Holiday Rush: Romany Malco & Sonequa Martin-Green on the Netflix Film

The Netflix family Christmas movieHoliday Rushfollows popular New York radio DJ Rush Williams (Romany Malco), a widowed father who has been spoiling his four kids since they lost their mom (La La Anthony), to the point that they no longer appreciate what they’re privileged enough to have. When Rush loses his job, his producer Roxy Richardson (Sonequa Martin-Green) hatches a plan to help him buy another radio station, but it means that he must downsize and get his family to embrace a simpler life....

June 20, 2025 · 11 min · 2265 words · Paul Schmidt

Homeland Season 5 Finale Brought Heartache, Hard Choices

OhHomeland, how you torment us so. Last year, Showtime’s excellent thriller series soared back to form in Season 4, but faltered in its final episodes (a recurring theme for the show, which many agree would have been in the canon of all-time great television achievements had it literally pulled the trigger in its Season 1 finale). Season 5 course-corrected some of those mistakes, for what might be its best season yet....

June 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1204 words · Mr. Leslie Ellis

Is 'Juror No. 2' Streaming?

A legendary Hollywood filmmaker and star will be making his closing statement withClint Eastwood’s reportedly final film,Juror #2. From starring in all-time classics likeThe Good, the Bad and the UglyandDirty Harryto directing hit films likeMillion Dollar BabyandSully, Clint Eastwood has enjoyed a long and storied career for over half a century. Now, Clint Eastwood is reportedly finally ready to give himself a well-earned retirement, but not before releasing one last provocative film....

June 20, 2025 · 5 min · 1027 words · Elizabeth Jordan

Macaulay Culkin and Daniel Brühl Join Rich Flu Pandemic Thriller

It’s confirmed thatDaniel BrühlandMacaulay Culkinwill join the cast of directorGalder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s timely social thriller,Rich Flu, about a killer virus that has expensive taste when seeking its host. The two new additions will star alongsideRosamund Pike, exploring the lengths people will go to save themselves when the tables turn. Coming off the success of his role as the shady Baron Zemo, first introduced inCaptain America: Civil War, and playing a significant role in the Disney+ miniseries,The Falcon and Winter Soldier, directed byKari Skolgland, Brühl is also announced to be starring inStefano Mordini’s racing film,2 Win....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Nicole Hart

Mark Strong on Temple Season 2 and Plans for a Possible Season 3

Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 ofTemple. The drama seriesTemple(available to stream at Spectrum Originals) is back for a second season, as brilliant surgeon Daniel Milton (Mark Strong) steps away from the illegal underground medical clinic he set up with the hopes of healing his wife Beth (Catherine McCormack), who has since woken up from her coma, and tries to step back into his previous life. But nothing is ever that easy, especially not when word of the lengths he’s willing to go to spreads through the criminal underworld and he’ll be forced to make choices that will permanently affect himself and his family....

June 20, 2025 · 14 min · 2882 words · Joseph Norman

Midsommar: The Director's Cut Trailer Promotes Return to Theaters

If you missedMidsommarduring its initial theatrical run, don’t worry because you’ll have a second chance to see the director’s cut it for a limited time during the final weekend in August. In order to promote this special event, a newMidsommar: The Director’s Cuttrailer has been released, teasing some of the most unsettling moments as a means of enticing viewers into theaters; folks, it works. Directed byAri Asterand starringFlorence Pugh,Jack Reynor,Will Poulter, andWilliam Jackson Harper,Midsommarfollows Dani (Pugh) as she accompanies her boyfriend, Christian (Reynor), and his fellow anthropology grad student friends (Poulter and Harper) on a trip to the remote village of Harga in Sweden....

June 20, 2025 · 3 min · 538 words · Susan Nguyen

Nicolas Winding Refn Sets Maniac Cop TV Series at HBO

FilmmakerNicolas Winding Refnmade a colorful splash into the world of television with his Amazon seriesToo Old to Die Youngearlier this year, but he’s now already setting up his next TV project: a new adaptation of theManiac Copslasher movie franchise. Per Deadline, Refn andJohn Hyams(Universal Soldier: Regeneration) will spearhead an event series version ofManiac Copfor HBO and Canal+, with the latter scoring the French rights to the show. The project will be a production of NWR Originals, an offshoot of theDrivedirector’s byNWR....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Mercedes Gardner

Silk: Marvel Superhero May Get Her Own Movie at Sony

Marvel’s Korean-American superhero Cindy Moon might be getting her own movie! Deadline reports that Sony and producerAmy Pascalare in early development on a film adaptation that would bring the Marvel comicSilkto the big screen. First introduced in2014’sThe Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #1,Cindy Moon has powers similar to Spider-Man. She was also bitten by a radioactive spider (and goes to school with Peter Parker), and her powers include shooting webs out of her fingertips, an eidetic memory, and the so-called Silk Sense, which is essentially a stronger version of the Spider-Sense....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Kristina Osborn

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Named Best Picture by Utah Critics

Do we have a surprising latecomer to the awards race? Sony Pictures released the animated featureSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Versein theaters last weekend to immense critical acclaim, solid box office, and pristine A+ CinemaScore from audiences, and now the film has taken a surprising awards honor from a critics group. Indeed, theUtah Film Critics’ AssociationnamedSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Versethe Best Film of 2018, withROMAserving as the runner-up. Not only that, butInto the Spider-Versealso won Best Animated Feature and Best Adapted Screenplay forPhil LordandRodney Rothman’s phenomenal, wildly original script....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Joshua Adams

Star Trek Comic-Con 2019 Schedule Includes Discovery, Picard, and More

CBS All Access and CBS Television Studios inviteStar Trekfans to experience the ultimateStar Trekuniverse celebration with the first-everStar Trekblock of panel programming beaming into Hall H, featuringStar Trek: Discoveryand the highly anticipated new seriesStar Trek: Picard, starringSir Patrick Stewart, and animated seriesStar Trek: Lower Decks– as well as events, activations and merchandise exclusives at Comic-Con in San Diego, Calif., July 18-21. Check out all the particulars below: “ENTER THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE” PANEL - SATURDAY, JULY 20, 11:30 AM -1:00 PM, HALL H...

June 20, 2025 · 3 min · 631 words · Andrew Davis

Steven Spielberg Eyeing Leonard Bernstein Biopic

Steven Spielberg’s next movie will beIndiana Jones 5, which is currently due out June 19, 2025.We previously reportedthat Spielberg would follow Indy with a remake ofWest Side Storyand he was currently casting the lead roles. However,Varietynow reports that Spielberg might be shuffling up his slate. He recently held a table read for an untitled biopic about famous composerLeonard Bernstein, who wrote the music forWest Side Story. Bernstein was also a closeted homosexual who had a complicated marriage with Chilean-born American actressFelicia Cohn Montealegre....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Jessica Oliver

Stuber: Betty Gilpin & Natalie Morales on First TV Show Crushes

With directorMichael Dowse’sextremely funny action-comedyStubernow playing in theaters, I recently sat down withBetty Gilpin&Natalie Moralesfor an exclusive interview. In the film,Kumail Nanjianiplays a part-time Uber driver who picks up a passenger (Dave Bautista) shortly after he’s had LASIK surgery and is forced to accompany him on a crazy adventure through Los Angeles as he hunts down a brutal killer. Trust me, Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista are fantastic together and you’ll laugh from the beginning of the film till to end....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Kathryn Ellis

The Batman Delayed, Another DC Movie May Film in 2017

Yesterday, Warner Bros.pushed backthe release ofAquamanfrom October 2018 to a prime June 30, 2025 release date—the weekend that was previously eyed forAvatar 2beforeJames Camerondelayed that sequel for the 57th time. But as I noted in my writeup, while the December date is a smart box office move forAquaman, Warner Bros. does not have any other DC movies scheduled for release in 2018, meaning the lag betweenJustice LeagueandAquamanwill be over a year....

June 20, 2025 · 5 min · 892 words · Brandon Kelly