Venom: The Last Dance Gets Promising Early Reaction From Marvel Artist & Knull Creator

While we await the review embargo to lift on the highly anticipated Sony Marvel sequel,Venom: The Last Dance, comic book artist, writer, and the creator behind the Venom villain Knull (who is all set to make his big screen debut in the follow-up) has now taken toX/Twitterto reveal he has seen the movie, and it’s “wonderful.” Ryan Stegman, who has written for several major Marvel characters, including She-Hulk, X-23, Spider-Man and Venom, co-created the god of darkness and symbiote creator, Knull, in 2018 with writer Donny Cates....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 559 words · Joel Walters

War for The Planet of The Apes Review #2: The Best Sequel of The Summer

War for the Planet of the Apesis a deeply emotional, riveting film that pushes the boundaries of motion capture performance. The third installment of the rebooted franchise continues the epic story of Caesar (Andy Serkis) insuperb dramatic fashion. This is not a noisy summer blockbuster bursting with gaudy action scenes. Director Matt Reeves treats death and loss with consequence. He skillfully incorporates ape lore into a heartfelt journey with memorable characters and all too human behavior....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 549 words · Meredith Gould

Watch Stranger Things Steve Meet His Parks and Rec Son Jean-Ralphio

Shortly after the hit seriesStranger Thingsdebuted on Netflix, fans started formulating a theory about Steve Harrington, played byJoe Keery. The actor bears a striking resemblance toBen Schwartz, who played the beloved Jean-Ralphio Saperstein onParks and Recreation, NBC’shit sitcomwhich, likeStranger Things, is set in a fictional Indiana town. SinceStranger Thingsis set in the 1980s andParks and Recreationwas set in present day, a popular fan theory has surfaced that Steve Harrington is actually Jean-Ralphio Sapperstein’s father, and now both actors have chimed in with a hilarious new video....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Robert Rose

Why A Field in England Is a Psychedelic Nightmare Masterpiece

For the past decade, the horror genre has seen a radical change from the tendencies that dominated it in the first years of the century. A new generation of auteurs has crafted some of the most original material in years, thanks to smarter screenplays, stronger characters, and arguments flowing from real life concerns. Aspects like the supernatural, gory violence, and jump scares are still ever-so-present, only this time around thefilms of Jennifer Kent(The Babadook, The Nightingale), Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us, Nope), Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar),or Panos Cosmatos(Beyond The Black Rainbow, Mandy) feature stronger narrative and visual compositions....

June 23, 2025 · 5 min · 915 words · Brittany Coleman MD

Why Sound of Freedom Hasn't Received a Sequel

Quick Links When the Christian thriller filmSound of Freedomwas released last summer, no one could imagine that it would become thesurprise box-office hit of 2023and the past decade, especially since the film was distributed and marketed through a crowdfunding campaign launched by Angel Studios,a fledgling film distribution and production company with no track record of major box-office success. Of course,Sound of Freedomdefied all expectations byoutperforming the summer’s supposed blockbusters,Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyandMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, both of which had production costs in the vicinity of $300 million....

June 23, 2025 · 5 min · 853 words · Robert Parker

Wicked Director Jon M. Chu Shows Off Lofty Practical Designs in BTS Video

“There’s no place like home.” And while that might be true,WickeddirectorJon M. Chuis taking that famousWizard of Ozquote to a whole new level thanks to the sublime use of practical effects in this Thanksgiving’s anticipated film. The musical, which began its life as author Gregory Maguire’s book,Wicked:The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West(1995) — and later became the inspiration for the hit Broadway play— is being built from the ground up quite literally....

June 23, 2025 · 4 min · 775 words · Stacy Davis

Will Netflix's 'The Lady's Companion' Get a Season 2?

Netflixstrikes again with yet another swoon-worthy period drama. Proving that shows such asBridgertonandQueen Charlotteare not the limit for the streaming giant, Netflix releasedThe Lady’s Companionon August 08, 2025. Having shifted its focus to 19th-century Spain this time around, Netflix has managed to craft a historical romance that has captivated audiences with its dazzling mix of romance, humor, and modern storytelling. With just eight episodes in its first season,The Lady’s Companionis the perfect binge-watch, and although just days have passed since the series' release, fans are already calling for a Season 2....

June 23, 2025 · 5 min · 958 words · Patrick Jones

Wonka Star Timothée Chalamet Tried & Failed to Recreate Gene Wilder's Cane Fall Scene

WonkastarTimothée Chalametreveals that he did attempt to recreate one of the most beloved scenes featuring Willy Wonka ever committed to screen. Speaking withBBC Radio 1, Chalamet, who plays a younger version of the chocolatier in this month’sWonka, tried (and sadly failed) to perform the iconic cane fall as performed by Gene Wilder in the 1971 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book. “Maybe I shouldn’t even say this because I don’t feel like we failed, but failure is important but we tried in the sort of opening chocolate store sequence for Slugworth, Prodnose, and Fickelgruber, introduced the evil chocolatiers, we tried a bit to get that roll in....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 567 words · Michelle Fisher

X-Files Revival May Include Home Episode Sequel

Fans are still rejoicing about Fox bringing back the beloved sci-fi seriesThe X-Filesfor a six-episode limited series, which is set to debut in early 2016. A new report has surfaced which indicates that the second episode of this six-episode revival will be a sequel to the beloved Season 4 episode,Home. There is very little we know aboutThe X-Files Revivalas a whole, aside from the returning cast members, such asDavid Duchovny(Fox Mulder),Gillian Anderson(Dana Scully),Mitch Pileggi(Walter Skinner),William B....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Dana Ryan

X-Men 2 Trailer Gets a Logan Fan Edit and It's Amazing

It’s hard to imagine now, in this over-saturated superhero movie landscape, but when the firstX-Menarrived in 2000, it came as a saving grace for the genre. And is still considered a groundbreaking film on a lot of levels. The sequel followed just three years later, and many still consider it one of, if not, the best of the early superhero sequels, comparable perhaps only to Sam Raimi’sSpider-Man 2, which was released the following year....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Kristen Byrd

'Den of Thieves 2' Is on Netflix, but 'Everybody Loves Diamonds' Is Better

Life is stranger than fiction. But fiction always has a desire to replay life’s strangest moments. They go hand in hand. This is certainly the case with the Antwerp diamond heist from 2003. More than $100 million in diamonds were stolen from the Antwerp World Diamond Centre in Belgium. Most recently, this daring robbery was revisited in Gerard Butler’sDen of Thieves 2: Pantera. This cinematic take on the real-world event takes a step further and brings the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, as well as the mafia, into the mix....

June 22, 2025 · 5 min · 885 words · Shannon Phillips

'Rats' Review, Punk-Infused Comedy Thriller

You may question the mental state of co-directors/screenwriters Carl Fry and Maxwell Nalevansky asRats!unfolds before your very eyes. Between crazed cops, shock humor, generous amounts of body fluids and, well, grotesque rats, thisnew indie filmmay end up to be the most absurd comedy of the year. To their credit (and favor), the filmmakers are in on the joke. This whacky comedy knows just how bonkers it is. (At least we hope it does....

June 22, 2025 · 5 min · 859 words · Christopher Benson

'Warfare' Hailed as "Brutal" & "Real" as It Climbs Prime Video Chart

If you haven’t guessed by now, the movie in question isWarfare. Released in April 2025, it is Alex Garland’s second brutal action film, following 2024’sCivil War.Warfareis the fourth most popular movie on Prime Video this week, behindHeads of State,The Accountant 2, andAnyone But You, in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, respectively. Garland co-directed the film with Ray Mendoza, a former Navy SEAL turned filmmaker. Distributed by A24,Warfarefeatures a star-studded cast, includingMCU stars Will Poulter and Joseph Quinn,Shogun’s Cosmo Jarvis,Heartstopper’sKit Connor, and Michael Gandolfini, who played a young Tony Soprano inThe Many Saints of Newark....

June 22, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Holly Sandoval MD