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Warner Brothers have just posted a trailer for the upcoming holiday flick Fred Claus, which you can watch right now. Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) has lived almost his entire life in his little brother’s very large shadow. Fred tried, but he could never live up to the example set by the younger Nicholas (Paul Giamatti), who was just a perfect… well… Saint. True to form, Nicholas grew up to be the model of giving, while Fred became the polar opposite: a repo man who then steals what he repossesses....

For those of us whose first exposure to the Star Wars saga was via the hotly anticipated prequels of the late 1990s and early 2000s, negotiating the gap between fond memories of lightsaber duels or epic space battles and the sour taste left by the prequel trilogy in general is, to put it mildly, a tall order. True, all three prequel films had their moments. The opening sequence of Revenge of the Sith was breathtaking, Attack of the Clones’ epic Jedi battle has few rivals, and the lightsaber truel between Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Darth Maul at the climax of The Phantom Menace has never been bettered....

After two seasons of watching the ups and downs of AFC Richmond, we are certainly ready for the third wave of episodes about Coach Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis), Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham), and their soccer team. But, even if it still has not a premiere date yet, Apple TV’s Ted Lasso is one of the most expected shows of this year: the award-winning series is IMDB’s top list of most anticipated returning TV shows in 2022....

Sticking a landing is never easy, especially in film. Some movies plump for an underserved sequel, and the current age of Marvel-dominated cinema suggests that an end-credits scene teasing that next big thing is always necessary, so to put a full and satisfying stop on your film just before the credits roll is a real skill. The scripts for the films listed below are confident from start to finish, delivered by actors of immeasurable panache and skill, and have us quoting their last uttered lines as we leave the movie theaters, into the lobby, and for years to come....

We recently reported that test casting began on The First Avenger: Captain America and now it seems we have a new synopsis for the film. FeatureFilmCasting.com has recently put out a casting call for The First Avenger: Captain America and included was a synopsis of the film, which you can read below. Born during the Great Depression, Steve Rogers grew up a frail youth in a poor family. Horrified by the newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the army....

We reported way back in October 2008 that director Ridley Scott became attached to a new film adaptation of a Joe Haldeman novel and now the author revealed the film is starting to move forward. Haldeman revealed on his blog that he had talked to the writer of The Forever War adaptation, who, “has good credits like Unforgiven,” which means that David Webb Peoples is the screenwriter in question. Here’s an excerpt from his blog....

Stephen Fry has signed on to play The Master of Laketown in The Hobbit, announced Peter Jackson today through his Facebook page. The director adds that Ryan Gage will play Alfrid, and Conan Stevens will play an Orc called Azog. Here is what Peter Jackson had to say: “Some more The Hobbit casting news today. As we near the end of our first shooting block (we have a break in less than three weeks to get some editing and visual effects work done, plus prepare for very big scenes coming up), we are looking at characters featuring in sequences that take place a little later in the story....

Jason Bateman is in early talks to join the cast of Universal’s comedy The Insane Laws alongside Vince Vaughn. The story centers on two best friends (Jason Bateman and Vince Vaughn) whose lives take a bizarre turn when their children fall for each other while away at college. The plot thickens even more when one friend’s son knocks up the other’s daughter, which puts their longtime friendship to the ultimate test....

Yahoo! Movies has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming drama The King’s Speech, which will be released in theaters nationwide on November 24. Click below to watch the first footage from the new movie, which is based on the true story of King George VI. Based on the true story of the Queen of England’s father and his remarkable friendship with maverick Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue, The King’s Speech stars Academy Award nominee Colin Firth (A Single Man) as King George VI, who unexpectedly becomes King when his brother Edward abdicates the throne....

Did you recognize the characters of The Sandman? Many of them come from well-known stories that belong to different cultures. The dreamworld of this new Netflix fantasy series combines figures from various world mythologies. The franchise is based on the eponymous DC comic books created in the 1990s. But the filmmakers added storylines, developed their connection to old legends, and made surprise castings. However, The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman has supported the casting changes, stating:...

Netflix is famous for its vast and colorful collection of movie titles, with viewers easily getting lost in the platform’s immense library. If you search deep enough it’s easy to notice some rather strange and unusual hidden gems on the streaming giant, many of which are horror flicks. Fans of the guts and gore genre often find their scary movies on Shudder, but one really need not look further than Netflix to find edgy and peculiar horror movies that are as compelling as they are unsettling....

Thanks to the release of a new Thor: Love and Thunder Lego set, we now have our best look yet at Christian Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher…sort of. Academy Award winner and star of The Dark Knight, Christian Bale will soon join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the villainous Gorr the God Butcher in the upcoming sequel Thor: Love and Thunder, and while his role in proceedings has been kept largely a secret, this new Lego set gives us at least some idea of what the actor will look like as the revenge-fueled alien warrior....

Veteran filmmaker Tim Burton reflected on his run of films with Johnny Depp. From one film to another, starting with 1990’s Edward Scissorhands, Depp would appear in a leading role for various movies directed by Burton. This has even extended to animation, with Depp voicing a main character in 2005’s Corpse Bride. Some of Depp’s other memorable roles in Burton films include Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland....

Actor and comedian Tom Green has some harsh words for Jimmy Kimmel, accusing the Jimmy Kimmel Live! star of stealing his jokes in a video posted to Instagram. Also included in the caption is a message which echoes Green’s accusations in the video. The scathing clip is apparently in retaliation for Kimmel sharing a 2010 sketch from his show on social media which heavily resembles one Green had done many years before....

This is one of two news stories we can expect today after the fall of HD DVD. According to Home Media Magazine, Universal has released a brief statement announcing its intentions to release their films in the Blu-Ray format. “While Universal values the close partnership we have shared with Toshiba, it is time to turn our focus to releasing new and catalog titles on Blu-ray,” said Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment....

HBO has released an Invitation to the Set behind-the-scenes featurette for their latest comedy Veep, which debuts Season 1 Sunday, April 22 at 10 PM ET. Click on the video below for your first glimpse at the set along with interviews from series creator Armando Iannucci and series star Julia Louis-Dreyfus The new comedy series Veep begins its eight-episode season Sunday, April 22 (10:00-10:30 p.m.). Created by Armando Iannucci (Oscar nominee for co-writing In the Loop), the show stars Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus as former Senator Selina Meyer, who becomes vice president, only to discover the job is nothing like she expected, but everything she was warned about....

After their bigscreen outing in Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Aardman Animation’s plasticine man and dog duo return to the small screen for their next escapade. According to Variety, Nick Park’s Trouble At’ Mill starts shooting in January and will air on BBC1 over the Christmas 2008 period. Trouble At’ Mill will be 30 minutes long, the same as previous Wallace and Gromit TV favorites The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave....

Ba-sing-a! The Big Bang Theory is getting musical with the release on iTunes of an original song performed by the cast. In the Thursday, October 24, episode The Romance Resonance, the plans Howard Wolowitz has to celebrate the anniversary of his first date with his microbiologist wife, Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, are thwarted when a lab incident leaves her temporarily quarantined. In a romantic gesture, Howard performs the original song “If I Didn’t Have You (Bernadette’s Song)” outside her hospital room, with his friends Leonard, Sheldon, Penny, Raj and Amy singing backup....

MSN has just debuted the first 5 minutes of the upcoming thriller, The International, which opens on February 13, and we have that video for your viewing pleasure right here. Click below to check out the beginning on this film, which stars Clive Owen, Naomi Watts and Armin Mueller-Stahl. In The International, a gripping thriller, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world’s most powerful banks....

In 1990, audiences were treated to the best made-for-television Stephen King adaptation since 1979’s Salem’s Lot. The IT series ignited a population’s deep-seated coulrophobia. The mass “fear of clowns” may have been seeded in childhoods of the 1950s and 1960s, when kids were bombarded by episodes of Howdy-Doody and Bozo The Clown. Landing an excellent cast, including Tim Curry as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, along with better than usual special FX, score, and cinematography than you typically expected of TV movies at that time, the miniseries went on to achieve major cult status among genre fans....