchise of disappointing and continuity-defying sequels. The latter is less of an issue, admittedly, but we still have to reckon with the former....

‘Vivo’ Trailer: Lin-Manuel Miranda Is A Singing Kinkajou In Sony Animated Musical Coming To Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 27, 2021 10:30 am EST In the Heights isn’t the only Lin-Manuel Miranda movie to look forward to this summer. The Hamilton star is set to voice a singing monkey (or a singing kinkajou, to be specific) in the Sony Animation musical movie Vivo. The teaser trailer for Vivo has just been released, following the film’s move over to Netflix, which will debut the musical sometime this summer....

Angie Han’s Favorite Movies Of All Time By Angie Han/Oct. 23, 2015 10:00 am EST It only took four and a half years, but /Film has finally, graciously given me the opportunity to introduce myself. Hi, I’m Angie Han. I like movies, and I have for a while. Which movies I like the most changes from year to year, if not day to day (though it’s admittedly been a while since my #1 changed), but these are some of my favorites at this very moment in time....

C’mon C’mon Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix Stars In Mike Mills’ Black And White Drama A24 By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 9, 2021 11:54 am EST Honestly, it’s been entirely too long since we were last able to watch a new feature film by Mike Mills. It’s hard to say that “20th Century Women” was unappreciated upon first release in 2016, earning a Best Original Screenplay nomination at the Academy Awards and several more nods at the Critics’ Choice Awards, the Golden Globes, and the Satellite Awards....

Chris Evans Circling ‘Bermuda’ Triangle Movie From ‘Doctor Strange’ Director By Ethan Anderton/March 5, 2020 12:00 pm EST It sounds like Chris Evans is going to be very busy now that he’s done with Captain America for the foreseeable future. The actor just booked a role as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in the upcoming remake of Little Shop of Horrors, and now he’s gearing up to star in the long-developing sci-fi project Bermuda at Skydance....

Chucky Review: Everyone’s Favorite Killer Doll Makes A Bloody Jump To TV SYFY By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 12, 2021 10:11 am EST Horror franchises come and go, but Chucky is forever. The tiny ginger killing machine has survived over the years because his franchise is so fluid. Rather than stick rigidly to familiar beats, series creator and driving force Don Mancini has kept the “Child’s Play” franchise fresh by changing it as it went along....

Everything We Know About Disenchanted So Far Disney By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 15, 2021 10:38 pm EST Life was different in the mid-2000s. Amy Adams was only starting to make a name for herself thanks to her Oscar-nominated turn in 2005’s “Junebug,” and outside of “Shrek” and its sequel, films rarely dared to make fun of Disney’s animated princess fairy tale movies. Then came 2007’s “Enchanted,” a hybrid of live-action and animation featuring a star-making performance from Adams as Giselle, a comically wide-eyed young woman who gets pulled from the fantastical, animated realm of Andalasia into real-world New York City — a place where (as Giselle soon learns) relationships are more complicated and breaking into spontaneous song-and-dance is fairly uncommon....

Everything We Know About Pixar’s Win Or Lose So Far Pixar By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 16, 2021 11:59 am EST Is Pixar regressing with their dependence on sequels and spin-offs in recent years? Is that “Golden Age” of the animated studio in the late ’90s and early 2000’s forever behind us? Has the competition finally caught up with them or, dare I even say it, surpassed them completely? Those broader concerns are probably a little too big for any one person to judge, admittedly, and no single movie is going to change the perception … or any single series, for that matter....

Everything We Know About The Mandalorian Season 3 So Far Disney+ By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 14, 2021 5:05 pm EST Disney+’s “The Mandalorian,” the live action Star Wars series that brought Baby Yoda (AKA Grogu) into our lives, has been greenlit for a third season. A lot happened in the season 2 finale of the show — Grogu headed off with a young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Din Djarin (AKA The Mandalorian, AKA Pedro Pascal, AKA The Best Dad) said goodbye to his de facto son and became the owner of the Darksaber....

Halle Berry Wants To Direct A Catwoman Remake Warner Bros. Pictures By Marisa Mirabal/Nov. 16, 2021 1:47 pm EST In an interview with Jake Hamilton, renowned actor Halle Berry stated that she would love to direct “Catwoman.” For context, Berry was discussing her directorial debut “Bruised” with Hamilton and how her own portrayal of Catwoman back in 2004 was a complete flop. We’re talking 9% on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 3....

Sympathy (or Lack Thereof) FX If you lived during the Clinton scandal you’ll no doubt recall how merciless virtually everyone was regarding Lewinsky. The left thought she was a liar, or a stalker, or worse; and those on the right who wanted Clinton gone were fine destroying this young woman in the process. All these years later, even in the wake of the #MeToo movement, it feels like no one has truly reckoned with their actions towards Lewinsky during this era....

Jesse Plemons Joins Elizabeth Olsen In HBO Max True Crime Series ‘Love And Death’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 25, 2021 1:30 pm EST Jesse Plemons is finding Love and Death in his next project. The Judas and the Black Messiah actor has been cast in HBO Max’s limited series Love and Death, a true crime series from Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley. The more Jesse Plemons keeps working, the more blessed we are....