Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen Godzilla: King of the Monsters just yet. One thing that a good number of fans knew going into their screening of Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of the Monsters is that the title titan would live to stomp and roar again in the 2020 film Godzilla vs Kong, from director Adam Wingard (Death Note). So while the tension...
Godzilla isn't just the King of the Monsters this weekend, the big guy is also poised to be the king of the box office, stomping his way to a $50 million domestic opening weekend. Godzilla is beating out fellow newcomers Rocketman and Ma, which are looking at first frames of $22 million and $20 million, respectively. Disney's Aladdin is expected to gross $41...
How do you build an entire film upon a lie that you are not only living, but that you don’t really condone? This was the dilemma for Lulu Wang, a filmmaker who has taken a life-changing fabrication and spun it into The Farewell, an autobiographical film about her cancer-stricken grandmother who is none-the-wiser thanks to her family’s decision to keep her in the...
Picture the scene: in the bucolic English countryside, a frog and a bear peek between the branches of an old tree. “A bear in his natural habitat,” the furry one observes. Dubious, the green guy replies, “You’re not a natural bear.” Despite his static features, the bear truly looks surprised. His friend persists, explaining that “real” bears have teeth and bones, not fake...
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Disney-Pixar has released the first teaser trailer for the new film Onward, which will mark the studio’s first non-sequel release in nearly three years when it hits theaters next spring. Directed by Monsters University filmmaker Dan Scanlon, the original story takes place in a suburban fantasy world and revolves around two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if...
Star Wars fans, adult Disney people, and theme park nerds are currently flipping their gourds about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Disneyland’s newest land opens to the public later this week, and More » Star Wars fans, adult Disney people, and theme park nerds are currently flipping their gourds about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Disneyland’s newest land opens to the public later this week,...
It feels downright spooky that a starry revival of Terrence McNally’s Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune should pop up on Broadway just in time to join a starry revival of Lanford Wilson’s More » It feels downright spooky that a starry revival of Terrence McNally’s Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune should pop up on Broadway just in...
Leon Redbone, the anachronistic blues singer, has died. Depending on whether you believe his family’s press release or Entertainment Weekly... More » Leon Redbone, the anachronistic blues singer, has died. Depending on whether you believe his family’s press release or Entertainment Weekly... More » ...
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Netflix has released the teaser for its darker and edgier Dark Crystal, a property that was already a darker and edgier departure for the Jim Henson Company. As we’ve already reported, hella Brits will be vo... More » Netflix has released the teaser for its darker and edgier Dark Crystal, a property that was already a darker and edgier departure for the Jim...
Jane Campion and Elisabeth Moss are coming together again. For her first project since Top of the Lake: China ... More » Jane Campion and Elisabeth Moss are coming together again. For her first project since Top of the Lake: China ... More » ...
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R. Kelly is already facing numerous charges of assault spanning multiple investigations in More » R. Kelly is already facing numerous charges of assault spanning multiple investigations in More » ...
As the star of Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Audra McDonald is living your very specific fantasy of having Michael Shannon cook for you every night.... More » As the star of Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Audra McDonald is living your very specific fantasy of having Michael Shannon cook for you every night.... More...
If you haven’t heard, the entire cast of Big Little Lies are now the loyal subjects of their “queen” Meryl Streep, who is set to make her debut in the upcoming second season. In recent interviews, c... More » If you haven’t heard, the entire cast of Big Little Lies are now the loyal subjects of their “queen” Meryl Streep, who is set...
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As Ma rushes to its climax, there’s a moment (fairly spoiler free — it’s featured in the trailer) when the racial animosity that powers this muddled slasher film becomes undeniable. Sue Ann, a methodical psychopath played with a consuming madness by More » As Ma rushes to its climax, there’s a moment (fairly spoiler free — it’s featured in the trailer) when the...
The true-crime podcast universe is ever expanding. We’re here to make it a bit smaller and a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows, and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want t... More » The true-crime podcast universe is ever expanding. We’re here to make it a bit smaller and a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great...
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If you’re feeling nostalgic for Veep, which aired its series finale this month, you can find comfort in the Veep auction, where thousands of items from the show’s seven-season run are up for grabs until June 1... More » If you’re feeling nostalgic for Veep, which aired its series finale this month, you can find comfort in the Veep auction, where thousands of...
Michael Dougherty and Ken Watanabe on ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ & the Essential ‘Godzilla’ Movies
May 30, 2019
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Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run Review: What’s It Like to Fly the Fastest Hunk of Junk in the Galaxy?
May 30, 2019
Ever wondered what it would be like to fly the Millennium Falcon? If you're a Star Wars fan of any kind, be it a franchise-long diehard, a recent convert inspired by the new trilogy or ongoing animated works, or even a casual enthusiast, the answer to that question is a certain yes (if not an outright "duh"). With the arrival of Galaxy's Edge,...
Filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has been plenty busy building out his own Kingsman franchise over the last few years, but once upon a time he was poised to direct multiple X-Men movies. The first X-Men film he was attached to was X-Men: The Last Stand, but he backed out before production began. He eventually directed 2011’s X-Men: First Class, which successfully rebooted the series...
Disney XD has ordered a third season of the Emmy Award-nominated animated series Marvel's Spider-Man for a spring 2020 premiere. The web-slinging series follows Peter Parker, who is learning to navigate life as the teenage superhero Spider-Man. In the third season, titled Marvel's Spider-Man: Maximum Venom, Spider-Man is pushed to his breaking point when Venom summons an earth-shattering threat from its home planet....
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Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man) is in talks to direct a live-action Snow White movie for Disney, reports Variety. A representative for Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Erin Cressida Wilson (The Girl on the Train) is writing the script, which will expand upon the story and music from the 1938 animated classic. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will head "off to...
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With the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters in theaters tomorrow, now's a pretty good time to stir up some interest in the franchise's next installment: Godzilla vs Kong. Sure, the mere existence (and title) of the follow-up film might take some of the tension out of the current picture, but that little wrinkle hasn't stopped mega movie franchises like the MCU from seeing...
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If you liked Widows — and of course you should love Widows — get ready for The Kit... More » If you liked Widows — and of course you should love Widows — get ready for The Kit... More » ...
Activision has released the reveal trailer for the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare game, along with details of what players can expect from the franchise relaunch. It’s been nearly 12 years since 2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare transformed the popular video game franchise and vaulted it to a whole other level, but the series has arguably never been able to...
The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each one has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week, our crack t... More » The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding,...
Starz’s historical romance The Spanish Princess takes a new vantage point on the perennially popular Tudor clan: that of Catherine of Aragon before her marriage to Henry VIII, known as Prince Harry in the seri... More » Starz’s historical romance The Spanish Princess takes a new vantage point on the perennially popular Tudor clan: that of Catherine of Aragon before her marriage to...
Seemingly everyone, even Taylor Swift, is reading or at least talking about Sally Rooney’s novels of More » Seemingly everyone, even Taylor Swift, is reading or at least talking about Sally Rooney’s novels of More » ...
Sylvester Stallone has horses in the back; his horse tack is attached. He’s taking his horse to the old town road, and in the first trailer for Rambo: The Last Blood, he’s gonna revenge till he can’t no more. Nearly 40 years after First Blood, the More » Sylvester Stallone has horses in the back; his horse tack is attached. He’s taking his...
Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of the acclaimed 2016 debut novel Here Comes the Sun and... More » Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of the acclaimed 2016 debut novel Here Comes the Sun and... More » ...
A new promo poster for Sony and Mattel's live-action Masters of the Universe adaptation reminds us that, yes, this movie is still in the works. Doubling down on the March 2021 release date, the poster doesn't do much else. It's not really meant to. It's a promo poster from the upcoming Licensing Expo which features studios putting their upcoming projects on display in...
Back in 2017, I got to step into The Lion King. OK, not quite. But a quick journey across Los Angles to the Playa Vista Production Facility took me to the "set" of Disney's latest remake, where I stepped inside the world of the beloved story thanks to the immersive digital technology used by filmmaker Jon Favreau and his production crew. As you might expect,...
Disney has released a series of character posters for the highly anticipated new film The Lion King. The movie is, of course, based on the iconic 1994 Disney animated film, but this time around director Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book, Iron Man) is utilizing cutting-edge technology to present a world full of photoreal characters. That means the African animals that populate the film...
Tom Petty’s family has seen the drama unfolding over at the Prince and Aretha Franklin households and would like them both to hold their beer. More » Tom Petty’s family has seen the drama unfolding over at the Prince and Aretha Franklin households and would like them both to hold their beer. More » ...
During the rapid expansion of cable and satellite television in the 1980s, HBO was one of the new services’ biggest selling points, thanks to a lineup that featured uncut recent theatrical movies, concerts, stand-up-comedy specials, and even the occasional Broadway show … and not the sam... More » During the rapid expansion of cable and satellite television in the 1980s, HBO was one...
NOTE: This post will contain spoilers for The Twilight Zone's "Blurryman". If I had my druthers, you would not read anything about this episode until seeing it for yourself. If you want a quick, non-spoilery review, please read the headline again and get watching. Is "Blurryman" the best episode of The Twilight Zone's first season? I'm finding it hard to come up with a...
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As French-Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan hits 30, he wants to reflect on his coming of a certain age. In Matthias & Maxime—which screened as part of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival—he has assembled a group of friends as they make a short film. When his character Max is required to kiss his best friend they realise their long suppressed feelings for each other....
Ma is almost here. Get your tickets now! Obsession thrills have been having a moment in cinema lately. This year alone, Greta has Isabelle Huppert acting as an unorthodox would-be foster mom while The Perfection, well...The Perfection has a lot going on. This week brings the opening of Ma, in which Octavia Spencer really does not want to drink alone. It's an understandable...
With every passing year, the dividing lines between animation and live-action break down a little bit more. Who’s to say what’s a cartoon and what isn’t, when we’ve got pre-viz cinema from the MCU situating real characters in invented environments and the photorealistic Disney remakes plopping computerized images in our real world? To further complicate the debate, here comes the trailer for The...
Godzilla: King the Monsters is already proving to be divisive among critics, with the general consensus being that the Big Boi monster fights are mind-blowing but the human characters might as well be sock puppets for all the impact they make. Having seen the flick, I generally agree with this take, but the one thing director Michael Dougherty, creature designer Ken Barthelmey, and a veritable army...
Thirty years ago, five teenagers of color were arrested and charged with raping and beating a white female jogger in Central Park. Prosecutors and reporters tended to refer to them as a single unit after that: a wolf pack, or as they would ultimately become known, the Central Park Five. More » Thirty years ago, five teenagers of color were arrested and charged...
Esteemed character actor William H. Macy has stepped out with balloons. This would not be news except for the crucial fact that Macy’s wife, Felicity Huffman, recently pleaded guilty to wir... More » Esteemed character actor William H. Macy has stepped out with balloons. This would not be news except for the crucial fact that Macy’s wife, Felicity Huffman, recently pleaded guilty to...
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John Hawkes on the ‘Deadwood’ Movie and Wanting to Spend More Time With These Characters
May 30, 2019
From series creator David Milch and director Daniel Minahan, Deadwood: The Movie continues the story that first began in the critically acclaimed TV series that debuted 15 years ago. Celebrating South Dakota’s statehood has its own share of problems, when it comes to the inevitable changes that come with progress, and alliances are tested while rivalries are reignited and old friends are reunited....
After trippin' all 'round the world in the last four movies, Vietnam veteran and PTSD sufferer John Rambo is back again for a final fight in Rambo: Last Blood. The title comes full circle from the first film, First Blood, which arrived way back in 1982 as an adaptation of David Morrel's novel. Since then, the rough-and-tumble one-man army has waged one-sided wars...
Fresh off working with Netflix on the romantic comedy Someone Great and the animated series Carmen Sandiego, Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez is set to star in the streamer's post-apocalyptic thriller Awake, Collider has learned. In Awake, a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep. As chaos begins to consume the world, only Jill (Rodriguez), an ex-solider...
Netflix has released the first epic teaser trailer for The Dark Crystal prequel series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, which is based on the iconic 1982 film from pioneer Jim Henson. The series consists of 10 one-hour episodes and returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure, as three Gelfing discover the horrifying secret behind Skeksis’ power and set out on a journey...
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for the upcoming crime drama The Kitchen, which is based on the DC Vertigo comic book series of the same name. The film is set in 1978 Hell’s Kitchen and revolves around three housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. They're then forced to take matters into their own hands by assuming...
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Gareth Edwards’ 2014 Godzilla was divisive, but I liked that it made strong choices. Yes, the characters and plotting were secondary to Godzilla, but the film was very focused on holding the tension and making the payoff worth the wait. But some audiences weren’t too crazy about the whole waiting thing, and you can see how Kong: Skull Island, the next movie in...
When the plot synopsis for Andrea Berloff’s new crime picture The Kitchen first dropped in 2017, it sounded pretty good: Tiffany Haddish, Melissa McCarthy, and Elisabeth Moss would play mob wives taking over the dirty business after their husbands get thrown in the slammer, gradually incurring the wrath of the competition. Widows, but a comedy? Two tickets, please! Except that the trailer, unveiled...
On the off chance you’re reading this before watching “Blurryman,” the season finale of The Twilight Zone, please stop, watch it, then come back to this piece, because you do not want to be spoiled on the first scene, a superb fake-out that’s also the single most delightful mome... More » On the off chance you’re reading this before watching “Blurryman,” the season...
I remember vividly receiving my first piece of real luggage at age 8: a massive duffel bag on wheels that was supposed to evoke Lindsay Lohan’s cool-girl character Hallie Parker in The Parent Trap, who carried a trendy, neon-yell... More » I remember vividly receiving my first piece of real luggage at age 8: a massive duffel bag on wheels that was supposed...
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On a sunny Thursday afternoon in May, Enrico Adelman is sitting outside Zabar’s next to a table piled with Philip Roth novels — all of them, he tells the mostly indifferent passersby, signed. Adelman, 72, used to have a store, Bloomsday Books... More » On a sunny Thursday afternoon in May, Enrico Adelman is sitting outside Zabar’s next to a table piled with...
László Nemes has a boyishness at odds with the hellish and confrontational nature of his two feature films. Sunset is the follow up to the film that in 2015 announced Nemes on the world stage as the youngest director to premiere in competition in Cannes. The Auschwitz-set Son of Saul involved being locked into a camera angle that mimicked the point-of-view of its...
Hungarian director László Nemes arrived from out of the blue when his debut feature Son of Saul was dropped into the 2015 Cannes competition line-up like it was no big thing. It’s a singular, bold initial missive which dares to take its cameras into a hauntingly detailed recreation of the Nazi death camps, shot almost like an RPG computer game, albeit from behind...
Joining the ranks of The Breakfast Club and Mean Girls, Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart celebrates the trials and tribulations of being a teenager in the final throes of high school. But how well do its stars, Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, know their teen movie history? We sit down with the actors for a quick-fire pop quiz, putting their high school movie knowledge to...
At the beginning of Ma, we see 16-year-old Maggie (Diana Silvers) driving with her mother Erica (Juliette Lewis), a U-Haul trailer attached to the rear of their car. They are moving from California back to Erica’s childhood town in the boonies of “bumfuck” Ohio. This is a delicate time for Maggie: adolescent, virginal, abandoned by her father, and upended from her San Diego...
Wednesday night saw the opening of the newest corner of the happiest place on Earth, the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attraction at Disneyland. On hand to welcome the park’s first visitors were Disney CEO Bob Iger, George Lu... More » Wednesday night saw the opening of the newest corner of the happiest place on Earth, the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attraction at Disneyland....
Alright, who did this to Jonathan Van Ness?! And, what, did you think this would stop him from attending the season 2 premiere of HBO’s Big Little Lies? Or, did you think, “well of ... More » Alright, who did this to Jonathan Van Ness?! And, what, did you think this would stop him from attending the season 2 premiere of HBO’s Big...
If Georgia’s controversial abortion law is implemented on January 1st, the state risks losing a major investor. Bob Iger, the CEO of Walt Disney Company, More » If Georgia’s controversial abortion law is implemented on January 1st, the state risks losing a major investor. Bob Iger, the CEO of Walt Disney Company, More » ...
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Disneyland's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opens in just two days! But first, get a peek into the parks grand opening ceremony in the link below. More to come.., For more on Galaxy's Edge, check out the links below: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: Everything We Learned About Batuu and Black Spire Outpost ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’: See What Awaits You in the Disney Theme...
Remember the food pyramid? With its big solid base layer made of bread, cereals, rice, and pasta? And then, at some point, how they switched things up on us and we all realized that we didn’t need nearly that many carbohydrates in our diets? Plays like Selina Fillinger’s Something Clean ... More » Remember the food pyramid? With its big solid base layer...
Oh, Rafael. Jane loves you so much, so I am doing my best to love you, too. She really cares about you, and she still wants to be with you! But Rafael, buddy, when you do idiot stuff like refusing to get your son tested for a sensory processing disorder or a learning disability, and then you stor... More » Oh, Rafael. Jane...
So, is this the trip? Are we only going to Miami this year? Is that because of the boat ride from hell or is it because Luann isn’t allowed to leave the country because of the probation of it all? S... More » So, is this the trip? Are we only going to Miami this year? Is that because of the boat ride...
My condolences to the Kathryn-Shep shippers, and to the Kathryn-Whitney shippers, if there is such a thing as a Kathryn-Whitney shipper: KCD has found herself a man. The good news is that he isn’t Thomas. The bad news is that he might as well be. More » My condolences to the Kathryn-Shep shippers, and to the Kathryn-Whitney shippers, if there is such a...
NBC News launched a new streaming channel on Wednesday designed with cord-cutters in mind. Dubbed NBC News Now, the free service will offer up a daily diet of breaking news, interviews, and original in-depth reported pieces, as well as headlines every hour. Though some content from the Peacock’s ... More » NBC News launched a new streaming channel on Wednesday designed with cord-cutters...
Christine Baranski’s critically worshipped CBS All Access drama The Good Fight is headed to CBS broadcast — at least for the summer. In a bid to raise the profile of the streaming series among both... More » Christine Baranski’s critically worshipped CBS All Access drama The Good Fight is headed to CBS broadcast — at least for the summer. In a bid to raise the...
The famously private director Amy Hecklering hasn’t yet commented on the allegations in Chris Kattan’s recent memoir that he was coerced into having sex with her during the production of A Night at the Roxbury, but her daughter Mollie is now speaking up. More » The famously private director Amy Hecklering hasn’t yet commented on the allegations in Chris Kattan’s recent memoir that...
Much hullabaloo was made last week when comic book writer Tom King announced he'd be leaving DC's weekly Batman book after issue #85 after previously stating he'd be on until #100. Whelp, it looks like he had a Darkseid-sized reason for doing so: According to The Wrap, King will co-write the script for Warner Bros.' The New Gods movie alongside Oscar-nominated director Ava...
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The pop culture world still hasn't quite recovered from Game of Thrones' divisive series finale, which came to a close with—*spoilers*, I suppose—Bran "The Three-Eyed Raven" Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) as King of the Six-ish Kingdoms based on the idea he had the "best story," despite the pint-sized assassin who saved literally all of mankind sitting just to his right. Some loved it,...
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‘Final Space’ Season 2 Trailer Sees the Return of Olan Rogers’ Epic Animated Sci-Fi Series
May 29, 2019
Adult Swim has released two trailers for Final Space season 2, the follow-up to creator Olan Rogers' animated intergalactic odyssey. This season marks the series' jump from TBS to Adult Swim, where it'll occupy the 11:30 PM slot starting June 24. The first season was sneakily one of the best, most inventive new animated series of 2018. Although I'm no expert on animation...
The Young Stars of ‘When They See Us’ on What Angered and Inspired Them about the Story
May 29, 2019
Created, co-written and expertly directed by Ava DuVernay, the four-part Netflix limited series When They See Us chronicles the notorious case of the five teenagers of color from Harlem – Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise – who became labeled the Central Park Five, after being accused of a violent rape in New York in the spring of...
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The third and final season of Legion, Noah Hawley's mind-bending TV series creation inspired by Marvel Comics' X-Men universe, is almost upon us. Now's as good a time as any to watch the previous two seasons to try to figure out just what happened in those episodes before more installments arrive to throw a wrench in the works again. But one thing seems to...
This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about the new live-action adaptation of Aladdin. We talk about how it compares to the 1992 animated original, how the live-action versions are answering questions that didn't need answering, how the film fits with Disney's live-action strategy, the lack of authorship from director Guy Ritchie, and much more. We then finish up with Recently Watched....
The 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead has been on my mind a lot lately, for two key reasons. One is the release of Brightburn, which the marketing would have you think was a James Gunn film even though he neither wrote it (his brother and cousin did) or directed it (that would be David Yarovesky, who blessed us with the terrific...
Fandom can often seem the worst aspect of any given media franchise today. While most fans are positive about what they love, many aren’t, and toxic voices easily drown out the rest. Many fandoms are affected by this kind of rot, but the rot itself always exhibits the same characteristics - vicious hatred towards art that doesn’t meet their tastes, capitalistic ownership over...
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