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Robert Pattinson, Like All Of Us, Is Terrified Of Danny Devito’s Penguin Warner Bros. Entertainment By Anya Stanley/March 4, 2022 3:55 pm EST Just days into its release, Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” has hit it big at the box office with over $21 million in previews. Starring Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader, alongside the star-studded cast of Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell, Reeves’ entry offers a grim superhero picture (that nonetheless remains as it always has in some ways), following Batman into Gotham City’s underbelly in pursuit of a killer....

Robert Vincent O’Neil, Director Of The Cult Film Angel, Dies At 91 New World Pictures By BJ Colangelo/March 19, 2022 10:41 am EST The world of cult cinema and midnight movies has lost one of the greats today, as director Robert Vincent O’Neil has died at the age of 91. O’Neil’s passing on Saturday was confirmed by his daughter Lari Bain (via The Hollywood Reporter). He is survived by his daughters, Lari, Lisa, and Nicole, his brother Ron, and sister-in-law Evie....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Behind-The-Scenes Footage Shows Off Spider-Men, On-Set Antics Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/Feb. 23, 2022 2:28 pm EST “Spider-Man: No Way Home” spun a wild box office web with a whopping $1,832,170,405 worldwide take as of this writing. I didn’t bother to give you a rounder number here. It’s too huge and I want you to see each and every digit, and feel your jaw hit the floor as mine did....

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Just Resolved One Of The Original Show’s Longest-Running Mysteries Paramount+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/July 7, 2022 10:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for the season finale of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” If one thing remains true about Spock across many decades and several iterations, it’s that the trusty half-human, half-Vulcan holds logic in the highest regard. That’s why it’s so surprising to revisit “The Menagerie,” a season 1 episode of “Star Trek: The Original Series” that sees Leonard Nimoy’s Spock break rank and hijack the Enterprise to help his former captain, Christopher Pike (Sean Kenney, played in flashbacks by Jeffrey Hunter)....

The Martin Scorsese Cameo You May Have Missed In Raging Bull United Artists By Caroline Madden/March 10, 2022 11:45 am EST Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Known for his audacious visuals and memorable needle drops, his films often examine how the harshness of American culture breeds toxic masculinity. He frequently engages with his own Italian-American upbringing in New York City and the Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption....

The Most Terrifying Movie Monster Transformations Universal Pictures By SlashFilm Staff/June 27, 2022 7:00 pm EST Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some are born into their grotesquerie, while others earn that title by way of horrifying transformations. Regardless of their depth or sympathetic origins, characters in horror movies can transform into something horrific for a host of different reasons, from an unfortunate encounter with an alien species, making poor choices (about wigs, holy grails, or experiments), or trying to climb social and career ladders to getting attacked because of your first period....

We Need To See These Characters In Netflix’s Resident Evil Show (No, Not Alice) Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/June 3, 2022 8:38 am EST “Resident Evil” is one of the most influential and popular horror video games ever, a mix of thrilling action and terrifying scares that continue to be effective all these years later. But as popular and successful as the games are, their live-action adaptations have been less than stellar....

Willow Trailer: Lucasfilm’s Fantasy Epic Continues On Disney+ Lucasfilm By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 26, 2022 2:53 pm EST Long ago in a place far, far away, a hero in a George Lucas movie went on a quest. No, not that quest, a different quest. Amidst the tidal wave of news coming from Star Wars Celebration, we’re getting our first big look at a new streaming series based on one of Lucas’ other epics: “Willow....

Which Other Yellowjackets Survived? Showtime First off, let’s start with who didn’t. In the finale, Jackie (Ella Purnell) freezes to death outside during the first snowfall after a fight with Shauna (Sophie Nelisse). Series co-creator Bart Nickerson confirmed to Vulture that the group’s resident mean girl really is dead, though her influence will continue to be felt. Javi (Luciano Leroux) is also missing at season’s end, after having run into the wilderness during the chaos of Doomcoming....

You Might Not Realize Desperado Is Part Of This Trilogy Sony Pictures By Lyvie Scott/Dec. 17, 2021 2:30 pm EST A good film trilogy is a double-edged sword: It can define a director’s career, and alternatively limit a filmmaker if it becomes the only thing they’re known for. That’s why it can be so interesting when a series of films pivots after its first installment. Sometimes this is the result of shifting influences behind the scenes, but other times — like with the pulpy director Robert Rodriguez — it’s a matter of trying to provide something that he wasn’t seeing in other movies....

15 Movies Like Sinister That Will Surely Give You A Scare Lionsgate By Liam Gaughan/April 18, 2022 2:37 pm EST Scott Derrickson’s terrifying supernatural thriller “Sinister” took the haunted house concept in an entirely new direction. The film is framed like a true-crime thriller, and the inclusion of grizzly Super 8mm footage makes the story feel even scarier. Although Derrickson was very methodical, “Sinister” was not short on jump scares. Researchers for the “Science of Scare Project” conducted a study on the most effective jump scares in film history, based on audience heart rate....

5 Marvel Characters We’d Love To See Joaquin Phoenix Play Warner Bros. Pictures By Ryan Leston/March 23, 2022 3:26 pm EST Let’s face it -– Benedict Cumberbatch is perfect as Doctor Strange. His dry wit and natural ability to shrug off enemies with nothing more than a raised eyebrow makes him the only choice for Marvel’s most famous sorcerer. But did you know that Joaquin Phoenix was once up for the role?...

A New Mary Shelley Biopic Will Detail The Author’s Struggles To Write Frankenstein Universal Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 28, 2022 5:57 pm EST Fulwell 73, the company behind “The Late Late Show with James Corden” and the most recent “Cinderella” adaptation starring Camila Cabello, have joined up with Rose Pictures (“Kill Your Darlings”) to co-produce a new biopic about bisexual teenage goth icon, inventor of the science-fiction genre, and mother of “Frankenstein,” Mary Shelley....

Anatomy Of A Scandal Trailer: The International Bestseller Comes To Life At Netflix Netflix By Danielle Ryan/March 19, 2022 3:18 pm EST People like to think that they know their spouse completely and totally, but it’s impossible to know exactly what’s going on when you’re not around. In “Anatomy of a Scandal,” a new Netflix limited series based on the international best-seller by Sarah Vaughan, a wealthy wife and mother named Sophie (Sienna Miller) discovers that her husband James Whitehouse (Rupert Friend) has been accused of something truly terrible....

Charlie Cox Didn’t Have Much Time To Get Into Shape For MCU’s Daredevil Marvel Television By Joshua Meyer/May 27, 2022 9:31 am EST Before he landed the role of the titular superhero in Netflix’s “Daredevil,” Charlie Cox was already known to some stateside viewers for his appearance in the second and third season of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” In that series, Cox played Owen Sleater, the Irish immigrant who became a bodyguard for Steve Buscemi’s character, Nucky Thompson, only to wind up having an affair with his wife Margaret (Kelly Macdonald)....

Daily Podcast: Steven Spielberg’s Bullitt, 2022 SAG Awards, Morbius Trailer, And More Warner Bros. By Ben Pearson/Feb. 28, 2022 4:27 pm EST On the February 23, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by editor Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Steven Spielberg’s new project, the final “Morbius” trailer, a “Twisted Metal” series coming to Peacock, and the 2022 SAG Award winners....

Doctor Strange 2 Scribe Michael Waldron Thought It Would Be Impossible To Land All Those Cameos Marvel Studios By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 12, 2022 11:52 am EST Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” The Illuminati sequence in Sam Raimi’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” was downright bonkers, in which the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) straight-up annihilated some of the strongest beings in an alternate universe....

Euphoria Set A Record For HBO Max With Its Season 2 Premiere HBO Max By Lex Briscuso/Jan. 11, 2022 1:34 pm EST She’s back, boys. Yes, I’m talking about “Euphoria,” the queen of our little HBO-loving hearts. It has been nearly four years since the teen drama based on an Israeli series first aired, stole our shine, and got us hooked, much like our favorite addict, Rue (played by the impeccable Zendaya)....

Every Song We Heard In Peacemaker Episode 8 HBO Max By Ben F. Silverio/Feb. 18, 2022 5:35 pm EST It has all been building to this. After some wild and highly emotional ups and downs for Christopher Smith, we’ve reached the climax and conclusion of “Peacemaker” season 1. It was so jam-packed with action that there wasn’t really much room for any more obscure characters that are surprisingly canon now, but there was one last superhero fetish revelation and a few incredibly unexpected cameos....

Everything We Know About Servant Season 3 So Far Apple TV+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 3, 2022 1:34 pm EST Anytime someone asks me about M. Night Shyamalan’s series “Servant,” I have to take a deep breath. The Philadelphia-set horror series is one of the most disturbing shows on air right now. It’s darker than most anything Shyamalan has done before, but includes some of his signatures, including disorienting dialogue and twists that pull the rug out from under you....