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Watch: Iconic 1980’s HBO Opening Reimagined For A New Generation By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2017 11:30 am EST One of the many ’80s things I’m nostalgic for is the iconic HBO opening that would play before their feature presentations. For me in the ’80s, seeing movies meant one of three things: going to the multiplex, watching a movie on VHS from the local rental store, Video Paradise, or sitting down on Friday or Saturday night with my family to watch the big new movie on HBO....

‘Claws’ Is The Crazy, Inclusive And Just Plain Fun Crime Comedy You Should Be Watching Right Now By Candice Frederick/July 28, 2017 11:00 am EST Claws is a little crazy. But in the best way possible. TNT’s new hit series (which recently got picked up for a second season!), highlighting a crew of scandalous and potent women nail technicians, is far more delicious than it should ever be. In fact, it’s downright criminal....

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald’ Trailer Breakdown: The Wizarding World Gears Up For War By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 13, 2018 12:30 pm EST Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home. So nothing feels more comforting than seeing Hogwarts for the first time in the Harry Potter spin-off series Fantastic Beasts. But Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the second film in the new five-movie franchise (out November 16, 2018), only gives us a fleeting glimpse of Hogwarts before whisking off on more globe-trotting adventures....

‘Justice League’ Finally Gets Superman Right By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 17, 2017 7:00 am EST Justice League, the latest adventure in the muddled DC Extended Universe, has problems. But, surprisingly enough, Superman isn’t one of them. After two movies that misunderstood what makes the Man of Steel tick, Justice League finds fun new ways to let Superman be Superman again. All it took was a brutal death and a sudden resurrection.Spoilers for Justice League follow....

‘Kong: Skull Island’ Will Change King Kong’s Time Period By Germain Lussier/Jan. 16, 2015 9:30 am EST When we heard Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Kong: Skull Island was going to be a prequel to the already known King Kong stories, everyone assumed it would be set in the (possibly) distant past. Maybe even a Land of the Lost type thing. It would have to be, right? If Kong hasn’t yet become the King, and we know he gets taken to New York City in the 1930s, you’d assume the story would have to be how he became the ruler of Skull Island....

‘Moana’ Footage Recap: Disney Embarks On A Beautiful, Crazy Voyage Through Ancient Oceania By Angie Han/Oct. 17, 2016 8:33 am EST 2016’s been pretty rough in a lot of ways, but one good thing about this year is that we’re getting not one, but two Disney animated features. Zootopia, released in March, continued the studio’s reputation for excellence, and next month Moana will try its best to carry on that torch....

‘Solo’ Deleted Scenes Include Han’s Life As An Imperial And A Very Different First Meeting With Chewbacca By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 29, 2018 9:30 am EST Solo: A Star Wars Story fills in the gaps of the illustrious smuggler’s life before he meets up with Luke and Leia for a galaxy-saving quest. But there are still a fair few holes in Han Solo’s story that can only be filled by a few deleted scenes....

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Sequel Will Have Spidey Slinging Web Around The World By Ethan Anderton/April 22, 2018 2:42 pm EST With less than a week until release, all of the attention is on Avengers: Infinity War with Marvel Studios is kicking off their domestic promotional tour with a press junket today. While there likely won’t be any major revelations to come about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it seems that some little details teasing what’s to come are likely to surface....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Exhibit Reveals Starfleet, Klingon And Vulcan Props, Costumes & Ships [Comic-Con 2017] By Ethan Anderton/July 21, 2017 1:30 pm EST Star Trek is coming back to television in a big way this fall with an all new series coming to CBS All Access. Since San Diego Comic-Con is full of the kind of nerds who are looking forward to exploring the final frontier, it should come as no surprise that Star Trek: Discovery has a big presence at Comic-Con....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Behind-The-Scenes Footage Reveals New Aliens And A Surprising Character By Jacob Hall/Oct. 24, 2017 9:54 am EST Star Wars has become such an institution that the mere thought of being on a Star Wars set seems to rattle some filmmakers and actors. That’s the highlight of a new Star Wars: The Last Jedi behind-the-scenes video, which takes us to the set of writer/director Rian Johnson’s upcoming sequel and offers a tantalizing glimpse at a huge, complex production run by people who seem equally excited and terrified....

‘The Crow’ Remake Is Dead Again As Jason Momoa And Corin Hardy Exit By Chris Evangelista/May 31, 2018 8:59 am EST Maybe it’s time to admit that The Crow will never rise from the grave. After a troubled development and a revolving list of directors and stars, the Crow remake is dead yet again, as star Jason Momoa and director Corin Hardy exit the project. How hard is it to get The Crow off the ground?...

Antichrist Movie Review By Brendon Connelly/July 14, 2009 1:30 pm EST Had I been in the instantly infamous premiere of Antichrist at Cannes this year, I’d have picked the pro side and clapped as loud as I could, with all my might, done my best to drown out the boos and the derisive laughter. Indeed, when I was still fresh out of the Antichrist wringer in the early hours of Saturday morning, I was immediately ready to get fed through again....

First ‘Pacific Rim’ Footage Shown At Comic-Con, Guillermo Del Toro Spills Jaeger And Kaiju Details [Comic-Con 2012] By Angie Han/July 14, 2012 6:00 pm EST Although the Pacific Rim section of Legendary’s Hall H panel was attended by stars Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi, and Ron Perlman, as is usually the case at Comic-Con, director Guillermo del Toro turned out to be the real star of the show. The filmmaker spilled the beans about his highly anticipated “giant robots vs....

How Did This Get Made: Kazaam (An Oral History) By Blake Harris/Jan. 12, 2016 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Aladdin + Live Action) x Shaq = How Did This Get Made? From a distance, it might be easy to conclude that Kazaam must have been written, produced and directed without vision or heart. That is was nothing more than a cash-grab for all of those involved....

Jason Is A Deadite From ‘Evil Dead’, Says Director Of The Worst ‘Friday The 13th’ Sequel By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 3, 2017 2:00 pm EST Ever wonder why Jason Voorhees, the hockey-masked killer at the center of the Friday the 13th films, seems to be immortal and unstoppable? Jason Goes to Hell director Adam Marcus just provided an interesting answer that ties the franchise into the Evil Dead series. Whether or not you want to take this as canonical is up to you!...

Optimus Prime Could Get His Own Solo ‘Transformers’ Spin-Off Following ‘Bumblebee’ By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 2018 8:30 am EST Since plans for another sequel in the primary Transformers franchise appear to be more dead than Cybertron, it sounds like Paramount Pictures and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura are rethinking how they might keep Transformers alive on the big screen. This winter will bring us Bumblebee (watch the teaser trailer here), a spin-off focusing on a solo adventure for the yellow Autobot as he meets a teenage girl in the 1980s, not unlike how he became acquainted with Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) in the first live-action Transformers movie from 2007....

Possible 2008 Sundance Premieres By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 26, 2008 5:35 pm EST As December nears, some of the potential line-up for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival is beginning to become clear. Paper Hearts – First up is a film that almost no one has heard about until now. The feature filmmaking debut of Nicholas Jasenovec, the film is an unconventional comedy which is being described as “part-documentary, part-scripted comedy” about Michael Cera’s real-life relationship with Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up)....

Rumor: Cate Blanchett’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Character Revealed? By Jacob Hall/Jan. 21, 2016 2:00 pm EST Last month, we learned that Cate Blanchett was in talks to join the cast of Thor: Ragnarok and there was much rejoicing. Any movie would be lucky to lure the phenomenally talented Blanchett into its cast, so the thought of her joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in some capacity is mind-boggling. This is “Robert Redford in Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and “Tilda Swinton in Doctor Strange” level casting....

See Paul Rudd’s New Ant-Man Suit – But Which Marvel Movie Is It For? By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 1, 2017 7:30 am EST A few days ago, in honor of Jack Kirby’s birthday, a photo from the set of Ant-Man and the Wasp gave us our first look at Evangeline Lilly suited up as the latter of those two titular Marvel superheroes. At that point, we had yet to see Paul Rudd back in action as the superhero we last saw turn into Giant-Man in the middle of a big brawl in Captain America: Civil War before being arrested and placed in The Raft by the government....

Sequel Bits: ‘The Hobbit’, ‘Bond 24’, ‘The Fast And The Furious 6’, ‘Red 2’, ‘The Man With The Iron Fists 2’, ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2’ By Angie Han/Oct. 30, 2012 11:53 am EST Old people begin and end today’s Sequel Bits, which include updates on Red 2 and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2. After the jump: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is getting sequelized (as The Second-Best Exotic Marigold Hotel?...