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Dany Roth

Why Kevin Bacon's Friday The 13th Role Still Horrifies Him To This Day

Kevin Bacon got his cinematic start being paddled to the tune of "thank you, sir, may I have another" in National Lampoon's comedy classic Animal House, but the genre a lot of his fans know him best for is horror. Bacon's role in Friday the 13th provides an ongoing and unusual fear to this very day.

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Zach Lisabeth

How Are Vikings And The Last Kingdom Related?

It's a great time to be a fan of medieval warfare on television. It's an even better time, if your medieval preferences skew toward the Viking Age.

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Dany Roth

A Star Trek: Voyager Actor Once 'Almost Killed' Harrison Ford

Thanks to Star Trek: Picard and the novel coronavirus that's had us cooped up in our houses, a lot of fans are revisiting Star Trek: Voyager. And it's not just fans - actors from the show have a podcast looking back on it, and have related a harrowing story of almost taking out Hollywood royalty.

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Zach Lisabeth

The Best Disney Movie You've Never Seen Is Available On Disney+

This far into the industry-wide production shutdown, you've got to start digging deep for fresh content, and what better place to plant your shovel than Disney+? If you dig hard and fast enough, you just might stumble upon an underwatched Disney classic from 1971 called Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

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Zach Lisabeth

The Atlantis: The Lost Empire Sequel You Never Got To See

Way back in 2001, Disney released a criminally underrated animated feature entitled Atlantis: The Lost Empire. At the time, the film was unique within the Disney oeuvre for its lack of music or proven source material mined from classic fairy tales and fables.

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Mike Floorwalker

How No Time To Die Could Change The Franchise In A Major Way

A leak from the set of the film has led many observers to the conclusion that No Time to Die will see Bond become a father for the first time — a development which could fundamentally change the series forever. While this plot point hasn't been confirmed, the evidence is pretty compelling.

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Abbey White

The Real Reason Karla Souza Left How To Get Away With Murder

Karla Souza starred as Laurel on the show How To Get Away With Murder, but didn't appear as much on the show's final season. Here's why.

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Zach Lisabeth

What You Need To Know About The 30 Rock Reunion Special

Now that the cast of Parks and Rec gifted us with a reunion special, it was only a matter of time before the Peacock started dipping into the rest of its ample back catalog to fill the current void with content.

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Pauli Poisuo

The Real Reason Why Chris Evans' Favorite Superhero Isn't Captain America

Chris Evans has spent years emodying the most American MCU hero out there. As he's spent so long under the character's skin, it's easy to believe that Cap is the be-all and end-all of Evans' superhero experience. It turns out that Captain America is not even the actor's favorite superhero.

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Mike Floorwalker

Regal Cinemas Will Reopen Sooner Than You Think

Believe it or not, you will soon have the option to watch a movie in a way that you may have forgotten was possible.

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Zach Lisabeth

Everything You Need To Know About The Virtual Convention DC FanDome

The ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19 may have canceled San Diego Comic-Con (and just about every other fan convention planned for 2020), but DC is on target

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Nina Starner

The 2021 Oscars Will Break A 32-Year Ceremony Streak

On June 15, 2020, after weeks of speculation about what might happen regarding the 2021 Academy Awards ceremony, the board of governors took to Twitter to make an enormous announcement. The 2021 Oscars will break from a three-decade tradition.

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Zach Lisabeth

The Wild True Story Behind Samuel L. Jackson's Famous Jurassic Park Line

Sam Jackson is one of the most notorious scene stealers in Hollywood. You simply do not cast Samuel L. in a supporting role unless you intend him to upstage your leads literally every time they share a frame in front of the camera.

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Mike Floorwalker

What Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy Could Have Been Like

Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy helped to usher in the modern era of superhero cinema — but it might have been completely different. Veteran screenwriter David Koepp, who worked on the first film, recently spoke to Collider about ideas he had for the trilogy that never came to fruition.

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Meg Bucholtz

The Weird Reason Tenet Is Still Coming Out In July 2020

Tenet, Christopher Nolan's latest thriller, is set to show in newly reopened theaters that have been shuttered for months. Its initial July 17, 2020 release date was pushed back two weeks to July 31, 2020 — but July is still July, right? Here's why the film is still premiering next month.

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Abbey White

Pete Davidson's The King Of Staten Island Pulled From Theaters

Audiences expecting to see The King of Staten Island, the big-screen collaboration between comedy king Judd Apatow and Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson, got a rude awakening after Universal pulled the film just two days before it was set to release.

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Mike Floorwalker

Bad News Just Dropped For Star Wars Fans

We have a bad feeling about this. The organizers of Star Wars Celebration have taken to the event's Twitter account with a bummer of a message for fans.

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Mike Floorwalker

Tom Holland's First Time Meeting Stan Lee Was Absolutely Hilarious

Leave it to Stan the Man to welcome a new star to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a bit of trademark irreverence. In a recent Instagram Q&A, James Gunn revealed that he was the one to formally introduce Tom Holland, the MCU's Spider-Man, to the character's co-creator, the legendary Stan Lee.

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Nina Starner

The Real Reason Marisa Tomei Regrets Playing Spider-Man's Aunt May

Marisa Tomei has some misgivings about one of her most high-profile roles. The actress recently revealed in an interview with Collider that she has regrets about playing Aunt May, the mother figure to Peter Parker in Marvel's most recent round of Spider-Man films, and other characters like her.

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Mike Floorwalker

Chris Evans Reveals The Real Reason Marvel Movies Are So Successful

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the biggest film franchise in history, and one of its stars has a good idea as to why. During a recent interview, Captain America actor Chris Evans gave an insightful answer when asked about the MCU's unprecedented success.

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Nina Starner

Why The Decision The Academy Just Made Is So Important

The Academy is making some huge changes in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. As parts of the world begin their attempts to safely reopen after SARS-CoV2 put entire cities and societies on pause, the Academy is adjusting next year's Oscar ceremony to fit our new normal as best as possible.

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Zach Lisabeth

Awesome News Just Dropped For The New James Bond Movie

As Hollywood begins to contemplate a return to traditional theatrical releases, a few new release dates are finally starting to trickle out. Patient James Bond fans will be happy to hear that the perpetually delayed No Time to Die — the sequel 2015's Spectre — is once again on the calendar.

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Meg Bucholtz

A Newly Published Star Wars Galaxy Map Will Blow Your Mind

Cycle your star charts, because there's a new canonical Star Wars galaxy map on the books. Come June 23rd, 2020, Star Wars Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu will hit the shelves of bookstores everywhere, complete with new info on the geography of a galaxy far, far away.

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Meg Bucholtz

The Stephen King Friday The 13th Movie You'll Never Get To See

Sometimes, your greatest wishes can't be fulfilled, even when you're a multi-millionaire bestselling author. Stephen King recently confessed on his Twitter account that he held a fervent desire to add his perspective to the Friday the 13th universe, and to do it in a table-turning way.

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Abbey White

Tenet Just Suffered The Fate It's Been Trying Hard To Avoid

Not even Christopher Nolan's time tricks could save Tenet from a release delay. Warners Bros. has announced that its highly anticipated spy thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson will now release on July 31, two weeks after its long-slated July 17 date, Variety reports.

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Abbey White

Another Round Of Bad News Just Dropped For Wonder Woman 1984

Fans excited to catch Patty Jenkin's Wonder Woman sequel will have to wait a little longer. Warner Bros. announced through the official Wonder Woman 1984 Twitter that the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2017's superhero blockbuster would be coming even later than its anticipated late summer debut

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Katy Kroll

Spenser Confidential 2 - What We Know So Far

While Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness was stealing headlines this spring, another Netflix release was quietly raking in more viewers: Spenser Confidential. Approximately 85 million households watched the Mark Wahlberg-starring action-comedy flick in its first month available on Netflix.

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