‘Kings’ Trailer: Halle Berry Deals With Family Turmoil During The L.A. Riots Last year, racial tension was tackled in the 1960s-set dramaDetroitas riots unfolded in the Michigan city, sparking a confrontation between citizens and the law during a time of great turmoil. Now, a new drama takes us to the Los Angeles riots in 1992. Kingstells the story of Millie (Halle Berry), a single mother with eight children, and some of them aren’t even her own....

‘Mortal Kombat’ Spec Short Spawns Web Series Starring Michael Jai White Last year there was a minor flurry of interest in a newMortal Kombatfilm when a spec / proof of concept short appeared online. It was a dark, violent little piece of work that featured some surprising faces likeJeri RyanandMichael Jai White. Now, while a new feature evidently won’t be happening soon,Kevin Tancharoen, the director of the short, is using it as a launchpad for a newMortal Kombatweb series that will also star Michael Jai White in a story where the classic Kombat characters square off against the series' big bads, Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung....

‘Murder On The Orient Express’ Cast: Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Michael Peña & More Hop On Board DirectorKenneth Branaghseemed to have his work cut out for him when it came to casting hisMurder on the Orient Expressremake. Sidney Lumet’s 1974 version was a star-studded affair, featuring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins, and Vanessa Redgrave. Could any new cast in 2016 possibly compare? Well, we won’t know for sure until the new film opens in theaters, but it does seem to be off to a great start in terms of star power....

‘Origin’ Early Buzz: YouTube Premium’s New Sci-Fi Show Has Potential The reviews are in for YouTube Premium’s next big original science fiction seriesOrigin, and almost all of them include a variation of this line: “it’s likeLost, in space.” Puns aside, that’s some high praise – but does the comparison extend beyond the show’s use of flashbacks to explore the backstories of its characters? Read some excerpts from the reviews below to find out....

‘Port Authority’ Trailer: Martin Scorsese Exec Produces This New York-Set Love Story It’s pretty rare that the legendaryMartin Scorseseputs his name on something that ends up being bad. In addition to his directing credits over the past few years, he’s executive produced things likeUncut Gems,The Souvenir,Pretend It’s a City,Shirley, andHappy as Lazzaro, and he’s done the same thing forPort Authority, a New York City-based romance that starsDunkirkactorFionn Whiteheadand transgender model/actressLeyna Bloom....

‘Sabrina’ Graphic Novel Adaptation To Be Written, Possibly Directed By Drew Goddard Drew Goddardhas a new project on the horizon. TheBad Times at the El RoyaleandThe Cabin in the Woodsfilmmaker will write, and probably direct,Sabrina, based on the graphic novel byNick Drnaso. Not to be confused with a certain teenage witch,Sabrinafollows a man whose girlfriend goes missing. The critically acclaimedSabrinawas the first graphic novel to ever make the list for the Man Booker Prize....

‘The Angry Birds Movie’ Trailer: Birds Crash And Pigs Fly This is a year of superhero clashing withBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicebehind us andCaptain America: Civil Warjust under a few weeks away. But May will also bring the epic clash of fowls and swine inThe Angry Birds Movie. The animated film from Sony Pictures Animation brings the popular mobile game from Rovio Entertainment to the big screen, finally giving us a reason as to why the birds are so angry....

‘The Grinch’ Trailer: The Mean Green Menace Returns That mean green bastardThe Grinchis back in an all-new animated movie. Yes, that nasty wasty skunk is returning to ruin Christmas for the Whos down in Whoville, so you better get out of his way. The newThe Grinchtrailer awaits you below, in all its green glory. Then he got an idea. An awful idea. The Grinch got a wonderful,awfulidea! And that idea wasanotherremake ofHow The Grinch Stole Christmas....

‘The Sandlot’ Writer/Director Has Written A New Baseball Movie The 1990s were the heyday of kid-centric baseball films. This was back when movies likeRookie of the YearandAngels in the Outfieldwere making $50 million at the box office, and even something likeLittle Big League– which only pulled in $12 million domestically – could expect a healthy life on home video after it left theaters. But my favorite of them all wasThe Sandlot, an imminently quotable and nostalgiccoming of age movieset in the 1960s that followed a young outcast who slowly gained a group of friends who taught him to play baseball and accepted him into their ragtag group....

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Clip: The First Rule Of Mutant Fight Club… The last time we were presented with anX-Men: Apocalypseclip,we were given a scene whereRose Brynedumps exposition all overJames McAvoy’s not-yet-bald head. This new clip (while seemingly cut down from the full version of the scene) is significantly more action packed, showcasing a fight sequence betweenBen Hardy’s Angel andKodi Smit-McPhee’s Nightcrawler. However, this isn’t some kind of grand superhero showdown. It’s actually pretty sad stuff, with both mutant heroes stuck in a cage and forced to battle for the entertainment of a bloodthirsty crowd....

A Brief History Of Womp Rats In Star Wars This article containsspoilersfor the new episode of “The Book of Boba Fett.” The residents of Tatooine might not agree on much, but they all sure seem to share a mutual disdain for womp rats. In fact, it feels like just about everyone in the “Star Wars” universe hates them, going back to Luke Skywalker casually boasting about bulls-eyeing womp rats from his T-16 skyhopper in 1977’s “Star Wars: A New Hope....

Adult Swim Orders Movies For ‘The Venture Bros.’, ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’, And ‘Metalocalypse’ Adult Swim is bringing back three of their beloved animated series as TV movies.The Venture Bros.,which was recently brought to an endafter kicking around for 17 years and 7 seasons, is getting a movie to keep the show alive. JoiningThe Venture Bros.will be TV movies for Adult Swim favoritesAqua Teen Hunger ForceandMetalocalypse. Here’s the official synopsis forThe Venture Bros....

Alex Garland And Oscar Isaac Explain And Dissect The Ending Of ‘Ex Machina’ Talking in details aboutEx Machinais difficult without spoiling some of the film’s biggest reveals. Writer/directorAlex Garlandhas crafted a fascinating sci-fi thriller and, inspeaking with both heandstarOscar Isaac, we had to talk about some of the bigger questions the raised by the end of the film. On the topic of one particular question, the actor and director had opposite ideas about how things would have played out....