Movies

Disney May Bring the Amazing Paper Magician Book Series to the Big Screen

In a familiar yet different world, a young student finds out they have a penchant for magic and go to school to learn more about it. No, this isn’t Harry Potter. While it may seem similar on the surface The Paper Magician series is actually quite different—and Disney just bought the movie rights to it.…

Blade Runner 2 Adds Robin Wright in Flagrant Bid to Make Me Consider Seeing It

Blade Runner 2 is not a thing that should be happening. Unfortunately, Blade Runner 2 is happening, and I suppose I should get used to the idea. The fact that the vastly unnecessary sequel has just added the excellent Robin Wright to its cast should help things considerably. We don’t know Wright’s role—whether she’s a…

Suicide Squad May Be Doing Reshoots to Add More Humor

That Suicide Squad trailer is so fun, right? Dark, but exciting and funny? Well, apparently, that’s not the movie director David Ayer made. He made something much more serious and, after the success of the trailer, rumor has it reshoots are taking place to add some levity to the movie. Birth Movies Death says the…

How To Get Into Star Trek If You Only Know the J.J. Abrams Movies

Star Trek has a proud and complicated history, including six TV shows and stories in every medium. But to a whole generation of people, it’s just two movies. J.J. Abrams’ film reboot reached the biggest audience Star Trek had seen since the 1990s. So if you only know these two films, how do you get…

Bradley Cooper Will Play an Astronaut Going Into the Ocean In Deeper

Last year, we wrote about a new movie called Deeper, which would follow a disgraced astronaut who decides to go to the deepest depths of the ocean. That movie is now moving forward and Bradley Cooper is attached to play the lead. Deeper is written by Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra) and will be directed…

The Two Words Guaranteed To Make Any Agents of SHIELD Episode a Billion Times More Awesome

“Shotgun Axe.” Spoilers ahead… In the clip above, we see Mack triumphing over a handful of xenophobic wack jobs, by creating his signature weapon out of a shotgun and a meat cleaver. The Shotgun Axe is indeed a mighty weapon from a more civilized era. In general, last night’s Agents of SHIELD was a fun…

Ben Affleck Has Definitely Written a Script for a Solo Batman Movie

We all suspected, but the William Morris Endeavor talent agency (in a lengthy interview with The Hollywood Reporter) has confirmed: Yes, Ben Affleck, the Dark Knight of DC’s Cinematic Murderverse the live-action DC movie franchise, has written his own damn Batman movie. Before you get too excited/relieved, it’s worth pointing out that Warner Bros. isn’t…

The Director of Midnight Special Wishes You’d Stop Calling It a Spielberg Homage

Everybody’s been calling Midnight Special an homage to Steven Spielberg. But director Jeff Nichols didn’t plan it that way, which he was keen to make clear the moment we sat down to talk about the film. Sure, Midnight Special, which expands wide this weekend, owes some of its DNA to Spielberg’s work like ET and…

I Just Want to Smear the MAC Star Trek Makeup All Over My Face Right Now

In one of the better ways of marking Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, MAC Cosmetics is coming out with a whole line of makeup inspired by the show. Yes please, give me all of it. I’m going to wear it all on my face at once and scare small children and large dogs. This isn’t one…

Jennifer Lawrence Is Suddenly Very Interested in Doing More X-Men Movies

Hey, remember when Jennifer Lawrence said X-Men: Apocalypse was going to be her last X-Men film? Well, not so much anymore. She’s now “dying to come back” for another X-flick, which should be good news for every fan of cinema’s best-loved, practically naked blue shapshifter. I imagine either Fox pulled the proverbial (or literal) dumptruck…

Oscar Isaac Joins Ex Machina Director’s New Scifi Movie Annihilation

Since Oscar Isaac is now legally required to be in all movies—a law I think none of us mind—it’s perhaps unsurprising that he’s joining the movie adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s scifi novel Annihilation, which will reunite him with director Alex Garland. But it’s still good news. The movie is about the 12th expedition to a…

Hell Yes Reebok Is Releasing Ripley’s High Top Sneakers From Aliens

Not to be outdone by Nike’s shameless cashing in on the prop sneakers it created for Back to the Future II, Reebok is releasing the high-top alien-stomping sneakers that Sigourney Weaver wore in Aliens. They’re available April 26. The release is timed to coincide with the upcoming ‘Alien Day’ celebrations being held on April 26,…

Doug Liman will still direct Channing Tatum in Gambit—but the script needed some rewrites, so instead of beginning production this quarter, the X-Men adaptation won’t start filming until the end of this year. With some unexpected room open in his schedule, Liman’s next project will likely be sniper thriller The Wall, for Amazon Studios.

Last Night’s Supergirl/Flash Team-Up Was Everything We Want in Life

Superheroes! They are dark and vengeful and their lives are full of miserable carnage. Or carnivorous misery. I dunno. Point is, superheroes are existentially dismal and violent. So when Supergirl teamed up with the Flash, it was just an orgy of death and angst. Oh wait. No, it wasn’t. Spoilers ahead… Seriously, last night’s episode…

Japan’s Making a Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist Movie All of a Sudden

The story of Edward and Alphonse Elric begins yet again. Fumihiko Sori will direct the film (he did the 2012 Dragon Age anime movie, based on the video games) for a 2017 release; Ryosuke Yamada, member of the J-pop/idol group Hey! Say! JUMP will star as Ed. This isn’t unwelcome news, but it is unexpected.…

The Talking Animals of The Jungle Book Continue to Be Nightmares Made Real

I really think The Jungle Book, apart from the problems presented by its source material, may be in trouble. From what we’ve seen in clips, a lot of the talking animals just aren’t working. What makes these wolves so freaky, when Dawn of the Planet of the Apes works just fine? I think it’s because…

Superhero Movies, Ranked

Thus far, 2016 is the year of the superhero. Deadpool and Batman v. Superman both shattered the box office, proving that audiences can’t get enough of costumes and powers. But what’s the best superhero movie of all time? And what’s the worst? Here’s our ranking of all 109 superhero movies to date. A version of…

This weekend, Deadpool earned $746 million to become the highest grossing R-rated film of all-time. But the top-grossing R-rated film in the U.S. is still Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, which grossed $370.8 million domestically. Comparatively, Deadpool has earned $349.5 million in the U.S. …so far. [Comic Book]

Kingsman 2‘s Plot Sounds Delightfully Bonkers

The sequel to Kingsman got a subtitle this weekend, the wonderfully nonsense-sounding The Golden Circle. But we also found out just enough about the plot to be convinced that it’s going to be as out there as the original. Empire Magazine has a feature on the sequel, which will include another barroom fight (required by…

All the Ways Batman v Superman Sets Up a Future DC Universe

There’s a reason Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice went with that slightly wordy title. In addition to featuring a showdown between the two DC heavyweights, Zack Snyder’s film was largely created to help set up a bigger DC Extended Universe. How exactly did it do that? We’ve got you covered. Major spoilers follow. Batman’s…