There are a lot of great science fiction movies out there, as it has always been a popular genre. It’s popular enough that many of the biggest franchises in existence are heavily sci-fi, like Star Wars and Star Trek. Whether you like these movies for the smart take on the science behind everything, or you’re in it for the cool designs, like the spacesuits, there’s always something for you to enjoy....
You can bring home two recent thrillers home for the first time in high definition this September. The Black Dahlia and The Skeleton Key will be released on Blu-ray for the first time on September 7. We don’t have pricing or special features details for either of these titles as of yet, but you can take a look at both of the cover art images and synopses below. The Black Dahlia weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today....
Both The LA Times and Deadline New York are reporting that director Rubin Fleischer, who made his name well known with last fall’s horror comedy hit Zombieland, is close to settling on his next project. The red-hot auteur is reportedly gearing up to direct Danny McBride in the comedy 30 Seconds or Less. Written by Matthew Sullivan & Michael Diliberti, this highflying adventure will follow a pizza delivery driver on a very unlikely caper....
Ryan Gosling has been in the spotlight for nearly two decades, however, the actor has managed to stay away from the heavy action, 007-type roles thus far. That will change with the upcoming Netflix film The Gray Man, where all the focus will be on Gosling and his swift CIA assassin abilities. Gosling stars as Court Gentry, a CIA mercenary who goes rogue after discovering dark agency secrets. As a result, Gentry is forced to go on the run, avoiding government killers led by Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans)....
HBO Max will be ringing in the holidays with a raunchy animated comedy from Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman. Developed by the duo, Santa Inc. is an 8-episode series aimed for adults with plenty of foul language and sexual humor. The series is set to debut on Dec. 2 on the streamer, but you can take a look at what’s to come by watching the new trailer below. Sarah Silverman voices an elf with Seth Rogen providing the voice of Santa Claus....
I had a chance to watch this premiere episode early, and, like most USA Network shows, they waste no time getting right back into the swing of things (Beware, some spoilers will be revealed if you’re not caught up with the show). Season 1 ended with Trevor (Tom Lipinski), the Judas-esque “friend” of Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) telling Jessica Peason (Gina Torres) all of Mike’s dirty little secrets. This season already starts out in a tense place, when Mike goes to meet Jessica for dinner, and the tension gets ratcheted up even more when Jessica tells Harvey Spector (Gabriel Macht) to fire his protege Mike....
Fox Broadcasting Company and Fox International Channels announce the global premiere of the 10-episode, intense psychological thriller Wayward Pines. The highly anticipated event series, based on a best-selling novel and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) and executive-produced by Shyamalan, Donald De Line, Chad Hodge and Ashwin Rajan, will premiere Thursday, May 14 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on Fox, while also debuting simultaneously in more than 125 countries across Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and Latin America....
E! Online reports that Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol at the end of this upcoming season. Tony Cowell, Simon’s brother, breaks the news on his podcast: Of course, after replacing Paula Abdul with Kara DioGuardi and recently announcing that Ellen DeGeneres would join-up, we could only expect something of a circus for the upcoming run. It would seem likely that American Idol is headed into obscurity. Meanwhile, Simon prepares for a new season of Idol-or should I say, his last season of Idol....
What would the world be like without a Superman? Or in the case of tonight’s episode of Smallville, what would the world be like without Clark Kent? Well, as often as the question has been asked in comics, tonight we get to see it on television in the aptly titled episode Apocalypse. The episode begins with Clark reading Dr. Swan’s diary and staring at pictures of Lana, trying to decide if he’s going to go back in time to visit Krypton before it explodes....
Sony Pictures has released their first batch of sneak peek images for their films coming out in 2007, including Spider-Man 3, Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider, Sandra Bullock in Premonition and Reign Over Me starring Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler. Click an image below to access the film’s fresh gallery of preview images. Movie Picture Starring Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Darrin DeWitt Henson, Ne-Yo, Brian J. White Starring Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger, Juliette Lewis, Kevin Smith...
The last few months have seen many fans throwing out some pretty wild theories about the outcome of certain Marvel properties, such as expecting Mephisto to turn up in pretty much everything, thinking that Loki was going to become some Back to the Future style series with numerous old characters appearing, and many more even wilder suggestions. However, when it comes to Spider-Man: Now Way Home, the writing team of Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers appear to have been given the keys to the kingdom when it came to which characters were available to be used in the movie, and it shows as fans have not been disappointed by the movie, which is all set to become Marvel’s biggest hit since Avengers: Endgame....
The success of Squid Game took the world by surprise, with the then-obscure South Korean series becoming Netflix’s biggest-ever hit. While this has immediately set in motion plans for season 2 and boosted the Korean film and TV industry to boot, one person who doesn’t feel complete joy over the series’ success is actor Lee Jung-jae, who became the first Asian to win an Emmy as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama for his role as Seong Gi-hun aka Player 456....
Star Wars is a long-running multimedia franchise that has seen a surge in popularity since the release of the prequel trilogy in 1999. From films and TV series to video games and comic books, Star Wars is a gold-mine of marketable content with seemingly never-ending storylines and characters to explore. Thanks to the unique universe and the characters found within, Star Wars has gained a massive fanbase, many of whom would defend anything about the franchise to the bitter end....
Often referred to as the King of Horror, there’s no doubt that Stephen King has ruled the genre for generations. Since the release of his breakout novel, Carrie, in 1973, his fame has only continued to skyrocket over time, prompting dozens of film and television interpretations of his ever-growing body of work. According to The Guardian, the 2017 adaptation of his 1984 novel It was quickly named the highest-grossing horror film ever, killing American box office records....
One of the biggest phenomenons from Stranger Things Season 2 was the now-iconic purple hoodie from the Science Museum of Minnesota, worn by Gaten Matarazzo’s Dustin Henderson, which featured a Brontosaurus (a.k.a. “Thunder Lizard”). The hooded sweatshirt caused such a stir online that the Science Museum of Minnesota started re-selling them, which had enough demand that it crashed the museum’s website in November. Now the Museum is teaming up with another Minnesota institution, Target, which will sell the hoodies in their stores starting later this month....
Production started on Stranger Things Season 2 last month, with all of your favorite characters returning to the show, along with a few newcomers as well. It has already been confirmed that Season 2 will span nine episodes, one more than the eight-episode premiere season, with the story set in 1984, one year after we last caught up with the residents of Hawkins. While there isn’t much that has been teased about this new story in the sleepy Indiana town, the show’s lead hairstylist Sarah Hindsgaul offered some interesting hints that the characters will be getting some new 1980s hairstyles....
The first Stranger Things season 3 teaser is here. Netflix has yet to officially set a release date for the third season of their beloved 80s-centric sci-fi series, but production is well underway and they’re ready to start teasing the new season for eager fans. This first video introduces us to the fancy new Starcourt Mall, which is making its way to Hawkins, Indiana next season and, by the looks of things, could serve as a very important location....
Worlds collided with Joseph Quinn met with Metallica at a rehearsal for the band’s gig at Lollapalooza. In the fourth season of Stranger Things, Quinn portrayed the fan favorite character Eddie Munson, a huge Metallica fan who has a pivotal scene performing the group’s hit song “Master of Puppets” in one of the season’s most memorable moments. This brought Metallica back into the spotlight with renewed attention on “Master of Puppets” along with the band’s other work....
Netflix dominated streaming in 2022 with the release of huge shows like Stranger Things, Wednesday, and Ozark, but Nielsen’s official Top 15 original streaming shows of the year has shown just how dominant the streamer was and that Wednesday was the real winner of the year despite coming third in the chart. In the new chart, Stranger Things leads the pack with a whopping 52 billion viewed minutes across its 34 episodes, which includes the release of the mega-sized season 4 episodes in the summer....
PARAMOUNT NOT AT ITS PEAK A flood of quarterly earnings reports from the major media conglomerates is beginning to roll in, and none of them is likely to attract much investor interest. Viacom’s hit early today, a bleak report indicating a 32-percent plunge in profit from the comparable quarter a year ago. Its Paramount unit was responsible for the lion’s share of that figure as it reported a loss of $25 million, versus a profit of $86 million in last year’s quarter....
