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Frances McDormand Leads ‘In Bruges’ Director Martin McDonagh’s New Movie By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2015 9:00 am EST Playwright Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, A Behanding in Spokane) actively moved into filmmaking with the short Six Shooter in 2005, and then gave Colin Farrell one of his best roles in the bleak comedy In Bruges. He’s also had the film Seven Psychopaths, and is promoting a new play called Hangman, which gave the writer/director the opportunity to mention an upcoming film project which just brought Frances McDormand into the fold....

Gillian Anderson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Robert Duvall, And More Join The Cast Of Netflix Feature The Pale Blue Eye Netflix By Anya Stanley/Dec. 1, 2021 10:14 pm EST Netflix’s upcoming Poe picture gets a huge cast boost with several formidable talents on the big screen. The Gothic horror film “The Pale Blue Eye” is directed by Scott Cooper (he of the taut 2021 Wendigo horror “Antlers”), who also adapted the screenplay from Louis Bayard’s novel of the same title....

Guy Ritchie’s Operation Fortune Images Feature Fit People In Bespoke Clothing Doing Action Movie Stuff STXfilms By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 8, 2021 10:21 am EST A globe-trotting spy adventure starring beautiful people wearing bespoke clothing, with Guy Ritchie calling the shots? “Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre” already sounds like a blast, even before you throw in Josh Hartnett playing, in an “Argo”-style twist, a celebrity actor who gets caught up in a scheme involving eccentric billionaire arms dealers....

Full Circle HBO Max The news about “Full Circle” comes directly from HBO, with Joey Chavez, executive vice president of original drama, HBO Max, saying: “We are thrilled to be working with Steven, Ed and Casey again after the masterful crime drama, NO SUDDEN MOVE. This new limited series is full of twists and turns in the way only this team can do.” In the six-episode HBO Max series, “An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City....

How A Professional Gambling Consultant Helped Up The Ante On The Card Counter Focus Features By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 10, 2021 2:15 pm EST Paul Schrader’s latest movie, “The Card Counter,” focuses on William Tell (Oscar Isaac), a man who has done unforgivable things and has found comfort in, and gotten very good at, playing poker. The film is a character piece, an exploration of how some monsters are made — in Tell’s case he became one when he was in the military at Abu Ghraib — and how one man creates a life rife with rituals and routine to cope with what he’s done....

Kevin Can F*** Himself Is F***ing Itself For The Last Time With Second And Final Season AMC+ By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 30, 2021 5:16 pm EST If you haven’t already tuned in to AMC’s dramedy, “Kevin Can F*** Himself,” now is the time to experience the great dramedy starring Emmy award winner Annie Murphy of “Schitt’s Creek” fame. Murphy plays Allison McRoberts, a housewife from Worcester, Massachusetts trapped in a cringeworthy marriage to the titular Kevin, an irresponsible, insensitive, idiotic, and straight-up emotionally abusive manchild who acts like a character written by an A....

Kristen Stewart Thinks She’s Made Maybe ‘Five Really Good Films’ Neon By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 25, 2021 12:53 pm EST With 56 credits to her name, Kristen Stewart has been consistently acting since she was 9 years old in her uncredited debut as “Girl in Water Fountain Line” in the Disney Channel Original Movie, “The Thirteenth Year” back in 1999. She would go on to star as Jodie Foster’s daughter in David Fincher’s “Panic Room,” and soon after, at only 14-years-old, tackle the incredibly challenging role as a teenage sexual assault survivor in the film “Speak....

Saved by the Bell Season 2 Release Date and Where You Can Watch It Tyler Golden / Peacock Season 2 of the “Saved by the Bell” reboot will premiere on Peacock on November 24, 2021. The season will consist of 10 30-minute episodes. Season 1 of the reboot is also currently available on Peacock for your viewing enjoyment. What is Saved by the Bell? Isabella Vosmikova / Peacock Peacock’s “Saved by the Bell” takes place in the same world as the original “Saved by the Bell....

Seth Rogen Now Has No Plans To Work With James Franco Again Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations By Ethan Anderton/May 10, 2021 9:30 am EST James Franco faced allegations of sexual misconduct from five different women back in 2018, and since then, the actor hasn’t been too busy in Hollywood. At the time of the accusations, longtime friend and collaborator Seth Rogen said that he would still keep working with his Pineapple Express and The Interview co-star in the future....

Several Eternals Costumes Were Entirely CGI Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures By Kaylee Dugan/Nov. 24, 2021 11:41 am EST Welcome to your (probably daily) reminder that technology is absolutely wild and the future is here (whether you like it or not). In the year of our lord 2021, we’re used to seeing a good smattering of CGI when it comes to those big, bombastic superhero and action movies. Hell, CGI is so commonplace now that it becomes actual news when films use practical effects instead....

Somebody Somewhere Season 1: Release Date, Cast, And More HBO By Ryan Scott/Dec. 6, 2021 11:17 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) HBO has been home to some of the best TV of the last two decades and change, as well as some of the best shows of all time....

Super Crooks: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Ryan Scott/Oct. 25, 2021 4:42 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Netflix made its first major acquisition with Millarworld back in 2017. It took a while for the streaming service to begin adapting Mark Millar’s various comic book properties for the screen, but we’re finally starting to see these projects come to life, with “Super Crooks” up next....

Superhero Bits: A Fresh Look At Black Adam, Spider-Man: No Way Home IMAX Teaser & More Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Dec. 3, 2021 5:22 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

Superhero Bits: Is Marvel Adapting ‘Secret Wars’, ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Video Game Soundtrack Details & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 19, 2021 1:43 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

Tales From The Box Office: Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol’s Biggest Stunt Was Its Massive Success Paramount Pictures By Ryan Scott/Dec. 11, 2021 5:55 pm EST The “Mission: Impossible” franchise, much like the name implies, has been a downright impossible and wild thing in the Hollywood landscape. The movies have, against all odds, survived since 1996 when the original, somewhat humble action flick — starring Tom Cruise and based on the TV show of the same name — was released....

The First Four Episodes Of ‘Grace And Frankie’ Season 7 Are Now Streaming On Netflix By Ariel Fisher/Aug. 13, 2021 7:29 am EST Surprise, Grace and Frankie fans! Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin announced on Twitter late last night that the first four episodes of the hilarious show’s seventh and final season are now available to stream on Netflix. This is months ahead of schedule, so you can imagine my delighted surprise when the news hit Twitter in the wee hours of the morning....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ Is A Bloody, Gothic Delight By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 4, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: Bram Stoker’s DraculaWhere You Can Stream It: ShudderThe Pitch: Francis Ford Coppola takes Dracula – a story told on screen countless times – and manages to do something fresh with it!...

Will Smith Says Wild Wild West Is His Worst Movie Warner Bros. Pictures By Max Evry/Oct. 4, 2021 11:50 am EST What if you turned down the lead role as Neo in “The Matrix” to star in one of the biggest bombs of the year and perhaps one of the worst major blockbusters of all time? Sounds like a bonehead move, right? Well, what if you were also Will Smith, one of the most savvy movie stars of our generation known for generally picking great projects?...

Zack Snyder Still Wants To Adapt ‘The Dark Knight Returns,’ But Without Ben Affleck And Henry Cavill By Ben Pearson/May 26, 2021 1:30 pm EST The Dark Knight Returns, writer/illustrator Frank Miller’s acclaimed four-issue comic miniseries from 1986, casts a huge shadow over the Zack Snyder-directed DC Extended Universe movies. The filmmaker was heavily inspired by that comic to create specific imagery in movies like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but it turns out that Snyder is not content with being able to craft those nods and winks to the source material....

‘Bad Boys 3’ Is Happening (For Real This Time) By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 1, 2018 12:57 pm EST The on-again/off-again Bad Boys 3 is back on again, as Sony just gave the greenlight to the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence sequel. The plan now is to release the film, titled Bad Boys for Life, in 2020. Smith has officially signed on, while Lawrence is still hammering out details of his deal. We’ve been here before, but for now, let’s all assume Bad Boys 3 is on track, shall we?...