We all remember that first cry at the movies. Whether they are tears of joy or sadness, it is quite astounding that human emotion can be contrived by moving images on a screen cut together in a sequence. This emotional manipulation is written, planned out, and purposefully meant to evoke strong feelings out of a targeted audience member, especially one who has been conditioned to be drawn to sad movies. Films are as methodical as they are artistic....
It has been several years since the original Black Panther was released. Fans of the film, which marked a turning point for diversity within the MCU franchise, were enthralled by the fascinating story of Wakanda, an isolationist African nation with technology far exceeding that of the outside world. The original film saw the titular Black Panther, a Wakandan king named T’Challa, battling with his cousin Killmonger, a Navy SEAL who feels that Wakanda’s isolationism neglects the suffering of struggling Africa-descended individuals everywhere....
Ethan Hawke has shown everyone that he’s capable of providing scares on the big screen with his work in The Black Phone (2022.) But, he’s also proven that he brings the chills and terror to the small screen with his role as Arthur Harrow in the Disney Plus miniseries Moon Knight. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen plenty of villains in its 14-plus-year history. We’ve seen Loki go from dastardly trickster to lovable anti-hero....
Spoiler Alert: The Dragon Prince Seasons 1-3 The Dragon Prince began airing on Netflix back in 2018. Fans were immediately hooked on the magical anime that centered around two brothers and their unlikely friendship with a young elf on their quest to reunite a baby dragon with its mother. The show’s ability to take real-world problems and dichotomies from the 21st century and manipulate them into stories for a magical animated world instantly resonated with audiences and allowed viewers to relate to the mystical and magical creatures on multiple levels....
There has been a conundrum at Warner Bros. Discovery as execs figure out what to do with the upcoming release of The Flash. The movie’s lead star, Ezra Miller, has been plagued by negative press with one troublesome headline coming in after another. The actor’s personal issues and legal problems have cast a bit of a dark cloud over The Flash, given how we are living in an era with increased scrutiny over the personal lives of movie stars....
HBO’s The Last of Us series has found its Riley. Per Deadline, Euphoria and A Wrinkle in Time star Storm Reid has been cast as Riley Abel, a character who’s best friends with Ellie in the time before she meets Joel in the original game. She was featured in the DLC The Last of Us: Left Behind, a bonus chapter released after the original game. For the series, Reid’s role will be as a guest star playing the orphaned girl who grew up in post-apocalyptic Boston....
The Good From a purely action standpoint this movie is certainly worth owning. The Bad With HD titles on the market and Blu-ray around the corner why did they feel the need to release this film now? Having seen The Replacement Killers in the movie theater, I remember being struck by how solid I thought the action was. While the movie itself was basically forgettable in my opinion, I was excited to screen this new “extended cut....
Chalk up another major win for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The Hollywood superstar has announced that he will be honored with the People’s Champion Award at the People’s Choice Awards in December. Ahead of the ceremony, Johnson celebrated the honor and said it was the most “special” of all 15 times he’s been nominated for a People’s Choice award. In the caption, “Man this is unreal. Humbled and moved to receive the PEOPLE’S CHAMP AWARD from you, THE PEOPLE....
The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXI airs on November 7th, and we’ve got you’re first look just in time for Halloween! Check it out below… Beware of ouija boards, vampires and unexpected guests in the 21st annual installment of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror. In “War and Pieces,” the first of three spine-tingling tales, Marge (Julie Kavner), worried about the effects of excessively violent video games, encourages Bart (Nancy Cartwright) and Milhouse (Pamela Hayden) to give wholesome, classic board games a shot....
MTV Movies Blog has just posted the first teaser trailer for Will Eisner’s The Spirit, which will be released on January 16, 2009. Click below to get your first taste of this new film, which was written and directed by Frank Miller. Adapted from the legendary comic strip, Will Eisner’s The Spirit, is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister Frank Miller (creator of 300 and SIN CITY). It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the Spirit (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City....
The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired World rights excluding Europe to writer/director André Ovredal’s The Troll Hunter, produced by John M. Jacobsen and Sveinung Golimo. Shot in a vérité style, The Troll Hunter is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy....
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is still officially set for a June 30 release date, although a new story seems to reveal reshoots are taking place, and not with the original director of the film. Lainey Gossip is reporting that Summit Entertainment is prepping to bring the cast and crew of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse back to Vancouver for a few days of reshoots, although director David Slade will apparently not be helming the reshoots....
The Hilltop faces Alpha’s wrath in a fiery episode of The Walking Dead. The Whisperer’s reinvigorated leader wants a massacre, while Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) tries to temper her fury. Eugene (Josh McDermitt) has gotten cozy with the mysterious Stepanie over the radio. Mary (Thora Birch) desperately wants to see her nephew. Carol (Melissa McBride) and Ezekiel (Khary Payton) have one last fling. Earl (John Finn) wants to fight to the death, but Lydia (Cassady McClincy) thinks they must run....
In response to DISH taking away its customers’ favorite scripted drama series on basic cable - The Walking Dead - AMC is offering all DISH subscribers a special live stream of the hit show’s season three premiere episode on Sunday, October 14, at 9PM ET/6PM PT on AMCTV.com. This streaming event will run concurrently with the television debut so DISH subscribers who are fans of the series can experience this highly-anticipated premiere at the same time it’s available to all other cable and satellite subscribers....
With the Season 4 premiere just a few weeks away, The Walking Dead has added yet another cast member, with Alanna Masterson signing on. AMC hasn’t confirmed which character she may play, but there is speculation that the actress is portraying Tara Chalmers, a character who debuted in issue #104 of Robert Kirkman’s comic book series. Before the apocalypse, Tara and her family were part of a travelling bluegrass band, before making their way to Atlanta after the zombie apocalypse....
First discovered at a football game in the late 1980s, Pamela Anderson began her career in the modeling industry. After moving to Los Angeles, she landed her first television debut on the hit family series Home Improvement. She quickly became a household name after her long-term stint on Baywatch, which was later rebooted as a movie in 2017 that Anderson admittedly did not like. What’s more, Anderson even has a few films under her belt....
The Transformers franchise has carved itself hallowed space in the history of influential pop-cultural media. Since its inception, it has become a top-grossing media franchise that consists of comic books, toys, videos, and various film and tv productions. Indeed, modern audiences are most familiar with Paramount’s movie franchise that began with action-film director Michael Bay’s Transformers in 2007. Bay would direct five Transformers movies, and though the director has seemingly parted ways with the franchise, Paramount recently announced plans for a new Transformer trilogy, beginning with 2023’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts....
FCC CHIEF PROPOSES NEW RULES FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENTS Because digital TV recorders like TiVo allow viewers to skip commercials, advertisers are going to integrate their messages into the content of shows. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced Thursday that the commission plans to launch a rule-making proceeding on product placements. Here is a list of plots integrating commercials. On Lost: The Dharma Initiative will be changed to the “Dharma and Greg DVD Boxset Initiative....
It is well known that Marvel fans can be a little impatient when it comes to seeing trailers for upcoming entries in the MCU. For that reason, with just over three months until the premiere of Thor: Love and Thunder, there are daily calls for the first trailer for the film to be released and provide a first glimpse of what to expect from Taika Waititi’s follow up to Thor: Ragnarok....
Once upon a time, back in the 90s, before Bryan Singer bored the crotch out of Clark Kent with Superman Returns, Dark Shadows director Tim Burton was set to take on the Man of Steel with Superman Lives, which would have brought the man’s unique personal style and vision to the DC Comics property. As Superman: Man of Steel gears up for its 2013 release, we have been lucky enough to finally get a look at some of the odd costumes and concept art that Tim Burton was working on before his film got shot down....
