Superhero Bits: Gotham’s New Poison Ivy, Black Manta Campaigning Begins & More Which director is at the top of a new poll asking who should directMan of Steel 2? How is the cast and crew ofJustice Leaguereacting to negativeSuicide Squadreviews? Want to see the new, grown upPoison Ivycoming to the next season ofGotham? WhichThe Wirestar is already campaigning to playBlack MantainAquaman? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Dredd Where can you seeDreddat San Diego Comic-Con? How about the brand new Marvel film,Item 47? Want to read a 50-page booklet aboutThe Dark Knight Rises? DoesRobert Downey Jr.know where things go afterIron Man 3? Which U.S. Senator has a role inThe Dark Knight Rises? Why is aBatmantoy in a Marvel box? What isMarveldoing to completely reboot their comic books?...

The Dark Tower Easter Egg You Never Noticed In The Shawshank Redemption What do “The Dark Tower” books and “The Shawshank Redemption” movie have in common, besides author Stephen King? A guy named Randall. Easter eggs are all the rage in today’s King adaptations — and movies in general. Back in 2017 (when we proclaimed theKing film renaissance), Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of “Gerald’s Game” featurednumerous referencesto other King stories, not the least of which was a line of dialogue where one character randomly says, “All things serve the Beam....

The Fabulous Filipino Brothers Review: A Solid Mid-Budget Comedy That Finds Beauty In The Chaos Weddings are a big deal in every culture. They’re joyous occasions that mark the joining of two lives together. But the months and weeks prior, plus the day itself, can be super crazy. Everyone involved is running around to make sure that the festivities are going as planned. Meanwhile, they also want the betrothed and their guests to have the best time possible....

The Offer Review: A Limited Series That Should’ve Been A Movie Just as some meetings should be emails, some TV shows should be movies. Never has this felt truer, in enormously extended fashion, than in the Paramount+ limited series “The Offer.” In short, “The Offer” is the unnecessary answer to the question, “How did they ever make a movie out of Mario Puzo’s wildly popular novel about the Corleone family of criminals?...

The Rock Calls ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ His Most Challenging Film Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsonhas been a part of some intense productions over the course of his career, but according to him, the upcomingFast and Furiousspin-offHobbs & Shawis “easily the most challenging film” that he’s ever produced and starred in. Take a look at a newHobbs & Shawwrap photo and a video from Johnson’s Instagram below, and join us as we compare what we know about this movie to the other films Johnson has produced and starred in....

The Summer Of Cena: What Three Movies Reveal About An Increasingly Interesting Actor In the summer of 2002, a walking slab of meat clad in metallic red spandex trunks showed up on an episode of WWE Smackdown to answer an open challenge from future WWE Hall of Fame inductee and legitimate Olympic gold medalist, Kurt Angle. Donning an over-oiled buzzcut and armed with an endless amount of unteachable charisma, this muscular young stud debuted in front of the world, and sparked what would become an absolutely untouchable career both in ring and out....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Flight Of The Conchords, The Soloist, Race To Witch Mountain, And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict....

This Week In Trailers: Silo, Beast Beast, Sugar Daddy, The Unthinkable, Why Did You Kill Me? Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week, we get stuck swimming in grain, look into the girlfriend experience as a career option, free ourselves from the small town we live in, escape from Copenhagen, and track down a killer using MySpace....

Video Blog: ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ IMAX Footage Reaction Thursday not only bringsa brand new trailerforBrad Bird’sMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, it brings the permission for me to let you know what I thought of the two full, IMAX action scenes I saw from the film earlier this month. Paramount invited members of the press to the Rave Motion Pictures 18 in Los Angeles to see some of the footage Bird shot in full IMAX and it did not disappoint....

Who Is The Main ‘The Suicide Squad’ Villain? Starro Explained There’s no other way to say this: Starro is a giant alien starfish that can absorb nukes and shoot lasers from its tentacles. If you really think about it, who better to face off against the Suicide Squad? The upcoming movie directed byJames Gunnis already jam-packed with an insane variety of villains, so if they’re gonna team up against a single force, it better be a memorable one....

Why ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Failed At The Box Office, According To Director Denis Villeneuve Blade Runner 2049was a truly audacious blockbuster movie, tackling themes of humanity, free will, and fate — all wrapped in a haunting dystopian noir mystery that both aped and improved upon the iconic visuals of Ridley Scott’s 1982Blade Runner. But much like the originalBlade Runner,the sequelunderwhelmedat the box office, opening to a tepid $32 million domestically and going on to rake in $252 million worldwide, barely breaking even on its towering $155 million budget....

William Monahan To Make Directorial Debut With London Boulevard, Farrell And Knightley To Star Poor chap. Despite also having writtenKingdom of HeavenandBody of Lies, not to mention the upcoming big-screen fit up ofEdge of Darkness, he is always referred to asWilliam’The Departed’Monahan. I don’t quite get it because, well, it strikes me thatKingdom of HeavenandBody of Liesare the better films. Perhaps now he’s segueing to a directorial career, he’ll be be able to get a name change: William ‘London Boulevard’ Monahan....