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Horror Movies To Watch If You Loved The Invisible Man Universal Pictures By Scott Thomas/Sept. 7, 2021 3:55 pm EST In ways both great and unfortunate, Leigh Whannell’s “The Invisible Man” was a perfect pre-COVID-19 watch. Its protagonist, the indelible Cecilia Kass (Elizabeth Moss), is tormented by a camouflaged evil — one that infiltrates and corrupts every inch of the house she occupies, rendering her normal life meaningless. But the illness that Kass’ ex, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Taylor-Cohen), represents is less pathogen than pathological; he is a gaslighter with psychotic tendencies, a man whose brilliance only bolsters his toxic, controlling impulses....

How ‘America: The Motion Picture’ Perfectly Parodied ‘Swordfish’ And The Worst (Or Maybe Best?) Hacking Scene Ever By Ben Pearson/July 9, 2021 11:17 am EST In 2001, Hugh Jackman starred in Swordfish, a grimy tech thriller in which he played a world-class hacker lured into a criminal conspiracy overseen by a soul-patched terrorist played by John Travolta. It’s not a great movie, but it has several memorable moments, including a lengthy (and ridiculous) hacking sequence that is parodied almost exactly shot for shot in the new Netflix animated comedy America: The Motion Picture....

Hyperion Movie Adaptation Coming From Bradley Cooper Warner Bros. By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 2, 2021 5:35 pm EST Bradley Cooper is launching a new production banner, and it already has a project lined up: “Hyperion,” based on the sci-fi novel series by Dan Simmons (“The Terror”). While Cooper made his feature directorial debut with “A Star Is Born,” he’s only on board to producer “Hyperion,” with the search for a director currently underway....

Indie Film Distributor Magnolia Pictures Is Apparently For Sale Magnolia Pictures By Ryan Scott/Oct. 8, 2021 5:03 pm EST The next big media merger in Hollywood may have emerged. In recent years, and this is something that has really been ramping up in the streaming era, media companies have been looking to scoop up content libraries to bolster offerings. The business, as it exists, is obsessed with IP and potential franchises....

Is ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Set In 1960s New York? By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 27, 2021 11:30 am EST James Mangold is taking over for Steven Spielberg on Indiana Jones 5, and Mangold recently tweeted out something that may indicate when and where the next Indy adventure is set: 1960s New York. Indiana Jones is a globe-trotting series, so it’s highly unlikely the entire film would be set in the Big Apple. But there’s a good chance ’60s NYC plays a part in the next adventure of Indiana Jones....

James Gunn Says Mantis And Nebula Have ‘Pretty Huge’ Roles In Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 22, 2021 10:05 am EST Who needs Hamlet when you’ve got Nebula? Karen Gillan’s blue cyborg space assassin may have 12 soliloquies in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” if James Gunn’s official verified Twitter account is to be believed. That’s likely a joke on Gunn’s part. However, he recently replied to a retweeted ComicBook....

John Krasinski And Emily Blunt Battling Paramount Over ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Paydays By Ben Pearson/May 7, 2021 5:30 pm EST When Warner Bros. announced that every one of its 2021 releases would be dropped day and date on HBO Max, several high profile directors and actors did not react well to that news because it impacted the amount of money they could make based on a film’s theatrical performance....

Movies To Watch After Venom: Let There Be Carnage Sony Pictures Releasing By Leah Marilla Thomas/Oct. 1, 2021 1:21 pm EST After a bit of a delay, we now live in a post-“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” world. The sequel to Sony’s 2018 antihero-driven superhero film “Venom,” starring Tom Hardy turned up to 11 as both Eddie Brock and the voice of Venom, is finally out. Carnage is here, and Sony’s ever-growing Spider-Man Universe has gotten a little bit bigger....

New Disney+ Shows From ‘Killing Eve,’ ‘Gentleman Jack’ Creatives Include A Highway Robbery Series And A Heist Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 15, 2021 12:30 pm EST A Disney+ series from the creatives behind decidedly adult dramas like Killing Eve and Gentleman Jack? It seems like a dream from the streaming platform that dropped Love, Victor for its “adult” themes. But it’s happening, and with three new scripted Disney+ shows that all hail from the United Kingdom....

Rupert Grint Joins Peter Weller, Tim Blake Nelson, And More In Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities Apple TV+ By Kaylee Dugan/Nov. 30, 2021 7:58 pm EST “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities” was already operating with a stacked cast when we reported on the show’s revamp back in September, but the Netflix horror anthology has added another well-known name to its lineup. Rupert Grint (your favorite “Harry Potter” redhead … Probably) is teaming up with Del Toro and getting in on all the spooky scary madness....

Ryan Gosling Is Hosting The ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 43 Premiere By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2017 9:00 am EST Last season of Saturday Night Live enjoyed record numbers for the late night sketch comedy series, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the 1990s. That’s largely thanks to the complete shitshow in the White House making for ripe political satire, not to mention impeccable lampooning of the Orange-in-Chief himself by Alec Baldwin....

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Finally Releases Worldwide After Fan Backlash CBS Television Studios By Anya Stanley/Nov. 30, 2021 12:51 pm EST For better or for worse, fan outcry works more and more often these days. The latest entity to bend to consumer will is Paramount+, who will be releasing the fourth season of Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman’s “Star Trek: Discovery” series sooner than previously announced. Initially, the latest season to the sci-fi series was only to air in Canada and the United States, as the Paramount+ services did not extend overseas at the time (the show’s first three seasons did run internationally, but on a handful of streaming services)....

The Best Movies And Shows Coming To Netflix In August 2021 By Ben Pearson/July 21, 2021 12:24 pm EST As summer continues and the weather heats up, odds are you’re going to find yourself wanting to relax, take shelter from the heat, and chill out by watching something on Netflix. Good news: there’s a whole new barrage of #content coming to the streamer in August. Even better news: we’ve sifted through it and are offering a few recommendations, along with the full list of the shows and movies coming to Netflix in August 2021....

The Continental Casts Younger Version Of Lance Reddick’s John Wick Regular And More Lionsgate By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 11, 2021 11:33 am EST When the first “John Wick” burst onto the scene in 2014, action junkies were immediately drawn to its distinctive world-building and the “rules” of the Continental that even the most cold-blooded killers adhered to. Countless movies since then have tried and failed to replicate that intangible balance of atmosphere and aesthetics, but none — not even the franchise’s own sequels, in my opinion — have managed to live up to that original film....

TV Bits: ‘Percy Jackson’, ‘Betty’, ‘Scary Stories For Young Foxes’, ‘That Damn Michael Che’, ‘The Kominsky Method’, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ And More By Chris Evangelista/May 7, 2021 4:00 pm EST Deadline is reporting that Michael Rapaport, an actor I don’t think I’ve seen in anything in a very long time, will star in a TV series about the “rise, fall and subsequent rise of famous shoe designer and entrepreneur Steve Madden....

Wedding Crashers 2 Was Very Close to Happening Warner Bros. “Wedding Crashers 2” had been rumored and discussed for some time. Various members of the cast, such as Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Walken, had expressed a desire to return. Yet it never came together — until relatively recently, when things finally took a turn, or so it seemed. It all really started when a report from Production Weekly suggested HBO Max had managed to make “Wedding Crashers 2” happen after more than 15 years....

‘Cooking With Paris’ Trailer: Yes, This Is Exactly What You Think It Is By Shania Russell/July 27, 2021 2:44 pm EST Sometimes the world throws curveballs. Other times, things perfectly meet your expectations. Today, Netflix is delivering on the latter and proving that even the things we most expect can be a delightful surprise. The first trailer for Paris Hilton’s new series, Cooking With Paris definitely isn’t trying to shock us....

‘Dungeons & Dragons’ TV Series Will Feature “A Tinier Sliver” Of The D&D World, Writer Compares It To ‘First Blood’ By Chris Evangelista/March 24, 2021 4:30 pm EST John Wick franchise writer Derek Kolstad is tackling some of the scripts for the Dungeons & Dragons show, and speaking with Collider, Kolstad said that the series will only involve “a tinier sliver of that world,” adding: Kolstad added that he doesn’t “want to go in the middle of the mythos....

‘Made For Love’ Trailer: Cristin Milioti Gets Out Of A Bad Romance In HBO Max’s New Sci-Fi Comedy Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 23, 2021 9:30 am EST Cristin Milioti is caught in a bad romance, but she’s going to run, fight, stab, and scream her way out of it, even if it’s the last thing she does. Milioti stars in Made for Love, a new HBO Max Original sci-fi comedy series, as a woman on the run from her wealthy, sociopathic partner (Billy Magnussen) who has had a chip implanted in her head that will allow their two minds to meld....

‘Mallrats 2’ Plot Revealed To Be “A Real Sweet, Family Story” By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 8, 2016 10:00 am EST If you had asked me ten years ago if Kevin Smith would ever have a chance to make a Mallrats sequel, I would have bet against it. And that’s coming from someone who loved the movie and still has a special spot for Smith’s “sophomore bellyflop.” But Smith has not only written Mallrats 2, but it’s also now five hours long and takes the form of a television series (which will probably end up on a cable or streaming network due to graphic language)....