Not every great movie may hit big when it’s first released in theaters, but if the quality is there, the audience will usually find it at some point or another. Which is what makes celebrating movie anniversaries a fun part of being a cinephile. It gives us an excuse to revisit a film from the past—either from the last few years or long, long ago—and as a result sometimes spurs a reevaluation....
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine. Deadpool & Wolverinedelivered manyunforgettable moments, but none were quite as shocking — or hilarious — asChris Evans’ unexpected cameo as Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, dropping an R-rated rant that left audiences in stitches. In a spoiler-filled interview with Collider’sSteve Weintraub, directorShawn Levyand starRyan Reynoldsshared the backstory behind this epic scene, including how it almost didn’t happen. Levy recounted the origin of the scene, explaining how quickly it all came together....
Homelandhas had its ups and downs over the years, and it feels so far removed from its early seasons that I have almost completely forgotten about the Brody family (almost). Each season since Season 4 has felt a little bit like a reboot, with varying success, like how Season 6 started off fairly strong, but became a little too convoluted towards the end. At first, it seemed like the show was leaning into a powerful false flag narrative, but it shied away from that ultimately....
Although audiences often claim that they would like to see more original movies, it can be disappointing when films that aren’t based on established propertiesconsistently underperform at the box office.American Ultrais a film that seemed destined to find cult success because of its unusual premise, as the notion of “The Bourne Identitywith stoners” seemed like it would appeal to genre fans.American Ultrafeatures another successful pairing betweenJesse EisenbergandKristen Stewart, who had previously worked together on the underrated coming-of-age dramedyAdventurelandand would later collaborate on the romantic period pieceCafe Society....
Sometimes movies can go through all sorts of production hoops on the road to being finally made, with some evensadly falling by the wayside. After a decade in the works,The Thicketis lucky enough to not fall foul of the executive disinterest that can come with deleted productions and hasfinally found a home in U.S. theaters thanks to Tubi. The movie is an adaptation of the wildly successful 2013 novel of the same name byJoe R....
The debate between binge models and weekly releases is one of the great debates of our era in entertainment. Now,Netflixhas taken it to the next level with the final season ofStranger Things. The streamerannouncedthat itwill be releasedin three volumes: four episodes come out on November 26, the day before Thanksgiving; three more will be released on Christmas Day; and the series finale comes out on New Year’s Eve. Yes, Netflix settled on three major holidays for three major episode drops of its flagship series' final season....
MacGruberis coming back as a series more than a decade after his last appearance, and to bring fans up to speed on his past adventures, Peacock has released a musical video recap. Created by The Lonely Island’sJorma Tacconefor aSaturday Night Livesketch, the parody of the classic showMacGyverwill air its eight-episode season on the streaming service more than a decade after a movie of the same name failed to reach box office expectations back in 2010....
Screen legendWes Studiteamed up with fellow legendsGene Hackman,Robert Duvall,Matt Damonto make an epic western about an American icon who’s taken on a mythical-like status in American culture.Geronimo: An American Legendis an exciting but harrowing story of how the Apache tribes fought back against the American government, which forced them to live on reservations. Directed byWalter Hilland released in 1993,it’s both a beautiful western and a brutal war film that sheds light on the carnage of the Apache Wars in the 1880s....
DC’s Justice League has not quite shared the fame or fortune of Marvel’s Avengers in recent years, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve some love. The comics are great, and while the DC movies, save for the recentTheSuicide Squad, are not quite up to par with the age ofChristopher Nolan’sDark Knightfilms at the moment, the shows on the CW and on HBO Max have been killer. At any rate, Superman and company have always been a symbol of justice and moral upstanding, and the Justice League is an offshoot of that....
Never Have I Ever’s breakout starMaitreyi Ramakrishnanis continuing her rise in Hollywood with her next projectThe Netherfield Girls, pera report from Variety. Written and directed byBecca Gleason, the Netflix film is described as a contemporary take onPride and Prejudice. Ramakrishnan has been cast as the heroine Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennett, with no other cast members yet announced. Pride and Prejudiceis Jane Austen’s most famous novel, and has been adapted many times for film and television....
Pretty Little Liars: Original SinSeason 1 is closing in on its finale, and it seems like all the clues are leading the liars one step closer to “A” and the serial rapist. With the help of a blood drive at school and a chaotic Thanksgiving week, they begin to gather all the evidence they need to find the person who assaulted Imogen (Bailee Madison) and impregnated her. In the meantime, “A” is now bothering Sydney (Sharon Leal), the last mother of the bunch to be addressed by the anonymous identity....
The first time I bobbled Bub and Bob’s bubbles was way back in the late 1980s. While it was a popular arcade game when it launched in 1986, my family and I enjoyed it on the then-revolutionary home console, the Nintendo Entertainment System. We may have moved on to bigger and less bubbly things with our NES and other consoles over the years, but Taito’sBubble Bobblefranchise has been going strong, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year....
In the most tongue-twist bit of news in recent memory, we are officially getting a Blomkamp robot reboot.District 9directorNeill Blomkampwill helm a new installment in theRoboCopfranchise, titledRoboCop Returns(A+ title).Deadlinereports the writing team behind the original film,Ed NeumeierandMichael Miner, will produce and executive-produce, respectively, while writerJustin Rhodes—who also penned an upcomingTerminatormovie, because woo boy Justin Rhodes loves robot reboots—will retool a sequel script that Neumeier and Miner wrote decades ago that never came to fruition....
