21 minutes ago Just this morning, I was debating a fellow Disney Parks nerd (staff writer Dirk Libbey) about Walt Disney World’s dominance over the Anaheim-based Disneyland. Dirk’s a California native, and is naturally inclined to side with his familiar West Coast stomping ground. As an East Coast kid, I’ll defend Orlando’s sprawling vacation destination
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Netflix releases The Two Popes trailer for the film about the relationship between Pope Benedict XVI and successor Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, now known as Pope Francis. Directed by acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, the Netflix film stars Welsh actors Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce. In The Two Popes, Cardinal Bergoglio (Pryce) informs Pope Benedict XVI
At long last, it seems The Flash movie has finally found a director. IT Chapter Two director Andy Muschietti has confirmed that he’s going to helm the long-gestating DC Comics adaptation. Granted, several filmmakers have come and gone over the years with this one, but for now at least, Muschietti is the man to bring
11 hours ago When discussing the subject of Star Wars, there’s one name that pops up quite a bit no matter the tone of said conversation: Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. And there’s been a lot of discussion within the fandom lately given that December will bring the final installment of the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars:
For any studio not named Disney, it’s been a pretty brutal summer at the box office. While there have been a few bright spots here and there, for the most part, this has not been the season that many had hoped it perhaps could have been, from a financial standpoint anyway. With Labor Day weekend
Warning: SPOILERS for Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales #1 and Absolute Carnage #2 Absolute Carnage has already proven to be a horrific event, showing Carnage ripping the spines out of those who have ever worn a symbiote. Luckily Venom has managed to save at least one former symbiote host from this gruesome fate… but it comes at the
1 hour ago Though it centers on a rather odd high-concept premise, Danny Boyle’s Yesterday is ultimately a very passionate love letter about its subject matter. The film may be about a world without The Beatles, but it’s ultimate message is that a world like that is a lesser world. It’s beautiful in its respect
The latest trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has barely been out a week, but Rey’s double-sided red lightsaber has already been given an upgrade. The new Episode IX footage was released as part of the D23 event – expanding upon the previous Star Wars Celebration teaser with fresh shots of nostalgia and
Lionsgate has come through today with a first look at their dramatic new thriller Semper Fi, which features a line-up of popular talent on the rise. The movie features Jai Courtney in the lead. He is joined by Nat Wolff, Finn Wittrock, Beau Knapp, Arturo Castro and Leighton Meester. Semper Fi is directed by Henry
Does anyone else have chills? This new trailer reveals plenty of new clips from Joker, and may help to lay out the narrative of Todd Phillips’ upcoming comic book flick. And it looks like it’s going to be a super dark one. This new trailer for Joker opens on Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck, and shows
That’s a wrap! Director Darren Lynn Bousman has revealed that the new Saw movie has officially wrapped filming. This latest installment of the long-running and highly-successful horror franchise remains very mysterious, but whatever it is we have coming our way next year, the footage is in the can. What we know for sure is that
Shared universes are all the rage in cinema right now, with every studio trying to emulate the box office-breaking success of Marvel Studio’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. High-profile efforts include everything from Warner Bros.’ own superhero-oriented effort, the DC Extended Universe, to failed attempts like Universal Picture’s monster movie-themed Dark Universe. But there’s one shared universe that
1 hour ago Horror movies have the tendency to effect different people in different ways. There are some who will smile maniacally as a serial killer hunts their victim on the big screen, while others cover their eyes if they get the sense that any blood is about to appear. The person that this story
It’s been a long road leading up to 3 from Hell. We got wind that Rob Zombie was directing this sequel to House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects last year. He then took a filmmaking hiatus to go on tour with White Zombie, before heading into the editing bay to finish off post-production.
Upcoming Disney+ TV show Ms. Marvel could have a hard time adapting Kamala Khan’s powers to the small screen, and the heroine’s co-creator, G. Willow Wilson, agrees. Ms. Marvel, aka. Kamala Khan, made her comic debut in 2013, though her solo series didn’t come out until the following year. Notable for being Marvel’s first Muslim character to
Directed by Adam Wingard, the film will see the return of Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, and Ziyi Zhang in their established roles, while new additions to the franchise include Rebecca Hall, Jessica Henwick, Lance Reddick, Eiza Gonzalez, Alexander Skarsgard, Brian Tyree Henry, and more. As noted in the video, Godzilla Vs. Kong has already
Surprise, surprise, Micael Bay isn’t leaving the action genre behind anytime soon. The explosion-aficionado is set to direct an action flick titled Black 5 for Sony. There have been no plot details revealed yet, but it is reportedly being developed as a video game as well, as many of Bay’s movies are. The story derives
James Gunn’s DCEU debut, The Suicide Squad, casts MCU actor and director Taika Waititi in a mystery role, adding him to an already interesting group. It almost seems like a lifetime ago in the fast paced world of pop culture news, but it was only last summer that some of Gunn’s ill-advised old tweets cost