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03 Nov

Star Wars Finally Answers Attack of the Clones’ Biggest Question

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This Star Wars article contains spoilers of Tales of the Jedi. Just a little over 20 years ago, Lucasfilm released Attack of the Clones, the middle chapter of George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy. Positioned to be the installment that did away with the much-maligned trade disputes and Senate meetings of The Phantom Menace, this follow-up delivered plenty of Jedi action, evil villains, and even Yoda with a lightsaber. But Lucas, never quite content with the “more of the same” Hollywood approach to blockbusters, also infused Attack of the Clones with a few other things never before seen in the franchise: a…

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03 Nov

The Unmade Movies of Guillermo del Toro

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This December, one of director Guillermo del Toro’s long-held passion projects, a stop-motion animated version of Pinocchio, will premiere on Netflix after a limited run in theaters. Del Toro has long wanted to adapt the original 1881 novel, previously saying, “No single character in history has had as deep of a personal connection to me as Pinocchio.” We’re glad that the esteemed Mr. del Toro—not just one of our finest modern filmmakers, but one of our most influential proponents of all things fantastical—has finally gotten to make Pinocchio just the way he wanted. But the truth is that it’s just…

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02 Nov

Danny Boyle’s 28 Months Later May Have Finally Found Some New Hope

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It’s one of the biggest cliffhangers in modern horror movie history. After another disaster in the streets of London, a second outbreak that has extinguished all hope of re-establishing society in the UK, the Rage Virus has finally found its way to mainland Europe. We watch as infected rush through the streets of Paris, a bloodthirsty horde charging toward the Eiffel Tower. It’s clear that this is only the beginning, that infections in France will lead to outbreaks all over the continent and beyond, like a domino effect. The world is certainly doomed this time. That was the ending to…

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02 Nov

Captain America 4 Will Call Back to Major MCU Phase 3 Moment

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This article contains spoilers for Captain America: Civil War Even after half of all living things are snapped out of and back into existence, the Marvel Cinematic Universe can’t seem to escape the ramifications of Captain America: Civil War and the Sokovia Accords. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law may have shown us that the Accords have been repealed in a post-blip world, but that doesn’t mean that we’re through seeing the effects of them on the geopolitical sphere of the MCU.  In an interview with Collider, Captain America: New World Order producer Nate Moore hinted at some possible tension between Secretary…

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02 Nov

Halloween Director on Similarities Between Michael Myers and Godzilla

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John Carpenter knows a thing or two about monsters. The now legendary genre director has created many iconic creatures out of near whole cloth—or with the collaboration of Debra Hill in the case of Halloween’s Michael Myers. And even with a movie like The Thing (1982), which is both a remake and adaptation, the creature designs Carpenter and Stan Winston came up for the eponymous alien is now the stuff of eternal nightmares. What is less known about Carpenter, however, is that he’s also a massive Godzilla fan. Going back to when he saw the American version of the original…

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02 Nov

Why Mads Mikkelsen Is a Perfect Muse for Hannibal Creator Bryan Fuller

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The word “visionary” gets tossed around pretty easily in show business, too often applied to creators who appealed to a broad market more than they broke new ground. But few would disagree that the word is an apt descriptor for Bryan Fuller. Not only did Fuller work on cult hits like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Heroes, but he also created some beloved oddballs, including the sweetly macabre Pushing Daisies and Hannibal, the audacious adaptation of Thomas Harris’s novels. Despite the idiosyncratic nature of his work, Fuller has established himself as a consummate collaborator, as demonstrated by his tendency…

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02 Nov

How Terrifier 2 Became a Gory Cinderella Story for Horror

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In horror, the element of surprise is everything. And Terrifier 2, an unlikely indie slasher box office sensation, is full of surprises on many levels. Also like any good scare, nobody saw it coming—with the film grossing $7.9 million at the box office to date, more than 30 times its $250,000 budget. This type of film pulling in those kinds of numbers is a genuine anomaly in the movie industry today. We’re in a moment where nearly every movie that hits theaters seems to be a continuation or extension of an existing franchise. Familiarity and nostalgia draw the biggest business…

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02 Nov

John Carpenter: What Hollywood Doesn’t Get About Godzilla

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Can you believe it’s been 68 years since we first heard the pitter patter of Godzilla’s city-crunching feet? And the excitement has never abated. “He’s an all-purpose monster,” as director John Carpenter enthuses while sitting down with Den of Geek. “Anything you need, he’s there for you.” Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira), directed by Ishirō Honda, is a horror landmark and a science fiction legend. Its atomic-powered star, the enormous, atomically mutated dinosaur we call Godzilla, is the embodiment of a country’s fears and a beloved icon of destruction. Produced and distributed by Japan’s premiere monster factory Toho Co. Ltd, with special…

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02 Nov

One Piece Film: Red Finds the Rhythm For Success

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“Listen Uta, there’s no peace or equality in this world.” A lot of anime have left a permanent mark on the animation industry, but there’s an extra level of celebration that’s surrounded Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece and its growing legacy. For some fans of the series, One Piece has been running for their entire lives. It’s accrued more than 1035 episodes and 15 movies, which works out to 420 hours–or 17-and-a-half days–of content. This is a staggering achievement in storytelling, but it’s also turned One Piece into an intimidating property for casual viewers to consume.  One Piece’s feature films take…

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02 Nov

Thor: Ragnarok Was Marvel’s House of the Dragon

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This article contains spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok and House of the Dragon It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since Taika Waititi twirled Mjolnir and made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut with Thor: Ragnarok. While we’ve since had Thor: Love and Thunder, most agree Ragnarok is the God of Thunder’s best. More recently, we’ve become obsessed with HBO’s House of the Dragon and a fight for a more painful throne than the one in Asgard. It might be hard to connect the dots to Westeros, but on another viewing, Thor: Ragnarok is Marvel’s answer to House of the Dragon…

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01 Nov

Crystal Lake: Can Jason and Friday the 13th Be ‘Elevated?’

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We imagine many horror fans of a certain age never thought the day would come: Friday the 13th is finally returning to the screen! (Although not the big one.) More than 13 years after we last saw Jason Voorhees creep around Camp Crystal Lake in Platinum Dunes’ soulless Friday the 13th remake (2009), the legal battles that prevented anyone else from claiming the hockey mask have apparently been settled—at least insofar as to allow Peacock to announce the upcoming Crystal Lake on the NBCUni streaming service. With Hannibal and Pushing Daisies’ Bryan Fuller attached as showrunner, the new series is…

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01 Nov

Daniel Radcliffe Reveals Source of Wolverine Rumours

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Daniel Radcliffe is the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice. Because it dashes people’s expectations, apparently! The former Harry Potter star has carved out a solid career in adulthood, choosing odd roles ranging from a haunted doctor in The Woman in Black to a farting corpse in Daniels’ Swiss Army Man, to the king of parodies himself Weird Al Yankovic for the upcoming Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. But the character with whom Radcliffe has been most recently associated is not the Boy Who Lived, but the X-Men’s premier Canucklehead, Wolverine. As Kevin Feige…

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01 Nov

Man of Steel 2 Just Moved Another Step Closer

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Following the shock announcement from Netflix that Henry Cavill was leaving his starring role as Geralt of Rivia on The Witcher after completing three seasons of the show, speculation immediately began over Cavill’s reasons for exiting the series. After all, one could argue The Witcher gave a second wind to his career. We’re not here to debate those theories, or the pros and cons of Liam Hemsworth taking over the role (this writer has never watched an episode of The Witcher to date). But we are here to state what seems incredibly obvious to us: Cavill is almost certainly leaving…

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01 Nov

One Big Skyfall Twist Almost Completely Changed James Bond Canon

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While everyone has their favorite James Bond movie, you’ll be hard-pushed to find someone who doesn’t love Sam Mendes’ Skyfall. A decade after the credits rolled on Daniel Craig’s third outing as the martini-swilling spy, it’s time to look back on the movie that could’ve been. Because the rumors are true: Skyfall once planned to pull Sean Connery out of retirement. Yet 10 years later, that twist now looks like it might’ve ruined the franchise forever in retrospect. In Skyfall, things culminated in a bloody showdown between 007 (Craig) and the villainous Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem) at the titular Skyfall…

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01 Nov

Highlander Director Recalls the Time Sean Connery Was Almost Beheaded for Real

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Benjamin Franklin once famously claimed “in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” That might have been true in 1789 but, in 2022, it should probably be amended to include “remakes and reboots.” Remakes, reboots or whatever your preferred term may be, are increasingly commonplace in the world of moviemaking. It’s more common than most realize too. All that obscures that fact is that many have simply proven so bad that, without a VHS/DVD bargain bin to go to, they’ve been consigned to nothing more than distant memory. Who remembers the remakes of Jacob’s Ladder or Point Break,…

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01 Nov

Hulu New Releases: November 2022

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Alright everyone, we’ve got all the spookies of October out of our system. Time to turn our eye to Hulu’s list of new releases for November 2022 to celebrate a new fall tradition of…hunky male dancers? That’s right, Hulu’s biggest original title for November 2022 is Welcome to Chippendales on Nov. 22. This limited series stars Kumail Nanjiani (Eternals) as Somen “Steve” Banerjee, the real life founder of the original Chippendales club of exotic male dancers. After hits like The Dropout and Pam & Tommy, Hulu likely has high hopes for this one. The other big original series of note…

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01 Nov

Amazon Prime Video New Releases: November 2022

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How can Amazon Prime Video followup the first season finale of its biggest series ever in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? The answer lies in its list of new releases for November 2022. Understandably, Prime Video is probably pretty tired and won’t be opting for any more Middle-earth spectacle for awhile. In its place, however, are a couple of still intriguing Amazon Original series. British Western drama series The English is set to arrive on Nov. 11 to both Prime Video and BBC Two. Emily Blunt stars as a woman who heads to the American West…

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01 Nov

New on Netflix: November 2022 Releases

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After a successful month of true crime content thanks to the Ryan Murphy double feature of Dahmer and The Watcher, Netflix is digging back in to the documentary and docuseries world with its list of new releases for November 2022. The true-crime-a-palooza begins on Nov. 2 with the release of Killer Sally. That will be followed by docuseries like Pepsi, Where’s My Jet on Nov. 17 and documentaries like State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith on Nov. 10 and I Am Vanessa Guillen on Nov. 17. Of course, Netflix’s Original department is turning out some heavy hitting scripted series as…

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31 Oct

New Star Wars Movie Plans May Finally Mean the Return of Sequel Trilogy Era

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Star Wars may have started out as the adventure of a young man who escapes his desert planet to save the galaxy, but it has evolved into so much more than just the story of Luke Skywalker and his family. While Skywalkers are never too far away (see Luke’s appearances in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, which also featured Princess Leia), series such as the military tale in The Bad Batch and the political drama Andor have expanded the franchise beyond the core film saga. However, these spinoffs do so in close proximity to the…

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31 Oct

True Crime Releases on Netflix in November 2022

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Netflix is on a bit of a true crime heater at the moment. Thanks to the Ryan Murphy double feature of Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and The Watcher, Netflix was the go-to place for true crime nerds last month. But what does the streamer have on deck to keep the good times rolling in November 2022? Quite a lot as it turns out actually. Netflix’s true crime division will machine to churn out content this November It starts early with the release of Killer Sally on Nov. 2 and goes all the way through to Take Your…

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