'Paradise Hills' Review: Emma Roberts Leads This Vibrant Vision Of Sci-Fi Fantasy [Sundance]

‘Paradise Hills’ Review: Emma Roberts Leads This Vibrant Vision Of Sci-Fi Fantasy [Sundance] A stunning, vibrant fairy tale tinged with suspense and packed with riveting ideas,Alice Waddington’sParadise Hillsis one of the most visually spectacular movies of the year so far. Uma (Emma Roberts) wakes up in an unfamiliar room, with servants doting on her and calling her “mademoiselle.” Understandably freaked out, she immediately makes a break for it, only to discover she’s trapped on a small, beautiful island called Paradise – an expensive, twisted facility overseen by the Duchess (Milla Jovovich) and designed to strip any individuality from the young women sent there before they’re returned to society as “improved” versions of their former selves....

June 11, 2025 · 4 min · 671 words · Sara Lewis

'Sausage Party' Will Screen At SXSW As A Work-In-Progress Cut

‘Sausage Party’ Will Screen At SXSW As A Work-In-Progress Cut Every film festival has its unique identity. Programmers from all backgrounds and walks of life come together to create a voice for a fest, selecting and pursuing movies that they believe serve their particular slice of film fanatics. And while it would be unfair to to reduce a film festival as unique and special and varied as SXSW to “Yeah, they the exact kind of outfit that would take a chance on an R-rated animated comedy about talking food,” it’s true....

June 11, 2025 · 4 min · 642 words · Eric Hawkins

'Sierra Burgess Is A Loser' Trailer: 'Stranger Things' Star Shannon Purser Trades Horror For High School Romance

‘Sierra Burgess Is A Loser’ Trailer: ‘Stranger Things’ Star Shannon Purser Trades Horror For High School Romance Looks like Barb finally got her justice. After stealing the show inStranger Thingsseason 1 and becoming a bonafide meme soon after,Shannon Purseris finally stepping into a lead role in Netflix’s latest romantic-comedy film,Sierra Burgess is a Loser. And like the rest of the streaming giant’s pleasantly surprising slate of hip teen and young adult rom-coms, this movie looks charming as hell....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Tyler Morrison

'Sorry To Bother You' Featurette Introduces Audiences To Eclectic Filmmaker Boots Riley

‘Sorry To Bother You’ Featurette Introduces Audiences To Eclectic Filmmaker Boots Riley Though the summer blockbuster season is chock full of big studio tentpoles full of explosions, jokes, superheroes, car chases and more, it’s also full of some lower key indie releases that you should be going out of your way to see. One of those movies is a wild, insane comedy that we already caught on the film festival circuit, and it’s time for you to meet the director responsible for it....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · Dustin Lambert

'Star Trek Beyond' Title Confirmed; Justin Lin Shares First Photo

‘Star Trek Beyond’ Title Confirmed; Justin Lin Shares First Photo The USS Enterprise will boldly go… exactly where we all thought it would. At least when it comes to the title. DirectorJustin Linhas confirmed the longstanding rumor thatStar Trek 3will be titledStar Trek Beyond, and shared the first (not terribly revealing) official photo from the set to boot. See theStar Trek Beyondtitle announcement and image after the jump. Lin verified theStar Trek Beyondtitle and offered up the first look in one fell swoop thanks toTwitter....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Lauren Ramirez

'Star Wars Rebels' Season One Finale Trailer: Who Will Fall?

‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season One Finale Trailer: Who Will Fall? Darth Vader’s appearancemay be the headlinewhen it comes to Monday’sStar Wars Rebelsseason one finale, but there’s lots more going on. A daring rescue, menacing Star Destroyers, three way lightsaber battles, and pimped-out Tie Fighters — things are about to get big. A trailer for the episode, which is calledFire Across the Galaxy, has just come online and it’s really fantastic. Good enough that we decided to highlight it on its own instead of in Star Wars Bits....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Edward Franklin

'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' Cast Tease Plot Details, Palpatine, And More

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Cast Tease Plot Details, Palpatine, And More Disney’s 2019 D23 Expo has proven to be a goldmine of information forStar Warsfans. Not only did we get treated to a teaser jam-packed with new footage fromStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, directorJ.J. Abramsand his cast were all there to tease new plot details from the upcoming film. StarDaisy Ridleywas especially chatty, revealing a fewStar Wars The Rise of Skywalkerplot details about the return of a big villain, and the possible introduction of a new one....

June 11, 2025 · 4 min · 758 words · Charles Nichols

'Steps', An Animated Musical Spin On The 'Cinderella' Story, Headed To Netflix With Producer Amy Poehler

‘Steps’, An Animated Musical Spin On The ‘Cinderella’ Story, Headed To Netflix With Producer Amy Poehler Amy Poehlerand her Paper Kite Productions have another yet Netflix title on the way –Steps, an animated musical described as “a spin on the classic Cinderella story.” Unlike traditionalCinderellaadaptations, this story focuses on the step-sister characters. But here’s a twist on the familiar formula: this time, it sounds like the stepsister characters are the heroes and won’t be portrayed as wicked and mean as they appear in most tellings of the classic fairy tale that’s been adapted several times before....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Julie Galloway

'The Last Witch Hunter' Trailer: Vin Diesel Ain't Afraid Of No Witches

‘The Last Witch Hunter’ Trailer: Vin Diesel Ain’t Afraid Of No Witches While fans are waiting forVin Dieselto get back behind the wheel forFast and Furious 8, maybe they wouldn’t mind seeing him take on the supernatural inThe Last Witch Hunterthis fall. In the Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment production, Diesel plays Kaulder, a witch hunter cursed with immortality who suddenly finds himself as the key to saving the modern-day human race from a legion of creatures attempting to unleash Black Death upon the world....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Lindsay Jefferson

'WandaVision' Sensation Kathryn Hahn Discusses The Future Of Agatha Harkness In The MCU

‘WandaVision’ Sensation Kathryn Hahn Discusses The Future Of Agatha Harkness In The MCU Kathryn Hahnhas been acting for nearly 20 years. She’s been in movies likeStep BrothersandWe’re the Millers, and TV shows likeCrossing JordanandParks and Recreation. But it’s her recent stint onWandaVisionthat’s turning even more heads as she went from theclichéd sitcom nosy neighbor Agnes to a power hungry witch Agatha Harkness. So now thatWandaVisionis over, is there a future for Kathryn Hahn in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?...

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Ralph Chambers

'Wayne's World' Movie Party With Penelope Spheeris Q&A Coming To Los Angeles

‘Wayne’s World’ Movie Party With Penelope Spheeris Q&A Coming To Los Angeles When it comes to movies based onSaturday Night Livesketches, there are good movies, bad movies, and then there’sWayne’s World. It gets its own category because it would be downright unfair to put it in the same room with the others. It’s comedy royalty. And like all royalty, it needs to be celebrated every now and then. The Alamo Drafthouse is celebrating this 1992 classic in style with a special party in Los Angeles....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Douglas Perkins

'Wreck-It Ralph' Mockumentary 'Garlan Hulse: Where Potential Lives' Follows A Former 'Fix-It Felix Jr.' Champ's Bid For Glory

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Mockumentary ‘Garlan Hulse: Where Potential Lives’ Follows A Former ‘Fix-It Felix Jr.’ Champ’s Bid For Glory Ever wonder what happened to Garlan Hulse? You remember — the twelve-year-oldFix-It Felixchamp whose rise to fast fame was cut short when Kent Zborski smashed his record just weeks later? No, of course you don’t, because Hulse and Zborski never existed andFix-It Felix Jr.is a made-up game from Disney’sWreck-It Ralph. ButifHulse had been a real person, what might have happened to him after Zborski' rendered him irrelevant?...

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Jeffrey Beltran

/Answers: What Video Game Should Become A Movie?

/Answers: What Video Game Should Become A Movie? Every week in/Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, we celebrate the release ofRampageby asking"What video game should become a movie?" Vanessa Bogart: Wolfenstein I have very little love to give when it comes to video game-based movies. I personally don’t want my 50-plus hours of blood, sweat, and tears in a game reduced to two hours of “good, dumb, fun....

June 11, 2025 · 8 min · 1627 words · Terry Wilson