'A Christmas Story 2' Trailer: The Lamp Is Back

‘A Christmas Story 2’ Trailer: The Lamp Is Back See that “official sequel” stamp in the image above? That’s the mark ofquality. There’s now a trailer for that direct to DVD sequel toA Christmas Story, and it proves that capturing the ineffable is just as difficult as we assumed it would be. Almost nothing in this trailer works (save for the Slinky joke) but I’ll suggest you hit the jump and take a look anyway....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Michael Young

'Battle Of The Sexes' Trailer: Emma Stone & Steve Carell Start A Rivalry That Sparks Progress

‘Battle Of The Sexes’ Trailer: Emma Stone & Steve Carell Start A Rivalry That Sparks Progress Fresh off an Academy Award win for Best Actress inLa La Land, the talentedEmma Stonecould end up in the Oscar race again next year as she portrays tennis star Billie Jean King, who finds herself facing off with showboat ex-champ Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) in a highly publicized tennis match that would go down as one of the most famous rivalries in all of sports....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Victoria Garcia

'Captain Marvel' Original Ending Revealed (And Why The Final One Works A Lot Better)

‘Captain Marvel’ Original Ending Revealed (And Why The Final One Works A Lot Better) With her wildly successful first solo movieCaptain Marvel, Carol Danvers immediately established herself as the most powerful and experienced superhero of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saving the world since 1995. But the origin movie presents the MCU with one problem: explaining where Carol has been for the past 20 years. The onscreen conclusion ofCaptain Marvelgoes on to show this, but editorDebbie Bermanrevealed that theCaptain Marveloriginal ending was almost completely different....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Nicholas Hayes

'Computer Chess' Teaser: Preview One Of Sundance's Weirdest Films

‘Computer Chess’ Teaser: Preview One Of Sundance’s Weirdest Films I saw three films at Sundance this year that I would characterize as incredibly specific, because they dedicate themselves so thoroughly to a premise and aesthetic that they exist as their own one-film subgenres. All three were so distinct that there’s really nothing else like them. One was the “shot in Disneyland” breakdownEscape From Tomorrow(coverage here); another wasCharlie Victor Romeo(review), sourced from flight recorder transcripts of cockpit conversations in flights that ended in disaster....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Elizabeth Sullivan

'Creed II' Director And Star Explain How That Surprise [SPOILER] Came About

‘Creed II’ Director And Star Explain How That Surprise [SPOILER] Came About If you’ve seenCreed II, there’s one surprise you’ll definitely want to hear more about. But if you have not seen the latest installment in theRocky/Creedsaga yet, you’ll definitely want to be as surprised by that as any first time viewer. This story is just for people who have already seenCreed II, so here’s yourspoiler warning. Creed IIpicks up 33 years after Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) fought Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone)....

August 9, 2025 · 4 min · 743 words · Tracy Taylor

'Don't Look Up', An Adam McKay Netflix Comedy About An Asteroid Headed To Earth, Will Star Jennifer Lawrence

‘Don’t Look Up’, An Adam McKay Netflix Comedy About An Asteroid Headed To Earth, Will Star Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Lawrencewill star inAdam McKay’sDon’t Look Up, a new Netflix comedy set to arrive later this year. In the film, “an asteroid is approaching Earth and it’s up to two low-level astronomers to go on a massive media tour to warn the rest of mankind.” It will mark McKay’s film first directing gig sinceVice, and Lawrence’s first lead role since 2018’sRed Sparrow(Dark Phoenixdoesn’t count, folks; Lawrence wasn’t the lead in that)....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Jack Bruce

'Dumplin'' Trailer: Jennifer Aniston's Plus-Size Daughter Changes The Beauty Pageant Game

‘Dumplin’' Trailer: Jennifer Aniston’s Plus-Size Daughter Changes The Beauty Pageant Game We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s strange that beauty pageants are still a thing in 2018, but apparently people still love a superficial contest where women are rewarded for their looks and the judges pretend that the answers to any of the questions they ask actually matter. But in some sparsely populated areas, it’s all they have....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Mercedes Velasquez

'Fast And Furious 6' Blu-Ray Reveals First Scene From 'Fast And Furious 7'

‘Fast And Furious 6’ Blu-Ray Reveals First Scene From ‘Fast And Furious 7’ It’s no spoiler to say the end of 2013’sFast and Furious 6sets up 2014’sFast and Furious 7in a major way. The end credits tag introduces a brand new villain and ties the franchise back into its awesome black sheep entry,The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift.We won’t see exactly how this new villain and setting plays out until directorJames Wanreleases the sequel on July 11, but the soon-to-be-released Blu-ray for the sixth film does feature a full scene from the seventh....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Stephanie Williams

'Human Centipede Part 3 (Final Sequence)' Will Feature Dieter Laser, Laurence R. Harvey And Director Tom Six

‘Human Centipede Part 3 (Final Sequence)’ Will Feature Dieter Laser, Laurence R. Harvey And Director Tom Six WhenTom Sixreleased his secondHuman Centipedefilm last year, he cemented his horror series as the subset of movies that a good many people love to hate. While the first film features a demented doctor (Dieter Laser) who sews three people together end to end, the black and white sequel features a damaged butterball (Laurence R....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Austin Murray

'Jackass 4' Will Be Johnny Knoxville's Final Movie In The Franchise

‘Jackass 4’ Will Be Johnny Knoxville’s Final Movie In The Franchise Johnny Knoxvillehas pulled his final death-defying prank. The star of theJackassfilm series confirmed that the upcomingJackass 4will “be his last contribution to the franchise,” essentially guaranteeing it will also be the finalJackassfilm. After 20 years of starring in a daredevil stunt franchise that has left him with shattered bones, dented teeth, destroyed ankles, and many concussions, Johnny Knoxville is throwing in the towel for theJackassseries....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Eric Bennett

'Logan' Director James Mangold Wants To Make An X-23 Spinoff

‘Logan’ Director James Mangold Wants To Make An X-23 Spinoff Hugh Jackman’s Logan is the undisputed star ofLogan(you know, as indicated by the title), but its resident scene-stealer is definitely Laura, a.k.a. X-23. As played by 11-year-oldDafne Keen, she’s a force of nature who’s more than capable of holding her own against veteran X-Men like Wolverine and Professor X. I’ve got a strong feeling she’ll emerge as a new fan favorite as more and more people get to seeLogan....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · James Foster

'Outlander' Season 3 Trailer: Jamie And Claire Are Still Separated By Time And Space

‘Outlander’ Season 3 Trailer: Jamie And Claire Are Still Separated By Time And Space The star-crossed lovers ofOutlandercontinue their heartbreaking attempts to reunite across time and space in the third season of the Starz show. But it looks like the unlucky lovers have had no improvement in their fortune, as Claire’s hair, fashion, and teenage daughter suggest that it’s been decades since she and Jamie separated. After the peril, passion and adventures that Jaime (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) had together, 20 years apart is nothing....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 479 words · Amy Robinson

'Pitch Perfect 3' Trailer: The Bellas Have Graduated College And Things Aren't Going So Well

‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Trailer: The Bellas Have Graduated College And Things Aren’t Going So Well Are all you pitches ready for one last round with the Bellas? The firstPitch Perfect 3trailer arrived online this weekend, giving us a much better idea of what the a capella group featuringAnna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Anna Campand more are up to for what appears to be their third and final outing together....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 522 words · Timothy Melendez