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Watch Video Of Walt Disney World’s Updated ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Auction Scene [Updated] By Jacob Hall/March 19, 2018 11:15 am EST Update: Walt Disney World’s Pirates of the Caribbean has re-opened today with its updated auction scene. You can check out video of the tweaked scene, and its new female pirate character, below. Whenever Disney tampers with their most beloved and iconic theme park rides in any way, fans have the habit of decrying whatever adjustments are being made and shouting “Walt would never have approved this!...

Will ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Keep The Story Of The Comics Or Tone Of ‘Winter Soldier?’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 15, 2015 1:00 pm EST Marvel Studio’s Phase Three is their most ambitious one yet and that starts May 6, 2016 with Captain America: Civil War. Chris Evans is back in the title role and, this time, he’ll battle not only the usual bad guys, but Tony Stark’s Iron Man as well....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Directors Revealed Who Died And Who Survived Offscreen By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 14, 2018 1:30 pm EST Fans are still reeling from the end of Avengers: Infinity War, but they will have a few more answers to hearten them while they wait for Avengers 4 in 2019. Joe and Anthony Russo are still on their post-Infinity War press tour, answering pressing questions and debunking fan theories. Now they have a few more things to say about the Infinity War deaths and survivals that we didn’t see onscreen....

‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Trailer: Yeah, Technology Is Still Going To Kill Us All By Jacob Hall/Aug. 25, 2017 7:00 am EST Black Mirror, the cynical and twisted technology-centric anthology show that’s as addictive as it is emotionally numbing, is returning to Netflix with its fourth season. At some point. No official release date has been set yet, but the first trailer has arrived, teasing six new stories of science fiction, horror, and bad decisions being amplified by technology bringing out the worst in humanity....

‘Black Panther’ Character Bios Reveal New Details About Villain Erik Kilmonger & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 3, 2018 10:30 am EST The arrival of Black Panther is less than a month and a half away, and next week we’ll get one more look at what Marvel Studios has in store for the king of Wakanda when the final trailer debuts on January 8. Until then, we have some new details about the various characters filling out this new superhero movie....

/Film LA: Alamo Drafthouse Eyes Los Feliz/Silverlake, 12-Hour Horror Marathon, Scott Pilgrim, Point Break Live And More By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2010 5:00 pm EST Last January I moved to Los Angeles, and over the past eight months I’ve been surprised at just how many cool film events are going on in this city (and it seems that film geeks like you and me just don’t know about half of them)....

‘It’ Review Round-Up: A Ruthlessly Scary Adaptation That’s Also Clunky And Familiar By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2017 11:30 am EST This weekend brings the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror novel It to theaters. Or at least it brings the first half of what will be a two-part theatrical adaptation, when all is said and done. Director Andy Muschietti is tackling Pennywise the Dancing Clown and his terrorizing of the misfits known as The Losers’ Club this time, and based on the early buzz on social media recently, it sounded like the movie was going to be a beloved horror hit....

‘Star Wars: Shattered Empire’: 14 Things We Learned About The Post-‘Return Of The Jedi’ World By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2015 8:00 am EST The second Death Star has been destroyed. The Emperor is dead. The galaxy celebrates. What happens next? That’s exactly what the forthcoming comic book Star Wars: Shattered Empire will set out to answer as one of many new stories coming this fall as part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens publishing program....

‘Supergirl’ Struggles To Take Flight [Review] By Angie Han/Oct. 26, 2015 1:30 pm EST Note: Supergirl premieres tonight on CBS. Below is our original review of the pilot, which ran in July during San Diego Comic-Con. In a TV landscape littered with superhero shows, Supergirl stands out in a couple of ways. For one thing, it’s the rare superhero show that’s about a superheroine. For another, whereas most of those other dramas tend toward the dark and brooding, Supergirl is mostly bubbly and upbeat — just like its plucky heroine Kara, played by the radiant Melissa Benoist....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 25, 2017 8:30 am EST Netflix has decided not to renew Baz Luhrmann’s stylish ’70s hip-hop drama The Get Down, effectively canceling the show after its first season. Luhrmann’s signature visual flair was a huge component of the Netflix series, with factored into The Get Down’s 12-episode first season becoming one of Netflix’s most expensive shows, costing about $120 million. It also may have factored into the show’s cancellation, as Luhrmann indicated in a Facebook post that him not being able to commit full-time to season 2 lost The Get Down its renewal....

‘The Last Jedi’ Explores War In A Way No Other ‘Star Wars’ Movie Has, Says John Boyega By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2017 11:30 am EST Yesterday, I attended the Hollywood junket for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Look out for a bunch of additional coverage over the next two weeks, but for right now, let me share with you a cool bit from the press conference. Actor John Boyega said that Star Wars: The Last Jedi explores war in a way no other Star Wars movie has, and elsewhere in the press conference, the stars reflected on how their characters are dealing with the loss of Han Solo....

2018 SAG Awards Nominees Include ‘Three Billboards,’ ‘Lady Bird,’ And ‘The Big Sick’ By Jacob Hall/Dec. 13, 2017 8:00 am EST In related news, the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees have been announced and while awards are silly, this is a pretty stellar line-up of movies. Let’s take a look. The 2018 SAG Awards nominees don’t necessarily reflect who is going to get nominated for the Academy Awards next year, but they do suggest who is gaining momentum and who is being lauded by actors, the group that makes up the largest branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences....

Chris Pratt’s Favorite ‘Guardians Vol. 2’ Moment, Rehearsing With Kurt Russell, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/May 2, 2017 7:00 am EST After nearly three years, the Guardians are coming back to the big screen this Thursday night in Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and it’s great to finally have the chance to hang out with that bunch of a-holes again. Two weeks ago, I met actor Chris Pratt (who plays Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord) on the balcony of a hotel room at West Hollywood’s London Hotel to chat about the film....

Cool Stuff: Gallery1988’s “Is This Thing On” Art Show By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2011 2:58 pm EST I wasn’t planning to write about Gallery1988’s first annual “Is This Thing On” art show as it really has little connection to movies or television (or so I thought… the above piece featuring Judd Apatow mashed-up with the infamous Star Trek Tribbles episode is a fine example of this). The show, co-sponsored by FunnyOrDie, features over 100 artists, each creating pieces that are portraits of their favorite funny people, both beloved comics of yesteryear and emerging superstars....

Every Easter Egg And Reference In ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ By Rosie Knight/May 29, 2018 9:00 am EST Solo: A Star Wars Story has finally been released and it contains a whole bunch of rambunctious reveals and radical additions to the classic Star Wars canon for fans to delve into. To help you decompress after that wild ride, I’ve collected every major easter egg from the newest addition to the Star Wars saga....

More Possible ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Scenes Described: Lightsabers, Droids, Troopers By Germain Lussier/Oct. 3, 2014 8:00 am EST There’s no end to the amount of rumors and speculation surrounding Star Wars Episode VII. Like, literally no end. The second we read, analyze, and write about one, another two pop up in its place. This is how things are going to go until J.J. Abrams and friends gives us some actual fat to chew on in the form of real information....

Movie Trailer: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale By Adam Quigley/Sept. 9, 2010 2:20 pm EST This is the sort of demented horror brilliance that could only hail from Europe. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, a Finnish film from director Jalmari Helander, presents its own warped take on the jolly Christmas saint. In this version, Santa Claus isn’t so nice. Hell, he’s downright nasty—and he means business.Twitch Film—always reliable when it comes to finding the weirdest movies being released—has the trailer, and they describe the film as “a throwback to the dark children’s adventure films of the early 80s”....

New ‘Lost In Space’ TV Series Coming To Netflix By Peter Sciretta/June 29, 2016 3:52 pm EST “Danger Will Robinson!” Netflix has announced today that they have ordered a 10-episode first season of a new Lost In Space tv series. The one-hour sci-fi drama is of course based on the 1960’s sci-fi classic from Irwin Allen. New Line Cinema made a movie based on the property in 1998 directed by Stephen Hopkins which I remember being pretty horrible....

Oscar Isaac Sometimes Shot ‘The Last Jedi’ And ‘Annihilation’ On The Same Day By Ben Pearson/Feb. 13, 2018 9:00 am EST Poe Dameron, the cocksure flyboy of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Kane, the mysterious character whom Oscar Isaac plays in the upcoming sci-fi movie Annihilation, could not be more different. But while an actor typically has the ability to immerse themselves in a single character when he or she makes a movie, Isaac was sometimes shooting scenes from both movies on the very same day....

Rogue One Bits: Gareth Edwards Geeks Out With Ben Mendelsohn, New ‘Star Wars’ Fashions, And Tom Hanks Grills Felicity Jones By Jacob Hall/Oct. 29, 2016 10:00 am EST In this edition of Rogue One Bits: Gareth Edwards talks about geeking out on set with Ben Mendelsohn. Yes, there is now a commercial tying Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the Nissan Rogue together. Mads Mikkelsen on the guilt inherent in building a Death Star....