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Margaret Qualley Scores Her Own Netflix Dramedy Series, ‘Maid’ Margaret Qualleyhad a pretty great 2019.The Leftoversstar first appeared in the Emmy-winning FX limited seriesFosse/Verdonin the role of Ann Reinking. Then she would have what is arguably her breakout Hollywood role with, fittingly,Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Now the actress is dipping her equally famous toes back in the TV pool with a lead role in the upcoming Netflix dramedy seriesMaid....

Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Alien’ Movie Is Still On, Says Sigourney Weaver: “It’ll Be Worth The Wait” At one point, it looked like theAlienfranchise could branch off into two directions, withRidley Scotthelming a series ofPrometheusmovies whileNeill Blomkamprevived theAlienfilms. But then Blomkamp’sAlienmovie wasput on holdand thendelayed indefinitelywhile Scott finishedPrometheus 2– which was subsequently renamedAlien: Covenant. At this point, it’s unclear when we’ll see Blomkamp’s plannedAliensequel. But starSigourney Weaverassures fans the project is still on....

Netflix Announces ‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Black Mirror, the misery-inducing sci-fi anthology series that teaches us all about the dangers of technology, just got the go-ahead for yet another season on Netflix.Black Mirrorseason 5 will bring all-new depressing-yet-entertaining tales of technological terror. Netflix went ahead and announcedBlack Mirrorseason 5 via a cryptic new video that’s in line with the overall theme of the hit series....

New ‘Halloween’ Film Titled ‘Halloween Returns,’ Marcus Dunstan Directing Michael Myers is putting on the mask and picking up the knife once again asMarcus DunstanandPatrick Meltonareworkingon a “recalibration” of theHalloweenseries.Halloween Returnsis the title of the new film, which will be the eleventh overall installment in theHalloweenseries, and the tenth featuring killer Michael Myers. The story reportedly centers on the grown child of a former Myers victim harboring a deep (and understandable) resentment of the killer before becoming a target of the newly-freed Myers....

New Set Photos Of Andrew Garfield In Costume In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ [No photo] Though it doesn’t get much better than the two official images Sony released ofAndrew Garfield,both inandout ofcostume, inMarc Webb’sThe Amazing Spider-Man, a few new photos have surfaced that are pretty close. They showThe Social Networkstar, in costume, being held up at gunpoint as well as him just walking around between takes, still in costume. More than the official images, these photos portray Spider-Man as the meek person Peter Parker tends to be....

No, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Won’t Meet Robert Pattinson’s Batman Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is being lauded as as all-time great portrayal of the infamous Batman rogue. But what’s the Joker without Batman? And what kind of opportunity would we miss out on to not see Phoenix andRobert Pattinson, two of today’s most searingly bold working actors, face off? But that meeting is just not in the cards, according toJokerdirectorTodd Phillips.Jokerhas been making the rounds at the most prestigious film festivals these past few months, winning the Venice International Film Festival’s coveted Golden Lion award, and being met with another round of acclaim (and discourse) at the Toronto International Film Festival this week (read our reviewright here)....

Playboy Publish Inglourious Basterds Comic Strip If you’re at work, you might want to think twice before clicking over butPlayboymagazine are publishing a comic strip adaptation of a scene fromInglourious Basterdsand it’s also available on their website. Perhaps more safe would be checking out two preview pages atThe Huffington Post, where I first caught wind of this amusing PR trick. According to them, the scene in question was “hand-picked and edited byQuentin Tarantino” – as well, of course, as coming straight from his screenplay and movie....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘The Disciple,’ ‘The Man From Nowhere,’ ‘Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!’ And More (Welcome toPop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) Another month, another set of international movies to watch as you take shelter from the summer heat. This month, we have a hidden Indian gem on Netflix, a classic South Korean revenge thriller, the return ofSailor Moon, and — in honor of Pride Month — one of manyPedro Almodóvarmovies streaming on HBO Max....

Promo Reel For John Woo’s Reign Of Assassins Leaving Hollywood was the best thingJohn Wooever did for his career. Aftera string of action filmsof steadily declining quality, Woo made the Chinese epicRed Cliff,which landed on several critics top 10 lists of 2009. Now comesReign of Assassins, a new film that Woo produced with longtime partner Terence Chang. We have the promo reel (viaTwitch) after the jump.Assassinsis written and directed bySu Chao-Pin, but the promo reel says that Woo “co-directed” it....

Read All Of /Film’s Best Of The Decade Lists And Features It’s the first day of a new year and a new decade, and what better way to usher in 2020 than with a look back at the past 10 years of movies, TV shows, and everything in between? The pop culture landscape has shifted tremendously in the years since 2010, and our favorite movies of the past decade reflect that....

Rob Zombie’s Halloween Movie Review Why exactly would anyone want to remake a classic film? With so much to live up to, times five, due to the time tested nostalgia factor, there is almost no conceivable way you’re able to trump the expectations. But if there was one person that I would trust to remake Halloween, it would probably be Rob Zombie.House of 1,000 CorpsesandThe Devil’s Rejectswere a call back to the classic horror films of the 1970’s....

Superhero Bits: Deadpool Meets The Proposal, Nightwing Casting Rumor Debunked & More Who is not the front runner to playNightwing? What is the Rotten Tomatoes score forDeadpool 2? Who has been controllingStan Lee’s social media accounts? Have you played theAvengers: Infinity Warmash-up withFortnitebefore it ends tomorrow? What new characters are coming to the new season ofYoung Justice? What isBlack Panther’s domestic box office take now? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

SXSW Midnight Features And Short Programs Announced The film program at South By Southwest (SXSW) has really come into its own over the past few years — SXSW is becoming an impressive little film fest in addition to being a massive music party. The lineups for Midnight features and shorts have been announced, and there are some good premieres in there.Attack the Block, fromJoe Cornish, will have a world premiere, whileHobo With a ShotgunandJames Wan’sInsidiouswill show up as well....