Little Review: Marsai Martin Shines in Silly Update of Big

Littleis a reverse take on the classic Tom Hanks ’80s film,Big. The reimagined plot has a mean and domineering adult woman magically de-aged into her nerdy thirteen-year-old body. The film is quite silly and not remotely inBig’s league. But does have laugh out loud moments and great chemistry from its African American, female lead cast. Teen actress Marsai Martin, who also served as an executive producer, delivers a star-making performance....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Carol Martinez

Original Alien Chestburster Scene Fascinated and Confounded Director Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick is widely regarded as one of the titans of the sci-fi genre of movies. The unconventional genius and notorious perfectionist always went above and beyond while making his movies, and appreciated other filmmakers who also did the same. In a recent interview, director Ridley Scott revealed that one particular scene in his 1979 movieAlienfeaturing a xenomorph bursting out of actor John Hurt’s chest impressed and confused Kubrick to such an extent that he personally called up Scott to clear his confusion....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 471 words · Bryan Ward

Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Trailer Has Arrived

Quentin Tarantino spent five years crafting the script forOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodand we finally have our first look at his labor of love. The movie is set in a time where Hollywood was rapidly changing along with the culture in the late 60s, right when the Manson Family was on the loose and right before things started to spiral into chaos in America and around the world. Tarantino was 7-years old in 1969 and is excited to bring this story to the big screen....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Todd Torres

Rambo 5 Almost Had Stallone Fighting a Monster

Rambo 5looks like it’s finally going to happen, as Millenium Films is in the process of launching presales at the Cannes Film Festival, which is going on now in France.Sylvester Stalloneis expected to begin shooting the project in September, assuming all goes well. This time around, John Rambo is going to be taking on the Mexican cartel, but it didn’t start out that way. It turns out,Rambo 5was originally going to feature Stallone taking on an intelligent, inhuman monster....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Gabrielle Reeves

Resident Evil Series on Netflix Reveals First Footage in New Teaser

Netflix has unveiled a teaser forResident Evil, the streamer’s upcoming series based on the iconic video game franchise. While there’s a new movie adaptation, Johannes Roberts’Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, that’s now playing in theaters, this new series will not be connected. It’s also unconnected to the prior movie series with Milla Jovovich, serving as a standalone series that’s also inspired by the games. The new teaser doesn’t show us much, giving just a glimpse at a Cerberus....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 492 words · Colleen Edwards

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Villain Details Emerge

WhenBen Mendelsohnwas first mentioned as a possible villain forRogue One: A Star Wars Story, he was said to be as deadly and dangerous as Darth Vader. Some inside sources even claimed he is set to be one of the franchise’s mosticonic bad guys. We haven’t heard anything official about who this dastardly character is. ButMakingStarWarsdoes have some inside intel on whom the Rebel warriors may be dealing with. In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a small army ofRebel soldiersgoes on a mission to steal plans for the originalDeath Star, directly connecting it to 1977’sStar Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Jesse Turner

Russell Crowe Joins Sony's Kraven the Hunter Film

Russell Crowehas been cast alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff movieKraven the Hunterfrom director J.C. Chandor. Sony is further expanding its separate Spider-Man universe after the success ofVenom: Let There Be CarnageandSpider-Man: No Way Home. More news continues to come out involving this universe as we approach the eventual release ofMorbius, starring Jared Leto as Marvel’s famous vampire. In addition, news also broke that Dakota Johnson would be playing the lead role ina Madame Web film, directed by S....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Timothy Zhang

Sam Rockwell Calls Poltergeist Remake a Kids Movie

Exactly one year ago today, 20th Century Fox handed out a August 17, 2025 release date for theirPoltergeistremake, although it was later moved to June 25, 2025. Unfortunately, we haven’t heard anything at all about this reboot in the year that has followed, and with just under seven months until it hits theaters, we still haven’t seen a trailer or any official photos yet. StarSam Rockwellrecently spoke withColliderfor his new film Loitering with Intent, where he revealed that the young boy is the protagonist of the remake, and that it is more of a “kids movie....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · Joshua Green

Star Trek 4 Is Back on with Chris Pine, Legion Creator Noah Hawley Will Direct

Star Trek 4is in the works at Paramount Pictures withLegionandFargocreator Noah Hawley in final talks to write and direct the project. Hawley will also produce under his 26 Keys banner, alongside J. J. Abrams for Bad Robot. No information has been revealed about its potential plot, but the movie will be the fourth installment of theStar Trekreboot series launched by Abrams in 2009. This will also be the first foray into the popular sci-fi franchise forNoah Hawley, as Abrams and Justin Lin helmed the previous three entries in the series....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · Angela Mclean

Star Wars: Battlefront Developer Series Episode 1

Last week, during Star Wars Celebration, the first trailer was revealed for the highly-anticipated video gameStar Wars: Battlefront, which will be available for purchase on November 17. DICE and LucasFilm have teamed up withGameStopfor a slate of new behind-the-scenes videos entitled Developer Series, with the first installment debuting today. The video includes new footage from the game, plus interviews with artists at DICE who are creating the game. Combining an unprecedented collaboration with Lucasfilm and the award-winning Frostbite TM game engine, Star Wars Battlefront will deliver an incredibly authentic and immersive interactive entertainment experience featuring photorealistic visuals and epic action in iconic Star Wars TM locations....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Roy Griffith

Stranger Things 2 Poster Heads to a Pumpkin Patch for Halloween

Netflix has been rolling out newStranger Things 2posters for their weekly#StrangerThursdaysinitiative, where each one-sheet pays homage to a classic movie from the 1980s, but today, we have a much different poster, that starts the countdown to Halloween. The series kicks off on Friday, October 27, but the show itself will open on Halloween in the year 1984, one year after the events that transpired in the first season, and we know that this group of young kids in Hawkins, Indiana will bedressing up as the Ghostbusters for Halloween, but before the trick or treating starts, there seems to be some sinister activity at the local pumpkin patch....

August 22, 2025 · 4 min · 650 words · George Cobb

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Trailer Is Finally Here and It's Mind Blowing

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistanceis almost here. To get us prepared for the release later this summer, Netflix has released the first trailer and it looks mind blowing. Jim Henson and Frank Oz’sThe Dark Crystalwas not a box office smash upon its release in 1982, earning a little over $40 million from an initial budget of $25 million. However, it has since become a cult favorite and the new Netflix show has been highly anticipated for a long time now....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Ann Thompson

The Matrix 4 Star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Shares His Reaction to Reading the Script

As one of the most iconic movie trilogies of all time,The Matrixseries has a worldwide, passionate following. All eyes are now on the upcomingThe Matrix 4, which will continue the story from the original movies with some familiar faces and some new ones. One new face will be that of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who says that fans are really going to like what director Lana Wachowski has in store for them....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Heather Williams