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InThe Call, two titans ofJames Wan-shepherded horror —Tobin Bell(Saw) andLin Shaye(Insidious)— come together to torture the hell out of some teenagers. Together, they are the Cranstons, a married couple with a bit of a local reputation of being creepy (and in the case of Shaye, literally a witch). When a group of teens, including our more sensitive newbie heroChester Rushing, prank the Cranstons aggressively, the Cranstons suffer a tragic fate. And to get their revenge, they make these teens spend just one minute on the phone....

Record-breaking, box-office smashing America’s sweetheartTop Gun: Maverickhas been a historical success for cinema and Paramount Pictures this year. It takes more thanTom Cruise’sname on the marqueeto make a stellar pop-cultural icon, and within the necessary elements, this particular film relies heavily on its IMAX-worthy sound. Thanks to the Skywalker Sound team andGE Aviation,Mavericksurpassed its four-Academy-Award-nominee predecessor with a sonic boom. Boasting atop-of-the-class cast, a score helmed by the original film’s composerHarold FaltermeyerandHans Zimmerand a soundtrack that featuresLady Gaga,Top Gun: Maverickleft the other summer blockbustersin its dust....

From directorKriv Stendersand screenwriterStuart Beattie, the war dramaDanger Closetells the story of the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam in 1966. Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel) and his company of 108 young and inexperienced soldiers from the Royal Australian Regiment fought for their lives with 2,500 Viet Cong soldiers closing in on them. With their ammunition running out and their fellow men dying all around them, they overcame the odds and found the strength and bravery to triumph....

Sony is moving full-speed ahead on theirSpider-Manspinoff,Venom. Last month,Tom Hardysigned on to starwithRuben Fleischer(Gangster Squad) on board to direct with a release date set for June 05, 2025. For those who are unfamiliar with the character, Venom’s original incarnation is photographer Eddie Brock, a rival at the Daily Bugle to Peter Parker. After Peter Parker ditches the alien symbiote that gave him the black suit but also amplified his darker impulses, the symbiote comes across Brock and merges with him to become Venom....

Quick Links The Addams FamilyandThe Addams Family Valuesare both iconic movies of the early 90s. Created by cartoonistCharles Addams, the hilariously macabre family made their debut in a single-panel comic published in The New Yorker in 1938.The Addams Familyis an eccentric aristocratic family that has an obsession with all things morbid and dark, and a complete unawareness of how their unique interests make outsiders extremely uncomfortable. They came to life on television screens in 1964, when the first live-action portrayal of the family aired on ABC....

There’s no way to underplay just how much money Marvel’s latest blockbuster is making at this moment. By the end of today,Black Pantherwill likely cross the $400 million mark domestically and take in some $304 million internationally, adding up to $704 million globally. To put that in perspective,Captain America: Civil Warmade $408 million from its total domestic run, which lasted most of the 2016 summer season. It will have taken a little over two weeks forBlack Pantherto make that up....

I absolutely lovedJohn Wick. From the innovative action set pieces, to the weird and wild world directorsChad StahelskiandDavid Leitchcreated, it’s a film I’ve probably watched a dozen times and it never gets old. As most of you know,Keanu Reevesstars as an ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. And by everything…I mean his dog. The entire film is a result of a bad decision by a gangster’s son and every time Keanu Reeves kills someone I think it’s justified....

Blumhouse is taking viewers on a nightmarish vacation with the first trailer for the English remake of the 2022 Danish horror filmSpeak No Evil. Unveiled during Universal’s panel atCinemaCon, the footage introducesJames McAvoyandMackenzie Davisinto an initially mundane setting — a family trip with new friends — before twisting it into a psychological terror where kindness becomes questionable and nobody is as they initially seem. TheoriginalSpeak No Evilfrom directorChristian Tafdrupemerged from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival with rave reviews for its uncomfortable and incriminating story....

Well, folks, it’s over. In a surprise move that everyone expected, it has been announced thatMonique Samuelsmarriage has officially come to an end. Fans ofLove and Marriage D.C.noticed something was amiss when the promos for season 2 came out this past Fall — sand Monique and her estranged husband,Chris.The Real Housewives of Potomacalum confirmed she wouldn’t be on the show moving forward, but alleged it was due to contract issues. Fans, and former Bravo co-stars, speculated her marital trouble worsened, and she opted out of airing their dirty laundry....

The Fall Guycontinues to hold its ground at the global box office, grossing an estimated $3.4 million from 81 markets this past weekend. The film has reached $77.6 million domestically, with a minimal drop of just 17% compared to last weekend, giving the movie a total cume of $157.9 million worldwide. The movie appears to be refusing to tap outdespite its recent — and premature, some may argue — digital bow,indicating that perhaps studios are too hasty about getting movies on the small screen at the expense of the big screen....

Quentin Tarantinomight be the world’s most famous cinephile, but he’s also a TV aficionado with an encyclopedic knowledge of the medium. He has said that the 1970s, in particular, were a great decade for TV and that his generation was greatly influenced by television. His own movies, with their myriad references and deliberate collapsing of the boundaries between genres, reflect a storyteller who grew up watching films on TV, where the line between highbrow movies and exploitation fare first became blurred....

Most animation experts would state that animation is not a genre but a medium.Although animation is often mistaken as purely “children’s entertainment,” it is merely a different form of storytelling, and often one that gives filmmakers and artists more creative freedom to pursue ideas that simply wouldn’t be possible in live-action. While there’s been a plethora ofgreat animated television showsaimed at older audiences produced in recent years, the movie theater remains the best place to see groundbreaking animated stories....

For as great asromantic moviescan be, they can sometimes contain frustrating conventions and tropes, and maybe one of the most divisive of these is something found near the start of some romance films. Call it the “love-at-first-sight” trope, if you want, and it’s exactly what you’d expect. Two people meet, and they’re both head over heels with each other straight away, perhaps in the interest of time, what with movies being relatively brief affairs and all....