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Movie Review And Horror Essay: The House Of The Devil (One Of My Top Five Films Of 2009) By Hunter Stephenson/Oct. 13, 2009 9:26 am EST Repeat the following name after me three times: Ti West. Ti West. Ti West. Pray that Hollywood doesn’t tuck him into its throbbing succubus and then wring his brilliance out into its rancid, gold spittoon gifted by Dubai. With The House of the Devil, one of the most gorgeous, sexy, and vital horror films in recent memory, the 29-year-old writer/director has bowled me over....

Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End Sets New Records By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2007 2:20 am EST While Disney’s Pirates may have not beaten Spidey 3, it did set a couple new world box office records. Check out the full press release after the jump. DISNEY’S “PIRATES” RULE THE GLOBAL BOX OFFICE WITH BIGGEST OPENING OF ALL TIME; FILM’S UNPRECEDENTED BOOTY OF $401 MILLION IS A NEW INDUSTRY RECORD...

Release Dates: Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Crimson Peak,’ ‘Pitch Perfect 2,’ ‘Everest,’ ‘Ouija’ And Others By Germain Lussier/Jan. 30, 2014 3:00 pm EST Universal Pictures just dated seven major upcoming releases including three in 2015. The biggest titles are Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak, which will hit regular and IMAX theaters October 16, 2015 and Pitch Perfect 2, which’ll be out May 15, 2015. There’s also Baltasar Kormákur’s star-studded Everest on February 27, 2015 and the Platinum Dunes film Ouija on October 24 of this year....

Sam Raimi Explains His Departures From ‘Spider-Man 4’ And ‘World Of Warcraft’ By Germain Lussier/March 5, 2013 3:30 pm EST Before Sam Raimi set out on the gargantuan task of making Oz The Great and Powerful, he was working on two equally huge and highly-anticipated films: Spider-Man 4 and World of Warcraft. Spider-Man 4 was set to right the wrongs Raimi and crew made on the third film, but eventually he and all his stars left the project....

Sequel Bits: ‘It: Chapter 2’, ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ Sequel, ‘Jurassic World’, ‘Die Hard 6’, ‘Halloween’ And More By Chris Evangelista/March 14, 2018 5:30 am EST In this edition of sequel bits: It 2 working title revealed Rob Zombie begins shooting Devil’s Rejects sequel Three From Hell What’s up with Enchanted 2? Arnold Schwarzenegger says Twins sequel Triplets is still happening Michael Giacchino begins recording Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom score Jeff Goldblum will play Ian Malcolm again in a Jurassic World videogame An update on the new Die Hard sequel no one wants Danny McBride provides an update on Halloween It: Chapter 2, the sequel to the hit Stephen King adaptation, is set to begin shooting this summer....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, The Dark Knight Rises, Mark Millar, Ghost Rider, Batman: Year One By Germain Lussier/Oct. 6, 2011 12:00 pm EST Want to watch a brand new clip from Batman: Year One? What does a man who has had 15 years of plastic surgery to look like Superman look like? Speaking of Superman, what’s up with the Man of Steel filming? Is something wrong with Bruce Wayne on the set of The Dark Knight Rises?...

Terrence Malick’s ‘To The Wonder’ Gets A Detailed Plot Synopsis, Soundtrack Listing And Much More By Germain Lussier/Aug. 31, 2012 3:28 pm EST An almost ridiculous amount of information about Terrence Malick’s latest film, To The Wonder, has made its way online and if it was for almost any other film, I’d advise you to look away. Why would you want to spoil yourself? But this is Terrence Malick, and even if you know the entire plot, musical accompaniment and more about one of his films, odds are nothing can come close to ruining the surprises he has in store once you sit down in the theater....

Top 20 Stories Of The Week: Doctor Strange, Suicide Squad, Fantastic Beasts & More By Ethan Anderton/April 17, 2016 9:31 pm EST The Top 20 Stories of the Week are the stories we think you should check out on /Film from the previous week. This week brought a whole slew of Marvel updates concerning The Defenders, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and more. Plus, there’s casting updates for Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle, coverage from CinemaCon, more exclusive sneak peeks from behind the scenes of Finding Dory, and news of yet another Avatar sequel....

Watch ‘Rick And Morty’ Go To The Wasteland Of ‘Mad Max’, Justin Roiland Is Getting His Szechuan Sauce By Ethan Anderton/July 25, 2017 4:00 pm EST With all the hullabaloo of San Diego Comic-Con, there’s so much to see and do that we don’t even have time to cover every single show we love. One of the programs that fell by the wayside for us over the weekend was Adult Swim’s incredible animated series Rick and Morty....

Watch Netflix’s Teasers For Nick Kroll’s ‘Big Mouth’ Series And Jerry Seinfeld’s New Stand-Up Special By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 23, 2017 1:00 pm EST Netflix has plenty of original programming coming to the streaming service in September, and teasers for two of their biggest comedy offerings have just hit the web. First up, Nick Kroll is trying his hand at animated comedy with a new series called Big Mouth that he co-created with Andrew Goldberg, which focuses on the nightmare of going through puberty as a teen, envisioning hormones as giant monsters who are bad influences on teenagers....

What Does This Han Solo Set Photo Tell Us About Thandie Newton’s Character? By Jacob Hall/Oct. 2, 2017 11:00 am EST Thandie Newton earned her place in the science fiction pantheon with her incredible work in the first season of Westworld last year, but she’s now looking to get nice and cozy with the genre in the Han Solo spin-off film. She recently stepped away from shooting season 2 of HBO’s mind-bending series for reshoots on the latest Star Wars story…and wouldn’t you know it, a perfectly innocent picture she took with director Ron Howard offers an intriguing detail worth exploring....

‘Aliens,’ James Cameron’s Explosive Ode To Motherhood, Was Released Twenty-Five Years Ago Today By Russ Fischer/July 18, 2011 1:00 pm EST Twenty-five years ago, it was time for war. On July 18, 1986 James Cameron’s film Aliens exploded into theaters and immediately became one of the few examples of a standout sequel in movie history. Picking up where Ridley Scott’s Alien left off — with Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley drifting asleep in the sci-fi version of a lifeboat — Aliens emulated its predecessor with character-centric thrills and expanded upon it by visualizing the killer aliens as a bee-like hive society....

‘American Horror Story: Cult’ Review: ‘Charles (Manson) In Charge’ Reveals The Woman Behind The Man By Aaron Pruner/Nov. 8, 2017 12:30 pm EST (Every week, we’re going to get the discussion going about American Horror Story: Cult by answering one important question: who is the main villain of the episode?)American Horror Story: Cult is building up to its shocking conclusion. Tuesday’s episode once again tapped into that familiar Donald Trump rage, planting another informative seed into Kai’s backstory....

‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix Gives One Of His Best Performances [Sundance] By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2018 3:00 pm EST Good Will Hunting director Gus Van Sant hasn’t delivered a remarkable film since being at the helm of Milk a decade ago. When it comes to his latest directorial effort, an adaptation of cartoonist John Callahan’s memoir Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, the movie is undoubtedly remarkable, but it’s due to the performances Van Sant pulls from his actors rather than the film as a whole....

‘House Of Cards’ Season 4 Buzz: Frank Underwood Is Back In Fine (And Machiavellian) Form By Angie Han/March 4, 2016 1:00 pm EST The results are in. House of Cards season 4 hit Netflix at exactly 12:01 AM Pacific time this morning, and the critics have now weighed in with their thoughts on the latest batch of episodes. Overall, the consensus is that House of Cards has re-embraced its soap opera roots, and is all the better for it....

‘Silicon Valley’ Review: The Most Awkward Moment In ‘The Blood Boy’ By Alex Riviello/May 22, 2017 10:30 am EST (Each week, we’re going to kick off discussion about Silicon Valley season 4 by answering one simple question: what was the most awkward moment?) If you’re looking for cringe humor, there’s no better place than in a wedding. While Silicon Valley is not anywhere near the current champ of cringe-inducing weddings (that honor still belongs to Peep Show) this episode has one for the ages....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Round-Up: New Images, How Phasma Survived ‘The Force Awakens’, And More By Ben Pearson/Sept. 6, 2017 1:30 pm EST While there aren’t quite enough entries to make this one of our regular Star Wars Bits columns, enough scattered pieces of information about this year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi have surfaced recently that they’re worth collecting in one place and talking about one by one. Let’s dive into some new images featuring Finn and Rose, an X-Wing upgrade for Poe Dameron, learn how Captain Phasma escaped her trash compactor at the end of The Force Awakens, and read excerpts of a new interview with The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson....

‘The Big Short’ Wins Big At The 2016 PGA Awards – Can It Take Home The Best Picture Oscar? By Jacob Hall/Jan. 24, 2016 3:30 pm EST If The Big Short wins Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards, I will laugh and laugh and laugh. No, not because it’s a bad movie. Not at all! In fact, it’s a very good movie (it made /Film’s top 15 of 2015). However, nothing would tickle me more than the knowledge that Adam McKay, the director of Anchorman and Step Brothers, made a movie that his peers named the number one accomplishment in cinema of the past year....

‘The Conjuring 2’ Set Visit: The Adventures Of Ed And Lorraine Warren Continue By Jack Giroux/March 1, 2016 10:00 am EST The Conjuring 2 mostly takes place in in Enfield, London, but that’s not where we travelled to visit the set of director James Wan’s horror sequel. On this day in the schedule, the shoot was in Santa Clarita, CA — an unmistakable double for Enfield, London. Working not too far from the Warner Bros....

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Hits The Ground Running In Its Bleak Season 2 Premiere By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 26, 2018 10:00 am EST (We’re going to kickstart our weekly The Handmaid’s Tale review by answering one simple question: Who suffered the most?) Praise be, The Handmaid’s Tale is back. Who’s ready for some soul-crushing entertainment? The second season of the harrowing Hulu series returned yesterday with a two-episode premiere, “June,” and “Unwoman.” I’ll be recapping the events of both in my first weekly spoiler review of this season (though check out my spoiler-free review of season 2 as well)....