JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek shares his pick for the best scene in David Twohy’s 2000 film Pitch Black, starring Vin Diesel After taking a look back at House II: The Second Story (a favorite of mine since childhood), House of 1000 Corpses (which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year), the awesomeness of Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, the leg … Read more
The face of the original Creature from the Black Lagoon is hidden in the design of the Gillman in The Monster Squad Director Fred Dekker’s 1987 cult classic monster mash The Monster Squad (watch it HERE) features variations of the classic Universal Monsters characters Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, and the Gillman, but it wasn’t actually … Read more
Get a new look at the official trailer of the Amy Winehouse biopic from Focus Features set to release in early summer. Amy Winehouse had a quick rise to fame and unfortunately, it lasted just as quickly when her addictions would take a toll on her tumultuous life. Her talent would not go unnoticed as … Read more
Black Mask, the martial arts extravaganza starring Jet Li, will get a limited-edition Blu-ray release from Eureka Entertainment this spring. Eureka Entertainment announced today that they will be releasing Jet Li’s martial arts extravaganza Black Mask on Blu-ray on April 23rd. Influenced by Bruce Lee’s role as Kato in The Green Hornet, Black Mask stars … Read more
The USS Callister episode of the anthology series Black Mirror may be getting its own three episode spin-off series Released through the Netflix streaming service back in December of 2017, season 4 of the anthology series Black Mirror featured an episode called USS Callister, a sort of dark comedy mash-up of Star Trek and The … Read more
Saturday Night Live alumna Kate McKinnon and What We Do in the Shadows star Jermaine Clement join WB’s Minecraft movie. Jared Hess’ Minecraft is leveling up again with new cast members Kate McKinnon (Barbie, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Ghostbusters) and Jermaine Clement (FX’s Legion, What We Do in the Shadows, Flight of the Conchords). In addition to McKinnon and Clement joining … Read more
One of the coolest success stories of the movie year 2023 was the surprise box-office success of Godzilla Minus One, the stellar new Japanese Godzilla prequel that has already grossed more than $50 million in U.S. theaters alone. (Seriously, it’s outstanding; it made my list of the best films of the year.) The appeal of Godzilla Minus … Read more
Skybound Entertainment and Universal are teaming up for the four-issue limited comic book series Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives Last year, Skybound Entertainment, the company founded by David Alpert and The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, teamed up with Universal Pictures not only to bring us the Dracula comedy Renfield, but also the four-issue comic book limited series … Read more
No, that’s not Amy Winehouse in the photo above — that’s actress Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in the upcoming film about Winehouse’s life, Back to Black. Made with the backing of Amy Winehouse’s estate and Universal and Sony Music, the film is very much an authorized biopgrahy of the popular musician — who has previously … Read more
Fresh off his Super Mario Brothers Movie success, Jack Black has signed on to star in another video game adaptation, Minecraft, with Jason Momoa. With his voice-over role in The Super Mario Brothers Movie winning him a whole new generation of fans, Warner Bros has signed up Jack Black to co-star in their big-budget Minecraft … Read more