Pollard relies heavily on archival footage and photos, smartly allowing a relatively small cadre of experts to tell the story of Negro League Baseball, which means it doesn’t get too dry. From the film’s beginning, Pollard employs a tone that could be called joyous. It’s a smart decision that frames “The League” as a story … Read more
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is getting a brand-new tabletop game, courtesy of Funko Games. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Slaughterhouse Game is a new tabletop game releasing in Sept. 2023. Currently available for pre-order on Amazon, the strategy game is designed for two-to-five players ages 13 and older. “One person plays as the deranged Sawyer family, … Read more
The latest Netflix film from Happy Madison is an unfunny blend of action and comedy featuring solid turns by Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin. Plot: Owen Browning is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker. When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding … Read more
Devine’s character, Owen Browning, is a bank manager, despite being so cloddish and lacking in judgment or impulse control that it’s hard to imagine him being trusted to take a bag of garbage to the curb. His fiancee Parker (Nina Dobrev), is a yoga instructor everyone in Owen’s family inexplicably thinks is a stripper. She’s … Read more
Danny DeVito is open to resuming his role as Penguin. DeVito first portrayed the character in the 1992 DC superhero film Batman Returns. There he played Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin, a crime boss who takes on Michael Keaton’s rendition of Batman. This film from director Tim Burton has gone on to become one of the most celebrated … Read more
Jennifer Garner will return as Elektra for Deadpool 3, close to twenty years after she last played the role of the Marvel hero. Here’s some shocking news for our Friday afternoon: THR has reported that Jennifer Garner will reprise her role of Elektra for Deadpool 3. Yup, let that soak in. Jennifer Garner first played … Read more
Making her feature debut, Adele Lim takes bold risks in her raunchy road trip comedy “Joy Ride.” The movie walks a fine line between exploring heartfelt questions about belonging and outrageous jokes played for shock value. It’s as if Lim and fellow co-writers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao saw the antics in Malcolm D. Lee’s … Read more
The upcoming Barbie movie is filled with a star-studded cast. To bond for the movie, Margot Robbie held sleepovers for her and her fellow Barbies. Barbie cast held sleepovers, had group chats Speaking to People as part of a special edition magazine for the film, Simu Liu — who plays a Ken in the movie … Read more
Simu Liu says that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2 keeps getting pushed back, but hopes to have an update soon. It’s safe to say that Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a little hit or miss for fans, but Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was a … Read more
“The Red Door” is the fifth, and supposedly final, “Insidious” movie. And, with the caveat that you can never trust a horror franchise to end when it says it will end, it does deliver a reasonably satisfying wrap-up to the story of the Lambert family. They’ve been absent from “Insidious” since 2013, when Blumhouse pivoted … Read more