Annie Wilkes, the crazed nurse/superfan from Stephen King’s Misery, brings a fresh kind of terror to a sleepy Maine town in the new teaser trailer for Season Two of Castle Rock, which premieres October 23rd on Hulu. Like the first season of the anthology series, Season Two incorporates elements and …
Read More »'Saturday Night Live' Adds Three New Cast Members Ahead of Season 45
Ahead of Saturday Night Live‘s season premiere on September 28th, the long-running sketch series announced three new Not Ready for Prime Time Players that will join the cast for Season 45. Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis and Bowen Yang are the latest comics that will attempt to plant themselves high on …
Read More »Robert Plant Allows Indie Film 'The Friend' to Use Led Zeppelin Songs
Robert Plant was reportedly so moved by the upcoming indie film The Friend, the singer allowed for two Led Zeppelin songs to appear in the movie. Filmmakers usually face a steep fee when they endeavor to include Led Zeppelin’s music in a movie. Considering The Friend was made on a …
Read More »'It: Chapter Two': In Praise of Pennywise
Here’s everything you need to know about It: Chapter Two, the sequel to the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King‘s epic coming-of-age horror story. It is long. Very long. It is a much better movie than the first one. The kids have been de-aged in flashbacks to resemble their youthful selves …
Read More »The Radical Kindness of 'Steven Universe'
The title character of Steven Universe is an adolescent boy who, over the course of the Cartoon Network series’ first five seasons, developed the ability to fly, to conjure an impenetrable pink shield out of thin air, to use his saliva to heal injuries short of death (and sometimes beyond), …
Read More »'The Mandalorian': See First Trailer for Disney+ 'Star Wars' Series
The long-awaited first trailer for The Mandalorian, the Star Wars franchise’s upcoming Disney+ series, was unveiled during Disney’s D23 conference Friday. The series arrives on the streaming service on November 12th. “After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in theStar Warsuniverse.The Mandalorian is set after the …
Read More »See Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B Scam Bankers in Trailer for 'Hustlers'
STXfilms has dropped a trailer for Hustlers, a highly-anticipated film that sees Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez playing strippers who swindle Wall Street bankers out of millions. Based on New York magazine’s 2015 article “The Hustlers at Scores” by Jessica Pressler, the movie follows “a crew of savvy former strip …
Read More »See Rob Zombie's Bloody New '3 From Hell' Trailer
Rob Zombie will continue the horror saga he started with House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects when he releases 3 From Hell on September 16th. The trailer for the film opens with TV footage of the “Devil’s Rejects” gang in the hospital following a bloody police standoff. “The …
Read More »Scarlett Johansson on Casting Controversies: 'I Should Be Allowed to Play Any Person'
UPDATE: Scarlett Johansson clarified that her controversial comments in an As If interview were “edited for click bait.” “An interview that was recently published has been edited for click bait and is widely taken out of context. The question I was answering in my conversation with the contemporary artist, David …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Knives Out,' Wu-Tang Biopic, 'Jumanji 2'
What’s going on trailer-wise this week? We’ve got: a first look at an A-list Agatha-Christie-style whodunnit; a peek at the upcoming Wu-Tang Clan biopic series; a preview of an old rom-com favorite given a new twist or three; the trailer for the latest Jumanji romp; and an animated secret agent …
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