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Nightmare Alley Featurette: Guillermo Del Toro Goes Noir With A Starry Cast Searchlight Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 1, 2021 11:19 am EST Step right up and behold one of the unexplained mysteries of the universe: Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley.” The movie’s world premiere in New York and L.A. is this week, but the general public will have to wait a little longer to see it. “Nightmare Alley” was originally scheduled for release on December 3, 2021, but it has since been pushed back two weeks....

Perry Mason Season 2 Adds Katherine Waterston And Six More Cast Members HBO Max By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 5, 2021 8:32 am EST You know what was an underappreciated little series last year? HBO Max’s “Perry Mason.” The series was put down a bit by longtime fans of the original show for being too much of a needless origin story for the character and his investigative buddies instead of diving right into all the good stuff immediately....

Seeing Double: ‘Christopher Columbus: The Discovery’ Vs ‘1492: Conquest Of Paradise’ On Their 25th Anniversary By Rob Hunter/Aug. 23, 2017 7:00 am EST (Welcome to Seeing Double, a series where two strangely similar films released around the same time are put head-to-head. This time: 1992’s Christopher Columbus: The Discovery and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.) Hollywood is a land of mystery. Who killed the Black Dahlia? Was Marisa Tomei the real winner of 1993’s Best Supporting Actress Oscar?...

Superhero Bits: Dave Bautista Wasn’t Asked To Voice Drax In ‘What If…?’, ‘Venom 2’ Is Getting Energy Drinks & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 2021 2:10 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 Demon (1963, Italy) Titanus Purif is a bit of an odd one, but what do you expect when you name your child Purificata? It implies a purity that no one could live up to, and that ideal is even less possible in a small village prone to religious fervor and hypocrisy. Her behavior grows erratic after being spurned by a lover hoping to settle down with a more respectable woman, and soon she’s suspected of being a witch in league with the devil....

The Ending Of ‘REC’ Remains One Of The Scariest Scenes Ever Filmed By Meagan Navarro/April 7, 2021 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: REC understands the importance of a satisfying payoff in horror, saving its most potent chill for last.)Endings matter. Ideal endings provide resolution and leave a lasting impression. The final moments on screen should affect the viewer emotionally on some level....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Absentia’ Is Early Evidence That Mike Flanagan Is A Great Horror Filmmaker By Jacob Hall/May 5, 2020 8:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: AbsentiaWhere You Can Stream It: ShudderThe Pitch: Before he made Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, Gerald’s Game, Hush, Oculus and other modern horror gems, director Mike Flanagan made Absentia, a partially crowdfunded horror movie that looks like it’s held together with a few dollar bills, spirit gum, and some hopeful prayers....

The Truth Behind The Easter Eggs In Evil Dead 2 And Nightmare On Elm Street New Line Cinema By Miyako Pleines/Nov. 30, 2021 3:50 pm EST 1 … 2 … Freddy’s coming for you … and not just within the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” universe. For observant (and dedicated) viewers, it seems that everyone’s favorite dream demon may have a connection to those delightfully gruesome deadites from horror maestro Sam Raimi’s “The Evil Dead....

Universal’s VelociCoaster Ride Features The Return Of Your Favorite ‘Jurassic Park’ Character: Mr. DNA By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 30, 2021 10:30 am EST The Jurassic World VelociCoaster is coming to Islands of Adventure at the Universal Orlando Resort this summer to unleash the full ferocity of the velociraptors and…Mr. DNA? The host of the upcoming roller coaster is none other than the animated DNA strand who popped up in 1993’s Jurassic Park to explain how dinosaurs were cloned....

What Ravonna Renslayer’s Ongoing Mission Means For ‘Loki’ Season 2 By Shania Russell/July 14, 2021 10:33 am EST Since the very first episode of Loki, Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) has been a problem. She begins the series with immense disdain for our hero — which, we’ll be honest, is pretty fair. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) does have a tendency for chaos and betrayal, and if I ran a tightly wound bureaucratic agency, that is not the kind of energy I’d want in my office....

Whoville Set From ‘How The Grinch Who Stole Christmas’ Has Disappeared From Universal Hollywood’s Backlot By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 20, 2020 8:30 am EST A real-life Grinch may have arrived early to Universal Studios Hollywood backlot. The Whoville set from the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas has apparently disappeared from the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood, according to helicopter footage recently taken of the film studio and theme park....

You Can Tour Camp Crystal Lake From ‘Friday The 13th’ This Halloween By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 11, 2020 1:00 pm EST During a pandemic, what’s the fall season alternative to going to a private island party where everyone tested negative for COVID-19? Taking a trip to the real-life Camp Crystal Lake from Friday the 13th in the deep woods of Hardwick, New Jersey. While this doesn’t sound like a great idea considering what happened to all the past visitors of Camp Crystal Lake, you can be assured that the only thing stalking you will be a virus, and not a serial killer in a hockey mask....

‘Fast & Loose’: Will Smith Teams Up With Director David Leitch For Spy Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 5, 2021 1:00 pm EST Will Smith has found his next starring vehicle and it’s coming from the director of Deadpool 2 and Hobbs & Shaw. Smith is teaming up with David Leitch for a spy thriller called Fast & Loose, in which Smith will star as the leader of an upper-echelon criminal organization who suffers from memory loss and goes on a hunt for his true identity....

‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Season 7: Release Date, Cast And More By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 10, 2021 7:17 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.)The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: World Beyond are airing their final seasons in 2021 and 2022, but the zombie universe will keep expanding with an untitled Daryl and Carol spin-off and new anthology series, Tales of the Walking Dead....

‘Loki’ Episode 5 Features A Reference To One Of Marvel Comics’ Most Absurd Moments By Jeremy Mathai/July 7, 2021 7:25 am EST Like the God of Mischief himself, Loki has never been afraid to lean into the ridiculous. The series treats its central drama seriously enough, of course, and some would even say it does so with a somewhat surprising dark streak. But that doesn’t mean the writers haven’t been having a total blast, throwing in Easter eggs and comic book references that’ll make any Marvel fan’s head spin....

‘Loki’ Trailer Breakdown: The God Of Mischief Wreaks Havoc Across All Realities By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 11, 2020 11:00 am EST Loki looks out of this world — this reality, even. And that’s the intention of the upcoming Disney+ limited series centering around Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief, who we last saw in Avengers: Endgame stealing the Tesseract and teleporting off to goodness knows where. And it turns out, Loki isn’t so sure himself, as the trickster god finds himself jumping through time, and various realities, and apparently pursued (and at one point, captured) by a mysterious organization known as the TVA, led by Owen Wilson....

‘Physical’ Trailer: Rose Byrne Builds An Aerobics Empire In Apple TV+ Dark Comedy Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 27, 2021 9:30 am EST In every comedy film in which Rose Byrne appears, she steals the show, and often, the entire movie. So where is Byrne’s big breakout comedy role? When is Byrne going to get the massive stardom she deserves? Byrne might be finally getting her due with the Apple TV+ series, Physical....

‘Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain’ Trailer Promises An Intimate Trip With The Renowned And Deeply Missed Chef By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 3, 2021 3:30 pm EST Three years ago, we lost a culinary titan. In June 2018, Anthony Bourdain was found dead in a French hotel room at age 61, with the cause later confirmed to be suicide. But his death seemed in direct contrast to his life, in which he became known as an endlessly curious chef and television personality who brought attention to so many different types of cuisines and cultures....

Ant Man Series Star Evangeline Lilly Says She Finally Understands Her Character Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 12, 2021 9:44 pm EST “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” began filming in July, and though it’s certainly not Evangeline Lilly’s first time playing the titular Wasp, Marvelites may be surprised to learn that she’s just now getting to know her character. Lilly first appeared as Hope Van Dyne in “Ant-Man,” before getting her own superhero costume in a mid-credits scene, and then receiving top billing alongside in the sequel, “Ant-Man and the Wasp....

Carnival Row Season 2 Has Finished Production - Check Out Some Behind The Scenes Photos By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 16, 2021 10:24 pm EST Behind the Scenes and Getting a Little Bloody “Carnival Row” is a dark fantasy series about a world where mythical creatures are forced to abandon their war-torn homeland, becoming refugees in a human city. Tensions rise between the mundane residents of the city and the growing magical immigrant population, and things eventually become violent....