‘Fist Fight’ Trailer: It’s Charlie Day Vs. Ice Cube By Angie Han/Dec. 6, 2016 10:00 am EST Why should teenagers get to be the only ones embroiled in high school drama? In Fist Fight, the battle is between two teachers. Mr. Campbell is your typical Charlie Day character, which is to say (as Kumail Nanjiani puts it in the trailer) he is “probably a nice guy, but a bit of a worm and a sneak....
‘Mr. Robot’ Season 3 Premiere Date Announced; Bobby Cannavale Joins Cast By Jack Giroux/March 10, 2017 3:00 pm EST Last year season two of Mr. Robot appeared more divisive than season one. After the popularity of its first season, though, it’s natural Sam Esmail’s USA drama wouldn’t match everyone’s expectations. Plus, the twist midway through season two was destined to polarize. Whether the reveal ended up working or not can be debated, but it was still one of the many bold choices made with season two....
‘Narcos’ Location Manager Found Shot Dead In Mexico By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 17, 2017 9:00 am EST The series Narcos on Netflix is about the dangerous world of drug trafficking in Colombia, focusing on the real-life stories of drug kingpins in the late 1980s who were more than guilty of committing heinous crimes in the name of illegal entrepreneurship in the middle of the heat brought on by the war on drugs....
‘Never Here’ Poster: This Lynchian Debut Feature Burrows Into Your Brain By Ben Pearson/Oct. 8, 2017 10:00 am EST So much has happened in the news recently that it seems almost impossible that the Los Angeles Film Festival happened less than four months ago. But as the entertainment industry continues its push through the traditional festival season, we wanted to shine a little light on a smaller film from the LAFF that’s getting a release this month and is worthy of your attention....
‘Singles’ Day’ Romantic Comedy Set In China Hopes To Ride The Coattails Of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2018 3:00 pm EST Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve delivered cheesy romance and melodrama with an all-star cast bringing intersecting stories to life. Now, another ensemble romantic comedy is in the works from Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema to bring that formula back, but in a way that aims to replicate the success of the recent box office hit Crazy Rich Asians....
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Honest Trailer: An Adaptation Of Han Solo’s Wookieepedia Page By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 26, 2018 6:00 am EST No one asked for an origin story for Han Solo, but earlier this year we got one anyway in the form of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Sure, you might have forgotten that movie came out in theaters towards the beginning of the summer, but now it’s out on Blu-ray and DVD, so everyone who skipped it in theaters can scoff at it from the comfort of their own home....
‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Clip Reveals Peter Parker’s Entire ‘Civil War’ Video Blog By Ethan Anderton/July 3, 2017 3:00 pm EST This week brings Spider-Man: Homecoming to theaters, giving the new iteration of the Peter Parker (Tom Holland) his first solo outing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He’s not entirely alone though, since Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is serving as his mentor, by way of having his former bodyguard and head of security Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) keep tabs on the teenage superhero....
By Jacob Hall/Aug. 10, 2016 5:22 pm EST UPDATE: Enterainment Weekly’s James Hibberd is now reporting that the lead in question here is not the captain (at least not when the series begins), making this the first Star Trek series where the lead character of the show isn’t in command of the ship. Rather, the show will be told from the point-of-view of a subordinate, which is a very intriguing notion....
‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Clip: It’s Halloween In Hawkins By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 5, 2017 1:00 pm EST Stranger Things 2, the second season of Netflix’s wildly popular nostalgia trip, will drop onto the streaming platform at the end of the month. The hype is at an all-time high, which means it’s the perfect time for a clip from the new season. And best of all, it’s Halloween-themed, perfect for this time of the year....
‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Honest Trailer: The Crappy Sequel To The Premature Reboot By Ethan Anderton/July 6, 2017 6:00 am EST With Spider-Man: Homecoming on its way to theaters this weekend, with sneak preview screenings beginning around the United States tonight, let’s remind ourselves of the straw that broke the camel’s back at Sony Pictures and got Spider-Man controlled by Marvel Studios again. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 attempted to expand the world of Spider-Man into a cinematic universe that would have brought the Sinister Six into New York and expand the mythology of Peter Parker’s parents’ life as spies....
‘Tokyo Vampire Hotel’ Review: Bizarre, Bloodsucking Battle Royale Would Make ‘Blade’ Blush [Fantasia Film Festival] By Matt Donato/Aug. 4, 2018 12:00 pm EST From what we can decipher, there’s an age-old rivalry between Dracula and Corvin vampire tribes. Corvins drove the Dracula puritans underground in Romania – into tunnels that might or might not lead to Japan – allowing Corvins free topside reign. That’s until 21-year-old Manami (Tomite Ami) is informed by Dracula agent “K” (Kaho) she was chosen at birth to defeat the Corvin scourge....
‘Upgrade’ Trailer: Logan Marshall Green Kicks Serious Ass With Help From His Operating System By Ben Pearson/April 3, 2018 11:30 am EST Are you ready for some hyper-violent science fiction starring a guy who looks like Tom Hardy, but isn’t? Leigh Whannell, the writer of Saw and creator of the Insidious franchise, is here to scratch your itch with Upgrade, a piece of hardcore pulp entertainment starring Logan Marshall Green that won the Midnighter Audience Award at this year’s SXSW film festival....
Anthony & Joe Russo Explain Why No Avengers Died In ‘Captain America: Civil War’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 26, 2016 6:00 am EST Despite the fact that most of The Avengers went head-to-head in Captain America: Civil War, not one of them died. Sure, War Machine (aka James Rhodes) walked away with a bit of a physical impairment, but that’s about as bad as it got for our heroes. However, directors Anthony & Joe Russo confirm that they once talked about killing off various characters in the sequel, including Captain America himself....
Cinefamily Will Permanently Shut Down In Wake Of Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 15, 2017 3:00 pm EST The Cinefamily shut down is now permanent. The Los Angeles independent film venue is shuttering its doors for good following various sexual misconduct allegations. Cinefamily had temporarily suspended operations in August in the wake of sexual harassment reports. Now, the Cinefamily board will dissolve and Silent Movie Theater, Cinefamily’s longtime home, will be renovated....
Cool Stuff: Barret Chapman’s ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Print Gives You The Moon By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 21, 2016 6:00 am EST Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan! It’s that time of year when families sit down to watch It’s A Wonderful Life to feel good about what they have, which is something we all probably need after the gut punch that was the year 2016. If you’re a big fan of the holiday classic from director Frank Capra, then we have a print that you might want to frame on your wall....
Former ‘Mythbusters’ Trio Reuniting On Netflix For ‘White Rabbit Project’ Series By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2016 6:00 am EST The long-running Discovery Channel science experiment show Mythbusters came to an end with its final season earlier this year. However, for the last run of the show, the series went back to its roots by bringing back only Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as hosts, leaving the trio of Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara to move on to other things....
Kristen Wiig In Talks For ‘Wonder Woman 2’ Villain Role By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 28, 2018 5:30 pm EST This is one of the best casting ideas in recent memory. Deadline reports that Saturday Night Live alumnus Kristen Wiig is in talks for a Wonder Woman 2 villain role. If cast, Wiig would play Cheetah, a character who has had four incarnations in the comics: Priscilla Rich (the Golden and Silver Age Cheetah), Deborah Domaine (the Bronze Age Cheetah), Barbara Ann Minerva (the post-Crisis and current Cheetah), and Sebastian Ballesteros (a male usurper who briefly assumed the role in 2001) (via Wikipedia)....
Lupita Nyong’o Shares Video Of Her Undercover Comic-Con Antics By Ben Pearson/July 26, 2017 11:30 am EST This past Saturday, 6,500 fans saw actress Lupita Nyong’o take the stage during Marvel Studios’ panel to promote the upcoming superhero film Black Panther. But it turns out way more people than that saw her in San Diego, but they just didn’t know it: the Oscar-winning star has shared a video that shows how she suited up in a Pink Ranger costume, danced her way through the convention center, and took photos with unsuspecting fans....
Michael Mann Will Produce And Direct Miniseries ‘Hue 1968’ By Jack Giroux/April 25, 2017 2:30 pm EST Filmmaker Michael Mann is now working on an eight-to-10 hour long miniseries based on Mark Bowden’s (Black Hawk Down) upcoming non-fiction novel, “Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam,” due out this June. Bowden, who spent five years writing his new book, recounts the Tet Offensive. Michael De Luca (The Social Network) is producing the miniseries, which will feature a few episodes directed by Mann....
Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Ben Affleck Tries Christian Bale’s Batman Voice, Spider-Man: Homecoming Tracklist & More By Ethan Anderton/May 29, 2017 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here’s the full trailer for the upcoming video game LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, arriving on November 14. Listen to the track “Angel on the Wing” from the official Wonder Woman score by Rupert Gregson-Williams....
