Although Matt Damon will not return as Jason Bourne, The Bourne Legacy is bringing back two familiar faces for the new action movie with Joan Allen and Albert Finney returning to the franchise. Joan Allen will portray Pam Landy and Albert Finney is set to play Dr. Albert Hirsch, both of whom are key members in the Treadstone program. It isn’t clear as of yet how these characters will come into play in The Bourne Legacy....
Based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s best-selling comic book series, The Boys established with its first few episodes in season one that it was going to depart heavily from the source material in terms of plotlines and character motivations. While Ennis’ series ended in 2012, fans are quite prepared for the show to deviate even further from the comics in later seasons. [Showrunner] Erik [Kripke] does have an ending in mind that he likes and is working towards....
The Good An interesting film that isn’t as drab as it may appear. The Bad No commentary track from Augusten Burroughs. In the interesting and evocative Running with Scissors, viewers are treated to Augusten Burrough’s big screen memoir of the book by the same name. With a crazy mother (Annette Bening) and an alcoholic father (Alec Baldwin), Augusten Burroughs (Joseph Cross) is soon left in the care of Dr. Finch (Brian Cox) the family therapist....
We shouldn’t expect to see the live-action Scooby-Doo gang getting back together on screen anytime soon. After coming into this world as an animated creation in 1969, the cartoon dog and his mystery-solving pals that make up Mystery Inc. would eventually transition into live-action for a theatrical film released in 2002. The movie was given a follow-up with 2004’s Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed. Among the cast of the live-action movies is Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne Blake....
Though Emily Blunt was to play Black Widow in the upcoming Marvel sequel Iron Man 2, it looks like she might have to drop out due to her commitments to 20th Century Fox’s Gulliver’s Travels, which she will star in opposite Jack Black. According to Entertainment Weekly, Marvel is seeking to replace her with actress Scarlett Johansson. At this time, Marvel is not commenting on the story. Sources close to the actress have confirmed that Johansson has met with filmmakers, and is very interested in taking on the role of Russian superspy turned Black Widow Natasha Romanoff....
In the whirl of activity around Warner Bros. Discovery DCEU shake up, the cancelation of Scoob! Holiday Haunt went mostly unnoticed, but one person who has an opinion on that scrapping is writer Paul Dini. The movie, just like Batgirl, was apparently only weeks away from being completed, and that has been the real stinger in both of these cases. With the subsequent announcement yesterday of the plan to merge HBO Max with Discovery+, there is now a question hanging over the future of many potential movies that were in the pipeline for HBO Max....
This may be one of the odder set visits we’ve been invited too. Usually, when traveling to other parts of the country to watch an acclaimed director make art, he is standing on a vast soundstage as actors and various outstanding crewmembers dive into the script at his command. But Henry Selick is not that kind of filmmaker. His catalogue is made from stop motion works of genius, all of which are considered classics in the animation genre....
Shudder announced plans for a new documentary series that will focus on the influence of the LGBTQ+ community in the horror genre titled, Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror. The show comes from executive producer Bryan Fuller, Steak House, Kelly Ryan, and Phil Nobile Jr. The series is similar to an excellent 2021 effort on the network called Horror Noire that spotlighted African American-themed horror, which includes classics like Blacula, Demon Knight, and Tales From The Hood....
You can bring home Joe Carnahan’s action-packed film in 1080p the same day the sequel hits DVD/BD shelves. Smokin’ Aces will be released on Blu-ray on January 19, 2010. We don’t have any pricing details, but you can take a look at the cover art and special features below. The film stars Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Ben Affleck, Common, Alicia Keys and Chris Pine. An FBI agent (Reynolds) hunts for a Las Vegas stand up comedian (Piven) who has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins (including Affleck and Keys)....
TNT has revealed a sneak-peek teaser clip from its post-apocalyptic, sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer at New York Comic Con in homage to its graphic novel routes. TNT presented a panel featuring Oscar® winner Jennifer Connelly Tony Award® winner Daveed Diggs, Emmy nominee Alison Wright, Mickey Sumner, Tony Award® winner and Grammy® nominee Lena Hall, Sheila Vand, Steven Ogg and executive producer and showrunner Graeme Manson. Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland Snowpiercer centers on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a 1001 car, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe....
Spy Kids is a 2001 family movie directed by Robert Rodriguez. It focuses on young siblings Juni (Daryl Sabara) and Carmen Cortez (Alexa PenaVega), whose parents, Ingrid and Gregorio (played by Carla Gugino and Antonio Banderas), are retired spies. After their parents are kidnapped, Juni and Carmen learn the truth about their family, and decide they must become spies like their parents in order to save them. At the time, Rodriguez was known for making more adult-centered action films, and seemed an odd choice for a family movie....
I think it’s safe to say that at least half of us here are Star Trek fans in one way or the other. Whether you’re a fan of the original series with William Shatner or Star Trek: The Next Generation with Patrick Stewart or even J.J. Abrams’ modern movie reboots with Chris Pine, Star Trek fandom reaches all of us at some point or another. But usually, it’s around the age of nine or twelve that people become hype to the joys of Star Trek....
Over the years, cinema has been flooded with a number of franchises. Between the never-ending MCU to the James Bond franchise, it would seem that film franchises have picked up a great deal of traction with audiences around the globe, bringing in billions of dollars combined. Aside from the MCU, a few of the most successful franchises are Star Wars and Harry Potter, each of which has more than 10 films and counting, with several spin-offs to boot....
After eleven seasons, The Walking Dead will soon be coming to an end, but the franchise will continue on with various spinoffs in the works at AMC. One such spinoff is Tales of the Walking Dead, an anthology series that tells a different story with each episode. The format of the show makes it possible for characters who’d previously been killed off on The Walking Dead to return in new flashback stories....
ABC’S LOST LOSES – BIG TIME A new episode of CBS’s Criminal Minds drew nearly twice the audience of a rerun of ABC’s LostWednesday night and helped lead the network to a win for the night. Criminal Minds scored a 10.0 rating and a 16 share in the 9:00 p.m. hour, while the Lostepisode drew a 5.4/8. In the same hour, Fox’s Trading Spouses moved into third place with a 4....
DEAL PAYS OFF; TRUMP SLUMPSDeal or No Dealmade a triumphant return to NBC on Monday, averaging an 8.1 rating and a 12 share in the 8:00 hour and beating the usual winners of the time slot, CBS’s The King of Queensand How I Met Your Mother, which averaged a 6.6/10. But despite featuring an appearance by Donald Trump on Deal, the premiere of The Apprentice, which followed, wound up in fourth place with a 6....
BOX OFFICE SOARS The box office continued on its winning way last weekend, chalking up sales rarely seen in January. Despite the gloomy economy and a cold snap that would ordinarily have discouraged moviegoers from lining up in front of ticket booths, the top 12 films grossed $129.5 million, up 10.59 percent from the $117.1 million it took in during the comparable week a year ago. Revenue for the entire month is up 22 percent from a year ago, while attendance was up 21 percent....
UP LIKELY TO REMAIN UP – WAY UP Disney/Pixar’s Up is likely to remain well above three new contending films when ticket sales are tallied this weekend, according to box-office analysts. All three films are receiving mostly negative reviews. Today’s (Friday) Los Angeles Timessaid that Universal’s Land of the Lost, based on the 1970s TV series, will likely earn $30-35 million, a dismal prospect given the film’s reported budget of $100 million....
SEX VS. SKULL No analyst is predicting that the movie version of Sex and the Citywill beat the second week of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull this weekend, but most suggest it will wind up a solid contender at No. 2. Most are predicting that the R-rated movie, which had reportedly cost around $60 million to make, will rake in about half its nut over the weekend, virtually all of it from an adult female and gay male audience....
RATHER VS. MOONVES: ROUND 2 CBS chief Les Moonves and former CBS anchor Dan Rather continued to duke it out Tuesday after Rather complained that CBS was “dumbing down” the nightly newscast now anchored by Katie Couric and “tarting it up.” Moonves immediately denounced Rather’s remarks as “sexist.” On Tuesday, Rather replied that his remarks had nothing to do with gender. Appearing on Fox News Channel’s Your World, Rather first remarked that he found Moonves’s words “insulting,” then changed his description to “disappointing....
