The famously talented con man and criminal Tom Ripley, who was created by novelist Patricia Highsmith, and has gone on to a long and violent career both on the page and screen. The newest version of the material is Netflix’s Ripley, a series overseen by Oscar-winning writer Steven Zaillian (whose credits include Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and … Read more
The Borderlands is finally almost finished. This film. starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, and Jamie Lee Curtis and based on the hugely popular video game series, has been a long-time coming. The production debuted the first silhouetted images of the assembled cast way back in the summer of 2021. The movie is still several months away as of … Read more
Audiences embraced the stage adaptation of Mean Girls and the Jason Statham fronted Beekeeper while ignoring The Book of Clarence. After last weeks first new release of the year, Night Swim, failed to really make a mark, this week is seeing two new releases rise to the occasion as Mean Girls landed in first place … Read more
It’s time to add another animated Dark Knight to the long (and often really great) history of animated Batmen. A totally new version of DC’s signature superhero is coming to Prime Video, first in a holiday-themed special called Merry Little Batman. After that, the supposed plan is for these versions of the characters to continue in … Read more
After years in development, Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the iconic animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender is almost ready to debut. The streaming service finally debuted the first teaser for the show this week — after literal years of development. It was first announced in the fall of 2018. In 2020, the original Avatar’s creators, Bryan Konietzko and … Read more
The previous Planet of the Apes trilogy felt like, well, a trilogy. It had a clear beginning (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) middle (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and end (War For the Planet of the Apes) charting the life of Andy Serkis’ ape leader Caesar. So … that’s it, right? Ha, … Read more
Apes. Back Together. Strong. After a six year hiatus, we’ve got a new Planet of the Apes movie to talk about. This one has the somewhat unwieldy title Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and while it is set in the same continuity as the previous Apes trilogy — that being Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the … Read more
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film hits theaters this weekend, and the movie had its world premiere in Los Angeles last night. Any fans who didn’t get a chance to see Swift on this tour (which is completely understandable given the insane ticket prices) can check out the concert doc this weekend, at any AMC theater across the … Read more
I am not quite sure how a man starts off looking and acting like Timothée Chalamet and then gradually over the course of a decade or two turns into Gene Wilder, but that is apparently what we will learn in Wonka, the new prequel film that presents the early days of that famous chocolatier slash mad torturer of … Read more
Season 7 of Rick and Morty will mark the first since Adult Swim ended their working relationship with the show’s co-creator Justin Roiland after it was revealed that he had been charged with domestic violence stemming from an incident in 2020 between Roiland and a woman he had been dating at the time. Which also means it will be … Read more