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The Stars At Noon Review: A Lifeless Romance Unravels Slowly And Excruciatingly [Cannes] Curiosa Films By Ryan Leston/May 26, 2022 12:53 pm EST At the very beginning, “The Stars at Noon” has an intriguing concept — is it love, or just survival? Margaret Qualley stars as Trish, an American woman trapped in Nicaragua who is forced to question her own motives when a wealthy Englishman appears to offer her a lifeline....

Uncharted Makes $21.5 Million Worldwide Ahead Of Domestic Opening Sony Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/Feb. 15, 2022 11:00 am EST Although the Tom Holland-led “Uncharted” movie will not premiere in North America before February 18, 2022, the video game adaptation is already off to a solid start at the global box office, with $21.5 million in ticket sales. According to a report by Variety, “Uncharted” has had a big debut after opening in 15 overseas markets in the past weekend....

A little green around the gills Universal Pictures There is no word on who will be playing Uncle Gilbert this time around, or how much screen time he’ll have, but it’s a pretty fun nod to the classic series. The film will be rated PG, something Rob Zombie isn’t exactly known for. What he is known for, however, is having a great love for “The Munsters,” and this little nod is yet another thing that makes it clear how perfect he is for this film....

We Own This City Series Review: An Uncompromising And Grim Look At The Modern American Police HBO By Josh Spiegel/April 22, 2022 10:00 am EST The words “We own this city” are uttered eventually in the six-episode HBO miniseries of the same name, by a crooked cop leading a special task force ostensibly on the streets to take in guns and drugs in the city of Baltimore. But it’s arguably a line that doesn’t need to be spoken, because of the vast and existentially bleak sense of a corrupt and rotting system beyond fixing that’s depicted from the first minute of this uncompromising series....

We Would Like To See The Baby, But It’s Way Too Soon To Bring Back Grogu Disney+/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 26, 2022 3:00 pm EST This article contains spoilers for the new episode of “The Book of Boba Fett.” Impressive visual effects and thrilling action scenes are great, but “Star Wars” has always been at its best when there’s a beating heart beneath its shiny surface. It’s why so many people quickly took to “The Mandalorian....

Is this a dad joke? Neon Excuse me? “Lord of the Rings” and “The Matrix”? Is there an alternate dimension where Nicolas Cage did both those movies and became one of the biggest action/fantasy heroes of all time? Do you think he still did “Mandy” and “Pig” and “Color Out of Space” in this alternate dimension? Because if not, then I don’t want it. And it sounds like Cage doesn’t really regret those decisions, either....

Anatomy Of A Scandal First Look: The Creator Of Big Little Lies Makes A Courtroom Thriller For Netflix Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 31, 2022 7:34 pm EST “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing” showrunner David E. Kelley continues to crank out limited series adaptations of high society thrillers like nobody’s business. The latest one, “Anatomy of A Scandal,” is set to drop on Netflix on April 15. New first look images give us a peek inside the moody-looking, Sienna Miller-led drama....

Army Of The Dead Star Matthias Schweighofer Is The Latest To Board Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Netflix By Jenna Busch/March 11, 2022 2:47 pm EST “Army of the Dead” star Matthias Schweighöfer has joined the giant cast of Christopher Nolan’s latest film “Oppenheimer,” according to Deadline. Schweighöfer is the latest in a long line of actors that include Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh, Josh Peck, and Cillian Murphy....

Beanie Bubble: Film About Beanie Craze Starring Zach Galifianakis And Elizabeth Banks Heads To Apple Lionsgate By Danielle Ryan/Jan. 11, 2022 10:04 pm EST If you lived through the 1990s in the United States, chances are you remember the Beanie Baby craze. While my younger brother and I only ever had these beanbag stuffed toys for playing with, not collecting, there were some prized items that sold for thousands of dollars....

Bong Joon-ho knew exactly what he wanted the Parasite house to look like Neon It’s unbelievable how realistic the house in “Parasite” appears to be, despite being four sets seamlessly put together in post-production. Production designer Lee Ha-jun’s process of constructing the array of sets that serve as the film’s central location was briefly illustrated by filmmaker Bong Joon-ho in an interview with Vulture Magazine. The Oscar-winning director explained how important it was to get “the overall structure right for storytelling,” that there needed to be moments where characters could eavesdrop on each other or hide from their employers....

Breaking Down Every Major Song We Heard In Minions: The Rise Of Gru Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/July 1, 2022 10:00 am EST Mix tapes are a delicate science. Nick Hornby declared as much in his 1995 novel “High Fidelity,” wherein he pontificated on the proper placement of songs, the flow of one song into another, and his intense concerns as to what kind of messages a properly thought-out playlist would communicate to the intended recipient....

Colossal Isn’t The Kaiju Comedy You Think It Is — It’s Better Neon By Shania Russell/May 18, 2022 9:25 am EST Here’s the elevator pitch for “Colossal”: Anne Hathaway is a party girl with a heart of gold and every time she gets drunk, a giant monster terrorizes Seoul. This combination of words makes next to no sense and yet, this movie really does exist and is even more thrilling than you can possibly imagine....

Crimes Of The Future Teaser: Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen Get Freaky In David Cronenberg’s Return To Body Horror Neon By Rafael Motamayor/April 14, 2022 9:04 am EST David Cronenberg is back, baby! And his new film, “Crimes of the Future” looks as gross and chilling as you’d expect from the director’s return to body horror. After scaring an entire generation of filmgoers with movies that exposed how disgusting and malleable the human body could be, like “The Fly,” “Shivers” and “eXistenZ,” Cronenberg turned his eye to drama work....

David Harbour Says Hopper And Joyce Were Not Ready To Be Together In Stranger Things Season 3 Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 28, 2022 2:51 pm EST Have you watched the new episodes of “Stranger Things” yet? Even if you haven’t, you likely know the fourth season finds ex-police chief Jim Hopper (David Harbour) alive but not exactly well, fighting for his life in a Russian prison. The character’s supposed season 3 death apparently didn’t take, as the character’s true fate was revealed way in advance of the new season....

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Features Another Sam Raimi Trademark Disney By Witney Seibold/May 6, 2022 11:00 am EST Sam Raimi’s latest film, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” is in theaters now, giving fans of the famously frenetic director reason to celebrate. Raimi hasn’t made a feature film since “Oz the Great and Powerful” in 2013, and in the nine years since then, he has only directed a few episodes of “Ash vs....

The Crawleys Set Sail Focus Features Previously expected to premiere next month, Graham Moore’s “The Outfit” will make its theatrical debut on March 18, 2022. Following a tailor named Leonard, uprooted from London to Chicago, the film digs into darkness as he attempts to survive a fateful night by outwitting a group of sketchy gangsters. “The Outfit” marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Moore, who also penned “The Imitation Game....

Game Of Thrones Is Getting A 4K Digital Release On Vudu HBO By BJ Colangelo/March 1, 2022 3:15 pm EST Nearly three years after the HBO cultural phenomenon known as “Game of Thrones” completed it’s undeniably popular eight season run, the show will finally be available to purchase in 4K Ultra HD digital format. Given the less-than-thrilled response to the series’ end back in 2019, it’s hard to fully remember just how strong the stranglehold “Game of Thrones” had on pop culture for almost the entirety of the 2010s....

How Dracula And Vampires Influenced Other Movie Monsters, From Zombies To Mummies And More Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/April 19, 2022 12:00 pm EST On the silver screen, vampires are among the oldest inhabitants of the monster population, with Count Orlok, the first unofficial movie Dracula, waking from his silent film coffin in 1922. However, as 2022, the Year of the Vampire, rolls on, it’s worth remembering that the “Nosferatu” bloodline extends beyond bloodsuckers to incorporate other horror genres....

How Russian Doll’s Greta Lee Approached Her Expanded Season 2 Role Netflix By Danielle Ryan/April 20, 2022 2:41 pm EST Greta Lee’s Maxine in “Russian Doll” is a truly unique character that gives Lee the chance to really run wild. In season 1, she was the host of Nadia’s (Natasha Lyonne) birthday party, a bash that would unintentionally grow tiresome for Nadia as she relived it again and again through a “Groundhog Day”-style time loop....

How The Fugitive Pulled Off Its Brilliant Dam Jump Scene Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/March 29, 2022 5:47 pm EST There’s a long-observed trend where the media landscape becomes inundated with reboots or revivals of films and TV series from 30 years before, often called the 30-year nostalgia cycle. It’s why the 1990s was flooded with movies based on ’60s TV shows, with some of them becoming big hits in their own right (“The Addams Family,” “Mission: Impossible”) and others, well, doing the opposite thing....