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The Sinner Canceled At USA Network, Will End With Season 4 Finale USA By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 18, 2021 11:40 am EST “The Sinner,” the mystery series that features Bill Pullman as a very troubled detective with a great beard, is coming to an end. The ongoing fourth season will be the show’s last, as network USA has decided to pull the plug. That’s probably for the best at this point, because while Pullman remains a strong presence on the show, “The Sinner” has mostly run out of steam....

The Walt Disney Company Will Require Non-Union And Salaried U.S. Employees To Be Vaccinated By Ben Pearson/July 30, 2021 2:27 pm EST As the Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to impact the United States, The Walt Disney Company is taking a big step to make sure many of its workers are protected. The company has announced that vaccines will be required for salaried and non-union hourly employees working on any of the company’s sites in the United States, and employees have sixty days to get fully vaccinated....

Upcoming Ryan Reynolds Movies To Keep On Your Radar By Shania Russell/Aug. 4, 2021 11:48 am EST (Welcome to On Your Radar, a series where we take a look at what’s next for the biggest actors and filmmakers, and why you should be excited…or not.)Ryan Reynolds stays busy. This hasn’t exactly been Hollywood’s biggest year, but even with the world recovering from a global pandemic, Reynolds manages to have three films slated for release — and it’s no wonder, we just can’t seem to get enough of him....

‘A Court Of Thorns And Roses’ TV Series Is Coming To Hulu Courtesy Of ‘Outlander’ Creator Ron Moore Bloomsbury Publishing Outlander and Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore is developing a new fantasy series. Moore is turning Sarah J. Maas’ best-selling A Court of Thorns and Roses fantasy books into a TV series, with the author co-writing the pilot alongside Moore. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Moore has signed on to adapt Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses books into a TV series at Hulu....

‘Clerks III’ Is Officially Happening, With Kevin Smith Turning His Convenience Store Characters Into Filmmakers By Jeremy Mathai/July 19, 2021 10:37 am EST Few fanbases are as loyal as Kevin Smith fans, and now this latest news is sure to create a stir. Lionsgate announced today that the studio has bought the rights to the latest sequel to Smith’s indie classic Clerks, and the threequel is set to begin production next month....

‘Deadwood: The Movie’ Review: A Fond Farewell To One Of TV’s Greatest Shows By Chris Evangelista/May 13, 2019 8:00 am EST After more than a decade, it’s time to ride back into Deadwood one final time. Creator David Milch has made good on his promise to conclude his Shakespearian Western, bringing back nearly every character audiences grew to love and hate over the three seasons of the original show. The end result is sweet and melancholy, and definitively finite....

‘Ghost In The Shell’: Get Another Look At Scarlett Johansson As The Major By Angie Han/Dec. 29, 2016 11:00 am EST Marvel may be reluctant to give Scarlett Johansson her own superhero movie, but everyone else in town seems determined to make her the next big action star. Next year sees her kicking high-tech ass in Ghost in the Shell, Rupert Sanders’ adaptation of the iconic Japanese manga. Today, a new Ghost in the Shell image offers a new look at her character, the Major, while Sanders promises his movie won’t be “s***....

‘Memoria’ Trailer: Tilda Swinton Experiences A Mysterious Sensory Syndrome In The New Film From Apichatpong Weerasethakul By Chris Evangelista/July 12, 2021 9:25 am EST Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the acclaimed Thai filmmaker behind Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Cemetery of Splendour, and more, is back with Memoria. The movie is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, and we now have a mysterious, intriguing trailer that’s bound to make this shoot up to the top of your “must-see” list (if it wasn’t already there to begin with)....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ – What Did You Think? By Jacob Hall/Dec. 15, 2017 6:00 pm EST Star Wars: The Last Jedi is in theaters now and you don’t need us to tell you that. You probably have tickets. Or you’ve seen it already. In either case, consider this your space to talk about the movie amongst yourselves and let us know: what did you think? The /Film team has been very positive about the movie so far, even though a few of us have found plenty of nits to pick....

‘The Conjuring’ Helped Shape Modern Horror – And Its Most Frightening Scene Is An All-Timer By Meagan Navarro/Oct. 16, 2019 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: The Conjuring reveals its frightening villain with the film’s biggest scare sequence.)Few horror movies have shaped the genre over this decade quite like 2013’s The Conjuring. Its hugely successful theatrical run proved there was a robust appetite for horror at the box office, inspiring other studios to follow in its wake....

‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn Confirms You Don’t Have To See First ‘Suicide Squad’ Before You Watch His Sequel By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 27, 2021 3:30 pm EST While James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is officially a sequel to 2016’s Suicide Squad, and even brings several of the previous film’s cast members back, there’s been plenty of speculation that Gunn’s take would be a kind of reboot. The extent to which that’s true remains to be seen, but a new comment from Gunn certainly seems to confirm that this entry stands on its own....

‘Whiplash’ Director Damien Chazelle Reveals What Might Have Happened After That Ending Part of what makes Whiplash so interesting is the uneasiness it imparts. It’s inspiring to watch young jazz drummer Andrew (Miles Teller) push himself to new heights, but also disturbing to see the path he takes to get there. Ultimately, we’re left to wonder if all the abuse he suffered at the hands of Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) was worth it....

And Just Like That: Release Date, Cast, And More HBO Max By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 20, 2021 11:55 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.) “Sex and the City,” HBO’s groundbreaking series based on Candace Bushnell’s book of the same name, revolutionized the way television portrayed sex, relationships, and life for women in their 30s....

Cowboy Bebop Showrunner Already Has ‘Big Plans’ For Season 2 Netflix Studios By Anya Stanley/Nov. 15, 2021 3:48 pm EST The showrunner of the new live-action “Cowboy Bebop” series has a message for the CEO of Netflix: the show is just warming up. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the Goya Studios premiere of the sci-fi anime series, show developer André Nemec talked about where the show has gone and where he wants it to go....

Dexter: New Blood Will Give The Showtime Series A “Proper Finale,” Says Network President Showtime By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 24, 2021 3:46 pm EST When we last saw Dexter, he was wearing the world’s fakest beard and living as a lumberjack, or something like that. Series finales can’t please everyone, but the “Dexter” series finale was a particularly egregious example. Even viewers who stuck with the show in its lesser final seasons were wondering what the hell the folks running the show were thinking....

Does A New ‘Star Wars’ Comic Book Reveal Darth Vader’s Father? By Bryan Young/Dec. 28, 2018 9:30 am EST This contains spoilers for the most recent issue of Darth Vader. The final issue of Marvel’s Darth Vader comicis out, and it has a lot to say about who might be the father of Anakin Skywalker. Could Palpatine have really manipulated the Force into creating his strongest apprentice? “There was no Father,” Shmi Skywalker confesses to Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace of her son, Anakin Skywalker....

Like Whales, Horses, or Gods Warner Bros. Pictures With the sandworms, Villeneuve also said it was very important for him that we would “feel a strong presence like when you’re beside a whale or a huge horse. Some kind of weird sense that there’s an intelligence there that you cannot relate with but that there’s a presence.” Overall, the experience of designing the sandworms was “a blast” for him and his crew....

Looking To Nature, Not the Internet Warner Bros. For “Dune,” Villeneuve directed his team to turn inward when creating and designing Frank Herbert’s universe: “To [production designer] Patrice Vermette and all of the guys, I said, ‘Guys, I would love for you to stay away as much as possible from internet, I would love you to meditate. I would love you to dream. I would like this movie to come from inside us, not from other influences outside....

What do we know about Face/Off 2? Paramount Pictures Simon Barrett is writing the script, with longtime creative partner Adam Wingard directing. There haven’t been any casting announcements thus far — though Nicolas Cage, who starred in the original film alongside John Travolta, previously expressed interest in returning for a sequel. In May, Barrett told The Hollywood Reporter that fans of “The Guest” may particularly enjoy what’s coming from his version of “Face/Off....

Here’s Where You Can Stream Or Rent Every Star Trek Movie Paramount Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 7, 2021 7:01 pm EST (Welcome to Where to Watch, which provides a clear and simple answer to the question, “Hey, where can I watch this thing?” In this edition: the Star Trek franchise.) Sometimes you look up and can’t believe that a franchise has lasted for even half as long as it has. (Seriously, how many “Die Hard” movies can anyone possibly make?...