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‘Saturday Night Live’ Hires Three New Featured Players, And One Of Them Is Already In Hot Water By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 13, 2019 10:30 am EST Before the 45th season of Saturday Night Live begins later this month, with Woody Harrelson hosting the season premiere, the late night sketch comedy series has added three new featured players to the cast in the wake of Leslie Jones leaving the show. One is woman with a whole new array of impressions and characters, another is the first full-time East Asian cast member, and one of them is already in trouble for racist and homophobic material....

‘Steve Jobs’ Reveals The Messy Man Behind Apple’s Clean Lines [Review] By Angie Han/Oct. 9, 2015 5:00 pm EST For most biopics, this would be a failing, but for a Steve Jobs biopic in 2015, it’s an asset. We don’t need a movie to tell us who Steve Jobs is as a tech guru. I’m currently typing this review on my Apple keyboard, which is linked to my MacBook Air, with my iPhone 6 by my side; I know exactly who Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, is....

‘The Hobbit’ Trilogy Extended Edition Heading To Theaters This Fall By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 4, 2015 8:30 am EST If you thought you were done with Peter Jackson’s trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit, think again. The Hobbit trilogy will be returning to theaters this fall, but in the longer extended edition format that until now has only been available on home video. Hit the jump to find out when you can catch The Hobbit trilogy extended edition theatrical release!...

Being James Bond Will Explore Daniel Craig’s James Bond On Apple TV MGM By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 31, 2021 11:09 am EST With “No Time to Die,” Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond will come to an end. Which means it’s time for us to look back at his time inhabiting the 007 role via the upcoming documentary “Being James Bond.” Described as a “retrospective film,” “Being James Bond” will feature “never-before-seen archival footage from ‘Casino Royale’ to the upcoming 25th film ‘No Time To Die,’” along with Craig sharing his own memories of playing Bond....

Cool Stuff: ‘Friends’, ‘The Goonies’, ‘A Christmas Story’ And ‘Caddyshack’ Are Becoming Ice Cream Flavors By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2021 6:00 am EST Who hasn’t watched their favorite movie or TV show and though to themselves, “Damn it, I wish this was an ice cream so my tastebuds could get in on all the fun that my eyes and ears are having.” Thankfully, the premium ice cream company Serendipity (which has an iconic hot spot seen in many movies and TV shows set in New York City), is making your dreams come true....

Creepshow Season 3: Release Date, Cast And More By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 10, 2021 6:53 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.)Creepshow will return for another season of thrills and chills, with new cast members, new directors, and new scares all coming together in one spooky package. The new season of the Shudder hit is just around the corner, so we’ve rounded up some info you need to know about Creepshow season 3 in advance....

How The Final Episode Of ‘WandaVision’ Failed Wanda Maximoff By Jeremy Mathai/March 16, 2021 8:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything.)WandaVision, in a word, is about grief.You’re probably well-aware of this if you’ve spent any time at all following the week-to-week conversation surrounding the popular series, with social media downright inundated with this truism. That’s not to say it’s an inaccurate claim, to be clear, as even the most casual viewer could likely anticipate that Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) losing Vision (Paul Bettany) in Avengers: Infinity War would somehow figure into this idiosyncratic blend of superheroes and sitcom pastiche....

Jenna Fischer, Topher Grace, Malin Akerman And Chris Messina To Star In ‘Giant Mechanical Man’ By Adam Quigley/Nov. 5, 2010 5:30 pm EST It’s about time Jenna Fischer got to headline a film. The Office star has had a few choice roles in comedies like Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Blades of Glory, but even then she’s been somewhat sidelined as the ancillary love interest. This time around, she’ll be at the center of an indie romantic comedy that finds two guys at opposing ends of her affection....

Kevin Smith Puts ‘Clerks III’ On Hold To Make ‘Comes The Krampus’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 6, 2014 12:30 pm EST “Nobody but me can make a CLERKS film,” said Kevin Smith in a Reddit AMA Thursday. “But ANYONE can make a Krampus picture. So before anyone else does, I figured it’s time to keep moving forward: we’re gonna shoot COMES THE KRAMPUS in April, before CLERKS III.” Comes the Krampus is a holiday horror anthology Smith announced a few weeks back....

King Shark In ‘The Suicide Squad’ Was Written Specifically With Sylvester Stallone In Mind By Chris Evangelista/May 13, 2021 5:30 pm EST We’re all in love with The Suicide Squad’s King Shark, the dad-bod abomination that bites the heads off people and rips men in half. The character is voiced by Sylvester Stallone, and according to Suicide Squad director James Gunn, that was the plan all along. In a recent interview, Gunn revealed that he’s reached a point where he can pretty much get any actor he wants – kind of a #humblebrag there, James – and he wrote King Shark specifically with Stallone in mind....

Marvel’s ‘Loki’ Early Buzz: Tom Hiddleston And Owen Wilson Shine In This Time-Hopping Crime Procedural By Ethan Anderton/June 6, 2021 9:31 am EST Marvel’s Loki is arriving on Disney+ this week, bringing back Tom Hiddleston as The Avengers villain after he made his escape through time during the events of Avengers: Endgame. So how does the God of Mischief manage when he ventures out on his own? If the early buzz from critics who have seen the first two episodes of the series is any indicator, this could be the most satisfying, funny, nerdy, and entertaining Marvel Studios TV series yet....

Raiders Of The Lost Ark Ending Explained: More Than A McGuffin Lucasfilm By Witney Seibold/Dec. 3, 2021 3:49 pm EST An homage to the adventure serials of his youth, Steven Spielberg’s 1981 film “Raiders of the Lost Ark” is one of the most celebrated action adventures in motion picture history. It is also rollicking, globe-trotting fun, playfully employing the well-worn and still-reliable genre tropes from the 1930s and ’40s, updated in a higher-octane action milieu....

Reader Forum: Is Will Smith’s Seven Pounds The Worst/Creepiest Movie Of 2008? (Spoiler Warning) By Hunter Stephenson/Dec. 21, 2008 2:34 pm EST Want to be seen as an even more exceptional Samaritan than Will Smith’s pained character in Seven Pounds? Look up the start times for the film at your local cineplex, show up at one or more screenings anytime before the final credits and angrily yell “…of s***!” while shaking your fist and exiting....

Star Wars Editor Marcia Lucas Was Furious With Sequel Series, Cried Over The Prequels Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 20, 2021 5:47 pm EST When you watch enough movies, the dirty little secret that nobody ever really wants to acknowledge starts to emerge. The vast majority of films aren’t terrible or masterpieces — they’re merely okay. Some good stuff, some bad, all combining to make an unspectacular 2.5 out of 5 star film....

The 15 Best Jackie Chan Movies Ranked By Rob Hunter/Sept. 3, 2021 6:14 pm EST Any conversation about action cinema has to include the name Jackie Chan. It’s a legal requirement. He’s far from the only action star, but his accomplishments and influence on the genre are undeniable. While Chan’s earliest films saw producers trying to make him into the next Bruce Lee, Chan found his own footing in the late ’70s by blending creative choreography with humor....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To HBO Max In December 2021 Warner Bros. By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 22, 2021 2:35 pm EST Holy crap, it’s almost December. Which means the year is almost over. Somehow. As we wrap up 2021, we’re also about to say goodbye to the Warner Bros. plan to release their new movies both in theaters and on HBO Max at the same time. The last title to receive this presentation will be “The Matrix Resurrections....

The Morning Watch: Making Of Space Jam: A New Legacy, Never Been Kissed Meets Dear Evan Hansen & More Warner Bros. Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 2021 8:10 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

This ‘The Meg’ TV Spot Is Pleased To Eat You By Chris Evangelista/May 30, 2018 4:30 pm EST Even if most summer movies turn out to disappoint this year, we can all take solace in knowing that, as the summer winds down, Jason Statham will battle a giant shark in The Meg. A new The Meg TV spot offers up some new footage, and confirms that this movie will probably be very dumb and very entertaining....

Why Netflix’s The OA Was Canceled - Here’s What We Know Netflix By Ben Pearson/Oct. 20, 2021 2:35 pm EST Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij’s Netflix series “The OA” never exactly took the world by storm, but by the time the show was abruptly canceled in 2019, it had certainly left a mark as one of the most unconventional pieces of science fiction storytelling of the modern era. To even attempt to concisely sum up the plot would be a fool’s errand – I mean, this is a show that features a telepathic octopus and a series of dance moves that help prevent a school shooting, to name just two of its weirder aspects – but the show helped to shake up the idea of traditional episode lengths, and its cancelation sparked an outcry from its devoted fanbase....

Worth Screenwriter Max Borenstein Wrote The Script Long Before His MonsterVerse Days [Interview] Netflix By Jack Giroux/Sept. 20, 2021 4:23 pm EST Screenwriter Max Borenstein wrote “Worth” 14 years ago. Since then, he’s become known as one of the brains behind Legendary’s MonsterVerse, including the most recent addition, “Godzilla vs. Kong.” Although his most famous work features monsters going at it, it was more dramatic work that helped launch his screenwriting career....