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Sam Raimi Is Impressed With Doc Ock In The Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 28, 2021 4:14 pm EST As far as I’m concerned, the release of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” means that Marvel has exactly one job to do: don’t embarrass yourselves in front of Sam Raimi. It’s one thing to turn the third “standalone” Spidey movie into a multiversal free-for-all, but it’s quite another to dip into the pre-MCU past and bring back established villains (and heroes, if you believe the rumors/leaks) from Raimi’s classic “Spider-Man” movies....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Posters Highlight The Returning Villains Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 3, 2021 10:35 am EST Fans ended up embracing Tom Holland’s casting as Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in record time, a choice that gave the classic Marvel hero a much more youthful energy that had been missing from the character throughout previous iterations. That said, it’s probably safe to say that the real stars of the show in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” are the cast of villains who will be smashing through the confining walls of their own continuities to cause all sorts of multiversal trouble for the MCU’s Spider-Man....

Superhero Bits: Beebo Saves Christmas, Spider-Man: No Way Home Broke The Internet & More The CW By Ryan Scott/Nov. 29, 2021 6:31 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....

The ‘MacGruber’ Revival Is Not A Sick Prank And Here’s A Photo To Prove It By Ben Pearson/June 28, 2021 11:47 am EST Will Forte’s comedic action hero character, who originated in a Saturday Night Live sketch, got his own movie in 2010 – a film which performed abysmally at the box office, but quickly earned cult status. Now, more than 10 years later, MacGruber is coming back to the small screen in a Peacock streaming series....

The 15 Best Kaiju Films Ranked Toho By Dalin Rowell/Nov. 30, 2021 3:38 pm EST With their memorable roars and towering heights, kaiju (aka giant monsters) continue to have an endearing impact on cinema. Whether it be their silly theatrical presentations or their terrifying on-screen personas, kaiju are among the most unique pop culture creatures to ever exist. From “King Kong” to the immortal “Godzilla,” every one of these massive movie stars has not only inspired kids’ imaginations, but also spurred great filmmakers to tell their stories in the most fascinating of ways....

The A-Team - What Did You Think? By Devindra Hardawar/June 11, 2010 5:01 pm EST It’s taken several years, but now we finally know what a mainstream action film from director Joe Carnahan looks like with the release of The A-Team, which hits theaters nationwide today. Carnahan proved himself capable of delivering a hard-boiled indie crime feature in 2002’s Narc, directed one of the best BMW Film entries (Ticker), and although I have issues with 2006’s Smokin’ Aces, I still admire that film for what it gets right....

The Films Of Stanley Kubrick Ranked: Noir, War, And The Outer Reaches Of Existence By Russ Fischer/Dec. 18, 2014 4:15 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There isn’t a thing that hasn’t been written about the films of Stanley Kubrick. His films have been celebrated and reviled; some originally reviled have been reassessed as masterpieces; reams of copy have been written on even his least-appreciated movies....

The Strangers Director To Make Thriller Based On Dream Hoax By Russ Fischer/May 5, 2010 3:06 pm EST Have you ever dreamed of the man above? Late last year people started hearing about a website called ThisMan.org, which claimed to chronicle the fact that people all over the world have seen that man’s face in their dreams. The notion was more than unlikely; it was a fabrication, seemingly orchestrated by Andrea Natella, an Italian sociologist / marketing guru....

The Tragedy Of Macbeth Will Unleash Sound And Fury In IMAX A24 By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 2, 2021 9:56 am EST You’ve heard of Shakespeare in the Park? That’s old news. Shakespeare at the Cinema — and specifically, Shakespeare in IMAX — is where it’s at these days. We knew Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” would have a limited theatrical release starting on Christmas Day, but what we didn’t know and what has my eyes widening even as I type this is that Coen and company are taking the “see it on the biggest screen possible” mantra of cinephiles to heart with a special IMAX event this Sunday, December 5, 2021....

VOTD: How Black Widow Should Have Ended How It Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 1, 2021 9:00 am EST “Black Widow” had the unfortunate task of being the first Marvel Studios movie to be released in theaters while the pandemic was still raging on. Though the film started off with a solid box office debut, the simultaneous release of the movie on Disney+ Premier Access certainly took away from what should have been a larger sum of money....

VOTD: Will Ferrell’s SNL Rendition Of “Goodnight Saigon” With Tom Hanks And Crew By Hunter Stephenson/May 18, 2009 9:51 pm EST Last Saturday Night—as countless unseen choppers flew overhead—a pair of maracas suddenly appeared in the capable hands of host Will Ferrell. Like magic. They gathered: Tom Hanks (on sax!), Paul Rudd, Anne Hathaway, Peggy and fellow SNL vets like Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Norm MacDonald (!), and Artie Lange (in jeans....

‘Dexter’ Revival Will Show What The Serial Killer Has Been Up To All These Years, According To Michael C. Hall By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 25, 2021 5:00 pm EST It’s been eight years since Dexter went off the air. And in those eight years, what has the vigilante serial killer been up to? According to the divisive finale for Clyde Phillips’ Showtime crime drama, working as a lumberjack, or something. But the Dexter revival, an upcoming Showtime limited series which will supposedly “make right” the maligned ending of the series, will show exactly what Dexter has been doing for the near-decade that he’s been off the air....

‘Last Night In Soho’ Poster Sets The Mood For Edgar Wright’s Psychological Horror-Thriller By Chris Evangelista/May 25, 2021 3:30 pm EST The trailer for Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho dropped today, and it’s pretty damn great. But if that hasn’t satiated your hunger for more Soho goodness, you’re in luck – there’s also a poster for the film. Like the trailer, it’s moody and atmospheric, and it features stars Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy front and center....

‘Scott Pilgrim Vs The World’ Expanded Soundtrack Starts Streaming In July, Listen To Brie Larson’s “Black Sheep” Cover Now By Ethan Anderton/June 4, 2021 1:47 pm EST Director Edgar Wright (who has the music documentary The Sparks Brothers coming out this summer and the horror thriller Last Night in Soho arriving this fall) announced on Instagram that the Scott Pilgrim vs The World expanded soundtrack would be streaming on all digital music services starting on July 9....

Other Thoughts: Fun fact: Raxus was also a setting in Christie Golden’s novel Dark Disciple, which adapted eight unproduced Clone Wars episodes, incidentally where Dooku received the Raxian Humanitarian Award and made a speech about the inhumanities of the Republic breeding clones for war. If you watch the Disney+ Clone Wars line-up in order as they aired, you’ll have the weird experience with the last installment of the three-episode arc, “Senate Murders,” slotted in the second season, while the beginning and middle of said arc was placed in the third season....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Tried To Soften Sarah Connor, Linda Hamilton Said Hell No By Chris Evangelista/July 22, 2019 4:30 pm EST Linda Hamilton hasn’t appeared in a Terminator film since 1992’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day. That’s about to change with this year’s Terminator: Dark Fate, which will see Hamilton once again play the ass-kicking Sarah Connor. Getting Hamilton back is a big deal, and certainly makes Dark Fate look more interesting than all the other lackluster Terminator sequels....

‘Tone-Deaf’ Cast And Director On Their Crazy Baby Boomer Versus Millennials Horror Movie [Interview] By Eric Vespe/Aug. 23, 2019 2:00 pm EST The new film Tone-Deaf stars Robert Patrick as a millennial hating baby boomer who decides it is time for his generation to finally make a stand to today’s youth…by booby-trapping his house and AirBnB-ing it out to a down-on-her-luck self-centered young woman named Olive (played by Amanda Crew). Patrick’s Harvey is a pragmatic guy who just happens to have lost a few marbles and wants to know what it feels like to torment and kill a dumb millennial....

‘Two-Lane Blacktop’ Director Monte Hellman Dies At Age 91 By Ben Pearson/April 21, 2021 2:00 pm EST Hellman worked with Jack Nicholson several times in the 1960s: he directed the star in Flight to Fury, Backdoor to Hell, Ride the Whirlwind, and The Shooting. 1971’s Two-Lane Blacktop was a flop at the time, but has since gained a cult following thanks in part to its cast, which included singer/songwriters James Taylor and Brian Wilson (of Beach Boys fame)....

‘West Side Story’ Trailer: Steven Spielberg Remakes The Classic Musical For A New Generation By Chris Evangelista/April 25, 2021 5:37 pm EST Steven Spielberg has always wanted to make a musical, and now he has, with West Side Story. Based on the Broadway musical that first launched in 1957, and was then turned into a film in 1961, West Side Story is the tale of star-crossed lovers in 1957 New York....

Alfonso Cuaron Apple Series Disclaimer Will Star Cate Blanchett And Kevin Kline Searchlight Pictures By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 1, 2021 1:48 pm EST Are we on the cusp of the Kevin Klineaissance? Kline has been providing voice work for the animated series “Bob’s Burgers” for the past few years now, but his live-action acting work has been a little scant. However, recently he’s been popping up more and more, and now he’s set to co-star with Cate Blanchett in a new Apple TV+ series from Alfonso Cuarón....