going into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessmany fans have expectations of Marvel Studios pursuing stories leading to Secret Wars. Secret Wars, in the most recent comic version of the event, sees an incursion between two universes manipulated by Doctor Doom to create a new universe where he rules as a god. With “incursion” … Read more
Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong in FirestarterPicture: Ken Woroner/Universal Pictures With any subsequent adaptation, the hope is that a story improves on the version that preceded it—or at least feels as though it’s offering up a unique vision, an additional layer that makes the new adaptation purposeful in its insistence upon treading old ground. … Read more
Sam Richardson and Rebel Wilson in Senior YearPicture: Boris Martin/Netflix It doesn’t take long for Senior Year to lay out its outlandish premise, which is centered on a popular high schooler who awakens from a two-decade-long coma and, hoping to pick up right where she left off, strives to finish her senior year at the … Read more
Picture: Legendary/Warner Bros. It’s not all bad news at the CW, however, as the supernatural prequel and Gotham Knights get series pick ups. Tea Company has transport trouble in a new clip from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. More, Alan Wake is heading to AMC, and get a new look at a poster for Stranger … Read more
screenshot: 20th Century Thanks to a recent re-releaseJames Cameron’s 2009 CG megahit Avatar has toppled Avengers: Endgame to regain the #1 spot as the greatest-grossing movie of all time. Chances are Endgame will get a revival eventually, and then Avatar will have another, and the two films will trade places back and forth for years, … Read more
Judd Apatow at a screening for Apple TV+’s Severance.Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images (Getty Images) The fifteenth anniversary of Super bad is this year, and discussions about the film have been on a rise. Back in January, Jonah Hill jokingly pitched his idea for a sequelwhich would involve a geriatric Hill and his Super bad co-star … Read more
Christopher Abbott and Jerrod Carmichael in On The Count Of Three Picture: Courtesy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Jerrod Carmichael’s directorial debut and star vehicle On The Count Of Threewhich revolves around a suicide pact made by two best friends, bears no resemblance to The Carmichael Show or his stand-up sets, even if he casually joked about … Read more
Impossible mission made Tom Cruise’s MCU debut an impossible mission.Picture: Paramount Few Marvel movies have had as many rumors surrounding them as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. At some point, in some corner of the internet, basically any Marvel character you can imagine was rumored to be appearing. Now that the film is … Read more
Cary FukunagaPhoto: Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Universal Pictures As reported by Jezebel, No Time To Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga (who also ran the first season of HBO’s True Detective and Netflix’s maniac) has been accused of sexual harassment, including allegedly “grooming” young women. The allegations initially came from … Read more
“Multipass.” Milla Jovovich as Leeloo in The Fifth Element.Picture: Sony Pictures A few years before tHe One dodged bullets in The Matrix or Darth Maul emerged in The Phantom Menacea red-haired savior name Leeloo said “multipass.” The ’90s were a wonderful time for fans of science fiction, with instant hits like Jurassic Park and independence … Read more