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Samuel L. Jackson Shares How Captain Marvel Shapes the Nick Fury We Know and Love

At the end of Iron Man, Nick Fury stepped out of the shadows to invite Tony Stark to join a team of elite superheroes who would help avenge the world. But what led him there? According to Samuel L. Jackson, it was knowing Carol Danvers. While chatting with Entertainment Weekly about his digitally de-aged role…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Laura Dern and Steven Spielberg Think the ‘Best Popular Film’ Oscar Is a Dumb Idea Too

Earlier this week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its plans to backtrack on introducing the new “Best Popular Film” category after the internet, and a good chunk of Hollywood, exploded in a fit of bemused rage over the implications of the addition. The general consensus amongst the public is that the…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Lonely Space Traveler Finds an Unexpected Lifeline in Sci-Fi Short Scavenger

In 1977, NASA launched its Voyager probes—famously carrying gold-plated records filled with earthly information, just in case they encountered any intelligent life among the stars. Raphael Rogers’ short film Scavenger asks: What if the records actually fell into some curious alien hands? Scavenger, which makes creative use of Vimeo Stock—the platform’s newly-launched, community-based stock-footage marketplace—gives us a very…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Jude Law Gracefully Dances Around Confirming His Captain Marvel Character

Pretty much from the get-go, it’s been reported that Jude Law’s Captain Marvel character is actually the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s take on the first Captain Marvel, the Kree warrior Mar-Vell. And as we’ve learned tidbits about the role, that belief has only gotten stronger, even as Law himself keeps refusing to acknowledge it. Entertainment Weekly’s…

Movies James Whitbrook

The Academy’s Weird ‘Popular Film’ Oscar Is Being Postponed

Last month, the Academy announced it was introducing a new category to its esteemed Oscar awards for “achievement in popular film,” a nebulous attempt to seemingly honor big-ticket blockbuster films but, you know, keep them away from the real Oscars. Seems like a bad idea, right? Well, the Academy now agrees. In a freshly announced…

Movies James Whitbrook

The Washington Post’s Analysis of Star Wars‘ Toxic Fandom Doesn’t Go Deep Enough

This morning, the Washington Post published an article titled “Who hates Star Wars for its newfound diversity? Here are the numbers.” It comes to the perhaps unsurprising conclusion that, as ferocious as it has become lately, the toxic subculture that has developed in Star Wars fandom is a vocal minority. But its sampling is still…

Movies James Whitbrook

The Predator Director Shane Black Defends Hiring a Registered Sex Offender After Fox Found Out [Updated]

In mid-August, The Predator actress Olivia Munn learned that Steven Wilder Striegel, an actor she shares a brief scene with in the upcoming 20th Century Fox thriller, was a registered sex offender. After bringing it to their attention, the studio says it was not aware, but director Shane Black is defending the choice of hiring…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Nun Is Full of Ambience But Low on Frights

The sinister sister from The Conjuring 2 was so chilling, she’s back with her very own spin-off prequel. But despite a hardworking cast and a forbidding setting, The Nun proves that the character is way more memorable out of her familiar environment than when she’s on her home turf. The Nun begins and ends with…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Never Make Fun of Harry Potter to Guillermo Del Toro’s Face, He Will Destroy You

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón learned the hard way: You don’t dismiss the idea of working on Harry Potter when hanging around Guillermo Del Toro, or admit you haven’t read or seen any of the series. Because you will get yelled at. A lot. In an interview with Vanity Fair,…

Movies Beth Elderkin

The Hot Jock from Scream Queens Is Writing the New Captain Planet Movie, Apparently

Remember that Captain Planet movie that’s been stuck in development hell for all eternity? Well, guess which Scream Queens actor is currently writing the script? It’s not Nick Jonas. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Glen Powell is penning a new take on Captain Planet and the Planeteers which…is just quite the idea to contemplate. Powell—who’s…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

New Captain Marvel Photos Introduce the MCU’s Skrulls and Another Badass Pilot

Unlike all of Marvel’s other solo superhero movies, Captain Marvel isn’t exactly about a person learning how to become heroic, but rather about its titular hero discovering just who and what all she really is. We’re excited to see where the MCU and directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck go with this one, and some…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Captain Marvel Has Finally Landed

We’ve had set photos. We’ve had space-beepers. We’ve had comic universe teases. Hell, we’ve had notepads. But finally, finally, hope for a battered and bruised post-Infinity War Marvel Cinematic Universe has arrived—in the form of the mighty Captain Marvel herself! As revealed by the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, we finally have…

Movies James Whitbrook

A Super-Suave Superhero Saves the Day (Sorta) in This Clever Short Film

Sprung from the cover of a comic book with the help of some old-school 3D glasses, the tiny hero at the center of Captain 3D knows what he has to do: save the shrieking damsel from the clutches of an octopus monster. Piece of cake, right? This super-short clip from filmmaker Victor Haegelin is an…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

The Nightmare Before Christmas Gets a Festively Creepy Live Show for Its 25th Anniversary

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, also known as that movie you’re not sure whether to watch for Halloween or Christmas so you just watch it for both, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. And lucky for Jack Skellington fans, composer and star Danny Elfman is returning to the stage for a special two-night…

Movies Beth Elderkin

All the Prayer in the World Won’t Stop The Nun in This Latest Clip

You know how in pretty much every movie about a religious exorcism there’s a moment where the people facing off against insert demonic presence of your choice here, try to…just pray the evil away? And it doesn’t work? Why don’t people see that coming? Not us, as in the audience—it’s enough of a trope that…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Kin Would Be Way More Interesting If It Knew What Kind of Movie It Wanted to Be

There are a handful of scenes scattered throughout Lionsgate’s sci-fi thriller from directors Jonathan and Josh Baker that are direct callbacks to Bag Man, the twin directors’ 2014 short about a young boy hiding a dangerous secret from the world. In those moments, you can see how the Bakers have grown as filmmakers in the…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

At First, Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther Could’ve Had a British Accent

On a list of very bad potential ideas that Civil War and Black Panther avoided with the lightning reflexes of the the Black Panther himself, this one would’ve been near the top. Speaking recently on the Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast—in the wake of news that Marvel is pushing for Black Panther’s wild critical and…

Movies James Whitbrook

After The Nun, Here Are 5 More Horror Characters Who Deserve Spin-Off Movies

The Nun, a prequel delving into the antagonist first introduced in The Conjuring 2, comes out September 7—just the latest project spawned by the spooky franchise (lest we forget, a third Annabelle movie is now in the works). Now that horror spinoffs are all the rage, we have a few suggestions beyond the Conjuring films…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Even If Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Gets Made, Dave Bautista Isn’t Sure He Wants to Come Back

Well, this is just a right ol’ mess, isn’t it. In July, Disney fired James Gunn, after conservative activists resurfaced Gunn’s history of controversial Tweets. Since then, the Guardians of the Galaxy series that Gunn wrote and directed has been increasingly in flux, with conflicting reports on whether or not the film would use Gunn’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

How The Shining‘s Camera Creates Constant Unease

The Shining is a brilliant film, and it’s a scary film, and those two things are for the same reason. The clever fellows at Wisecrack have made a video about the intriguing cinematography of The Shining, which remains one of the most beguiling things about the film. The camera, using careful framing and interesting tricks,…

Movies Julie Muncy

Samuel L. Jackson Shares How Captain Marvel Shapes the Nick Fury We Know and Love

Laura Dern and Steven Spielberg Think the ‘Best Popular Film’ Oscar Is a Dumb Idea Too

A Lonely Space Traveler Finds an Unexpected Lifeline in Sci-Fi Short Scavenger

Jude Law Gracefully Dances Around Confirming His Captain Marvel Character

The Academy’s Weird ‘Popular Film’ Oscar Is Being Postponed

The Washington Post’s Analysis of Star Wars‘ Toxic Fandom Doesn’t Go Deep Enough

The Predator Director Shane Black Defends Hiring a Registered Sex Offender After Fox Found Out [Updated]

The Nun Is Full of Ambience But Low on Frights

Never Make Fun of Harry Potter to Guillermo Del Toro’s Face, He Will Destroy You

The Hot Jock from Scream Queens Is Writing the New Captain Planet Movie, Apparently

New Captain Marvel Photos Introduce the MCU’s Skrulls and Another Badass Pilot

Captain Marvel Has Finally Landed

A Super-Suave Superhero Saves the Day (Sorta) in This Clever Short Film

The Nightmare Before Christmas Gets a Festively Creepy Live Show for Its 25th Anniversary

All the Prayer in the World Won’t Stop The Nun in This Latest Clip

Kin Would Be Way More Interesting If It Knew What Kind of Movie It Wanted to Be

At First, Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther Could’ve Had a British Accent

After The Nun, Here Are 5 More Horror Characters Who Deserve Spin-Off Movies

Even If Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Gets Made, Dave Bautista Isn’t Sure He Wants to Come Back

How The Shining‘s Camera Creates Constant Unease

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

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‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

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