‘Monsters And Men’ Is An Uneven But Potent Drama About Police Violence [TIFF] It’s both sad and encouraging that a cinematic vocabulary has developed around the continuing incidents of police officers shooting unarmed black men. In their most recent films, filmmakers Jordan Peele and Spike Lee have even knowingly created moments of dramatic irony around the perceived outcome of cops arriving at a nebulously defined scene. We know that they might perceive differently than the characters involved in it, producing a moment of unbearable tension....

‘No Time To Die’ Featurette Introduces Rami Malek As “007’s Most Terrifying Adversary Yet” WillRami Malek’s Safin be the next great Bond villain? We’ll see – assumingNo Time to Dieever comes out, that is. A newNo Time to Diefeaturette focuses on Safin, with Malek and directorCary Joji Fukunagatalking about how dangerous and scary this mask-wearing bad guy is. Hurry up and watch the featurette below before MGM decides to change the movie’s release date again....

‘Power Rangers’: Check Out The New Version Of The Putty Patrollers Despite the existence of a longer teaser trailer, we still haven’t seen any footage from the newPower Rangersmovie that shows the titular heroes suited up in their colored gear. Furthermore, the only villain we’ve seen on-screen isElizabeth Banksas Rita Repulsa, but only taunting one of the Rangers as they lie in bed. In fact, the best glimpses that we’ve gotten of the villains have come in the form of the upcoming toys from the movie, and another has just been revealed....

‘Ready Player One’ Author Ernest Cline’s ‘Armada’ To Be Made Into A Movie It looks likeReady Player Onewill just be the beginning ofErnest Cline’s buzzy Hollywood career. AnArmadamovie adaptation, based on Cline’s sophomore novel, is officially in development at Universal Studios. ScreenwriterDan Mazeauhas been tapped to pen the script to theArmadamovie, according toDeadline. Cline wrote an early draft of the script and will remain in collaboration with Mazeau as theWrath of the Titansscreenwriter pens another draft....

‘Rebel Moon’: Zack Snyder’s Reworked ‘Star Wars’ Movie Heads To Netflix, Could Launch New Sci-Fi Universe It’s been quite a year forZack Snyder, who has taken streaming services and the hashtag-loving hordes of the Internet by storm. First with his four-hour director’s cut ofJustice Leagueon HBO Max, then with his Las Vegas zombie heistArmy of the DeadonNetflix. And he’s keeping busy. At one point, Snyder was developing aStar Warsfilm inspired by Akira Kurosawa’sSeven Samurai,but news came this May that he hadreworked his ideainto one that could take place outside the galaxy far, far away....

‘Shaun The Sheep Movie’ Sequel Announced By Aardman Shaun the Sheep’s next grand adventure will bring him back to the big screen. The mischievous Aardman creation got his own feature film in 2015, and now he’s slated to get a sequel.Richard Starzak, who co-directed the first film with Mark Burton, will be back at the helm. Aardman and Studiocanal announced theShaun the Sheep Moviesequel in a statement today. Said Aardman co-founderDavid Sproxton:...

‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’ Trailer: Leatherface Gets In Your Face The Texas Chainsaw Massacreseries has spawned numerous sequels, remakes and even a prequel to the remake. Yet none of them told us what happened immediately after the terrifying conclusion of the 1974 original.Texas Chainsaw 3Dbegins right there, explaining the results of the first film and how that changed things in the future. Leatherface and his family are believed to be gone (this film ignores all other sequels) until, one day, a young girl finds out she’s inherited a house....

‘The Assistant’ Trailer: Julia Garner Works For A Sexually Predatory Entertainment Mogul The monstrous behavior of Harvey Weinstein finally met its match a couple years ago when women in Hollywood took a stand against the heinous abuse and sexual harassment that came from one of entertainment’s most infamous producers. It sparked the #MeToo movement and made waves across show business, targeting the manipulative men who had been taking advantage of women and behaving inappropriately for years....

‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’ Limited Series Will Be Written, Directed, And Executive Produced By Hugh Laurie The mysteries ofAgatha Christiehave enjoyed a resurgence in media in recent years.Murder on the Orient Expresshit the big screen a few years back and the sequelDeath on the Nilewill open at some point, and TV has seen Christie’s stories return with adaptations ofAnd Then There Were NoneandThe ABC Murders. Now Mammoth Screen, BBC Studios, and BritBox in North America are teaming up for another Agatha Christie mystery with a limited series adaptation of the novelWhy Didn’t They Ask Evans?...

2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees Announced AfterWinter’s Bonewon Best Feature at thefirst award ceremony of the seasonMonday, it kept its momentum up Tuesday by getting seven nominations at theFilm Independent Spirit Awards. That’s more nominations than any other film on the list, beating out fellow Best Feature nominees127 Hours, Black Swan, Greenberg, andThe Kids Are All Right. These nominations are only given to films which were produced for under $20 million, so other big award contenders likeInception, The Social NetworkandToy Story 3don’t qualify....

25 Years After It Hit Theaters, ‘Casper’ Remains A Melancholy Technical Marvel The image of a ghost conjures menacing motives and lingering negativity that can harm the otherwise safe, living person. However, a morbid fascination with the afterlife hovers over our culture and has remained present throughout time. This spiderweb of spooky intrigue is intricately woven into our traditions through a facade of cute Halloween decor and scary movies audiences can enjoy from a comfortable distance to make sense of what we wish to understand and accept the most: death....

Animated ‘Mortal Kombat’ Movie Starring Joel McHale And Jennifer Carpenter To Debut This Year Mortal Kombatis taking the fight across different mediums. An animatedMortal Kombatmovie is currently in development at Warner Bros. Animation and is set to debut before the new live-action film even hits theaters. Warner Bros. Animation has set the animatedMortal Kombatmovie, titledMortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, for a 2020 debut withJoel McHaleandJennifer Carpenterset to star.The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news that an animated movie based on the wildly popular fighting video game franchiseMortal Kombatwill debut in the first half of this year....

Bad Boys For Life Villain Jacob Scipio Joins The Cast Of Batgirl According to Deadline, “Bad Boys For Life” baddie Jacob Scipio will star opposite Leslie Grace in Warner Bros. and DC Films “Batgirl.” The role will see him re-teaming with “Bad Boys For Life” directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who are helming the live-action “Batgirl” film for the HBO Max streaming service. The news comes on the heels of Saturday’s jam-packed DC FanDome event, which revealed our first proper look at “Batgirl” via somesome slick concept artfor the upcoming movie....