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As kids head back to school, summer Fridays come to an end, and the summer season comes to a close, you may realize you’re just not ready for the end of the season. If you’re not ready to say goodbye to summertime, but the real world is calling your name, try a summer romance flick to cure your end-of-summer blues. Whether you’re already missing your beach vacation and the smell of sunscreen, or you prefer to stay indoors during the heat, there’s nothing like experiencing a couple of hours of summertime nostalgia on the screen....

Ahsoka Tano had a rocky start entering the Star Wars universe. When she was introduced as Anakin’s padawan, audiences found it hard to believe that something like that would happen in the world of the Jedi. But very quickly, throughout Star Wars: The Clone Wars, she became a fan favorite. Her complicated journey to free herself not just from the guidance of the man who would be Darth Vader but from the restrictive teachings of the Jedi made her character into a well-rounded, free-thinking individual that had weathered more storms than most Jedi masters....

The Star Wars saga continues on Disney+ with the second season of the animated anthology series Star Wars: Visions. And we now know which animation studios will be involved this time around. Alongside details of which creatives will bring to life these stories from across the wider Star Wars galaxy, Star Wars: Visions season has also been given the perfect release date and is now scheduled to land on the streaming platform on May 4, 2023....

The Good All of these movies hold up just as well as when I first saw most them in the theater. The Bad What is the point of this set? The Stephen King Collection is filled with three of (what I think) the best adaptations of his work. The films in the set are The Dead Zone, Pet Semetary, Silver Bullet and Graveyard Shift. What is the one clunker in the bunch?...

Steve Little discusses the mind blowing new comedy from director Todd Rohal is in select theaters this weekend, and On Demand starting October 26th In select theaters now, and coming to On Demand October 26th, is the strange new comedy The Catechism Cataclysm from director Todd Rohal. The film follows a young, unconventional priest known as Father Billy (Steve Little) who goes on a daylong canoe trip with a fellow classmate that he used to idolize in high school....

Director Steven Soderbergh and actor Brad Pitt are teaming up again, this time for a sports-themed movie. According to Variety, Soderbergh is set to direct and Pitt to star in Moneyball. Steven Zallian adapted the Michael Lewis book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, which focuses on Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, who used a sophisticated computer analysis program to scout and put together a team that was a regular World Series contender in the 70s, despite a payroll vastly lower than most rivals....

You can bring home a video game brought to life on DVD and Blu-ray this June. Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 23. The two-disc DVD will be priced at $29.98 SRP and the three-disc Blu-ray will be priced at $39.99 SRP. Both editions will come with a bonus disc that includes Street Fighter: Round One: Fight!. The film stars Kristen Kreuk, Neal McDonough and Chris Klein....

MEMOGATE RISES AGAINSome of the principals in the CBS Memogate scandal have responded to initial accusations by Mary Mapes, the producer of the discredited report about President Bush’s National Guard Service, that appeared Monday in Vanity Fairmagazine. In an excerpt from her forthcoming book about the scandal and her role in it, Mapes said that the independent panel who interviewed her about the report asked her whether she regarded herself as a liberal....

In his recent memoir, iconic actor Brian Cox didn’t hold back in explaining why he didn’t take a role in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, which all came down to him not wanting to spend years in a “thankless” franchise and not being the biggest fan of Johnny Depp. The actor, who is well known for voicing his opinion, had an excerpt from his memoir shared by GQ magazine, which saw him recalling his reasons for not joining the huge Disney movie franchise....

Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are casting a rather large net in anticipation of who the next Clark Kent will be. True Blood’s Joe Manganiello is in the running. And despite particular contradictions to what Zack Snyder says he is planning with his Superman reboot, former Man of Steel Brandon Routh and current Smallville resident Tom Welling have in no way been ruled out. Now Examiner National has thrown another name into the ring with WWE Superstar John Cena, who is also rumored to be up for the part....

Lions Gate Films has provided MovieWeb.com with the new teaser poster and 17 new images from Eli Roth’s (Cabin Fever) upcoming horror flick, Hostel, produced by Quentin Tarantino. CLICK HERE to get a look at the new poster, plus gain access to the high or low resolution image galleries! Internationally renowned filmmaker Quentin Tarantino presents Eli Roth’s Hostel, the follow-up to the writer-director’s hit debut, 2002’s Cabin Fever. More grisly than Roth’s feature bow, Hostel is a mixture of many of the most terrifying things about human nature and the world at large, culled from many impossible-but-true stories of human trafficking, international organized crime, and sex tourism....

Greg Malins, best known for his work on Friends, is writing a new sitcom for ABC. According to Variety, the show will be titled The 16th Minute and it will deal with a group of friends who have had a quick brush with fame. The plot of the series revolves around a group of five individuals who meet while being interviewed for a “Where Are They Now?” magazine article. One guy made headlines by staying alive in the woods for five days as a kid....

Fans can’t get enough of The Batman. After initially premiering at the start of the month with the second-highest opening of the pandemic era, The Batman is still riding high with its third win in a row at the domestic box office. The film has pulled in around $36.8 million to push its total domestic haul past the $300 million mark. Altogether, the hit superhero film from director Matt Reeves is quickly approaching the $600 million mark with its worldwide ticket sales....

The Bear, FX on Hulu’s new overnight success, has caused a ripple of sensation across the internet since its premiere last month. Released in a rapid splurge of eight half-hour episodes, the show about a struggling Chicago sandwich shop is as intense as any Safdie brothers film. At a time when every series feels like it’s gone on for a season too long, The Bear’s rapid-fire ferocity is what makes it so extraordinary....

Once film, along with the new technology that came with it, was able to get past static cameras, one-location scenes, and no sound; directors and producers were able to fully explore what could be done and what stories could be told in the medium without certain limitations. They came up with some wacky and wild ideas: giant gorillas climbing skyscrapers, high stakes adventure films, monster movies, and much more. One of the most popular genres to be explored with these innovations in film technology were outer space and alien films....

One of the best things about watching a movie is escaping reality for a few hours. The rest of the world fades away, and you find yourself immersed into the world of the film. As you watch, the characters come alive, and you’re glued to the screen until the very end. This feeling can be pure magic. However, after the film ends, you find yourself back in the real world and wondering what’s next....

Rick and Morty is one of the best animated shows for adults. The science fiction sitcom follows the mad scientist and his grandson, who go through many interdimensional adventures together. Rick and Morty won the Primetime Emmy Awards for outstanding animated program and holds a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. TV critic David Wiegand wrote that the sitcom’s “humor is offbeat and occasionally coarse, but the take-away here is that it works....

The weight of fan expectation on a movie or series can more often than not lead to a lot of disappointment and division among audiences, and so it seems true of The Book of Boba Fett. As a fan-favorite character, the hype around returning bounty hunter getting his own series was something that sent a buzz throughout the Star Wars fan base, but of course, excessive hype doesn’t always mean that the final result will be loved by all....

There has been a lot of talk regarding The Boys spinoff since it was first announced in September 2020 under the name The Boys Presents: Varsity. Tidbits had slowly drifted out, but few details were confirmed, not even the series’ name. Development delays took longer than expected, forcing some cast members to move on to new projects. The recasting process caused additional delays. The official name of the new spinoff, Gen V, was released on July 15, 2022, along with new cast introductions via Twitter....

Heroes co-star Sendhil Ramamurthy has boarded NBC’s comedic drama pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer as a regular character. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jane Curtin also has been cast in the pilot that stars David Tennant as Rex Alexander, a top Chicago litigator who begins suffering panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court. Ramamurthy will play an ambitious but good-natured lawyer who was in Rex’s shadow until Rex’s career switch and whose friendship with Rex becomes complicated when he falls in love with his pal’s fiancee (Abigail Spencer)....