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Creature features go back to the very beginnings of cinemaand remain popular today: audiences love a good monster. It takes effort and ingenuity to conjure up a great movie monster, and most movies don’t do a great job of it. However, a few have excelled beyond all expectations, creating iconic antagonists that have terrorized people’s nightmares for decades. From unsettling humanoid figures to massive, otherworldly beasts, the designs of these creatures push the boundaries of imagination, leaving viewers with lasting impressions....

Read update Dreams and nightmares are a big part of our sleep, whether we like it or not. When you dream, you enter an unknown realm of imaginative landscapes, bizarre storylines, or downright a living hell you want to escape. Dreams and nightmares often make no sense and leave you feeling confused after waking up. For this reason, the ever-existing fascination with dreams and nightmares has left us wanting to explore them, and they become commonly used themes in cinema....

We’re less than two weeks away from the premiere ofAndorSeason 2, and Hot Toys is celebrating its imminent arrival by dropping two new figures of characters from the show. The first figure is for Cassian Andor, the titular character portrayed byDiego Lunawho first made his debut inRogue One: A Star Wars Story, and the second is for K-2SO, his lovable security droid companion who also debuted inRogue Onebut was absent fromAndorSeason 1....

Something is wrong when you start thinking of potential social media memes in the middle of a “serious” thriller. I mean, they’ll be funny memes for cinephile fans, but it’s likely not what legendary filmmakerRoman Polanskiwas going for. That’s the immediate takeaway from Polanski’s latest,Based on a True Story, the final film to screen at the 70thFestival de Cannes. The 84-year-old auteur co-wroteTrue Storywith celebrated French filmmakerOlivier Assayas(Personal Shopper, The Clouds of Sils Maria) and in hindsight that might not have been the best mix....

Ah, deleted scenes – the backbone of any good special features menu. When it comes toStar Wars, they can be hotly contested, due to The Almighty Canon. Some scenes offer additional insight intoGeorge Lucas’s world, while others have been revisited or reworked in comics, books and TV shows. Then there’s the vast majority ofStar Warsdeleted scenes, which either pad out or bog down already existing sequences – in other words, they were probably deleted for a reason....

At long last,Bob Iger’s reign at Disney has come to an end. The Walt Disney Company announced today that effective immediately, Iger is stepping down as CEO and assuming the role of executive chairman.Bob Chapek, who most recently served as chairman of Disney parks, experiences and products, will assume the role of CEO, effective immediately. Iger was an executive at ABC when Disney bought the broadcast network, and served as president of ABC until 1999 when he was promoted to president of Walt Disney International....

Somehow meeting Chucky in a run-down mental institutiononHalloween felt, well, right. If anything – almost too on the nose. It’s a rainy Vancouver day when a couple journalists (including myself) journey to the fabled Riverview Hospital – which I’m told repeatedly is the number one location to shoot at in the city. Today, the crew ofChild’s Play(in their last week or so of production) have set up shop there. It would be fair to assume the crew is prepping for a creepy derelict hospital set-piece; but in actuality – they’ve merely redressed a single room into a basement locker....

While there have been a ton of Batman stories sinceThe Dark Knightwas released in 2008,Christopher Nolan’s second Batman adventure remains one of theDChero’s finest hours.The Dark Knighttrilogyas a whole has been honored in more ways than one over the years, with companies like Funko andMcFarlane Toysleading the way. The latter has included this universe in their popular DC Multiverse figure line and recently featuredBatman Beginsin their newly mintedcowl replica line. Now,Christian Bale’s second Batsuit is getting some love in this bat-worthy collection....

During the Television Critics Association’s 2023 Winter Press Tour, ABC released a new trailer forThe Company You Keep. The series follows a criminal and a CIA officer who fall in love with each other, unaware of each other’s secret lives. The new trailer introduces us to Emma (Catherine Haena Kim), a talented law enforcement officer who spends her days going after dangerous criminals. One night at a bar, she crosses paths with Charlie (Milo Ventimiglia), a con man who’s working to pay off his debt to some powerful criminal family....

The Critics Choice TV Awards (you can check out the movie nominationshere), are what the Emmysshouldlook like, but definitely don’t. Still, there are some quirks to consider with this new list. First of all, because the awards are now bundled with the movie side of things, only series airing between June 1st and December 31st are eligible (you can see one for the first half of the yearhere). Secondly, Netflix didn’t get a lot of love, even for its stellar seriesJessica Jones(which scored an acting nom forKrysten Ritterat least)....

Everyone can use a little spooky fun in time for the Halloween season. And to provide just that, Netflix has dropped the trailer for the upcoming family-friendly horror-comedy,The Curse of Bridge Hollow, starringWhite Chicks’Marlon WayansandStranger Things’Priah Ferguson. Coming on October 14, theJeff Wadlow-directed movie follows a father and daughter duo, teaming up to fight evil Halloween decorations in a fun-filled yet spooky horror-comedy flick. In the trailer, Wayans plays a science teacher who does not believe in all things Halloween in general....

Demon Slayeris one of the newest and most popular anime series out there right now. One has only to look at therecord-smashing box office performanceof the show’s first movie adaptationDemon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Trainto recognize that the fierce fandom overseas has already shown their support. But now that the English version of the movie is out in theaters as of today, will the Japanese sensation continue its impressive run worldwide?...

In a recent exclusive interview with Collider’sPerri NemiroffforCollider Ladies Night,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessstarXochitl Gomeztalked about her experience in the set of the Marvel blockbuster. In the movie, she plays America Chavez, a girl who can jump between universes. Her life gets endangered after a major character decides to capture her in order to explore her dimension-traveling powers. During the interview, Gomez reflected on which state of mind we left her character by the end ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, what’s next for America, and the young super-hero’s biggest weakness....