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The day has finally come for slasher fans:Halloween Endsis in theaters everywhere and streaming on Peacock. The supposed final battle between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode in theHalloweenfranchise saw many unique twists and turns, and was unlike anyHalloweenfilm we’ve seen before. That was by design, as the slasher shares a connection to one of the cult-favorite films in the franchise. Keen eye viewers will notice that in the classic opening credit sequence, directorDavid Gordon Greenused blue text instead of the typical orange....

When it comes to stringing together the events of the ever-expandingStar Warsfranchise, sorting out Legends vs Canon is just the beginning of your difficulties. Luckily,a new timelinehas been put together by the fine folks over at Del Rey Books, the official publication line for Disney’sStar Warsnovelizations. That’s all well and good for the book-readers among us, but what does that have to do with the movies? Well, it turns out that, since the movie novelizations exist side by side with standalone stories, the Del Rey timeline gives us a good idea of just when the upcomingRon HowardmovieSolo: A Star Wars Storytakes place....

We’re only a couple of months away from the release ofCaptain America: Brave New World, the 2025 superhero tentpole that will seeAnthony Mackiemake his feature film debut as Captain America. However, while most of us are looking forward, Hot Toys is looking back and decided to release a new figure ofChris Evans’ Steve Rogers based on his appearance inCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, the Phase 2 MCU film that is well-regarded as one of the best comic book movies ever made....

Many of the greatest films of all time have come from some of the great novels, creating a perfect synergy between cinema and literature.The Lord of the Ringstrilogy byPeter Jacksoncomes fromJ.R.R. Tolkien’s masterwork of fantasy,Harper Lee’smuch-studiedTo Kill A MockingbirdgaveGregory Peckone of his greatest ever performances, andRaymond Chandler’sThe Big Sleepwas adapted into one of thebest films of the noir genre. But many astounding novels, likeGabriel Garcia Marquez’s magicalOne Hundred Years of Solitudeor the bane of every high schooler’s English class,The Catcher in the Rye,have evaded adaptation, for any number of reasons....

One of the many shows that hosted a panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con was Marvel and Netflix’sIron Fist. If you haven’t heard the news, the second season will start streaming Friday, September 7th,Alice Eve‘s mysterious character will beTyphoid Mary, and the Daughters of the Dragon will be an official team - that’s the badass duo of Colleen (Jessica Henwick)and Misty (Simone Missick). In addition, according to the show’s synopsis, Danny Rand (Finn Jones) is going to step up his mission to protect New York City but, “a sinister plot twist threatens his very identity and he must conquer his villains to protect the town and people he holds close to his heart....

It: Chapter Twomay be thriving in theaters, but according to the director of bothItfilms, he’s not exactly done shooting. Ever since the notion of a two-movie adaptation ofStephen King’s iconic horror epicItarose, fans have wondered if a longer,Itsupercut might be put together that combines footage from both movies into one epic story. DirectorAndy Muschietti, who helmed bothItmovies, has gone public recently with his desire to craft a supercut of both films, but he’s now revealed that for the eventual supercut there are two additional scenes he wants to shoot....

The wait is over andJustice Leagueis now in theaters! Of course, any bonafide nerd property comes with a big Thursday night haul and the latest DC superhero pic is no exception, tallying up $13 million last night, per Warner Bros., which is a solid start, but perhaps not quite as strong as it sounds. Why’s that? Well, DCEU movies are traditionally frontloaded in their box office turnout. Justice League’s $13m puts it ahead of the $11m minted byWonder Womanearlier this year....

Since the BBC America original seriesKilling Evestarted, the shared obsession that desk-bound security services officer Eve (Sandra Oh) and stylish assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) have had with each other has been on a collision course that seems inevitable. With Villanelle desperate to prove that she’s not the monster that everyone believes her to be and Eve on a revenge mission as she’s chasing down The Twelve, thing are sure to get messy and dark before they reach their final season conclusion....

Krysten Ritter, star ofJessica Jones, will direct four episodes of the upcoming Peacock’s horror seriesGirl in the Woods. AsDeadlinereports, the show will adapt two original short films previously released by Crypt TV, which revolve around a creature trapped by a mystical door in the woods. Crypt TV was founded in 2015 byJack DavisandEli Rothto develop, produce, and distributing horror-themed digital content. Having Blumhouse Productions as an investor, Crypt TV developed a shared universe of horror stories and monsters, getting a lot of attention on YouTube and Facebook for its short films and series, which includes the hitThe Birch....

One of the best films I saw at this year’s Toronto International Film festival was directorPeter Berg’sDeepwater Horizon. Scripted byMatthew Michael CarnahanandMatthew Sand, the film starsMark WahlbergandKurt Russelland recounts the story of the brave men and women whose heroism saved many lives in the midst of the world’s largest man-made disaster. The film also starsGina Rodriguez,John Malkovich,Kate Hudson, andDylan O’Brien. While the film is loaded with great performances and a smart script, what really impressed me about Berg’s take on the material is the way he kept everything grounded and real....

It’s been over a year since wefirst heard tellof aLutherSeason 5, and almost two years sinceLutherSeason 4 airedas a TV movie. But it has been a whoppingfouryears since we had a proper season ofLuther, as its starIdris Elbahas been pretty busy as a major box office draw. But thankfully for fans, Elba is once again donning that iconic gray coat and returning to the small screen in a full season of the thrilling crime show, one that is entering into a very different TV arena than last time....

Lynda Carterhas been many things over the course of her long and storied career—an actress, an activist, and most famously, a Themysciran warrior-turned-superhero. But, in more recent years, the star most known for bringing Diana Prince to the small screen has turned to music, putting out a number of albums and EPs to celebrate a different side of her artistic personality. But that doesn’t mean she’s left her iconic role of Wonder Woman behind entirely—in fact, the iconic superheroine has even influenced her newest single, “Human and Divine....

When filmmakerSteven Soderberghannounced his retirement from feature film directing, he was still directing things—just on the small screen. He poured his time and energy into his short-lived, brilliant Cinemax seriesThe Knick, chronicling the goings-on at a New York hospital at the turn of the 20th century. The first inkling we got that Soderbergh might be comingoutof his self-imposed retirement was a project at HBO calledMosaic, which some originally thought was a TV movie....