‘Christmas Eve’ Trailer: Patrick Stewart Wishes You All A Merry Christmas We rarely see great Christmas movies. We’ve only had a few notable ones in the past ten or fifteen years, includingKiss Kiss, Bang Bang,The Ice Harvest,Catch Me If You Can, andBad Santa– and two of those titles aren’t really even about the spirit of Christmas. But there are three Christmas movies coming out in the next two months about the holidays, and one of them has real potential....

‘Don’t Breathe 2’: Five Things We Learned From Director Rodo Sayagues And Co-Writer Fede Álvarez Rodo Sayaguesmay be stepping into the director’s chair for the first time withDon’t Breathe 2, but there’s no doubt that the film is a team effort. During an event revealing thehorror-thriller’s new trailer, Sayagues shared the stage with his co-writer (and the director of the first movie),Fede Álvarez, and their affection for one another couldn’t be more clear....

‘Everly’ Trailer: Salma Hayek Gets Her Own ‘Die Hard’ Christmas came and went last week in the real world, but in the firstEverlytrailer the holiday has just arrived. And it’s not looking very merry or bright for the poor title character. Salma Hayekleads theJoe Lynch-directed actioner as a call girl who’s become a police informant. Needless to say, this doesn’t sit well with her mob boss ex (Hiroyuki Watanabe). He sends a string of killers to her apartment to finish off her and her family, forcing Everly to defend herself in any way she can....

‘Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween’ Review: Beware The Curse Of The Sophomore Slump The firstGoosebumpsmovie was great. It was fun — and just spooky enough — with enough to keep both kids and adults entertained throughout. As R.L. Stine’s creations came to life to terrorize the town of Madison, Delaware, the film, directed by Rob Letterman, retained enough spark and originality (and nostalgia for Stine’s works) to make it a genuinely good time....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Goes Cosmic And Gives Marvel Its Raw, Beating Heart (Welcome toRoad to Infinity War, a new series where we revisit the first 18 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask “How did we get here?” In this edition:Guardians of the Galaxygets weird, and it’s spectacular.) Flashback, Comic Con 2012. Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige announces development onGuardians of the Galaxy, to which even seasoned Marvel readers respond: “Wait… Who?...

‘Insidious: Into The Further’ Maze Coming To Universal Studios Hollywood Some people are so terrified by horror movies that they can hardly even bear to watch them. And others are so delighted by them that they’d willingly walk into the creepy locales portrayed in them. For those who fall into the latter category, Universal Studios Hollywood is buildingInsidious: Into the Further, a maze based on the hit thriller byJames Wan. The attraction will be part of the annual Halloween Horror Nights celebration at the park....

‘Nightbooks’ Trailer: Come For The Spooky Stories, Stay For Kristen Ritter As A Witch It’s almost Halloween season once again, and Netflix is giving us a new feature film,Nightbooks, where a couple of kids have a run-in with a witch, a disappearing hairless cat, and a very spooky, very magical apartment building. Nightbooks Trailer If the trailer is any indication, this looks like a very spooky and fun family movie. The story revolves around a boy named Alex (Winslow Fegley) who gets trapped by an evil witch (Krysten Ritter) in her magical apartment....

‘Peninsula’, The Quasi-Sequel To ‘Train To Busan’, Hits Theaters In August And Will Stream On Shudder In 2021 DirectorYeon Sang-horeleased his acclaimed zombie thrillerTrain to Busanback in 2016, and we’ve been eagerly awaiting his in-universe follow-up project,Peninsula. Now the new movie has an official release date, and it’s coming to North American theaters in less than a month. But if you’re not ready to return to theaters that quickly because of the pandemic (and I certainly don’t blame you), the film will also be streaming exclusively on the horror streaming subscription service Shudder inearly2021....

‘Ratched’ Trailer: Ryan Murphy Retcons ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ Call me crazy, but when I watchedOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I never once thought, “This movie needs a prequel revealing that Louise Fletcher’s Nurse Ratched is actually a crazy serial killer.” But that’s apparentlyexactlywhatRyan Murphythought, and since no one knows how to say “no” to Ryan Murphy anymore, here we are withRatched. The Netflix series has frequent Murphy playerSarah Paulsonplaying the nurse, and while it certainly looks all kinds of stylish, I can’t help but ask: Why?...

‘Richard Jewell’ Clips: Making And Unmaking An American Hero Richard Jewellis the tragic tale of the unmaking of an American hero. And a new clip and featurette from theClint Eastwood-directed drama reveals what goes into the making of that tragic tale. Warner Bros. has released two newRichard Jewellclips ahead of the drama’s release, one of which is a featurette on how Eastwood brought the story of the falsely accused security guard to life....

‘Savages’ Moves To Summer Release, Opening Dates For ‘Trouble With The Curve’, ‘The FP’, ‘Bullhead’, ‘Chico & Rita’ Good news for those eager to find out exactly whyBenicio del Torois picking onBlake Livelyin thatfirst imagefromSavages: Universal has just shifted the opening date forOliver Stone’s latest from September 28 toJuly 6. Savages is the only film currently scheduled to go up against Marc Webb’sThe Amazing Spider-Man, which hits three days before on Tuesday, July 3....

‘The Congress,’ From ‘Waltz With Bashir’ Director, Will Be Roughly 60% Live-Action, 40% Animated We’ve been trackingAri Folman’s filmThe Congressfor three years. That’s because Folman’s last film wasWaltz With Bashir, a great animated look at a soldier’s unreliable perspective on war.The Congressis something quite different, however. Based on a story by noted speculative fiction authorStanislaw Lem, this one featuresRobin Wright,Kodi Smit-McPhee,Paul GiamattiandDanny Hustonin a story — greatly reworked from Lem’s text — about an actress who makes a deal that changes her future in ways she could never predict....

‘The Danish Girl’ Trailer: Eddie Redmayne Is A Transgender Pioneer At a time when our culture and society is becoming far more accepting and understanding of the LGBT community, here comes the story of one of the first trans women to undergo sex reassignment surgery inThe Danish Girl. Eddie Redmaynetakes the titular role as Lili Elbe, formerlyEinar Wegener,a pioneer of the transgender community who had the surgery in 1930, a process that took over two years....