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Rihanna’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Song Drops This Friday Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/Oct. 26, 2022 1:35 pm EST Rhianna has finally returned to save music and, while she’s at it, cinema. The global popstar is making her much-anticipated return to the airwaves with a new original song for the soundtrack of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The lead single, “Lift Me Up,” will debut this Friday, October 28. Per the press release, “Lift Me Up” was written, “as a tribute to the extraordinary life and legacy of Chadwick Boseman....

Run Sweetheart Run Director Shana Feste Understands The Importance Of Art As Catharsis [Exclusive Interview] Prime Video/Monica Lek By Erin Brady/Oct. 28, 2022 8:15 am EST When “Run Sweetheart Run” premiered at 2020’s Sundance Film Festival, it made a splash for its terrifying and unique take on post-#MeToo America. Not only was it a scathing look at how dangerously misogyny can be wielded by abusive men, but despite the high-level concept, it felt deeply personal....

Some NSFW Improv Earned Robert Iler His Role As The Sopranos’ AJ HBO By Shae Sennett/Sept. 16, 2022 1:13 pm EST If you ever wondered how such a blatantly Irish kid landed the part of AJ in “The Sopranos,” you aren’t alone. The HBO series broke television convention in a lot of ways, particularly for its cinematic exploration of a mafioso’s subconscious, but it was also known for its unexpected casting choices....

The X-Men you love © 2022 MARVEL The creation of these beloved X-Men trading cards is chronicled in the new book, “The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards: The Complete Series.” Although the bulk of this book is celebrating the card collection by reprinting the front and back of every single card, it also provides a brief history of the once-troubled “X-Men” comics. For those not well-versed in comic book history, you’ll learn how the mutants rose to insane heights of popularity after Chris Claremont started writing the comics in the 1970s and 1980s, and they only got more popular in the ’90s when Jim Lee took over the art, giving us the definitive versions of the X-Men that fans know and love today....

The Goonies All Started With A Simple Question In Steven Spielberg’s Mind Warner Bros. Pictures By J. Gabriel Ware/Oct. 9, 2022 4:00 pm EST Thanks to the Duffer Brothers, I can no longer watch any Sean Astin movie without mourning the tragic death of Bob Newby from “Stranger Things,” and “The Goonies” is no exception. In the classic childhood adventure, Mikey Walsh (Astin) leads a group of friends –- collectively known as the Goonies –- in their search for a hidden treasure to save their neighborhood from being demolished to make way for a golf resort....

Tobe Hooper was a master at creating real tension Bryanston Distributing Company “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” was filmed in Hard Rock, Texas, not far from Austin. In a 2014 Q&A with Interview Magazine, Tobe Hooper discussed the horrific working conditions he established. He littered the set with real animal carcasses and skeletal remains. Believe it or not, some of the skeletons you see in the Leatherface family farmhouse are those of real humans....

When and where to watch Thorpe Sports Studio Photos/Getty Images It’s still too early to tell when audiences should expect to see “Thorpe,” but Deadline reports that the film is “on a fast track.” The production team behind the movie already has a strong record of making swift progress to restore Thorpe’s legacy: In 2020, they started the organization Bright Path Strong with the mission to help shine a light on the athlete’s story and restore the Olympic Gold medal titles that were stripped from him on a technicality after his historic 1912 track and field wins....

There’s been an awakening Disney+/Lucasfilm Over its first 10 episodes, “Andor” has proven that Cassian was always a Rebel at heart. However, one traumatic event after another in his youth left him cynical and hardened, with no rebel movement to look to for hope — not until the show begins, that is. It’s the misconception that he’s not in control of his fate (and, as such, that there’s no point in trying to take the Empire down) that, according to Diego Luna, Cassian finally overcomes while imprisoned on Narkina 5....

Why Chris Carter Put Himself Through The ‘Grinder’ Of An X-Files Revival By Christian Gainey/Aug. 22, 2022 3:31 pm EST “The X-Files” is full of terrible creatures pulled directly from the deepest, darkest crevice of humanity’s worst fears. The long-running series featured aliens, cryptids, cabals, and pretty much every other myth and nightmare one could possibly imagine. It’s a fair assumption that the man responsible for all this nightmare fuel is a certified creeper who collects human organs in glass jars as a side hustle, but Chris Carter is actually a pretty normal guy....

Selective MCU memory Marvel Studios As mentioned earlier, the Blip is far from the only case of the MCU’s selective memory. One of the first significant events of the MCU was at the center of the original 2012 “Avengers” film: the Battle of New York. Arguably, this is the event that should have fully driven the “connectedness” of the universe — it was the very first public exposure of heroes teaming up to defeat an alien threat....

Andor May Be Allergic To Easter Eggs, But It Finally Gave Blue Milk The Spotlight It Deserves Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Oct. 5, 2022 1:10 pm EST This article contains mild spoilers for “Andor” episode five. We are cruising right along through the first season of “Andor” on Disney+, with the show delivering some of the grittiest “Star Wars” we’ve seen in a long time. One big difference between this show and other recent “Star Wars” TV is that it’s far less concerned with reminding us constantly about stuff we’ve already seen in a galaxy far, far away....

Andor’s Costume Designer On How Collaborating With Zack Snyder Helped Prepare Him For Star Wars [Exclusive] Disney+/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 9, 2022 4:00 pm EST Costumes say a lot about the characters in “Star Wars.” Darth Vader’s helmet may be vital to his survival, but his shiny all-black duds are very much a fashion statement for the edgelord Sith. Then there’s someone like Yoda, whose simple brown suit and coarse beige Jedi robes are a reflection of his humility....

‘We were chasing the real sun’ Paramount Pictures Plouffe, who first talked with Damien Chazelle about the idea for this film 13 years ago, likened the scene it to what really happened back then, long before CGI sunsets or the Volume. He explained: “We were chasing the light the same way they were chasing the light, so there was this incredible meta moment happening. And that felt really spiritual. That felt like we were doing this thing that they’ve been doing for 100 years....

Body-Hopping Witches, Synchronized Divers, And Chan-Wook Park: Dispatches From KVIFF 2022 Šulová Kateřina By Lee Adams/July 12, 2022 2:53 pm EST Last week, after living in the Czech Republic for 13 years, I finally attended the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. I was excited but a little nervous, and not exactly looking forward to the six hour coach ride across the country to get there. It gave me time to ponder some questions: How hard would it be scoring tickets for the big events?...

Clint Eastwood Buying Unforgiven Was A Roll Of The Dice For Writer David Peoples Warner Bros. Pictures By Ernesto Valenzuela/Nov. 27, 2022 9:00 am EST Clint Eastwood’s vast filmography is filled with classics, but some films in his history of work could be considered low-effort misses. While the director has shown his impressive skills in films like “Million Dollar Baby” — which won him an academy award for directing — there are also films like “Cry Macho,” which feel much less revelatory and groundbreaking than some of his other work....

A sequel derived from some unexpected sources Universal In an interview with The Wrap’s Drew Taylor, Green acknowledged that “Halloween Ends” owes its existence to a number of movies, some of which aren’t straight-up horror: “There were also I would say things like ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘My Bodyguard,’ there were dramatic work that was equally as inspiring as some of the more obvious, ‘Christine,’ and ‘Lost Boys,’ as you say, ‘Near Dark,’ for sure, which is super underrated....

Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc Will Premiere In April 2023, But You Can See It On The Big Screen First Crunchyroll By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Dec. 10, 2022 1:45 pm EST Look out, demon scum! (Present company excluded, of course.) “Demon Slayer” is gearing up for 2023 with a new promotional reel announcing that season 3, aka “Swordsmith Village Arc,” will premiere with a one-hour TV special in April 2023. But if you can’t wait until then, “Demon Slayer” is going on a theatrical world tour with screenings of the final two episodes coupled with the first episode of season 3....

Watch the Emancipation trailer The official synopsis for “Emancipation” is simple: “An enslaved man embarks on a perilous journey to reunite with his family in this powerful film inspired by a true story.” But that familiar premise comes alive in the teaser, which gives a captivating look at the film that’s so visually rich, it’s hard to tell that it’s devoid of almost all color. The trailer starts with a drop of blood on a leaf in a de-saturated shot that’s timed to a snapping sound in the score....

Every Single Thing That Has Gone Wrong With The Flash Movie (2004 – 2022) Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Aug. 16, 2022 1:47 pm EST Few movies have been both as eagerly anticipated and as deeply troubled as “The Flash.” Despite being one of DC’s most popular superheroes, bringing the Scarlet Speedster to the big screen for a solo adventure has proven to be a major challenge — and that’s saying the very least of it....

Here’s Why Mission: Impossible 7 Is Called Dead Reckoning Paramount Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 22, 2022 11:02 am EST What’s in a name? As it turns out, everything. As much as the original film stands tall as a genre classic, it’s probably no coincidence that the “Mission: Impossible” movie series truly came into its own around the same time that filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie stepped in and officially left that boring ol’ numbering system in the dust (with a helpful assist by Brad Bird’s precedent-breaking “Ghost Protocol” in 2011, of course)....