2023-06-24 17:15:00 Here’s a short list of words and phrases you don’t want showing up in stories about your big, expensive superhero movie’s second week in theaters: “Catastrophic.” “More than 70 percent decline.” “Dismal.” And, of course, “Morbius-esque.” And yet, that’s exactly the fate facing The Flash this weekend, as Friday night box office numbers … Read more
Mitch Winehouse with a statue of his daughter, Amy WinehousePhoto: Dave Hogan (Getty Images) Does father know best? Mitch Winehouse’s critics would probably disagree. Production on Sam Taylor-Johnson’s new Amy Winehouse biopic, Back To Blackhas begun, and fans have taken issue with the images that have circulated so far. Yet Mitch—who, as both a parent … Read more
Image: BBC The BBC has released the first official look for Gatwa’s friend season of Doctor Who, where he’ll be taking over for Jodie Whitaker as the Fifteenth Doctor. Also pictured is his companion Ruby Sunday, as played by Millie Gibson. Gatwa’s casting was first confirmed all the way back in May amidst endless rumors … Read more
Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) is at the center of a dumb Indy controversy.Image: Lucasfilm Before the trailer for Indiana Jones 5 was released, the world hardly knew anything about it. They knew who was in the cast and its release date, but until the trailer hit, 99.9% of the world didn’t even know the film’s title. … Read more
Antoine Fuqua recently held a screening for his upcoming Apple TV+ film Emancipationwhich stars Will Smith as the real-life slave who famously posed for a photo published in Harper’s Weekly that showcased his horrifically scarred back (a crucial piece of compelling evidence for campaigns against slavery at the time), and everyone seems to have nothing … Read more
That long awaited Avatar sequel is almost here.Image: Fox After a film grosses almost $3 billion at the global box officeyou have to imagine the studio behind it would want to cash in immediately. Get a sequel into theaters ASAP. Strike while the iron is hot. Avatar director James Cameron is not that kind of … Read more
Amber Midthunder in PreyPhoto: Hulu If Twitter buzz is anything to go by, director Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey (available now on Hulu) is way bigger than anything currently playing in movie theaters. The movie is a Predator prequel, set in 1719, that follows a Comanche woman named Naru (Amber Midthunder) who wants to be a hunter … Read more
Image: Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios By now, we all know how much that Spider-Man: No Way Home is both a pretty good movie and also one that got basically the entire multiverse to go to a theater and see it. Some saw it once, some saw it probably two or three times, if they had the … Read more