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Supernaturalis a fan-favorite,cult classic television triumphthat famously followed the monster-hunting brothers Dean and Sam Winchester. For 15 exhilarating seasons, the demon-slaying duo faced countless evil and saved the world time and time again, sacrificing their lives on numerous occasions and giving up any semblance of a normal existence to keep people safe from things that go bump in the night. Jensen Ackles and Jared Padelecki starred as the fearless brothers Dean and Same, respectively....

The debate over whether or not violent movies, TV shows and music should be directly blamed for one’s criminal actions has raged for decades. And the consensus is that movies don’t kill people, people kill people. But one teen is placing all the blame for hisheinous actionson the blockbuster horror franchiseThe Purge. 19-year-oldJonathan Cruzis accused of killing three people over the course of four days. He claims he was ‘purging’, which is a direct reference to the Blumhouse series of thrillers that allow criminals to roam free for one 24 hour time period, committing any and all criminal acts without repercussions....

Zac Efronwas one of the great young stars of Hollywood in the early 00s, but some of his roles left dark and disturbing marks on his personal life, such as his participation in 2017’sBaywatch. After starring in the Disney Channel hitHigh School Musicalin 2006, Efron’s career took off, and he continued to showcase his acting skills in projects likeHairsprayand17 Again, taking advantage of his soaring popularity. In 2017, he joined Dwayne Johnson and a great cast of popular actors inBaywatch, a film based on the successful series that originally debuted in 1989 and ran for 11 seasons....

Beyond being one of the greatest filmmakers of all time,Ken Loachis undoubtedly one of the most compassionate, at least in the etymological sense of the word. Compassion quite literally means ‘to suffer with’ or ‘to suffer together’ from the old Latin (passioorpassusleading to passion, and hence ‘the passion of Christ’). Loach’s films portray a lot of suffering, certainly, but he reminds us how much solidarity and power can form when people choose to suffer together rather than apart, alone in their own silos of misery....

Once called the “Prince of Cool” and “the James Dean of Jazz,” musicianChet Bakerwas not only a singer with leading-actor looks but blessed with a soulful, vulnerable voice. The trumpet prodigy would skyrocket to fame in the early fifties, then slowly fade away. With a delicate, almost child-like voice, he gathered some detractors, probably some who were annoyed by a jazz singer who looked like a model named the world’s greatest trumpeter before he hit 25....

With the absolutely monumental success (both box office and reception-wise) that Marvel Studios had with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, other movie studios began scrambling to create their own shared movie universes in order to get a piece of the success their rival was having. Universal Pictures launched their “Dark Universe” of monster movies (The Mummy, Invisible Man), and Sony Pictures partnered with Valiant Comics to launch their “Valiant Cinematic Universe”, which started withBloodshot....

The presidential portrait is a series staple onThe X-Files. And a new behind-the-scenes photo shared by returning starGillian Andersonreveals that it is back in place. Though, last time the show was on the air in 2002, President George W. Bush was in office. And he was still in office when the last movie,The X-Files: I Want to Believe, hit theaters in July of 2008.Barack Obamawas elected President just a few short months later, but this is the first time his presence will be felt on the show....

Dumbo, the grand live-action adventure from Disney and visionary directorTim Burton, which expanded on the beloved animated classic and sent spirits soaring, prepares for a landing on June 25. Disney invites fans to fall in love again with this heartfelt story, in which differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight, when it swoops into homes on Digital in HD and 4K Ultra HD™ and Movies Anywhere, and physically on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD - with never-before-seen bonus features, deleted scenes, Easter eggs and bloopers....

Ever since bursting onto the Hollywood scene in the 1980s, Dutch cinematographer, director, and film producer Jan de Bont has been a part of many iconic movies, in the capacity of cinematographer, onDie HardandBasic instinct, and as a director onSpeedandTwister. In an interview with Uproxx, de Bont revealed that despite his years of experience, his time directing the 2003 movieLara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Lifebroke his will as a director....

Robert Pattinson isn’t going to be the only Dark Knight in town whenThe Batmanis released, as the plan at DC Films moving forward is to produce not just one, buttwoseparateBatmanmovie franchises running simultaneously. In a recent interview with The New York Times, DC Films president Walter Hamada spoke about these plans, confirming that a new actor will be brought in to replace Ben Affleck in the DCEU while Pattinson will still play the superhero in unconnected movies of his own....

Wonder Womanis easily one of the biggest financial successes of the summer and could wind up being one of the biggest hits of 2017 when all is said and done. There are a great many reasons for that, not the least of which is that the movie is considered by almost everyone to be thebest DCEU movieto date. But another reason, as revealed by a new study, is thatWonder Womanwas able to draw in more female moviegoers and older audience members than your average blockbuster....

We may have seen the last of Will Smith as Deadshot, but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of the character in the DC movie universe. We recently learned that Smith has decided not to return for James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squad, which will serve as a soft reboot of the franchise yet will still take place in the same universe. However, Warner Bros. is now mulling over the idea of recasting him, or just swapping in a new character entirely....

Ethan Hunt is back again to save humanity from the artificial intelligence trying to take us all down inMission Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Finishing whatDead Reckoningstarted is going to take a lot of hands on deck, including a lot of characters from previous installments of the franchise. The new trailer (viaSlashfilm) reveals not only Rolf Saxon’s William Donloe and Angela Bassett’s Erika Sloane returning, but also the elusive Rabbit’s Foot fromMission Impossible: III....