Beyond Fest 2021 Line-Up Revealed: Halloween Kills, The Black Phone, Michael Mann In Person, And More Beyond Fest, one of the best and most fun genre festivals in the United States, has announced its full lineup for the 2021 iteration of the festival, and it is packed with tons of great stuff. In addition to the U.S. premiere of “Halloween Kills” with director David Gordon Green and producer Jason Blum in person, the fest will be featuring a 50th anniversary screening of “A Clockwork Orange,” repertory screenings of “Collateral” and “Thief” with director Michael Mann in person, the West Coast premiere of the Palm d’Or winning movie “Titane” with filmmaker Julia Ducournau in the flesh, and director Fede Álvarez in person to present the world’s first theatrical screening of his uncut “Evil Dead” remake....

Cool Stuff: Moana, Trick ‘R Treat, Jaws, Star Wars, Lost In today’s edition of Cool Stuff, we premiere Tom Whalen’s stunningMoanascreenprint variant, a screenprint tribute toThe Princess and the Frogfrom a Pixar artist, a look at some of Fantasy Flight Games’ new figure expansions forImperial Assaultthat bring some of our favorite characters from theStar Warscomics andStar Wars Rebelsto the tabletop, a new six inch vinyl Sam figure from the Halloween cult classicTrick r' Treat, aJAWS-inspire bath bomb that will turn your bath tub red, and finally Funko has made POP figures for the characters from the television seriesLost, but why are they so disappointing?...

Darren Aronofsky Still Wants To Remake ‘RoboCop’ Almost three years ago, MGM announced they were going to remakeRoboCop. They evenmade a postertouting the then 2010 release and, eventually,Darren Aronofskycame on board as a director. However, MGM soon encountered somefamous financial troublesand Aronofsky moved on to makeBlack Swan, which opens Friday.RoboCopseemed all but dead, especially since Aronofsky’sBlack Swanfollow-up will be anotherbig budget superhero movie,The Wolverine, and then possiblyanother machine/man moviecalledMachine Man. But in a recent interview, Aronofsky left a glimmer of hope open for anyone who would still like to see his take on the revered 1987 Paul Verhoeven film....

David Fincher’s ‘Utopia’ And ‘Video Synchronicity’ In Trouble At HBO HBO’s love affair withDavid Finchermay be on the rocks. Both of his planned HBO series, the ’80s music video dramaVideo Synchronicityand the sci-fi mysteryUtopia, are in jeopardy. As of now, however, HBO hasn’t officially pulled the plug on either. Both were ordered straight to series by the network in the past year. Get the latest updates on the David Fincher HBO shows after the jump....

Drive-In Pairing With ‘The Avengers’ Gives ‘John Carter’ A Boost When most people think of the drive-in movie theater, they romance the endangered communal movie experience with thoughts of young love, starry skies, cool breeze and fresh popcorn. As someone who grew up in southern New York and had not one, but several, drive-in theaters to choose from in my formative years, I can safely say all that’s great, but the best thing about drive-ins is the double feature....

Emma Thompson Comedy Good Luck To You, Leo Grande Will Stream On Hulu In The U.S. “‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’ expands the definition of pleasure,” is how the Emma Thompson-led sex comedy isdescribed by Sundance, where the film recently premiered. There is no doubt that an eye-opening sex comedy that offers a nuanced perspective on female pleasure makes for a thrilling watch. However, if you still have doubts, you can gain more insights by checking out the film’sin-depth Sundance reviewby /Film’s Ben Pearson....

First Photo From ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ Keeps The Dragon Just Out Of Frame Yesterday we sawan image billed as the firstfromThe Hobbit: There and Back Again, which is the third film inPeter Jackson’s trilogy adaptingJ.R.R. Tolkien’s short novelThe Hobbit. I wondered if that might have been a mistake in billing, and that the still might actually have been from the second film,The Desolation of Smaug. After all, we hadn’t seen anything from the second movie yet, and so to see a still from the third seemed odd....

Halloween Kills Director David Gordon Green Made A Rock ‘N’ Roll Sequel [Interview] “Halloween Kills” is a bloodbath. Director David Gordon Green’s sequel turns up the gore, the comedy, and the pace in the sequel to the hit reboot, which brought Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) back. Like most sequels, “Halloween Kills” goes bigger, especially in the kills department. Not only are they nasty and impressive pieces of craftsmanship from the VFX department, but they are surprising — sometimes even shocking....

Horror Icon Cassandra Peterson Comes Out In New Elvira Memoir The Drag of Elvira The populous at large is likely familiar with the art of drag thanks to the mainstream popularity of shows like “RuPaul’s Drag Race” or “Dragula,” but there are plenty that likely do not recognize that Elvira is the drag persona of actress Cassandra Peterson. A brash, larger-than-life, and evocative character with exaggerated features, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark would transition from late-night horror host to one of the most recognizable faces in horror history....

Hulu Exploring Ideas For A Sixth Season Of ‘Community’ A great many people watchCommunityvia Hulu — it’s one of the streaming service’s most popular offerings — and now Hulu may be the home for the near-mythical sixth season of the show. When the show wascanceled by NBCthere was some talk that a place like Hulu could be the home for one last season. And while comments from the show’s creatorDan Harmonmade that seem like a pretty distant possibility, conversations are taking place....

Ian McShane In 2018: One Of Our Best Living Actors, In Great Projects And Trash Alike With some actors, it’s all in the eyes. Some performers need dialogue to boost their work, and others are able to use their physicality to get across some emotion, whether it’s happiness or sadness or fury or anything in between. But an actor who can just use their eyes to communicate a world’s worth of information is hard to find, and hard to top....

Is ‘Total Recall’ The Least Essential Film Of The Summer? In yet another year brimming with sequels, prequels, remakes, reimaginings, and reboots, it’s all too easy to complain about Hollywood’s lack of creativity. It’s also inaccurate.The Dark Knight Risesmay be a threequel based on a comic book, but it’s also an exhilarating, thoughtful realization of one auteur’s vision.21 Jump Streetmay very well have started out as a bottom line-obsessed exec’s idea of an quick cash grab, butPhil Lord,Chris Miller,Jonah Hill,Michael Bacall, andChanning Tatumturned it into one of the year’s brightest comedies....

John Williams Confirmed To Score Next ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Including ‘Episode VII;’ Watch A Video Of Him Discussing It When Kathleen Kennedy took the stage atStar Wars Celebration EuropeSaturday afternoon, fans were hoping to get some kind of official news aboutStar Wars Episode VII. She did not disappoint. Though the man himselfhad all but said it already, asdid the director, Kennedy confirmed that one of the biggest parts of theStar Warsuniverse would return....