Universal Pictures is set to keep viewers clinging to the edge of their seats and biting their nails in fright with their newest project Beast. The film, pegged to be an adventure survival thriller movie, was met with significant excitement from fans. Many Idris Elba fans were thrilled at the chance to see the actor take on a man vs. animal trope. “Haven’t been to the movies in a while but I’m going to go see Beast when it comes out....
You can see this stunning mix of live-action, animation and CGI in 1080p this July. Beowulf: The Director’s Cut will be given a Blu-Ray release on July 29. No pricing details or cover art have been released as of yet, but we’ll update this story as soon as there is more information on this release. The film stars Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins and John Malkovich. In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf....
History is important as it’s the story of our past, who we are, who we were, and who we never hope to be again. We can look back and remember the course of events that helped shape us as people or as a society. Society has a dark past rooted in fear and hate. People are often afraid of what they don’t understand or what is different from them. This is evidenced by the many wars throughout the world’s history....
Helen Mirren’s legacy needs no introduction, and she can easily be labeled as British acting royalty. Her varied career has seen her star in films which have been hugely successful across several decades, and she has achieved the feat many actors dream of: winning an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony throughout her career. She has regularly appeared in period dramas as well a modern box office hits, showing her true range as an actor....
Latin American cinema has grown and evolved greatly throughout history, along with social, economic and political factors that have profoundly influenced it. In the 70s and 80s, the military dictatorships that overtook some of the countries forced artists to keep quiet, or even go into exile. But once these dictatorships were over, Latin American cinema re-emerged stronger than ever before and with a new purpose: recounting all that was lived at the time....
Robert De Niro is a legendary cinema star who is regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation, with a career spanning over five decades. Though he is known for portraying tough guy characters with a penchant for danger and mayhem, he has continually surprised and delighted audiences with more humorous roles in hit films like Analyze This and Meet the Parents. From bounty hunters to notorious Washington D....
The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards have been announced. This year’s ceremony seems to be honoring a wide array of films with Everything Everywhere All At Once leading the pack with 11 nominations. Blockbusters like Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water received Best Picture nominations alongside smaller more character-driven works like Triangle of Sadness and The Banshees of Inisherin. A whopping 16 actors received their first acting nominations, with surprise nominations for Brain Tyree-Henry, Paul Mescal, and Stephanie Hsu certainly delighting some....
The filmmaker and producer behind the hit musical Dreamgirls is stepping into the genre once more. Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Bill Condon will write and direct an adaptation of Arthur Phillips’ novel The Song Is You. Here’s how Condon himself described the story to the site: While the film is in the works, with Larry Mark producing, Condon will be directing Salmon Fishing in The Yemen, with Simon Beaufoy adapting Paul Torday’s novel and Condon is also writing and producing the new HBO pilot Tilda for HBO, which was just set up last week....
Aarrgh! Transforming into Davey Jones for the second and third installment of The Pirates of the Caribbean series Bill Nighy had a stand-out performance in Love Actually as Billy Mack; we even got to hear his tremendous vocal chords. But, now, Mr. Nighy will be forever known as Davey Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. As he’ll explain, Davey is awaiting the repayment of a debt from Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) - but it’s not any ordinary debt....
For months Dwayne Johnson has been telling us that Black Adam is coming to “change the hierarchy” of the DCEU. While we are still not really sure what this entails, it looks like the film’s director has decided that they will take over the baton for a while and have been bigging up the mighty anti-hero’s upcoming big screen debut, which arrives in the summer. Black Adam was originally planned to make his first appearance in 2019’s Shazam!...
Blake Lively is making a turn towards the backstage behind the camera as she has been signed on for her directorial debut. The Gossip Girl actress will direct a feature film (via Collider), Seconds, which is adapted from a graphic novel by Bryan Lee O’Malley. Lee is famous for creating the comic book series, Scott Pilgrim, which itself has also been adapted into a feature film. In her first venture as a filmmaker, Lively will be supported by one of the finest writers in the industry today, Edgar Wright....
You can bring home the latest from director Ridley Scott and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crow this February. Body of Lies will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 17. The film will be released in a barebones single-disc edition ($28.98 SRP), a two-disc special edition ($34.99 SRP) and the Blu-ray edition ($35.99 SRP). The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe and Mark Strong. Crowe plays Ed Hoffman, the manipulative CIA boss who teams with operative Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) to trap a dangerous Al Qaeda leader by planting a false rumor that the bomber is in cahoots with the Americans....
The Netflix series Brand New Cherry Flavor is a limited horror series starring Rosa Salazar as Lisa Nova, an aspiring filmmaker with a bold and striking talent that everyone around her is trying to take for themselves. After a producer named Lou Burke options her incredible short film Lucy’s Eye in the hopes of riding her coattails to make it back to the top of the Hollywood food chain, he betrays her and hires a music video director to helm the feature-length adaptation of her work....
While BAFTA voters largely rejected big Hollywood studio films this year, Variety has reported that the nominees did not skew “quite as rogue” as in recent years since the organization changed its voting system. Among changes in voting which resulted, in the last two years, with at least 50% of nominees in the Director category being female, the same results could not be found this year– with just one out of six nominations featuring a female director (Gina Prince-Bythewood for The Woman King) from an initially gender-equal longlist....
Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2011 at the the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. The the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards was simulcast live coast-to-coast by TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p....
Everyone, at some point in their life, has had a mom. And we’re sure in their own special way, those women were all very hardworking, ass-kicking pillars of the community ready to take on any challenge that faced them, and could probably do it better than any man! That’s part of what makes moms so special. Of course, great personalities, strong muscles, and a willingness to time travel or engage in an epic space war also help....
With three critically-panned movies released by his Happy Madison Productions, 2011 was A Berry Bad Year for Adam Sandler, who now totally dominates the list of contenders for The 32nd Annual Razzie Awards. Sandler has more than doubled Eddie Murphy’s old record for the most nominations accrued by an individual in a single year. As an actor, writer and/or producer on Jack and Jill, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star and Just Go with It, the former SNL star has amassed a whopping 11 Razzie nods, dis-honoring last year’s Worst Achievements in Film....
Aaron Eckhart and Richard Jenkins are set to join The Rum Diary, the adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson novel that stars Johnny Depp. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eckhart is in negotiations while Jenkins is signed on for the movie, which Bruce Robinson adapted and is directing. Amber Heard also is on board. Eckhart is part of a love triangle that sees him vying with Depp for Heard’s affection. The Rum Diary is the tale of a washed-up, hard-drinking journalist named Paul Kemp (Depp) in 1950s Puerto Rico....
For the first time ever, Adam Sandler is heading to Saturday Night Live as a host, and not just as a surprise guest. Sandler broke out during his time on the legendary sketch comedy series in the 90s, which led to a very lucrative and, at times, great Hollywood career for the actor and comedian. He’s since returned a number of times to his former home, but only in a limited capacity and never as host....
Al Pacino has been selected by the American Film Institute’s (AFI) Board of Trustees to receive the 35th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film, it was announced today by Sir Howard Stringer, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees. The award will be presented to Pacino at a gala tribute in Los Angeles on June 7, 2007. “I am moved and honored to be considered for such a prestigious award,” said Pacino....
