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Umbrella Academy Season 3 Posters Reveal The Sparrow Academy’s Faces (Well, Half Of Them) Netflix By Ben F. Silverio/Jan. 2, 2022 4:01 pm EST With the holiday season winding down, school will be back in session very soon. Even Netflix’s own esteemed academy, from the minds of comic book creators Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, is gearing up for a return, with “The Umbrella Academy” season 3 scheduled to begin filming next month....

Why Steven Spielberg’s An American Tail Was Accused Of Plagiarism Universal Pictures By Collier Jennings/Feb. 8, 2022 10:54 am EST “An American Tail” is not only one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time, but it also serves as Steven Spielberg’s entry into the world of animation. After the success of “An American Tail” and director Don Bluth’s follow-up “The Land Before Time”, Spielberg decided to go all-in on animation — founding the short-lived Amblimation studio and producing hit cartoons including “Tiny Toon Adventures” and “Animaniacs”....

Amy Schumer Left The Barbie Movie For A Pretty Damn Good Reason Hulu By Jenna Busch/March 9, 2022 3:58 pm EST Amy Schumer has a new show coming out called “Life & Beth,” in which she examines how her character got to where she is in life, relationships, and career. Sometimes we make choices unintentionally, or just let things happen, and regret them later. Schumer, however, made a deliberate choice in passing on playing the lead in the upcoming “Barbie” film....

Death On The Nile Clip: Meet The Suspects Disney/20th Century Studios By Jenna Busch/Feb. 1, 2022 2:17 pm EST Disney and 20th Century Studios will release the Kenneth Branagh-directed “Death on the Nile” in theaters soon, despite a couple of controversial cast members, and today we have a new clip that gives us a look at the suspects (not for real-life things, but for the film’s murder mystery). In case you don’t know, “Death on the Nile” is based on the 1937 mystery novel by crime writer icon Agatha Christie....

It predicted the pandemic and then some Warner Bros. “Demolition Man” imagines a world post-pandemic, and what it might mean for society. A rash of diseases and pandemics creates a society that eschews physical contact, which also leads to some rather cold, formal greetings. Handshakes are replaced by pantomimed circling of hands near each other. Upon John Spartan’s thawing, an officer says hello to the legendary cop by holding up a hand and saying, “Sir, I formally convey my presence....

Tom Hanks unhinged Warner Bros. This is mostly because Hanks is wearing so many prosthetics and uses a ludicrous and over-the-top Bond villain accent that it makes Colin Farrell’s Penguin look like a nuanced performance. When he first hears Elvis on the radio, Parker laments that no white audience will accept his carnival act if it has a Black performer, then the camera pulls a dramatic Spielberg-like zoom on Kodi Smit-McPhee’s face as he says that Elvis is white actually....

Here’s When You Can Watch Death On The Nile At Home 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/March 10, 2022 1:31 pm EST “Death on the Nile” only just arrived in theaters a month ago but Disney isn’t wasting any time in making the movie available to watch from the comfort of home. Director Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation will be making its way to not one but two major streaming services later this month....

Ash vs Evil Dead Starz In 2015, Ash Williams (and his boomstick) returned for more bumbling undead adventures in Starz’s “Ash vs Evil Dead” series. Although Starz’s horror-comedy series was unfortunately canceled after three seasons, “Ash vs Evil Dead” delighted many Sam Raimi fans who wondered what happened to Ash after he left his skeleton battles in the Middle Ages. Turns out, Ash, in some ways, never changed. After three decades of focusing on fighting demons, Ash’s way of life is mundane....

How Pixar’s Wall-E Paved The Way For Lightyear Disney/Pixar By Jenna Busch/June 15, 2022 8:25 pm EST “Lightyear” comes out tomorrow, and we’re about to see the movie that the toy Buzz Lightyear is based on. You remember Buzz from the “Toy Story” films, of course — so it’s a movie about a movie in a movie universe that spawned a toy that starred in the movie. So yeah. It looks like a lot of fun though, and it’s the culmination of years of progression in animation, a whole lot of which comes from Pixar....

So what happens in 12 Monkeys again? Universal Pictures The year is 2035, and the survivors of a deadly virus that wiped out most of mankind eke out a grim subterranean existence. Scientists are using clunky old tech to send “volunteers” back to the past to investigate the source of the virus, in the hope of changing the course of history and saving billions of lives. Their prime suspect for the pandemic is a shadowy group known as the Army of the Twelve Monkeys....

James Wan Would Love To Build A Malignant Cinematic Universe New Line Cinema By Kaylee Dugan/May 24, 2022 9:22 pm EST James Wan loves a good cinematic universe. From his very own CCU (“The Conjuring” cinematic universe, of course) to his work on “Aquaman” and the DC Extended Universe, the man can’t stop and he won’t stop. Also, there are so many “Saw” movies, which has to count for something. Is the Sawniverse a thing?...

Leonard Nimoy Was A Constant Presence For Ethan Peck During Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Paramount+ By Jeremy Mathai/June 14, 2022 2:29 pm EST Recasting a world-famous and widely influential role is never a simple task, no matter how obvious or easy a perfectly-cast actor may make it seem in retrospect. “Star Trek” has had great success (and luck!) in this department over the years, most famously with Chris Pine as Captain James T....

Moulin Rouge! Nearly Had A Very Different A-List Lead In Place Of Ewan McGregor 20th Century Studios By BJ Colangelo/July 5, 2022 1:09 pm EST Thanks to his “Elvis” biopic, the king of cinematic excess is back on our minds, with plenty waxing poetic about how no one out there makes movies quite like Baz Luhrmann. Known for his larger than life films like “Strictly Ballroom,” “Romeo + Juliet,” and “The Great Gatsby,” Luhrmann has become synonymous with spectacle, flashy production design, and soundtracks that make audiences feel alive in their seats....

Sidney Prescott vs A Bear With a Sugar Rush Dimension Films If you ever doubted Neve Campbell’s general badassery, prepare to eat your words as she casually tells a story that would haunt most people for life. As all great stories do, this one (via Variety) begins with feeding a bear some soda: “I was playing this role where she’s ‘one with the animals’ and there was a scene where I was getting chased by a bear....

No Way Home Box Office Has Cemented Spider-Man As A Cultural Phenomenon For The Ages Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Jan. 31, 2022 12:59 pm EST In many ways, it was a pretty uneventful weekend at the box office. No big new releases were there to take any spotlight away from “Spider-Man: No Way Home” or “Scream,” paving the way for a similar batch of movies to fill out the top 10....

Ben Schwartz is no stranger to improv Paramount Pictures Aside from the legend himself, Jim Carrey, if there’s one “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” cast member who can be trusted with improv, it’s Ben Schwartz. Schwartz is a comedian who in the early 2010s had a segment called “Terrible Decisions with Ben Schwartz” on the HBO sketch comedy show “Funny or Die Presents.” He’s also recognizable to many as rich kid and wannabe entrepreneur Jean-Ralphio in NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation....

The Rocketeer (1991) Walt Disney Pictures Gaining a lukewarm reception upon its initial release, “The Rocketeer” is a unique slice of Disney nostalgia that never seems to go out of style. Not only does it serve as a fantastic comic book hero movie, but it also is a beautiful homage to old Hollywood vibes and art deco glamour. Helmed by future “Captain America: The First Avenger” director Joe Johnston, the movie follows Cliff Secord (Bill Campbell) as he discovers a mysterious jet pack that allows him to fly without an aircraft....

Spy Game Universal Studios At the end of a folksy story about a veterinarian who offered to put down his uncle’s plow horse, retiring CIA agent Robert Redford comes to a cold point: “Why would I ask somebody else to kill a horse that belonged to me?” Like every line in “Spy Game,” it reads at least two different ways, neither definitive, both useless on the record. This is the native tongue of intelligence — a willful lack thereof....

The Daily Stream: Sex Education Is A Sexy Teen Romp With A Heart Of Gold Netflix By Shania Russell/Jan. 29, 2022 4:00 pm EST (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 Series: “Sex Education” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) is awkward, bumbling, and deeply uncomfortable in his own skin....

The First Purge Director Making A Movie About A World Where Only Black People Have Superpowers Black Mask Studios By Joshua Meyer/March 28, 2022 9:30 pm EST Director Gerard McMurray, who helmed “The First Purge” and the Netflix film “Burning Sands,” is developing an adaptation of “Black,” a comic book set in a world where only Black people have superpowers. The original “Black” comic, funded through Kickstarter in 2016, hailed from writer Kwanza Osajyefo, co-creator and designer Tim Smith 3, and artist Jamal Igle....