Film
Alfred Molina Confirms Return as Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: No Way Home
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-18T16:30:45+00:00“>April 18, 2021 | 12:30pm ET Alfred Molina has officially confirmed he will be reprising his Doctor Octopus role from 2004’s classic Spider-Man 2 in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home. In an interview with Variety that will surely bristle Marvel head Kevin Feige, Molina described his involvement as “the worst kept secret in Hollywood” and detailed how his character fits into the new Tom Holland-starring movie. The veteran actor recalled asking No Way Home director Jon Watts how the film would resurrect Dr. Otto Octavius, who presumably died while stopping his own fusion reactor from destroying New York City ba...
The Passion of the Christ’s Jesus Christ Thinks Celebrities Are Harvesting Children’s Adrenaline
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-18T00:57:15+00:00“>April 17, 2021 | 8:57pm ET Who had Jesus from The Passion of the Christ becoming a card-carrying member of QAnon, subscribing to the batshit crazy conspiracy theory that celebrities are torturing and harvesting children for their adrenaline, on their 2021 Bingo card? As TheWrap points out, actor Jim Caviezel, who portrayed the titular character in Mel Gibson’s 2004 biblical blockbuster, appeared alongside other QAnon luminaries like Michael Flynn, Lin Wood, Sidney Powell, and My Pillow’s Mike Lindell at a COVID-19 “health and freedom” conference in Oklahoma on Friday night. When it was his turn to speak, Caviezel addressed “the adrenochroming of children.” “Ess...
Ryan Coogler Explains Why He’s Filming Black Panther 2 in Georgia Despite Restrictive Voting Laws
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T20:47:24+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 4:47pm ET In response to Georgia’s restrictive new voting laws designed to target Black voters, director Ryan Coogler has doubled down on his commitment to filming Black Panther 2 in the Peach State. In a new op-ed published in Shadow and Act, the acclaimed filmmaker wrote that “many of the people employed by my film, including all the local vendors and businesses we engage, are the very same people who will bear the brunt of,” the new laws. The laws, which Governor Brian Kemp signed in March, are collectively known as SB202. Most concerning are the provisions that enable Republicans to seize control of election boards ...
Mads Mikkelsen Joins Cast of Indiana Jones 5
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T18:42:51+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 2:42pm ET The mad cast of Indiana Jones 5 just got a little madder. According to The Hollywood Reporter, veteran actor Mads Mikkelsen has signed on to the starry sequel that already includes Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The 55-year-old Mikkelsen got his start in the Danish-language films of Nicolas Winding Refn, before breaking into Hollywood with his scene-stealing performance as Le Chiffre in the James Bond film Casino Royale. Since then he’s become a trusted guardian of beloved blockbuster IP, helping blow up the Death Star in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, threatening global destruction in Doctor Stra...
Borat Laments Over “Stolen Election” in Trailer for Borat Supplemental Reportings: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-15T19:21:36+00:00“>April 15, 2021 | 3:21pm ET Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t done with the Golden Globe-winning Borat Subsequent Moviefilm quite yet. Today, Amazon Prime Video released a surprise trailer for an extended cut entitled Borat Supplemental Reportings Retrieved From Floor of Stable Containing Editing Machine. Watch it below. Originally released in October 2020, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm sees Borat trying to curry favor with then Vice President Mike Pence by gifting him Johnny the Monkey, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Culture and No. 1 porn star. When things go awry, he offers up his daughter Tutar instead and all sorts of chaos ensues. The trailer for this new extended versi...
Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek Reunite in First Trailer for Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-13T15:29:13+00:00“>April 13, 2021 | 11:29am ET Ryan Reynolds is back to protect people who don’t need protecting in the first trailer for Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, the new sequel to 2017’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard that also stars Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek. Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard picks up four years later and finds Reynold’s bodyguard Michael Bryce unhappily retired. He tries to forget about his more exciting history with copious amounts of therapy, until one day his past catches up with him. As Sonia Kincaid (Hayek) explains amidst a hail of bullets, “The mafia took my husband.” That snatched spouse is notorious hitman Darius Kincaid (Jackson), and a...
Netflix Shares Full Trailer for Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-13T15:43:22+00:00“>April 13, 2021 | 11:43am ET Netflix has shared the full trailer for Zack Snyder’s highly-anticipated new zombie flick Army of the Dead. Back in February, the streaming service unveiled a minute-and-change teaser for the action horror film, but now they’ve rolled out a full-blown trailer ahead of its release on May 21st. It’s a movie about a gang of mercenaries who plot a casino heist in the midst of a zombie outbreak, so there’s sure to be a great blend of high-intensity hijinks and bloody horror goodness. The new trailer offers plenty of that, as well as swirling dollar bills, bullet casings falling like rain, and even a zombie tiger. Check it out below. Relat...
Kevin Smith Will Sell His Next Film as an NFT
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-13T23:20:31+00:00“>April 13, 2021 | 7:20pm ET As the owner of a comic book store called Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, Kevin Smith is no stranger to collectibles. Now, as Deadline reports, he’s minting a new one-of-a-kind product: a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) of his upcoming film Killroy Was Here. It’s the most expensive token available from his newest business venture, Jay and Silent Bob’s Crypto Studio. The purchaser of the Killroy Was Here NFT will get more than just a digital file. The owner will have distribution rights, and can choose to strike a deal with streamers, movie theaters, or nobody at all. The most likely outcome is that a traditio...
ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres To Close Permanently
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-13T03:00:59+00:00“>April 12, 2021 | 11:00pm ET The owner of ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres says it’s permanently closing many of its locations, including Hollywood’s legendary Cinerama Dome. In a statement shared by the theater chains’ owner Decurion, the company said it was financially unable to weather the pandemic, adding that it does “not have a viable way forward.” Here’s there statement in full: “After shutting our doors more than a year ago, today we must share the difficult and sad news that Pacific will not be reopening its ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres locations. This was not the outcome anyone wanted, but despite a huge effort that exhausted all pot...
Dave Grohl’s What Drives Us Documentary Picked Up by Amazon, Trailer Released: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-12T16:54:33+00:00“>April 12, 2021 | 12:54pm ET Dave Grohl’s new documentary on van touring, What Drives Us, has been picked up for distribution by The Coda Collection, available via Amazon Prime Video. Arriving on the subscription streaming channel on April 30th, What Drives Us seeks to answer the question of why musicians put everything on the line to get into a van with their friends and try to make it big. It’s a tribute to anyone who ever dreamed of putting themselves through hell to form bonds and create art on the long roads between gigs, a right of passage for all those looking to rock. “This film is my love letter to every musician that has ever jumped in an old...
Live-Action Gundam Movie Suiting Up at Netflix
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-12T22:29:23+00:00“>April 12, 2021 | 6:29pm ET Suit up and get ready to fight: A live-action movie adaptation of the popular anime series Gundam is booting up at Netflix. As Variety reports, Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) will direct. Scriptwriting duties will be handled by Brian K. Vaughn, the famed comic book writer behind Y: The Last Man. Story details haven’t been announced, but Vaughan will have no shortage of source material. Yoshiyuki Tomino launched the TV series Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979, and while the original run was cancelled due to lack of interest, it’s become a defining landmark in the mecha anime genre. Since then,...
Macaulay Culkin Welcomes First Child with Partner Brenda Song
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-12T19:41:35+00:00“>April 12, 2021 | 3:41pm ET From Home Alone to a full house, congratulations are due to actor Macaulay Culkin, who has announced the birth of his first child with partner Brenda Song. As the pair told Esquire, Dakota Song Culkin was born Monday, April 5th in Los Angeles, weighing in at 6 pounds and 14 ounces. Both mom and child are reportedly healthy, and the family summed up their feelings in a two-word statement: “We’re overjoyed.” Dakota is named in honor of Macaulay’s sister Dakota Culkin, who died in a car accident in 2008. Both former child actors, the 40-year-old Culkin and 33-year-old Song first met on the set of the 2019 film&nb...
