Posts

Michael Bay’s Movie Career Started With A Job At Lucasfilm 20th Century Fox/Disney By Bill Bria/June 15, 2022 9:10 pm EST Many big-time directors got their start with small jobs working for name studios and/or personalities; take James Cameron, for instance, who famously worked in the scene shop and special effects department of Roger Corman’s studios before he broke out with “The Terminator” and other hits. Director Michael Bay is certainly no different, but where Cameron had his beginnings with a relatively humble low-budget production company, the man who would go on to make films like “Armageddon,” “Transformers,” and “Ambulance” got his start at the company that changed the face of cinema forever: Lucasfilm....

Radlands Is The Colorful, Mad Max-Inspired Card Game You’ve Been Waiting For Roxley Games By Matthew Monagle/Feb. 22, 2022 10:15 am EST (Welcome to Cardboard Cinema, an ongoing series where we look at the board games inspired by or connected to our favorite media. In this edition: a post-apocalyptic card game in the vein of “Mad Max: Fury Road.”) As someone whose love of board games is rooted in cinema, I am grateful that the murky color palettes of Hollywood do not always find their way onto my tabletop....

Remembering John R. Cherry, Co-Creator Of Ernest P. Worrell Buena Vista Pictures By Witney Seibold/May 10, 2022 6:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. On May 8, 2022, John R. Cherry III passed away at the age of 73 due to Parkinson’s disease. Cherry is perhaps best known as the creator of Ernest P. Worrell, a bumbling, none-too-bright-but-good-hearted blue-collar hero played by the late Jim Varney in TV shows, commercials, and 11 feature films — 10 of which Cherry directed....

Samuel L. Jackson Joins Garfield As, Uh, Garfield’s Dad Miramax By Jeremy Smith/May 24, 2022 3:52 pm EST Fictional author Terence Mann once wrote, “There comes a time when all the cosmic tumblers have clicked into place, and the universe opens itself up for a few seconds to show you what’s possible.” Mann didn’t know it at the time (actually, he didn’t “know” anything because he’s a fictional character), but he was 100% writing about the blessed casting of Samuel L....

New Miracleman Collection Coming From Marvel Celebrate one of comics’ greatest icons with the Miracleman omnibus! 🗯️ The 40th anniversary of Miracleman’s revolutionary reboot is marked with a long-awaited omnibus collection: https://t.co/w6TO0apNLr pic.twitter.com/Vz9uuUdNMk— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) December 31, 2021 Marvel Comics is ringing in 2022 with a brand new omnibus collection of “Miracleman” titles. Specifically, the publisher will be collecting the reinventions of the character from authors such as Alan Davis, Garry Leach, John Totleben....

Superhero Bits: The Moon Knight Countdown Begins, The Batman Was Very Expensive & More Disney+ By Ryan Scott/March 1, 2022 5:39 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 15 Most Anticipated Comic Book Movies And Shows Of 2022, Ranked Warner Bros. By Scott Thomas/Jan. 5, 2022 4:28 pm EST On December 17th, Spider-Man changed movie theaters forever. With Omicron numbers spiking and cinema attendance down, the Web-head’s third stand-alone MCU adventure swung its way to $260 million on its first weekend. As of this article’s publishing, “No Way Home” is now one of the 10 highest-grossing movies of all time....

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5: Release Date, Cast, And More Hulu By BJ Colangelo/June 13, 2022 3:13 pm 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.) It’s been nearly a year since the fourth season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” ended on perhaps the biggest cliffhanger of the series yet, but there’s a light at the end of Gilead as Hulu has finally announced the return for season 5....

The MPAA Rating For Thor: Love And Thunder Features A Marvel First Marvel Studios / Marvel Comics By Erin Brady/June 16, 2022 2:40 pm EST First, Marvel gave us a sex scene in “Eternals.” Next, they had an uncharacteristic amount of gruesome deaths in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” Now, they’re pushing another boundary: nudity. That’s right; Marvel Studios will be releasing its first movie to be rated PG-13 by the MPAA for “partial nudity....

Tim Burton’s Wednesday Teaser: Thing Is Back And Handsier Than Ever Paramount Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/June 1, 2022 2:16 pm EST Everyone’s favorite disembodied hand is back and as delightfully ghoulish (and surprisingly articulate) as ever. Tim Burton’s riff on the classic story originating from the old “The Addams Family” television series is rapidly approaching. Titled “Wednesday” and fittingly centering on the young daughter of the frightful Addams clan, the live-action Netflix series is bound to lend a quintessentially Burton twist on the familiar family of supernatural misfits....

Veteran Character Actor Philip Baker Hall Has Died At 90 The Samuel Goldwyn Company By Jeremy Mathai/June 13, 2022 1:54 pm EST Another unparalleled performer and an accomplished veteran of dozens of brilliant, understated roles has left us. Philip Baker Hall, the accomplished character actor best known for bringing untold amounts of gravitas, professionalism, and indelible line deliveries to each and every one of his roles, passed away at the age of 90 on June 12, 2022....

18% Said This Was Their Favorite Pixar Movie Of The Last 10 Years - Here’s Our Pick Pixar By BJ Colangelo/March 30, 2022 9:10 am EST (Welcome to Survey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in between.) Despite the pandemic forcing the latest Pixar releases to debut on Disney+, the groundbreaking animation studio has continued to put out some of the best of the best in family-friendly animation for over 20 years....

7 Things We Learned About Black Adam From Dwayne Johnson And The Filmmakers Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/June 8, 2022 9:00 am EST The trailer for the upcoming Warner Bros. film “Black Adam” is finally here! The movie is hitting theaters on October 11, 2022 after years of prep, Covid delays, and schedule switching. I got a chance to join a small group of journalists to chat with star and producer Dwayne Johnson, director Jaume Collet-Serra, and producers Beau Flynn and Hiram Garcia on the Warner Bros....

Avatar Is Being Re-Released This Year To Prepare You For Avatar 2 [CinemaCon 2022] Fox/Disney By Jenna Busch/April 27, 2022 2:56 pm EST /Film’s own Ben Pearson is on the ground at CinemaCon in Las Vegas right now, bringing us news about what’s coming to theaters. A whole lot of it involves footage from new and upcoming films, but one announcement during the Disney panel today was about a movie that came out back in 2009....

Bruce Willis Is Retiring From Acting Following Aphasia Diagnosis 20th Century Studios By Danielle Ryan/March 30, 2022 1:17 pm EST Actor Bruce Willis has had an incredible career for nearly 40 years. His breakout big screen role as John McClane in “Die Hard” in 1988 — following a successful TV run as the star of “Moonlighting” — cemented him as an action hero for the ages, and he’s been a major Hollywood player ever since....

Does A Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Cameo Confirm Casting For A Future Marvel Franchise? Marvel Studios By Lyvie Scott/May 6, 2022 11:39 am EST This post contains major spoilers for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” Is a Marvel movie really a Marvel movie without a host of jaw-dropping cameos? Nowadays, Marvel Cinematic Universe films are bursting with reveals, set-ups, and tie-ins to existing IP — and the studio’s latest effort, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” continues the trend....

Dwayne Johnson Says Black Adam ‘Represents The World’ Warner Bros By Shania Russell/June 8, 2022 10:51 am EST Have you been keeping up with the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe? Because rumor has it that it’s about to change in a very big way. The news comes from the almighty man himself, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who is finally set to bring “Black Adam” to theaters after over a decade of hype....

Equalizer 3 Is Now A Man On Fire Reunion As Dakota Fanning Joins Denzel Washington 20th Century Studios By Jeremy Mathai/June 15, 2022 3:58 pm EST Run from it as much as you like, but that old chestnut proves true: there is nothing new under the sun. You might be tempted to think that applies to the fact that we’re getting a third “The Equalizer” movie (and, okay, it kind of does!...

The Stephen King of Kids’ Lit Sony Pictures Stine has often been likened to the “Stephen King of children’s literature.” There are now over 200 “Goosebumps” books and 400 million copies of them in print, and the series has also been translated into over 30 different languages. The “Fear Street” books were geared toward teenagers and the “Goosebumps” books were geared more toward children, so it made sense for “Fear Street” to land on Netflix as a series of teen slasher films, while “Goosebumps” is finding its home on the more kid-friendly platform of Disney+....

How The Lighthouse Changed Robert Pattinson Forever A24 By Danielle Ryan/Feb. 14, 2022 5:48 pm EST After starring as teenage vampire heartthrob Edward in the “Twilight” franchise, actor Robert Pattinson did everything he could to distinguish himself as a “serious” performer, taking on every challenging role that came his way. Whether he’s running for his life in the Safdies’ “Good Time,” being sad in space in Claire Denis’ “High Life,” or practicing his best sassy French accent in “The King,” Pattinson has earned a name for himself as a performer willing to go the distance....