The Enduring Appeal Of Channing Tatum As a result of his forthcoming return to the silver screen after a short yet palpable absence, everyone is catching Channing Tatum fever. Perhaps more aptly, it appears that a collective appreciation for Tatum’s varied career has resurged with the news that we’re currently blessed with two Tatum joints — one currently in theaters and the other arriving imminently. There’s “Dog” (which he co-directed with producing partner Reid Carlton), the tale of a military man with a troubled past and the war dog he must escort on a road trip to a funeral, and “The Lost City,” a rom-com of seemingly epic proportions also starring Sandra Bullock and Daniel Radcliffe....

The Return Of Goonies Star Kerri Green Do you rememberKerri Green? Me neither, Clarification:I’m getting a lot of comments being like “How can you not remember her? You haven’t seen the goonies? It’s easy for you to say you know who she is with the photo I included with this post, but would you recognize her by name if you saw the opening credits of her new movie? I think not....

Theme Park Bits: ‘Skull Island: Reign Of Kong’ Details, ‘The Walking Dead’ Comes To Universal Studios, First Tease Of The ‘Frozen’ Stage Musical If your love of movies and your love of theme parks overlap, then Theme Park Bits is the news round-up for you. In today’s edition: Universal Studios has always been about speed. While Disney Imagineers hem and haw for years over the tiniest details, Universal’s creative team knows how to strike when the iron is hot, getting new attractions up and running with astonishing efficiency....

There Was A Behind-The-Scenes Feud Over Gladiator’s Most Famous Line Sometimes, actors don’t have the same level of affection for their movies that the fans do.“Gladiator"is what made Russell Crowe into a full-fledged movie star, winning him an Oscar for Best Actor. It was also the first of his collaborations withlegendary director Ridley Scott. One of the most famous moments in the film is when Russell Crowe’s Maximus, a general turned gladiator, swears revenge for his family’s murder against Emperor Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix)....

Vice Press Gets Nuts With Batman ‘89 Print By Florey [Exclusive] Justice is always darkest before the dawn! So far 2022 has been a big year for Batman with Matt Reeves’ new take on"The Batman"hitting the screens torave reviewsandboffo box office, witha sequel already on the way. Many fans and newer audiences are revisiting some of the Caped Crusader’s previous cinematic outings, and you could argue that none stand out more than Tim Burton’s 1989 classic, “Batman....

Warner Bros. Has Apparently Managed To Piss Off Every Star, Studio, And Agent In Hollywood With HBO Max Release Plan Everyone and their agent is mad atWarnerMedia. Following the company’sgame-changing announcementthat it would be releasing the entireWarner Bros.2021 slate toHBO Maxday-and-date, producing partners, talent, and agents were left reeling — most of them having been informed of the move just two hours before it was announced to the public. And while much has been said about how this decision could impact theaters, things are even messier behind the scenes, where agents are scrambling to get their talent the proper pay, and production companies are wondering if they’ll get the money they’re owed....

Where The Wild Things Are Movie Trailer #2 The new movie trailer forWhere the Wild Things ArePeter aluded to a few days backis now online, embedded after the break. After one of the more anxiety-racking development and production periods of recent geek cinema,Where the Wild Things Arewill finally be with us in October. Can it possibly live up to our collective expectations? I’ve found out today (simply by asking) that this is the film more /Film readers are looking forward to than any other....

You’ll Never Escape The Scariest Scene In Final Destination 2 (Welcome toScariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Matt Donato and Ariel Fisher. In this edition: Matt recalls the scariest scene in any “Final Destination,” and Ariel reluctantly agrees … sort of.) I cast no shade by chasing Ariel’s"Final Destination 3" pickwith the title’s elder sibling. The franchise isn’t known for haunting scares — audiences buy tickets to gawk at sensational deaths....

‘Annabelle 2’ Is On The Way, So Burn Your Doll Collection Now Annabellewas a pretty solid little horror movie whose greatest sin was being a spin-off ofthe far superiorThe Conjuring. It was also a massive hit, grossing $256 million worldwide against a budget of only $6.5 million. The fact that we’re getting news of a sequel now and not a year ago is shocking. The horror genre, after all, is no stranger to franchises that move at the speed of light and milk the goodwill of fans the world over....

‘Dark’ Review: Netflix Introduces You To The German ‘Stranger Things’ Kids on bikes. A small town with a dark secret. An underbelly of supernatural forces threatening the town at large. A government building conducting experiments that will lead to further problems. No, it’s notStranger Things, it’s Netflix’s first German-language original seriesDark.Note:ThisDarkreview attempts to be as spoiler-free as possible, but some minor spoilers were inevitable.On the surface, it’s easy to see why Netflix snapped-up this German import fromBaran bo OdarandJantje Friese: theStrangerThingsconnections are impossible to miss, and the show’s creators have no trouble leaning into them....

‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’ Sequel Short Adds Lily James And Alicia Vikander Toward the end of last year, we learned that aFour Weddings and a Funeralsequel was being plannedas a short film to support the charitableRed Nose Daycampaign. WriterRichard Curtisis back to script the sequel, andMike Newellwill be directing again, too. But let’s be honest, it’s the returning cast you’re excited to see after 25 years. And while pretty much everyone from the original movie will be back, there are a couple of new cast members getting in on the fun....

‘Ghostbusters’ 35th Anniversary One-Shot Comics Kick Off With A Journey Into Atlantis This year marks the 35th anniversary ofGhostbusters. After the kind of celebration there was for the 30th anniversary, this doesn’t feel like quite as thrilling of a milestone, even though we did just get the exciting announcement of a newGhostbusterssequel following up with the original franchise in the summer of 2020. But the folks at IDW Publishing are celebrating by keeping their outstandingGhostbusterscomic book series going strong, and this time the team is heading to one of the most iconic places in mythology: the lost continent of Atlantis....

‘God’s Not Dead: A Light In Darkness’ Trailer: Wait, They Made THREE Of These? The reports of God’s death have been greatly exaggerated. As are your assumptions thatGod’s Not Deadwould only be one movie. No, this is going to be a holy trilogy. God’s Not Dead: Light in Darknessfollows 2016’sGod’s Not Dead 2and the 2014 filmGod’s Not Deadas the third film in a series of inspirational Christian films featuring wholesome C-list actors....