Poltergeist Maze Will Haunt Halloween Horror Nights 2018

Lucky attendees of this year’s Universal Studios’Halloween Horror Nightsin both Orlando and Hollywood will get a chance to go through the brand-newPoltergeistmaze, which was just announced. The maze is inspired by the classic 1982 movie directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg. ThePoltergeistmaze will take guests into a living representation of the movie in the only way that Halloween Horror Nights can deliver, which means that, much like the movie, it’s going to set the bar for anything that comes after it....

August 21, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · James Raymond

Ridley Scott Rails Against 'Boring' Superhero Movies, But Likes Joaquin Phoenix in Joker

Ridley Scott is the latest in a growing line of big-name directors to denounce thesuperhero movie genre, with the filmmaker behindBlade RunnerandGladiatorunloading both barrels as he describes comic book outings as, not just boring, but “boring as sh-t.” In a recent interview with Deadline, Scott did not hold back when criticising the hugely popular genre, chastising them for lacking in characterisation and, well, failing to entertain. “Almost always, the best films are driven by the characters, and we’ll come to superheroes after this if you want, because I’ll crush it....

August 21, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · William Newton

Robert Downey Jr. on Captain America 3 and Spider-Man

The massive press tour forMarvel’sAvengers: Age of Ultronis winding down, with the release date just one week away. Two of the Avengers,Chris Evans' Captain America andRobert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark, will be back, though with a much different dynamic, in the firstPhase ThreeadventureCaptain America: Civil War. While promotingAvengers: Age of Ultronin a joint interview with The Washington Post, both actors shed some new light on this sequel, which finds Steve and Tony on opposite sides of the Superhero Registration Act, where every superhero must register themselves with the government and join a global police force....

August 21, 2025 · 3 min · 583 words · Jordan Lee

Samuel L. Jackson Explains What Nick Fury Is Doing in Captain Marvel

At the conclusion ofInfinity War, Nick Fury’s last action was to send a distress signal to Carol Danvers before turning to dust. However, before that happened, Danvers and Fury met in the early 1990s, which is the time period where theCaptain Marvelfilm is set.Samuel L. Jacksonis once again stepping up to play the role of Fury, but this is a young version of the character who hasn’t really had any crazy S....

August 21, 2025 · 3 min · 532 words · Erin Riley

Scarlett Johansson Allegedly Shocked by Disney's Scathing Response to Black Widow Lawsuit

The star ofBlack Widow,Scarlett Johanssonis reportedly “shocked” by the tone of Disney’s rather scathing response to her recent lawsuit against the studio over loss of earnings caused by the release ofBlack Widowto Disney+. Johansson’s team revealed that the Marvel star is “shocked by the tone” of Disney’s response to the lawsuit, which the studio described as having “no merit whatsoever.” Disney soon fired back,accusing Johansson of disregarding the affect caused by the current circumstances....

August 21, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Sophia Ruiz

Sports vs Sci-Fi: Who's Really Winning?

As a genre,science fictionhas saturated the market.Sports, always a safe bet from big-name studios, finds enthusiastic audiences in the unpredictable ebb and flow of the cultural zeitgeist. Sometimes, football films are loved, and sometimes, they’re skipped. Science fiction, however – and especially the superhero genre lately – has attained a mass inclusion in the film industry, becoming the dominant form of entertainment, having grown from a fringe form of art....

August 21, 2025 · 4 min · 751 words · Tony Smith

Star Wars: Rogue One Runtime Announced, Is It Too Short?

With less than two months left until the firstStar Wars spin-off,Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, hits theaters, anticipation is higher than ever. With the final trailer arriving last week, it remains to be seen how much more footage will be unveiled, but today we have some new details about this project. While it hasn’t been confirmed by Disney or LucasFilm yet, theRogue Oneruntime has been revealed. Making Star Warscame across listing for Australia’s Event Cinemas, which lists theRogue Oneruntime at 133 minutes (two hours and 13 minutes)....

August 21, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Kristi Carpenter

Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer: A New Challenger Approaches With Cat Mario vs. Donkey Kong

“Woohoo! Meow!” Over the weekend, in a surprise, 30-second trailer for Nintendo and Illumination’sTheSuper Mario Bros. Movie, Cat Mario entered the arena for the first time. The clip also featured the first time fans heard Seth Rogen’s Donkey Kong voice.Premiering during Sunday’s NFC Championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles, the clip featured additional footage from a scene shown in the trailer thatNintendo released in November 2022. After Mario (Christ Pratt) dons his famous catsuit, which was first introduced in 2013’sSuper Mario 3D World, Rogen’s take on Donkey Kong can be heard for the first time....

August 21, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · Becky Galvan

Terminator Franchise Is Not Dead, Big Announcement Coming Soon

Just days after reports surfaced that theTerminator: Genisysfranchise is dead, it has been revealed that the series itself will definitely live on. In fact, we are on the verge of a very bigTerminatorannouncement. It is much less clear what that announcement is exactly, or who is involved.But producerDavid Ellisonhas assured us that moreTerminatoris coming. Skydance CEODavid Ellisonrecently spoke with Collider during SXSW and provided an update on theTerminatorfranchise. It turns out they have apparently worked things out....

August 21, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Christopher Graves

Terrifier Director Would Love To Make a Friday 13th Movie and Wants Art To Face Off With Freddy Krueger

Terrifier 2became a horror phenomenon in 2022. A movie made on the kind of budget that most blockbusters would balk at the low-budget nature of the sequel invoked memories of Wes Craven’s originalA Nightmare on Elm Streetwith its ingenious and quite frankly sickening special effects, and a central entity that became an instant horror icon in Art the Clown. Having made a huge profit at the box office, and instigateda re-release of its predecessorand the movie that originally brought the gleefully silent and sadistic killer to life, it is not surprising that things will be getting bigger for the for the next instalment....

August 21, 2025 · 3 min · 495 words · Alexandra Stephenson

The Beach Bum SXSW Review: The Role McConaughey Was Born to Play

It’s been nearly seven years since director Harmony Korine unleashedSpring Breakerson the world. While that movie remains divisive as ever in a love/hate sort of way, many have been eagerly awaiting his follow-up, especially once they found out it was going to involve Matthew McConaughey playing a burnout stoner who hangs out with Snoop Dogg. That follow-up is finally here and it’s calledThe Beach Bum, which, in addition to being many other things, is perhaps the ultimate stoner comedy for the modern age....

August 21, 2025 · 4 min · 657 words · Chelsea Moore

The Stand Trailer Brings Stephen King's Iconic Novel to CBS All Access

With a release date finally announced last week for CBS All Access' take on the novel, we now have our first glimpse at what to expect from this haunting tale when it eventually hits our screens.The Standis a disturbingly prescient tale, the narrative of which details Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The trailer, while very short, does give us a good idea of the eerily foreboding atmosphere that the show has in store, as well as giving us a peek at several of the series' large ensemble cast including James Marsden as protagonist Stu Redman, and Alexander Skarsgård as thevillainous Randall Flagg....

August 21, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Sherry Bates

This Olsen Twins Joke Was Cut from the Fuller House Premiere

After a very long wait,Fuller Housefinally debuted onNetflixone minute after midnight last night. And while fans didn’t get to see the return ofMary-Kate OlsenandAshley Olsen, the twins who collectively playMichelle Tannerwere not completely forgotten. There was mention of the thirdTanner sister. Though, one joke got completely cut out of the show. And it was at the girls' expense. What big laugh landed on the cutting room floor and why? In the premiere episodeOur Very First Show, Again, the cast joke about Michelle’s suspicious absence....

August 21, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · Melanie Faulkner