For the first time since Se7en, director David Fincher and writer Andrew Kevin Walker have collaborated on a new feature (at least with credited work; Walker has supposedly done uncredited rewrites on projects like The Game and Fight Club, and written other scripts for Fincher that never got made). This one got made; it’s called The Killer (no relation to the … Read more
More information regarding the sudden and unfortunate passing of WWE superstar Bray Wyatt has popped up. TMZ reports Wyatt was not wearing an external heart defibrillator at the time of his death. Wyatt was dealing with a heart issue stemming from COVID-19 In a recent report on Wyatt’s passing, TMZ notes that the WWE superstar … Read more
The Flash sees 1.1 million US households tuning in for the debut weekend of the DC movie on the Max streaming service. It’s safe to say that The Flash didn’t exactly live up to expectations. Despite being touted as one of the “best superhero films ever made,” the movie received mixed reviews and absolutely crashed … Read more
Ridley Scott is the king of the director’s cut. A huge swath of his films, from Alien to Blade Runner to Kingdom of Heaven to Black Hawk Down to Legend to The Counselor, are available in multiple versions. if you like a director who loves to tinker with (and extend) his work after the fact, Ridley is your man. So this is not shocking: … Read more
Gran Turismo sped into theaters and turned out to be a really good film. Neill Blomkamp directs the hell out of the picture, resulting in a fun crowd-pleaser that will get your adrenaline pumping, assuming you embrace the film’s fast-and-loose approach to facts. Of course, Gran Turismo is just the latest race car drama to … Read more
The RoboCop franchise docu-series RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop is getting a Blu-ray release in October The fan-funded, four-part docuseries RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop was acquired by Cinedigm last year, and the company is currently releasing the series through their Screambox streaming service, with episodes being released on a weekly basis starting today – but if you want … Read more
Meg Ryan built her career on romantic comedies, and luckily, it looks like she’s having a return to form. That return to form comes in the shape of What Happens Later, a romantic comedy where she plays a dreamy, head-in-the-clouds type opposite the catastrophizing, neurotic David Duchovny. The two old flames realize they’re stranded together in … Read more
The storytelling has a similar lack of thrust, as long cut scenes detail a war that’s increasingly difficult to care about. The great Gina Torres of “Firefly” and “Suits” is a nice familiar face in the interstellar combat, but I checked out of this “chosen one” narrative relatively early. And the very structure of the … Read more
Peacock is assembling a brand-new animated Jurassic Park LEGO special. Peacock shared a poster for a new Jurassic Park LEGO special on Twitter. “An animated special 65 million bricks in the making. Coming soon to Peacock.” The poster describes the special as an “unofficial retelling” of the Steven Spielberg classic and includes a “one big … Read more
Netflix’s Sex Education character posters show primary cast members getting off before the climax of the series. Lock the door, turn the volume up on Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” and lose yourself in the moment because new Sex Education character posters have arrived to lend you a hand and help you relax the old-fashioned way. … Read more