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During these global pandemic-necessitated quarantine times, there’s not much to do other than watch movies and check out Twitter. Which helps explain the recent hashtag challenge popping off on Twtter:#FivePerfectMovies. The rules are simple: Post five films that, to you, are singular, perfect, wouldn’t-change-a-frame creations. Then tag some other friends and argue away! The challenge is so infectious that some of your favorite filmmakers have begin posting their lists, includingRian Johnson,Edgar Wright,James Gunn,Scott Derrickson, and more....

With BookTok and Bookstagram recommending amazing novels to add to your TBR pile, many are finding themselves loving a book so much so that an adaptation is a must. When a novel provides beautifully constructed characters that you may cast in your mind, and gives a plot that keeps you wanting more, movie adaptations are high on the wish-list. Of these, young adult fiction (YA for short) is becoming a popular category of books to enjoy for those of all ages....

Today atRTX Austin, Rooster Teeth’s annual fandom convention,Gray G. Haddock, Head of Rooster Teeth Animation and showrunner for the upcoming anime-style seriesgen:LOCK, announced the Rooster Teeth voice cast for the show, and released a second teaser that featuresDavid Tennantvoicing the character “Doc” for the first time. But you don’t have to fly all the way to Austin to check it out, because we have all that info (and the teaser) available for you to view right here, from the comfort of your own couch/gaming chair/mech pilot-seat!...

Syfy’s new supernatural series starringWynonna EarpfavoriteMelanie Scrofanoconcludes its first season in a few hours, and fans are in for some grand surprises. Since premiering on June 12,Revivalhas been full of unexpected twists with the Cypress family right at the center. We’ve seen Wayne (David James Elliott) and his daughters Dana (Scrofano) and Em (Romy Weltman) attempt to navigate their complicated relationship, which even gets more tensewhen Em becomes a reviver....

For its first four season,House of Cardswas a bit of perversely enjoyable entertainment. It positioned Washington, D.C. as the epicenter of absolute evil with Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) the ringleader of utter ruthlessness. But when the show returns for its fifth season, it will be entering into a much darker universe where the rules of political gravity no longer hold sway. We could always keep Frank at arm’s length because his antics were larger than life....

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers forThe FlashSeason 7,BatwomanSeason 2,SupergirlSeason 6,Black LightningSeason 4, andSuperman & LoisSeason 1.]Over the course of one week, two main characters on the CWVerse’sBatwomanandThe Flashresigned from their positions as law enforcement officers: Second-in-command Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy) left the Crows in Gotham, and Captain Joe West (Jesse L. Martin) departed the Central City Police Department (CCPD). Both characters made these decisions following unlawful acts by members of their departments, following a pattern in recent CWVerse shows of central characters being increasingly at odds with organizations of power....

You may have heard about a little film calledIT. In case you haven’t,ITis directorAndrés Muschietti’s adaptation of a classicStephen Kinghorror novel by the same name. Its story revolves around a group of kids who call themselves the Losers Club and who band together one summer to fight back against an ancient evil entity that appears mainly as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. BecauseITabsolutelyblew away box office estimates, a sequel isunofficially 100% on the way from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros....

With the first three episodes of Amazon’sThe BoysSeason 2 arriving this Friday, before going weekly for the rest of the season, I recently spoke toKarl Urban(Billy Butcher) andLaz Alonso(Mother’s Milk) about making the highly anticipated second season. Before doing the interview, I’d watched the first three episodes of Season 2, but since then I’ve seen the entire second season and can assure you it’s fantastic andloadedwith crazy WTF moments and plenty of twists and turns you won’t see coming....

Taken as a whole, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an undeniable achievement in cinema. It began with a simple idea, thrown in after the credits of the first, risky movie: “You’ve become part of a bigger universe. You just don’t know it yet.” That idea blossomed into movies that crossed over with each other, sometimes with incredible results and other times with diminishing returns. We decided to look back at the films in the universe and rank them from worst to best....

Wickedwill be entering theaters next month and the first glimpse of the film’s Funko Pop collection was revealed. At the moment, the figures featured are the most powerful people of Oz - Elphaba, Glinda, and The Wizard himself. While it’s still unknown if more characters will be included in this set, this is just a taste of what’s to come. This collection features a whole range of characters. Elphaba (CynthiaErivo),and Glinda (Ariana Grande) will be part of a two-figure set where they’re in their school uniforms....

Back in June, a very curious piece of news cropped up.Mel Gibsonhas been out of the public eye as a filmmaker for a while, but he’s returning to the fray with this fall’s World War II dramaHacksaw Ridge. After that, however, it appears that Gibson may be returning to more overtly religious territory with, yes,a follow-up film toThe Passion of the Christ. In June, Oscar-nominatedBraveheartscreenwriterRandall Wallacerevealed that he was working on a script for a follow-up titledThe Resurrection, which would revolve around the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the ensuing aftermath....

It’s fair to say that 2024 has had no right to hit so hard with horror films. So far this year, we have been back to the ‘80s withLisa Frankenstein, took our seats alongside the doomed audience ofLate Night with the Devil, canceled our birthday plans thanks toLonglegs, and, most recently, enjoyed an absolute “wtf” moment with everyone else in the theater during the last 20 minutes ofAlien: Romulus. But those of us out there who love a hefty helping of comedy with our horror were uber-delighted back in April when filmmakersMatt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, known collectively as Radio Silence, thrilled and chilled us with their vampire flick,Abigail....

Bleary sunsets, neon lights against wet streets, electric guitars and synths and electronic tom toms just wailing, professionals just being capital p Professionals,Al Pacinoscreaming “‘Cause she’s got a grrrRRREAT ASS!” Clearly,Michael Mannis one of our premiere film stylists, an auteur whose sensibilities and proclivities are defined and refined as early as his debut picture. In fact, the Chicago-born Mann, a tough-talker notorious for running tough sets built on authenticity over everything else, sometimes gets dinged for a “style over substance” approach, especially in his iconic TV work likeMiami Vice....