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Samaritan: Release Date, Cast, And More Lionsgate By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 11, 2021 10:08 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.) Before superheroes conquered the world, macho action stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone ruled the box office thanks to hits like “Predator” and “Cliffhanger,” as well as their roles in the “Terminator” and “Rambo” films, respectively....

The 16 Best Scenes In National Lampoon’s Vacation Franchise By Ethan Anderton/July 30, 2015 10:00 am EST This week, a reboot of National Lampoon’s Vacation hit theaters, but without the National Lampoon name attached. Of course, the comedy namesake’s former magazine editor P.J. O’Rourke seems perfectly fine with that, saying in a guest column at THR that the new take on Vacation is “a summer cineplex dump-fill featuring the Hangover wimp dentist as leading man” and judging by the trailer contains “obvious, pitiful, frenetic, stupid raunchiness....

The 18 Best Horror Movies On Shudder Right Now Shudder By Audrey Fox/Oct. 1, 2021 8:22 pm EST Remember when there were only a handful of streaming services, and subscribing to one or two was a clever way to cut costs instead of paying for cable? We’ve since been so inundated with different streaming platforms that to subscribe to them all is essentially just giving yourself a curated (but not much cheaper) cable package....

The Importance of the Tape Warner Bros. At the height of Costigan and Sullivan trying to figure out one another’s identities, Sullivan discovers that Costello is an FBI informant. Sullivan fears that Costello might reveal his own shady dealings, so he arranges a raid with Costigan’s help to take Costello down for good. After a shootout, Sullivan finds a wounded Costello and shoots him repeatedly. It’s both an act of protecting himself and a bit of revenge for Costello’s betrayal by going to the FBI....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To ‘Power Rangers’, Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Virtual Jazz Concert & More By Ethan Anderton/March 30, 2021 5:00 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, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, find out what visual effects artists think of the work done on the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie from 1995 and the Power Rangers reboot from 2017....

The New Batgirl Is ‘In The Heights’ Star Leslie Grace By Ben Pearson/July 21, 2021 2:00 pm EST Leslie Grace, who was recently seen dancing across the side of a building opposite Corey Hawkins in Jon M. Chu’s musical, In the Heights, is heading to Gotham City. Grace has won the role of Batgirl in Warner Bros.’ and DC’s upcoming movie about the cape-and-cowl-clad crime-fighter Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘This Is A Robbery’ Investigates ‘The World’s Biggest Art Heist’ By Chris Evangelista/April 21, 2021 9:00 am EST In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two men dressed as cops entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, tied up the guards, and proceeded to make off with a haul that’s estimated to be worth somewhere around $500 million. And then…nothing. Art theft is a curious thing – if you steal works that are so well-known you can’t really do much with them....

The Vast Legacy Of The Matrix Warner Bros. Entertainment By Anya Stanley/Oct. 8, 2021 10:17 am EST “The experience of making the movies was such a transformative time in my life,” says Carrie-Anne Moss of “The Matrix” films, “it was such an opportunity of a lifetime.” As the December 22nd release date for Lana Wachowski’s “The Matrix Resurrections” moves closer, the time is right to look back at the legacy of a decades-long franchise....

With ‘Down’, Hulu’s ‘Into The Dark’ Explores The Valentine’s Day From Hell…All Within An Elevator By Matt Donato/Feb. 7, 2019 11:00 am EST (Blumhouse Television and Hulu have partnered for a monthly horror anthology series titled Into The Dark, set to release a full holiday-themed feature the first Friday of every month. Horror anthology expert Matt Donato will be tackling the series one-by-one, stacking up the entries as they become streamable....

Women Is Losers Trailer: Simu Liu Stars In The SXSW Hit Coming To HBO Max HBO Max By Kaylee Dugan/Oct. 14, 2021 10:42 am EST Marvel’s latest super friend is certainly switching it up for “Women Is Losers,” the newest film from actress, producer, and director Lissette Feliciano. This equally depressing and uplifting movie has Simu Liu (who you definitely know from “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Kim’s Convenience”) acting alongside Lorenza Izzo (“Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”), Bryan Craig (“General Hospital”) and Chrissie Fit (“Pitch Perfect 2”) in a film that’s based off of Feliciano and her mother’s lived experiences as Latina women in America....

‘Adventures In Babysitting’ Remake Coming To Disney Channel By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2015 2:00 pm EST If you grew up in the Eighties, Chris Columbus’ 1987 comedy Adventures in Babysitting was one of your go-to films. It starred Elizabeth Shue as a babysitter who winds up getting into some crazy situations with three kids she’s supposed to be babysitting. The film did okay at the box office upon release but became a staple of sleepovers, parties, and TV viewing after that....

‘Benedetta’ Trailer: Paul Verhoeven Returns With An Erotic Lesbian Nun Drama By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 5, 2021 10:30 am EST The Cannes Film Festival announced that the new Paul Verhoeven film, Benedetta, will premiere at their 2021 festival, a year after it was supposed to initially premiere. It will be the Dutch director’s first film since 2016’s Elle, and it’s a whopper: an erotic lesbian nun drama. Watch the Benedetta trailer below....

‘Fear Street Part 1: 1994’ Review: A Bloody Love Letter To Horror Fans Who Grew Up In The Era Of ‘Scream’ By Chris Evangelista/June 30, 2021 9:00 am EST A blood-drenched love letter to horror fans who came of age in the era of Scream, Leigh Janiak’s Fear Street Part 1: 1994 is a creepy, funny, ultra-violent take on the type of teen-centric horror popularized by R.L. Stine near the dawn of the 21st century....

‘Jackass 4’ Filming Has Already Hospitalized Two Of Its Leads, Surprising No One By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 16, 2020 7:30 am EST Stop me if this surprises you. Merely two days into filming Jackass 4, two of the leads of the daredevil stunt franchise have already been hospitalized with their injuries. Filming has stalled after the leads were injured in a stunt that reportedly involved a moving treadmill and a tuba....

‘Loki’ Head Writer Explains How Marvel’s Multiverse Works By Shania Russell/July 29, 2021 2:46 pm EST This post contains spoilers for Loki season 1. With Phase 4 of the MCU in full swing, things are getting more complicated by the day. Back in the simpler times, all our worries boiled down to alien invasions and the occasional inter-dimensional cosmic entity. But ever since Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) solved time travel, things have gotten exponentially weirder and much more confusing....

‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ Honest Trailer: Disney Wants You To Trust Everyone And No One By Ethan Anderton/March 30, 2021 6:00 am EST Disney movies always bring some kind of important lesson for children to learn. Whether it’s venturing our of your comfort zone, remembering where you came from, believing in yourself, or following your heart, Disney movies serve as a moral compass for children looking for guidance. Raya and the Last Dragon is no exception, but as the Honest Trailer points out, the lesson turns out to be a little counterintuitive based on what happens on several occasions as the adventure unfolds....

‘Suicide Squad’ Extended Promo: Amanda Waller Might Be The Scariest One Of Them All By Angie Han/July 18, 2016 4:00 pm EST Compared to most of the other Suicide Squad cast members, Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller seems downright ordinary. Unlike most of these other ragtag supervillains, Waller seems completely sane, wields no high-tech firearms or otherworldly powers, and is technically on the right side of the law. She doesn’t even have a colorful style to help her stand out — in her pressed slacks and tasteful pearls, she looks just like any other 50something professional....

‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Trilogy Will Play In IMAX This Month, But You Probably Shouldn’t Risk Going Back To The Movies Just Yet By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 3, 2021 1:30 pm EST The Lord of the Rings trilogy never screened in IMAX – but that’s about to change. The three acclaimed entries in Peter Jackson’s beloved Middle-earth saga will screen on IMAX screens in 4K for the first time ever this month, and if things were normal right now, that would be incredibly exciting news!...

‘The Stand’: Ezra Miller Is Playing Trashcan Man In The Stephen King Miniseries By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 18, 2020 10:30 am EST Here’s a surprise: you know that upcoming miniseries adaptation of The Stand? The one that premieres next month? Well, it turns out that Ezra Miller has a part in it, and it’s been kept a secret all this time. Miller is playing The Trashcan Man, a schizophrenic pyromaniac who is drawn towards Randall Flagg, the evil supernatural figure who rises up in the wake of an apocalyptic plague....

‘This Was Our Pact’: Peter Dinklage Will Voice A “Mysterious And Charismatic” Talking Bear In New Animated Movie By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 8, 2021 4:00 pm EST What the world needs right now is a movie where Peter Dinklage provides the voice of a “mysterious and charismatic” cartoon bear. Okay, maybe that isn’t really what the world needs right now, but we’re getting it anyway. Dinklage will produce and star in This Was Our Pact, an animated feature based on the graphic novel by Ryan Andrews....