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The Shape Hunts Karen Universal Pictures “Halloween Kills” ends in thrilling fashion: Judy Greer’s Karen Nelson gets a wounded Michael to give chase by successfully removing his mask. He follows her into the street and into a trap: the town’s mob surround the unmasked menace, taunting him. He leans down, picks up and dons the infamous mask, and fruitlessly slashes at the crowd as they attack him in a guerilla-warfare style fashion....

Midnight Mass Director Reveals The Personal Origin Of The Show Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 28, 2021 5:20 pm EST Mike Flanagan terrifies us with the personal. His jump scares are memorable and his imagery searing, but the most affecting aspect of his work is their distinct, heart-wrenching quality. Everything from “The Haunting of Bly Manor” to “Oculus” takes time to dig into intimate fears and emotional truths, always hitting the stride of terror in quiet, personal moments....

Netflix Is Changing Its Viewership Metrics (And It’s Somehow Even Worse Than Before) Netflix By Ben Pearson/Oct. 20, 2021 5:43 pm EST Netflix has always been shady about the way it reports viewership numbers, and unfortunately, it looks like that trend will continue. The streamer announced yesterday that it will soon be changing the way it reports those kinds of metrics, moving from its current system — in which a “view” is counted as long as a subscriber watches two minutes of a piece of content — to a system that is even less helpful for outsiders trying to get an accurate sense of a given project’s popularity....

Time for More Teenage Turtles The announcement comes shortly after Colin recieved an Emmy nomination for his work as a writer on Saturday Night Live. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but these will be the same turtles we saw in the 2014 film and its sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Paramount relaunched the franchise with Michael Bay’s production company, Platinum Dunes, who are also producing this iteration....

New ‘The Green Knight’ Images Send Dev Patel On An Epic Quest By Chris Evangelista/April 28, 2021 3:00 pm EST Hey, remember The Green Knight? It was a movie we were all pretty damn excited about in 2020. And then the coronavirus happened and pushed the David Lowry-directed movie into oblivion. There was a very vocal online push for A24 to release the film digitally, but A24 seemed to have no intention of doing anything like that....

Sonny Chiba, ‘Kill Bill’ Actor And Martial Arts Legend, Is Dead At 82 By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 19, 2021 9:21 am EST Japanese actor and martial arts legend Sadaho Maeda, also known by his formal stage name of Shinichi Chiba and more commonly referred to and credited as Sonny Chiba, has sadly passed away at the age of 82 due to complications stemming from Covid. Variety confirmed the death of the Kill Bill and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift actor, who enjoyed a venerated and widely-celebrated career in movies and television, carving out a distinct space for himself among American audiences after first making a name for himself in numerous Japanese productions spanning several different genres: action, horror, and crime among them....

Superhero Bits: James Gunn Debunks Another ‘Guardians 3’ Rumor, ‘WandaVision’ Unanswered Questions & More By Ethan Anderton/March 10, 2021 7:00 pm EST What was up with the Wonder Man tease in that early WandaVision featurette? How many tracks are there on Zack Snyder’s Justice League soundtrack? Would Ruby Rose come back as Kate Kane if the opportunity came around? What’s the latest Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 rumor debunked by James Gunn?...

The 10 Best Animated Shorts Of The Decade By Dalin Rowell/Dec. 26, 2019 3:00 pm EST (This article is part of our Best of the Decade series.) With 2019 wrapping up, another decade of cinema comes to a close. From grand blockbusters to more mature international releases, many will remember the feature-length animated films they witnessed in the 2010s. But what about the “little guys” of the animation world? They deserve their time in the film-loving spotlight as well....

The 12 Best Characters In Better Call Saul Ranked Sony Pictures Television By Liam Gaughan/Nov. 18, 2021 5:00 pm EST Any concerns that “Better Call Saul,” Vince Gilligan’s “Breaking Bad” spinoff exploring the origins of shifty lawyer Saul Goodman, would pale in comparison to the groundbreaking template set by the flagship show were quickly dismissed after its stellar pilot, not to mention a run of standout episodes. After a 5th season that pushed “Better Call Saul” to its greatest heights yet, there’s even a case to be made that the spinoff has surpassed the original....

The First Episode Of ‘Loki’ Redefines The Power Structure Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe By Vanessa Armstrong/June 9, 2021 6:00 am EST Loki is back, baby! And in his new TV show, appropriately titled Loki. The first episode in the Disney+ series throws a whole lot of world-building and timey wimey stuff at us in a fun, effective way, and we get some good Loki character development to boot, courtesy of writer Michael Waldron and star Tom Hiddleston....

The War Of The Rohirrim: The New ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Movie Explained By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 10, 2021 2:17 pm EST “The horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound in the deep one last time,” King Theoden of Rohan ominously spoke during the climax of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. And we’ll finally know the meaning of that prophecy with New Line and Warner Bros. Animation’s upcoming animated film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, which will tell the story behind the fortress of Helm’s Deep....

Turning Red Pixar As Andrew Tejada wrote about in a great article for Tor last year, there’s been a problematic trend of recent animated movies focused on characters of color featuring stories where the protagonist spends much of the runtime transformed into an animal or fantastical entity. Pixar’s next animated movie, “Turning Red,” similarly revolves around a main character, 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian girl Meilin “Mei” Lee, who turns into a giant red panda when she gets stressed out....

Watch An Exclusive ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ Deleted Scene For Its Digital Release Today By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 2, 2021 8:00 am EST Raya and the Last Dragon premiered in theaters and on Disney+ in early March with a Premier Access fee — an extra $30 for those already subscribed to the Disney streaming service. But after a month of being available only in theaters and in Premier Access, Raya and the Last Dragon is coming to home video....

You Requested The Princess Bride Action Figures? As You Wish McFarlane Toys By Anya Stanley/Sept. 12, 2021 4:46 pm EST Break out the iocane powder (Note: please do NOT break out the iocaine powder under any circumstances)! McFarlane Toys is dropping a line of “The Princess Bride” action figures for your decorative pleasure. The toy maker made the announcement with a first look at the figures as a tease for everyone....

‘Apartment 7A’: ‘Relic’ Director Natalie Erika James Teaming With John Krasinski For New Horror Film By Chris Evangelista/March 19, 2021 1:30 pm EST Natalie Erika James, director of the acclaimed indie horror pic Relic, has a new project on the way. James will direct Apartment 7A for Paramount Players, with A Quiet Place filmmaker John Krasinski on board to produce. Unfortunately, we really don’t know a whole lot about the project – just that it’s being described as a “psychological thriller,” which is usually just big studio code for “horror,” because, for reasons I will never understand, bigger studios are afraid to call horror movies horror movies....

‘Artemis Fowl’ Review: An Astounding Failure As An Adaptation And As An Entertaining Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 11, 2020 9:00 am EST I’ve been burned before by big-budget Hollywood adaptations of a beloved childhood property. I still remember the time that I sat in the darkened theater for The Last Airbender, M. Night Shyamalan’s disastrous adaptation of the untouchably perfect Nickelodeon series. My deflating excitement slowly being replaced by an appalled disappointment is something that I never wanted to experience again....

‘Superman’ Reboot Coming From Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates And Producer J.J. Abrams By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 26, 2021 9:30 am EST A new Superman reboot is headed to the screen courtesy of acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and producer J.J. Abrams. Coates, author of Between the World and Me and We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy, a writer for The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Post, and the writer on acclaimed comic runs of Black Panther and Captain America, said he looks “forward to meaningfully adding to the legacy of America’s most iconic mythic hero....

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Drops The First Three Episodes Of Season 4 Early On Hulu As Showrunner Teases That No Endgame Is In Sight By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 28, 2021 9:30 am EST Hulu has answered the prayers of The Handmaid’s Tale fans. The first three episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 have released early on Hulu Tuesday, a day before the originally planned release today. The rest of the 10-episode season will be released weekly....

Eternals’ Surprise Secondary Romance Came From The Chemistry Between The Actors Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 20, 2021 11:34 am EST Don’t ask me how this happened, but the prevailing notion among fans is that the secret sauce behind the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has to do with the idea that every major detail was planned out from the beginning. Not only is this patently untrue — the first “Iron Man” movie entered production essentially without a completed script and relied heavily on daily improvisation!...

Every Episode Of Star Wars: Visions Ranked From Worst To Best Lucasfilm By Bryan Young/Sept. 22, 2021 2:01 pm EST “Star Wars: Visions” is the new anthology series from Lucasfilm. A bold experiment, Lucasfilm produced nine shorts from seven of the top animation studios in Japan. Freeing the filmmakers from the requirements of fitting in the “Star Wars” canon, these storytellers were able to reformulate “Star Wars” through the lens of their art and culture in an authentic way....