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Extraction 2 First Look: Chris Hemsworth’s Tyler Rake Is Back To Kill More Bad Guys Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Sept. 24, 2022 2:17 pm EST Remember how the pandemic lockdowns went into effect in 2020 and we all watched “Extraction” because there wasn’t really much else to do? Netflix sure as heck noticed, given how quickly it green-lit “Extraction 2.” But wait, you might ask, didn’t that film end with Chris Hemsworth’s taciturn black ops merc Tyler Rake getting shot in the neck and seemingly drowning in a river?...

Filming Dial M For Murder In 3D Was A Headache For Alfred Hitchcock Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/Aug. 19, 2022 3:16 pm EST Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film “Dial M for Murder” is one of the filmmakers’ delightfully nasty little thrillers wherein the audience is asked to sympathize — and ultimately kind of care for — a horrendous villain. Ray Milland plays Tony, a retired tennis player who has learned that his wife Margot (Grace Kelly) has been having an affair with an American named Mark (Robert Cummings)....

Filming Rudy’s Football Scenes Left Sean Astin Beaten And Bruised TriStar Pictures By Matt Rainis/Sept. 15, 2022 1:33 pm EST “Rudy” is the quintessential sports movie. The story of an undersized underdog overcoming the doubters and getting a chance to play in the big game is the sort of thing that affirms people’s love of both sports and movies. Add the lovable charm of a young Sean Astin, and you’ve got a movie that’s held up as a classic in the feel-good sports genre for years....

Kill her, mommy! Kill her! Paramount Pictures The phrase “‘Friday the 13th’ prequel” can only bring to mind one character: Pamela Voorhees (played by Betsy Palmer in the 1980 original). Remember, the first “Friday the 13th” film only featured the series’ icon, Jason, in flashbacks, with Pamela being the one responsible for that film’s gruesome kills. While she was decapitated by the film’s survivor, Alice (Adrienne King), she continued to remain an important figure in the franchise due to the reanimated Jason seeking revenge for his mother’s slaying....

Gen V Trailer: The Kids Aren’t Alright In The Boys College Spinoff Series Prime Video By Walter Roberts/Dec. 4, 2022 1:28 pm EST Across movies, TV shows, books, and comics, I’d bet you could easily name five or more properties off the top of your head that depict schools for students with special abilities. The creators behind Prime Video’s “The Boys” are hoping to add one more to your list with the upcoming spin-off “Gen V,” which has just dropped its first trailer and is set to release sometime in 2023....

George R.R. Martin Doesn’t Want To Be The Game Of Thrones Stan Lee HBO Max By Jenna Busch/Aug. 24, 2022 9:25 pm EST The “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” premiered to the biggest audience in HBO history. Set almost 200 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), the series will show us the downfall of the Targaryens who ruled Westeros. It’s not the first attempt at a spinoff of the series based on the novels by George R....

Here’s The Thor: Love And Thunder Joke That Was Originally Supposed To Be In Thor: Ragnarok Marvel Studios By Rafael Motamayor/July 11, 2022 4:09 pm EST “Thor: Love and Thunder” is finally out and setting box office records. The latest MCU movie is another entry in the universe of Marvel movies having an identity crisis caused by trauma and heartbreak. According to Taika Waititi, Thor goes through a bit of a midlife crisis in the film, and it makes sense considering what he’s been through....

I Am Groot Footage Reaction: Everyone’s Favorite Tree Is Back For Little Adventures [Comic-Con] Marvel Studios By Ethan Anderton AND Ryan Scott/July 22, 2022 5:03 pm EST Marvel is putting a lot of effort into building up its new animation studio. After starting off with “What If…?” anthology stories, Marvel has animated shows such as “X-Men ‘97” (a sequel to “X-Men: The Animated Series”), an adaptation of “Marvel Zombies,” and a new wallcrawling series titled “Spider-Man: Freshman Year....

James Cameron Says He Could Make Avatar 6 And 7 If People Want Them 20th Century Studios By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 30, 2022 1:38 pm EST It’s impossible to think of a bigger cinematic madman than James Cameron. For over 13 long years, the visionary behind some of the most endurable blockbusters ever made (“Terminator 2: Judgment Day”) has been working long and hard to bring his four “Avatar” sequels to the screen....

Jason David Frank Had A Heart-Warming Interaction With Reservoir Dogs Star Michael Madsen Saban By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 22, 2022 7:08 am EST The untimely death this week of Jason David Frank at the age of 49 has led to an outpouring of stories about the late actor and mixed martial artist, best known for his role in over a hundred episodes of the original “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” TV series from 1993 to 1996....

Mike Flanagan’s Shining Prequel Has Been Scrapped, Box Office Failure Of Doctor Sleep To Blame Warner Bros. Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Sept. 19, 2022 1:21 pm EST The connection to “The Shining” might’ve been both the best and worst thing “Doctor Sleep” had going for it. On paper, the 2019 film read like a surefire hit. It was a Stephen King adaptation arriving at a time when projects based on his work were more popular than ever, with an acclaimed filmmaker in Mike Flanagan (“Hush,” “Gerald’s Game”) at the helm....

Playing Kira Nerys On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Changed Nana Visitor [Exclusive] Paramount By Witney Seibold/Sept. 30, 2022 3:00 pm EST In the latest episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” called “Hear All, Trust Nothing,” the U.S.S. Cerritos visits Deep Space Nine, the space station featured in the 1993 “Star Trek” series of the same name. The last audiences had seen of the station was in the final episode of “Deep Space Nine,” which aired in 1999....

Prey Early Buzz: The Latest Predator Movie Is A Brutal, Gritty Creature Feature Hulu By Debopriyaa Dutta/July 22, 2022 10:18 am EST Dan Trachtenberg’s “Prey” is a highly-anticipated entry in the “Predator” franchise, and rightly so. The film follows the story of a young woman named Naru (Amber Midthunder), a fierce warrior on the hunt for a prey, which turns out to be an exceptionally-evolved alien predator. The premise alone warrants a clash or showdown between the two species, as it eventually turns into a fight for survival, with the winner coming out on top as the apex predator....

‘We have this wonderful kind of tag team’ In the video, when asked her favorite part of Amarteifio’s performance as Young Queen Charlotte, Rosheuvel says, “We have this wonderful kind of tag team where we high-five each other, do you know what I mean? And the baton is passed on, which I think is a real beautiful metaphor for the older and younger.” This makes it sound like “Queen Charlotte” will be shifting back and forth between two timelines, with Rosheuvel’s character and her younger self sharing equal screen time—similar to Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro in “The Godfather” saga, but with scenes more directly intercut through flashbacks, perhaps....

Rick And Morty’s Season 6 Episode Rick: A Mort Well Lived Is An Ode To Joy For Die Hard Fans Adult Swim By Bill Bria/Sept. 12, 2022 9:00 am EST For a good long while, it seemed that the parody had become the lowest possible form of comedy. With such abhorrent cinematic garbage piles like the works of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (“Date Movie,” “Epic Movie,” “Disaster Movie,” etc.) dominating the form for nearly a decade, it felt like almost no one even knew how to make a decent parody anymore, let alone a good one....

Rosario Dawson Knows Her Clerks 3 Role Is ‘Traumatizing’ [Exclusive] Lionsgate By Ben F. Silverio/Sept. 14, 2022 3:25 pm EST (This post contains major spoilers for “Clerks III.” Please proceed with caution.) After establishing the View Askewniverse with “Clerks” back in 1994, Kevin Smith has explored a number of relatively deep topics with his filmography. In his own foul-mouthed, pop culture reference-filled way, he touched on sexuality, religion, race, and parenthood over the years....

Refinding the inner teen 20th Century Studios As the sky people return once again to colonize Pandora and cloned Quaritch (Stephen Lang) is determined to hunt and defeat Jake, the Sully clan is quickly forced to leave the Omaticaya tribe and find a new home. With a full set of human fingers and a heavy sense of connection to the natural world around her, Kiri finds herself dealing with some angst as she struggles to fit into her new surroundings....

Silence Of The Lambs’ Original Ending Was Much More Grim For Dr. Chilton Orion Pictures By Devin Meenan/Oct. 14, 2022 11:08 am EST Anthony Heald had a challenge when playing Dr. Frederick Chilton in “The Silence of the Lambs” — he had to make his character less likable than not one but two serial killers. In a testament to his talent, he succeeded. From his first scene, Chilton oozes more slime than a Devonian swamp....

Smile Beats Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile While Amsterdam Faces Trials At The Weekend Box Office Paramount Pictures By Shania Russell/Oct. 8, 2022 5:46 pm EST Another weekend brings another serious dilemma for moviegoers: should Friday night be spent singing along with a talking crocodile or solving a mystery with three Hollywood superstars? Based on the box office numbers, the answer is … neither! Why solve a crime or sing along when you can scream in terror thanks to Paramount’s latest horror flick, “Smile....

Stanley Kubrick Borrowed Some NASA Tech To Capture Barry Lyndon’s Natural Look Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/Aug. 28, 2022 8:00 pm EST Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 epic “Barry Lyndon” is one of the most beautifully photographed movies ever committed to celluloid. The film’s cinematographer John Alcott had previously shot “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “A Clockwork Orange” for Kubrick, and would win an Academy Award for his work on “Lyndon.” Alcott would also shoot “The Shining,” as well as the sleazy but gorgeous-looking B-movies “Terror Train,” “Vice Squad,” and “The Beastmaster....