‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ sneaks past $700 million at the global box office

In unsurprising news, Minions: The Rise of Gru has continued to be a summer success, with the film now recording a massive box office gross, and it’s still going strong. Released July 1, Minions has had a spectacular ascension and impact on pop culture that far exceeded...

‘Spider-Verse’ merch gives us a taste of another new Spider-Man variant

Another Spider-Man variant has been uncovered for the upcoming animation, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse. Thanks to the merchandise being released for the film, fans have gotten to see what new characters may swing into action as they are released in toy form. This...

‘Harry Potter’ fans question why the Wizarding World is so far behind the times

Harry Potter has often been praised for its profound study into important sociological dilemmas like racism and elitism, but the way J.K. Rowling goes about spinning this narrative into existence raises a few questions as to whether Hogwarts — the beating heart of the...

MCU heads pick a side and choose their favourite non-Avengers team-up

Although everyone is eagerly anticipating the return of the Avengers movies happening next year, there’s no doubt that that team spirit has thankfully been present more than once across the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Eternals, Guardians of the Galaxy, the Revengers, the...

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ becomes first A24 movie to hit $100 million

July has been a great month for independent cinema. Everything Everywhere All at Once, A24’s unprecedented phenomenon, has just become the first movie from the independent entertainment company to cross the $100 million mark at the global box office. The martial arts meets...

Hot take on the MCU ‘elevating’ the comics opens an angry can of worms

As much as the Marvel Cinematic Universe is inspired and influenced by its source material, the vast majority of fans don’t seem to mind too much when Kevin Feige and his creative teams make changes to comic book canon to better fit the tone of the film or television project...

A different kind of Dwayne Johnson movie gets in too deep on the streaming charts

Having become the biggest, most popular, and highest-paid star in the industry, everyone knows what to expect from a Dwayne Johnson movie at this stage, which has essentially become a subgenre unto itself over the last decade. The leading man will almost always produce...

Keanu Reeves reveals how heavily he’s involved in Netflix’s ‘BRZRKR’ adaptation

Comic book creators being unfairly remunerated for their work when blockbuster live-action adaptations hit the big and/or small screens has become a hot topic of conversation recently, but it’s not a problem Netflix’s BRZRKR universe is going to have to worry itself with...

Fans share their hopes, dreams, and expectations for ‘Captain America: New World Order’

Following last weekend’s earth-shattering San Diego Comic-Con panel, we’ve got a much clearer idea of how the Multiverse Saga is going to shake out, with Phase Five being rounded out by Captain America: New World Order and Thunderbolts, which are releasing less than three...

‘Star Wars’ fans continue to be amazed by this subtle parrallel

As one of the biggest stories in modern history, Star Wars people have pored over every little element of it, but some of these from the first two trilogies are proving so mind-numbingly subtle that they went over 99% of our heads. A particular instance of this has got...

Fans celebrate Christopher Nolan’s birthday by arguing over his best movie

Today marks the 52nd birthday of Christopher Nolan, one of the greatest movie directors in living memory whose work has repeatedly set a standard for the rest of the industry, especially when studios set about crossing the thin line where artistry and blockbuster filmmaking...

Music buffs share the terrible movies almost saved by a soundtrack that slaps

Queen of the Damned may have been a mediocre film, but it had a slamming soundtrack, according to one assessment by a fan of movies and music, which sparked a broader discussion about terrible movies with excellent musical accompaniments. “Personally I think Queen of the...

Robot-friendly ‘Star Wars’ fans name the droid they’d most want as their companion

If there’s any object in the Star Wars galaxy that fans most covet, it’s the lightsaber. Practically every person who saw the first, second, or third set of trilogies in their childhood harbors a desperate wish to own the weapon of the Jedi (or Sith, let’s be honest)....

‘Star Wars’ fans horrified by how casually the droids burn bodies

Some Star Wars fans have realized how comfortable R2-D2 and C-3PO are with burning the Jawas on Tatooine in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.  Before Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi join Han Solo on the Millenium Falcon, the group burn a bunch of Jawas in a bonfire....

‘DC League of Super-Pets’ sails past $2.2m in opening previews

With children’s movies mostly absent from the studios’ Summer 2022 schedule, it might seem like a forgone conclusion that any family friendly films released in-season would be a huge hit. But of the slate of major kiddie flicks released thus far, including seeming sure...

Watch: Brad Pitt gets duped in first ‘Bullet Train’ clip

This may be a spoiler, but we’re pretty sure that backpack isn’t stuck. Sony Pictures has released a teaser clip from its upcoming action comedy Bullet Train, due out next weekend and it looks like a trap. Of course, Brad Pitt’s character Ladybug, a contract assassin looking...

‘Madame Web’ set photos could tease ‘Spider-Man 2’ Easter Egg

Does Sony’s upcoming Madame Web take place in the same universe as Sam Raimi’s 2004 masterpiece Spider-Man 2? That’s one conclusion one could take away from a set photo prop of the forthcoming superhero movie, even though it is still somewhat ambiguous. The set photo leak...

MCU fans mark one year until the release of ‘The Marvels’

We’re just one year away from The Marvels coming to theaters, which teases a team-up of epic proportions from the likes of Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers ⏤ aka Captain Marvel ⏤ Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan ⏤ aka Ms. Marvel ⏤ and Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau. One fan put it...

Review: ‘The Honor Society’ is pure John Hughes for a new generation

The Honor Society, which premieres on Paramount Plus on July 29, is a savvy rites-of-passage piece which mainlines top tier John Hughes during his prolific Eighties period. With a disarming delivery of straight-to-camera dialogue, Angourie Rice attempts to steal this film...

Taron Egerton reveals he turned down the lead role in ‘Solo’

Solo: A Star Wars Story is one of those projects from the Mouse House era that fans generally prefer not to think about, even though most of them would admit Alden Ehrenreich did a wonderful job of bringing a younger Han Solo to life on the big screens. But while every...

In a shocking turn of events, Mel Gibson signs on for an action thriller

In Hollywood, there’s “showbiz jail,” which is what befalls big stars when, for example, they slap a comedian on live television during Hollywood’s biggest night, and they’re not allowed to make movies for a year or two until the public decides they don’t really care. And...

When is ‘Black Adam’ Set in the DCEU Timeline? Here’s What We Know So Far

Dwayne Johnson has promised to change the hierarchy of the DC Universe when Black Adam comes to theaters, but when exactly is it taking place? The DCEU has been a confusing universe because of its incohesive timeline. There are two versions of the Justice League movie,...

‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ villain is a narcissistic Shakespearean sociopath

The return of Star-Lord and his gang of intergalactic misfits in Love and Thunder was so brief that Taika Waititi might as well have written them off from the story without actually bringing them on set to shoot that hasty opening. Fortunately, less than a year separates...

Jonathan Majors compares embodying Kang to playing quarterback

Actor Jonathan Majors is playing the next big bad guy in the Multiverse Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His Kang is a figure who travels across time, bends reality and, according to Majors, is a bit like someone leading a football team in high school. The actor...

Daniel Radcliffe’s Weird Al biopic reveals first poster and release date

At long last, we’re finally getting our first glimpse of Daniel Radcliffe as renowned parody musician “Weird Al” in the official poster for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which is set to release this fall. And while Radcliffe is far out-stretched from his younger days of...