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VOTD: Superhero Movies Get Ravaged In This 16-Minute Critique Of The Entire Genre By Ethan Anderton/April 19, 2016 1:30 pm EST The term “superhero fatigue” has been thrown around a lot ever since Marvel launched their cinematic universe, but the box office numbers seem to indicate that it might just be a figment of analysts imagination. Even a movie like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which hasn’t performed as well as the studio anticipated, will still pull in $900 million, and that’s not easy feat....

‘A Lego Brickumentary’ Trailer: Learn About Lego In Theaters This July By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2015 3:00 pm EST Lego is the biggest, most successful toy company in the world. But it wasn’t always that way. Just a decade ago, the company was in danger of failing. New leadership had to redirect and refocus the brand before it began to soar. Then, with last year’s release of The Lego Movie, Lego was brought to the mainstream in a way it never had been before....

‘Amy’ Trailer: Amy Winehouse Finds Her Voice In New Documentary By Angie Han/May 20, 2015 10:30 am EST The basics of Amy Winehouse’s brief life are familiar to many. She was a talented musician whose life spiraled out of control even as her career took off, resulting in her sudden death at the age of 27. But in his new documentary Amy, director Asif Kapadia digs past her tragic image to uncover the brilliant, complicated woman underneath....

‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Home Video Details: Lots Of Deleted Scenes, No One-Shot By Angie Han/July 24, 2015 2:00 pm EST You’ve already caught Avengers: Age of Ultron in theaters, or so we assume based on its massive box office haul. But soon you’ll get the chance to comb through it for Easter eggs in the privacy of your own living room. Avengers Age of Ultron will come to home video this fall, as announced by Marvel Studios this fall, and it’ll bring a whole bunch of new goodies along with it....

‘Beasts Of No Nation’ Early Buzz: Idris Elba Gives A Powerhouse Performance In Cary Fukunaga’s War Drama By Angie Han/Sept. 3, 2015 3:00 pm EST Netflix’s first real Oscar campaign begins this week with the world premiere of Beasts of No Nation at the Venice Film Festival. On paper, it sounds strong: Directed by Cary Fukunaga and based on the book by Uzodinma Iweala, the harrowing drama follows the making of an African child soldier (played by newcomer Abraham Attah) in the hands of a charismatic yet monstrous warlord (played by Idris Elba)....

By Russ Fischer/May 7, 2015 12:30 pm EST Last summer, Paramount announced Beverly Hills Cop 4 alongside Transformers 5, G.I. Joe 3, and Hansel and Gretel 2. Brett Ratner was to direct, with Eddie Murphy returning to star as Axel Foley in a story that takes him back to Detroit. The film was even given a release date, March 25, 2016, but we’ve heard very little about the film since then....

‘Bloodline’ Season 2 Trailer: The Rayburn Family Can’t Catch A Break By Jack Giroux/April 12, 2016 6:00 am EST How much worse can things get for the Rayburn family? Based on the footage for the next season of Bloodline, apparently much, much worse, which is saying a lot, considering what these characters experienced in season 1. What the Rayburn family did last year isn’t going to go away quietly. In season 2, they’re going to have to face the decisions they’ve made....

‘Danger Mouse’ Movie In The Works At Sony Pictures Animation By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 7, 2015 10:00 am EST UPDATE: A representative from Sony Pictures Animation has reached out to say that the Tracking Board’s report on Danger Mouse is “inaccurate and unfounded” and there is no deal in place for a movie at this time. The original story follows. Our friends across the pond just recently got to see the reboot of the 80s animated series Danger Mouse, which originated in the United Kingdom in the 80s, and it sounds like a feature film adaptation isn’t far behind....

‘Fantastic Four’ Honest Trailer: The 2005 Movie And ‘Rise Of The Silver Surfer’ Are The Worst By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 4, 2015 2:30 pm EST I would say that it’s hard to believe that Fantastic Four was allowed to be made at a time when good comic book movies like X2: X-Men United, Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins were hitting theaters, but there have been plenty of awful comic book movies made from Marvel characters over the past 15 years....

‘Goosebumps’ Trailer #2: R.L. Stine’s Creations Come To Life By Angie Han/Sept. 4, 2015 12:00 pm EST When Sony acquired the rights to R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books, we wondered which volumes they’d choose to adapt. The original series yielded 62 novels between 1992 and 1997, and that’s not counting the various specials and spinoffs that were also part of the franchise. The answer, it turned out, was all of them. In the movie, all the monsters Stine (played by Jack Black) has written about are real, and it’s only his careful protection that keeps him away from the rest of us....

‘Inside Out’ Adds Kyle MacLachlan And Diane Lane As Riley’s Parents By Angie Han/Dec. 9, 2014 8:30 am EST Pixar’s Inside Out will be all about the emotions guiding 11-year-old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias), but it’ll also feature some of the outside influences that figure into her thinking — namely her parents, who’ll be voiced by Kyle MacLachlan and Diane Lane. And the film will go inside their minds as well....

‘Sicario’ Sequel ‘Soldado’ Is Moving Forward With A New Director By Jacob Hall/June 2, 2016 6:30 am EST Sicario isn’t the kind of film that demands a sequel, but there’s no denying the horrifying allure of the world it depicts. Even when you’re disgusted by what’s on screen, you simply cannot look away. You’re drawn into the nightmare. The story of America’s war on drugs, and the story of how the drug trade has terrorized and decimated entire communities in Mexico, is bigger than a single movie....

‘The Witch’ Director Robert Eggers To Remake ‘Nosferatu’ By Russ Fischer/July 28, 2015 5:00 pm EST Most people haven’t had a chance to see The Witch at this point; A24 hasn’t even released a trailer yet, so no one is familiar with the film and its story of a 17th Century New England family which is beset by black magic. Robert Eggers, a former production designer, wrote and directed The Witch, which made waves at Sundance this year thanks to its excellent construction, and the strange scares it offers....

Aaron Berg Latest Writer Hired For ‘G.I. Joe 3’ By Germain Lussier/April 1, 2015 2:00 pm EST Paramount desperately wants to make a third G.I. Joe film. Last we checked, they’d hired D.J. Caruso to direct and screenwriter Jonathan Lemkin was working on the script. However, now news has broken that another screenwriter has been hired, suggesting Lemkin’s work wasn’t what they wanted. They’ve hired Aaron Berg, the writer of the hot spy film Section 6, to work his magic....

Bryan Singer Teases Mutant Fight Club In ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2015 4:30 pm EST Mutants have always fought mutants in the X-Men comics and films, whether as a way to improve their stills, and therefore their chances for survival, or out of deep ideological disagreements. Mutants will definitely be pitted against one another in the film X-Men: Apocalypse, thanks to the efforts of the first mutant, Apocalypse, to gather a cadre of powerful mutants in order to fulfill whatever crazed plan is in his head....

Chris Pratt Mostly Denies Those Indiana Jones Rumors By Germain Lussier/Feb. 10, 2015 5:00 am EST So you’re Chris Pratt. You’ve just gotten back from a hunting trip, you land at the airport and you just want to get home to your family. Suddenly, TMZ is in your face at baggage claim. This is not an ideal situation, even for the super nice actor. Things get worse when a fan comes up to him with an Indiana Jones photo to sign....

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Memento’ Getting Remade, Just In Case You Forgot How The First Film Went By Angie Han/Nov. 16, 2015 12:00 pm EST Like an amnesiac widower trying to piece together the events of his wife’s death, the movie biz is retracing its steps. A remake of Christopher Nolan’s Memento is now in the works, from Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s AMBI Pictures. More details on the Memento remake after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Quattro With A Shotgun Art Show By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 11, 2016 1:00 pm EST Hero Complex Gallery presented an art show last week titled “Quattro With A Shotgun,” a collaboration show featuring work from James Rheem Davis, Matt Ryan Tobin, New Flesh and Vance Kelly. The four artists worked for over a year on the art in the show, which is a celebration of Action, Science Fiction, Horror and Pulp screen prints....

First Close Up Images Of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Millennium Falcon; Plus Hear Yoda On ‘Rebels’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 29, 2014 8:36 am EST There are two cool pieces of Star Wars news for you on this last Monday of 2014. First up, Disney CEO Bob Iger appeared on the cover of Fortune Magazine with his $4 billion dollar co-star, the Millennium Falcon. Then, inside, there’s a very cool new look at the Falcon from the ground level....

Hugh Jackman Confirms ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Talks By Angie Han/Dec. 16, 2014 11:15 am EST Read the Hugh Jackman X-Men Apocalypse comments after the jump. Speaking to Happy Sad Confused, Jackman teased his X-Men: Apocalypse return. As for the next Wolverine movie, Jackman stated, “[James] Mangold and I are working on it really hard and I’m very very excited about that, actually.” I have been speaking with the guys and I am not at liberty to tell exactly what’s going on....