The first big-budget box office bomb of 2016 has arrived in the form of Lionsgate’s sword-and-sandals would-be tentpole,Gods of Egypt, which opened to an estimated a paltry $14 million domestically with the hefty price tag of a $140 million budget. The mythological fantasy epic led byGerard ButlerandNikolaj Coster Waldau, which debuted to resounding negative reviews, also failed to resonate with audiences overseas. WhileGods of Egyptdoesn’t arrive China until March 11th, the film fell flat internationally, grossing an estimated $24....

I think we can all agree the firstOuijamovie wasn’t good. So when Universal,Jason Blumand Platinum Dunes announced the sequel,Ouija: Origin of Evil, I thought it was just a quick money grab and had little to no hope it would be any better than the first. But then I learnedMike Flanaganwas writing and directing the next installment, and I started to believe the film might be better. After all, Flanagan has a knack for the horror genre with films likeHush,Before I WakeandOculus....

The CW seriesThe Originalsis back for Season 3, and months after their violent and deadly showdown with the powerful witch Dahlia, a rift continues to divide brothers Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Elijah (Daniel Gillies), while Freya (Riley Voekel) searches for a way to heal their fractured bond. Meanwhile, Marcel (Charles Michael Davis), who has regained control of the French Quarter, tries a new strategy to recruit vampires, while Davina (Danielle Campbell), who is now Regent to the New Orleans witches, makes a decision that will find her and Marcel on opposite sides of an escalating conflict....

POV: you’re downing your sixth beer in celebration of the coming weekend when you discover you left some work unresolved, and now you have to go back and finish it. That’s more or less what happens in the new Netflix action-comedy seriesObliterated, except that the job is literally saving the world. In the story, a special forces elite team goes all out on a party in Vegas to celebrate the bomb they just deactivated, only to find out that it was a fake, and now they have to get back to action while tired and drunk....

When anyone talks aboutDark Soulsor any other recent FromSoftware title, the first thing mentioned is how difficult the games are. While the difficulty is undoubtedly part of the appeal of theSoulsfranchise, it’s unfair to reduce FromSoftware games to this element, especially sinceDark Soulsrevolutionized the AAA industry in a lot of different ways. And I hate to break it to you, butDark Souls’ most significant legacy is not the difficulty but its unique worldbuilding....

We’re only a few measly months away from the release date for 20th Century Fox’sDeadpool, and unlike some other movies I could mention (involving wars amongst the stars), the marketing has thus far been ingenious and often genuinely funny. And the same goes for its latest bit of advertising for the Marvel adaptation, a new international poster for the film featuringRyan Reynoldsin his Merc with a Mouth garb, getting a handful of his own, er, buns....

Rachel Morrisonhas not-so-quietly emerged as one of the most exciting cinematographers working today. While she had previously shot a number of short films, documentaries, and even the MTV seriesThe Hills, Morrison first started making waves as a director of photography with her work onZal Batmanglij’s thrillerSound of My Voice, and broke out in a big way withRyan Coogler’s terrific 2013 debutFruitvale Station. Wearing her documentary influences on her sleeve with a knack for textured and deep frames that accentuate the most human of characteristics, Morrison went on to shoot films likeCakeand the colorfulDope, but her best work to date is onDee Rees’ tremendous Southern epicMudbound, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and will be released on Netflix on November 17th....

Marvel’s Editor in Chief announced in a video interview with Ryan Penagos over at Marvel Entertainment thatThe Fantastic Fourwill be making its return as a monthly comic later this year. The series will be written by comic book veteranDan Slottand drawn bySara Pichelli. Does this mean that Marvel is taking steps towards anotherFantastic Fourmovie? The FantasticFourseries ended in April of 2015 followed by a story in early 2016 sending Reed Richards and Sue Storm off to explore the universe with their children while Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm stayed on Earth....

TheFargoembargo has been lifted, and I am now allowed to tell you that Season 4 is every bit as good as past installments.Noah Hawley’s midwestern crime anthology reallyisthe best show on television, and it’s not even close. I tried to show some restraint in consuming the nine episodes that FX sent to critics, but alas, I had none, and couldn’t help but binge-watch this bloody tale of ambition, power, and above all, family....

Apple gift cards offer a convenient way to purchase digital content and products from Apple.Redeeming your Apple gift cardis a simple process that adds the card’s value to your Apple account balance.You can then use these funds for apps, music, movies, and even hardware from Apple. To redeem your card, locate the 16-digit code on the back. You can enter this code on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC. Once redeemed, the balance appears in yourApple IDaccount....

Live from New York, it’sSNL50: Beyond Saturday Night! Ever wonder what it’s like working for one of America’s most culturally significant sketch series? In celebration of its 50th anniversary,Saturday Night Liveinvites fans, haters, and new audiences to what happens behind the curtains of Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The four-part docuseries, executive produced by Academy and Emmy Award-winning filmmakerMorgan Neville, tells the peaks and lows ofSNL, with retellings from a whopping 60 contributors - most of whom have been part of the show’s ensemble and writer’s team during different eras ofSNL....

Warner Bros.Jokeris an even more unstoppable force at the box office than we could have ever predicted. The dark take on the origins of the infamous comic book villain has brought in $55 million in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total up to $192 million. The movie is even more of a force of nature overseas, with its international total now sitting at over $351 million. If you’re trying to do the math at home, I’ll save you some time and tell you that asJokerenters its third week in theaters it has now earned more than half a billion globally....

The trailer for the next film from writer/directorRian Johnsonis coming tomorrow, and we cannot wait. TheLooperfilmmaker crafted an original murder mystery calledKnives Out—marketed as “A Rian Johnson Whodunit”—as his follow-up to the excellent, challenging sequelStar Wars: The Last Jedi, and it’s one of our most anticipated films of the year. While story details forKnives Outare under wraps, the film is said to be in the vein of classics of the genre likeGosford Parkand boasts an A-list ensemble that includes (deep breath)Daniel Craig,Chris Evans,Ana de Armas,Jamie Lee Curtis,Toni Collette,Don Johnson,Michael Shannon,Katherine Langford,Lakeith Stanfield,Jaeden Martell, andChristopher Plummer....