Set against awesome backdrops, the characters in “The Phantom Menace” inhabit a plot that is little more complex than the stories I grew up on in science-fiction magazines. The whole series sometimes feel like a cover from Thrilling Wonder Stories, come to life. The dialogue is pretty flat and straightforward, although seasoned with a little […]

James Gunn recently shared a first look image from his Superman movie featuring David Corenswet suiting up as the Man of Steel. For the most part, fans liked the image, but the suit is definitely being debated among fans. There’s also another interesting debate that’s been sparked. Gunn has been teasing for a long time […]

Funko will release a Pop! figure of Angus Scrimm’s The Tall Man from the Phantasm franchise to mark the original’s 45th anniversary. You play a good game, boy, but the game is finished. Now you…pop? Funko will be adding a crucial figure from horror history to its lineup, as Phantasm’s The Tall Man has been […]

Look, up in the sky! No, that’s not the sky. That’s James Gunn’s Threads account. That is where the first first official image of David Corenswet as Superman in the upcoming reboot of the Man of Steel just debuted. The picture shows David Corenswet putting on his red Superman boots in what I assume is Clark Kent’s apartment […]

Once the shooting started, there was little reason to celebrate. While Pfeiffer felt a predictable kind of intimidation, she stresses that none of her collaborators actually tried to lord it over her. “Obviously starting with Al, who’s iconic, and then the rest of the cast, who had such amazing bodies of work. I was young. […]

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Social injustice pervades every aspect of society. Whether it’s manifested through racism, limited job opportunities for the disadvantaged, or wages so low they barely allow families to make ends meet, these issues persist. Regrettably, even in 2023, many of the same challenges that were significant in the 20th century […]

George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace returned to theaters this past weekend for its 25th anniversary, and the movie ended up having a surprisingly good run at the box office. The Phantom Menace opened at #2 this weekend with an impressive $8.1 million at the North American box office. Ryan Gosling and […]

Director Fede Alvarez‘s new addition to the xenomorph canon is titled Alien: Romulus, and the film – which was originally designed to debut on Hulu – is set to receive a theatrical release on August 16, 2024, which bodes well for its quality. With its release just a few months away, Entertainment Weekly released some […]

A fourth Riddick film is officially ready for production. Via a press release, Vin Diesel announced today that he was returning to star in and produce a new entry in the long-running Riddick sci-fi series, this one titled Riddick: Furya. It is the first film in the franchise in over a decade, since 2013’s Riddick. (That film was preceded by 2000’s Pitch Black […]

Watching your films, I think about Greil Marcus’ term about the old, weird America—you’re often examining these aspects of American life that aren’t always shown. How much are your movies about that other, less-represented America? Turner: It’s the unseen part of the glacier. It’s an ongoing conversation about American mythology, American individuality, regionalism, the colloquialisms […]