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Midnight Mass Star Crystal Balint On The Danger And Power Of Faith [Interview] Netflix By Jack Giroux/Oct. 10, 2021 10:55 am EST “Midnight Mass” shows all walks of life in the Catholic community. There are believers who use religion as a guise for cruelty, those seeking peace and community, and individuals who simply believe in something bigger than themselves. And then there’s the Dolly and Wade Scarborough. Those two are true believers, but in the end, become familiar sinners....

Rainn Wilson, Nathan Fillion And DC Comics? By Peter Sciretta/July 9, 2009 3:52 pm EST Rainn Wilson and Nathan Fillion had a meeting at DC Comics. Wilson tweeted “Could be some good s*** percolating…” Fillion wrote a similar tweet: “Some great s*** percolated at a meeting today with @rainnwilson and @nathanfillion. And, I grabbed me a sweet DC Encyclopedia.” I have no idea what project they might be meeting about, but I would guess that it was probably comic book related and not a superhero movie, considering the meeting was with DC Comics and not Warner Bros....

Spencer On Demand Neon Almost 25 years since her tragic death, Princess Diana remains an obsession for many. And it seems like she’s everywhere now, too. Not only did Diana appear as a character on “The Crown,” but she also has her own Netflix musical. And, of course, she’s the subject of “Spencer,” the latest film from director Pablo Larraín (“Jackie”). Here’s the film’s synopsis: Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate....

Ahsoka Mandalorian Season 2 Casting USA Network Dave Filoni, the co-creator of Ahsoka in animated form, is a writer, producer, and director on The Mandalorian. He made his live-action directorial debut helming multiple episodes of the first season, and we saw a couple of weeks back that Dave Filoni had returned as a director for the second season. We have confirmed this Dawson casting with two independent sources. We reached out to Lucasfilm to request a statement from the company or Dave Filoni, but received no response....

Stunning Escape From New York And Back To The Future Prints Debuting This Week [Exclusive] Vice Press Our pals at Vice Press, the British company run by Matt Ferguson and James Henshaw that specializes in gorgeous limited edition prints, have provided us with an exclusive first look at their latest debuts. First up we have this amazing new stylized piece by artist Tom Whalen for John Carpenter’s cult 1981 sci-fi action classic Kurt Russell “Escape From New York,” which will be available from both Vice Press and Sideshow Collectibles (as part of their New York Con 2021) from 6 P....

Superhero Bits: Elizabeth Olsen Done Shooting Doctor Strange 2, Lucifer Season 5 Recap & More Marvel Studios By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 9, 2021 5:29 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 14 Most Important Sci-Fi Directors Of The Last 50 Years Warner Bros. By Layla Halfhill/Sept. 22, 2021 7:14 pm EST Of all the fictional genres, sci-fi is the one most interested in exploring man’s relationship to science and technology, delving into both the possibilities and the consequences of humanity’s technological advancements, envisioning futuristic and faraway worlds, and questioning our place in a universe full of unknown wonders. Over the past 50 years, technology has changed our world in previously unimagined ways, and science fiction has adjusted accordingly....

The Best Revenge Movies You’ve Never Seen By Rob Hunter/June 15, 2021 8:00 am EST (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. This week, we look six dishes best served cold…that’s right, we’re talking the best revenge movies you’ve never seen!) Revenge movies never go out of style. Even now, in a year where films are only just starting to trickle back into theaters, revenge stands front and center....

Why It’s Essential Viewing Vertical Entertainment Since the film’s release in 2019, I personally have not been able to shut up about how important this movie is in the grand scheme of queer horror cinema. Elmore struggled for “Bit” to be shown at horror festivals, but the film was met with rave reviews at LGBTQ+ film festivals, namely Outfest, where star Nicole Maines took home the top acting prize. During the early months of the pandemic, “Bit” was unceremoniously dumped on streaming services to zero fanfare, with the film’s success standing firmly on the shoulders of vocal fans who have done as much as they can to spread the gospel of “Bit....

The King’s Man Early Buzz 20th Century Studios The general consensus seems to be that this is a weird movie and not totally like the previous two entries — for better or for worse. Here’s how our own Hoai-Tran Bui felt about it: THE KING’S MAN is … bizarre. Tonally, it’s the wildest movie I’ve seen this year, its both self-serious and utterly, totally silly. It also has a deeply troubling plot that the more I think on it, the more I loathe....

The Practical Orc You Won’t See In ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 13, 2013 3:00 pm EST Minor spoilers for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug follow. Orcs have always been a primary obstacle to progress in Middle Earth. As Frodo travelled to Mount Doom, Orcs kept trying to kill him and his friends. The same goes for Bilbo in The Hobbit. The disgusting creatures are all over the lands of Middle Earth, with a thirst for dwarf and hobbit blood....

The Squid Game Masks And Symbols Explained Netflix By Lee Adams/Nov. 1, 2021 4:26 pm EST Have you seen “Squid Game”? It’s the conversation starter of 2021, and if you haven’t heard of the show by now, you must have been locked in an off-shore facility playing deadly games of survival all year. For those who have somehow missed out, “Squid Game” follows 456 debt-ridden contestants in a tournament where they must participate in lethal versions of children’s games for the chance to win a huge stack of cash....

Time For A Sing-Along: A Guide To The Many Movie Musicals Of 2021 By Shania Russell/Aug. 13, 2021 12:04 pm EST Hollywood loves musicals — and so does everyone else. In the last couple of years, big titles like La La Land and Bohemian Rhapsody have swooped in to steal audience affection and rekindle Hollywood’s belief in the genre. We may have forgotten our love for a while there, but it never truly faded....

Why Party Down Was Canceled – Here’s What We Know Starz By Jamie Gerber/Dec. 10, 2021 11:40 am EST “Are we having fun yet?” Actually, yes, we are, now that “Party Down” is returning to Starz! The short-lived, but much-loved show aired for just two seasons from 2009-2010. Created by Rob Thomas, John Enbom, Dan Etheridge, and Paul Rudd, the series centers on a group of Los Angeles cater-waiters working for the titular company, most of whom are biding their time while trying to make it big in Hollywood....

‘At The Ready’ Review: High School Police Recruitment Documentary Lends Humanity To A Fraught Subject [Sundance 2021] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 10, 2021 1:00 pm EST Wearing bulky Kevlar vests and bulletproof helmets, a squadron of law enforcement personnel prepare to enter a residence. It’s an image that is primed to make one automatically raises one’s hackles — given the sociopolitical landscape in the past 10, 20 years, we know exactly how this scene will play out....

‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ Trailer: A New Musical Takes Center Stage With Big Dreams By Shania Russell/Aug. 10, 2021 9:30 am EST Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Trailer Everybody’s Talking About Jamie follows 16-year old Jamie (Max Harwood), a British teen struggling to figure himself out. The one thing he knows for sure is that he dreams of being a drag queen, but it’s a wish that feel unattainable. With the help of his loved ones — and some vibrant musical numbers — Jamie steps out of the darkness and into the light, where anything is possible....

‘Here Before’ Review: Andrea Riseborough Leads A Supernatural Thriller About Mourning And Motherhood [SXSW 2021] By Marisa Mirabal/March 22, 2021 1:00 pm EST Grief is fickle. Over time, it fluctuates in severity and painful memories can be summoned by anything from a song to revisiting a certain location. An omnipresent shadow of pain, grief is always lingering close by in one form or another. Writer/director Stacey Gregg explores mourning through a mother’s perspective in her debut film, Here Before....

‘Hustlers’ Studio STX Films Is Looking To Sell 46-Film Library To Resolve $150 Million Debt By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 8, 2021 9:59 am EST The studio merged with Eros, itself a Bollywood titan, in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic forced theaters to shut down and led to financial woes. One of its notable titles, the Gerard Butler disaster film, Greenland, ultimately skipped theaters and went to HBO Max, as the studio sold off distribution rights last year....

‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ Will Star Evan Peters As Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer By Chris Evangelista/March 24, 2021 1:30 pm EST Evan Peters will play infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer for the Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. The show comes from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan and will also star Niecy Nash, Penelope Ann Miller, and Richard Jenkins. Between 1978 and 1991, Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in Milwaukee, often restoring to both necrophilia and cannibalism with his victims....

‘Nautilus’ Will Tell The Origin Story Of Captain Nemo On Disney+ By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 23, 2021 10:42 am EST Studios have been trying and failing for decades to develop their own adaptation of the classic seafaring Jules Verne novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Unless you count The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the appearance of Captain Nemo as a 19th century superhero (you really shouldn’t count it, though), Disney’s 1954 film was the last proper adaptation of the legendary 1870 story....