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David Fincher Didn’t Want Edward Norton To Let People In On Fight Club’s Joke By Bill Bria/May 6, 2022 12:18 pm EST Satire is one of the hardest forms of comedy to do, let alone do it well. If done too subtly, it can come off as thinly-veiled sincerity, with the label of “satire” becoming a bit of a smokescreen. If done too broadly, it can either miss its target entirely or rob its critical observations of their power....

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore Trailer: The Wizarding World Is Back For More Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Feb. 28, 2022 10:04 am EST Today brings a little bit of magic to the table as a brand new trailer for “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” has been released. We previously got a teaser trailer for the third entry in the “Harry Potter” prequel series, but with the movie just a couple of months away, it’s time to offer audiences another look at what is coming for Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander and Jude Law’s sexy Albus Dumbledore....

John Carpenter Had Some Harsh Opinions About Halloween II Universal Pictures By Miyako Pleines/March 22, 2022 3:29 pm EST Like all good slasher franchises, “Halloween” gave birth to a ton of sequels that attempt to follow the success of that initial, magical first movie. Regardless of how you feel about everything that came after that terrifying first entry, those sequels have been big moneymakers for those who produce them. It seems fans of “Halloween” just want more of Michael Myers, and even though we know nothing will ever be as good as the original, we keep showing up to the theater time and again to see the Shape on the big screen once more....

What could have been Marvel Comics Mister Sinister first appeared in the pages of Marvel Comics back in 1987, specifically in “The Uncanny X-Men.” He started out life as a man named Nathaniel Essex who was turned into a sinister being by none other than Apocalypse. He then became obsessed with the idea of creating a race of superhumans and attempted to use mutant DNA to do so. Also, he looks rad and very comic book-y....

Jurassic World Dominion Director Colin Trevorrow Knows Who Should Direct The Next Movie In The Franchise Universal Pictures By Jenna Busch/May 25, 2022 3:58 pm EST In the new chapter of the “Jurassic World” franchise, dinosaurs have expanded beyond the water’s edge of Isla Nublar and are now all over the world. Humans and dinosaurs are going to have to find a way to co-exist. Though “Jurassic World Dominion” is the final film in the second “Jurassic Park” trilogy, there could certainly be more to the story....

Jurassic World Dominion Image Reveals DeWanda Wise’s ‘Fearless Pilot’ Character Universal Pictures By Jenna Busch/March 14, 2022 2:50 pm EST It looks like our summer movie season is hanging in there! With people beginning to put their butts back in seats (no judgment at all if you’re not ready!) for things like “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “The Batman,” we might have something approaching normalcy in terms of the box office....

Léa Seydoux Joins Dune Part Two Cast MGM By Jeremy Mathai/June 21, 2022 1:52 pm EST Turns out the real crime of the future was assuming that Denis Villeneuve was done filling out “Dune: Part Two” with an all-star cast of name-brand talent. Awful segue? Yeah, I agree. Hot off her turn in David Cronenberg’s latest body horror movie “Crimes of the Future,” Léa Seydoux has been approached to join Villeneuve on the spice-addled world of “Dune....

Law Abiding Citizen Is Getting A Law Abiding Sequel Overture Films By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 21, 2022 9:30 pm EST A Gerard Butler-led vigilante thriller is getting a sequel over a decade after its release: Village Roadshow Pictures has announced it’s working on a follow-up to 2009’s “Law Abiding Citizen.” If you’ve forgotten about “Law Abiding Citizen” amidst the onslaught of similar Butler-led films since, you’re not alone, but we’ll refresh your memory....

No One Could Tell Tom Cruise ‘No’ While Making The Latest Mission: Impossible Movies Paramount Pictures By Joshua Meyer/March 25, 2022 8:49 am EST You don’t say “no” to Tom Cruise. Executives at Paramount Pictures, some of whom are out the door now, learned that during the making of “Mission: Impossible 7” and “Mission: Impossible 8.” Cruise is famous for performing his own stunts, but with the “Mission Impossible” sequels, he pulled a different kind of stunt: lawyering up against Paramount....

Nobody Is In The Running For The Next James Bond Just Yet, Next Movie Is Years Away Eon Films By Lex Briscuso/June 29, 2022 12:01 pm EST It’s true: everyone is dying to see who will become the next James Bond. However, it seems we’re going to have to wait a significant while longer to find out what is in store for the beloved spy and who will play him, according to Barbara Broccoli, legendary producer of the 007 films....

Percy Jackson TV Series Has The Good Taste To Cast Megan Mullally And Jason Mantzoukas NBC By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 2, 2022 2:57 pm EST At a certain point in life, there’s nothing more exciting in the summertime than the first day of camp — and the new “Percy Jackson” series is about to experience just that. According to author Rick Riordan’s website, the Disney+ show has just begun production, with Camp Half-Blood’s grown-up staff reporting for duty....

Pop Culture Imports: The Best Foreign-Language Movies You Might Have Missed In 2021 Deblokada Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 30, 2021 11:00 am EST 2021 is winding down, which means that in between gorging on all the holiday leftovers, you’ve been playing catch-up with all the best movies of the year. But there might have been a few foreign-language gems that slipped your notice. Never fear, Pop Culture Imports is here to keep you informed and keep you educated on all the subtitled fare you might’ve missed....

Riverdale Is Finally Coming To A Presumably Weird End The CW By Sandy Schaefer/May 19, 2022 10:22 am EST The end is nigh for “Riverdale,” and I’m not talking about Archie and the gang’s impending apocalyptic showdown with the dashing, devilish menace that is Percival Pickens, either. Per Variety, the very popular (and very weird) Archie Comics TV adaptation will come to an end in season 7. The news was made public along with The CW’s 2022 fall schedule, with “Riverdale” set to debut its seventh and final batch of episodes mid-season in 2023....

Sideshow’s Wolverine Premium Format Statue Is Loaded With Berserker Rage [Exclusive] Max Evry By Max Evry/Dec. 23, 2021 6:27 pm EST Our pals at the always-incredible Sideshow Collectibles have provided us with a copy of their wicked cool Wolverine Premium Format Statue, part of their continuing X-Men lineup. At 15.5-inches tall this polystone work of art is not the most gargantuan thing the company has ever put out… in fact we just reviewed the 24....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Director Had To Oversee A ‘Spider-Man Therapy Session’ Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/Jan. 27, 2022 10:55 am EST There are spoilers ahead for “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and if you’ve managed to avoid them so far, kudos. Please tell me how you did it — after you click away from this article. This will be your only warning. Spider-Man is a troubled young man sometimes. The guy has dealt with a lot, from the death of a mentor, to family losses, to wondering if a certain lady likes him....

Tales From The Box Office: How The Crimes Of Grindelwald Doomed Fantastic Beasts Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/April 16, 2022 10:00 am EST “Harry Potter” is (or at least was) one of the biggest franchises on the planet. Warner Bros. was taking money to the bank for a decade straight from “Sorcerer’s Stone” to “Deathly Hallows.” But what does one of the world’s largest studios do when there are no more books to exploit?...

The 20 Most Romantic Christmas Movie Moments, Ranked Universal Pictures By Dalin Rowell/Dec. 20, 2021 7:52 pm EST While most audiences watch Christmas movies for yuletide splendor, the ever-growing genre always seems to have a romantic trick or two up its sleeve. From madcap comedic adventures to dramatic epics, holiday films almost find time for a good love story somewhere along the way. In a cinematic landscape that features Christmas stories starring everyone from the Muppets to Buddy the Elf to Batman, it’s fascinating to see how these lovey-dovey elements continually sneak into even the most unexpected holiday media....

The Classic Star Trek Episodes That Inspired Strange New Worlds Episode 4 Paramount By Witney Seibold/May 26, 2022 8:00 am EST This post contains minor spoilers for episode 4 of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” The Latin phrase “memento mori,” often seen on tombstones, is intended as a grave, humbling reminder. The translation is simply “remember that you will die.” The fourth episode of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is called “Memento Mori” and, if I may begin this article with a personal preference, I love when “Trek” skews classical....

The Daily Stream: The Ringer Is Affectionate, Respectful, And Gives Johnny Knoxville The Cast He Needed To Shine (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Film: “The Ringer” Where You Can Stream It: Starz The Pitch: Johnny Knoxville — yes, the Johnny Knoxville — stars as a man hard up for cash after a friend gets injured doing a handyman job around his house....

The Differences Between The Real-Life Mulan And Disney’s Adaptation Walt Disney Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/March 25, 2022 10:55 am EST Disney’s “Mulan,” the 1998 animated film about a young, fearless girl who impersonates a man to enlist into the Chinese military, is a story that has been told and retold for over 1,500 years. It earned a controversial live-action adaptation in 2020, with several story elements changed to accommodate a new generation of audiences....