The Angels are heading to the big screen once again. Originally a TV series in the 1970s, Charlie’s Angels was later adapted into a 2000 action comedy that continued the canon of the show, and that spawned one sequel three years later. In 2011, there was a TV series reboot on the small screen, but it was very short-lived. Now, Sony is bringing the property back to theaters with a new version that will hopefully…

Captain Marvel, the 21st entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will mark the mega-franchise’s first movie focused on a single female superhero. And the first to be co-directed by a female filmmaker and scored by a woman composer. The highly anticipated film, which will take place more than 10 years before the MCU began, has been in development since 2013 and finally flies into theaters in early 2019. Recently, Entertainment Weekly shared the first official…

We’ve gathered together a wide array of recent titles for home video fans, divided into areas of interest: indie, foreign, documentary, grindhouse, classics and television. Feast on the buffet below! New Indie First Reformed (A24/Lionsgate) definitely sees writer-director Paul Schrader tipping his hat to one of his major influences – Robert Bresson’s minimalist classic Diary of a Country Priest – but it’s no empty homage. Ethan Hawke gives one of the best performances in his…

Captain Marvel, the 21st entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will mark the mega-franchise’s first movie focused on a single female superhero. And the first to be co-directed by a female filmmaker and scored by a woman composer. The highly anticipated film, which will take place more than 10 years before the MCU began, has been in development since 2013 and finally flies into theaters in early 2019. Recently, Entertainment Weekly shared the first official…

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture: Sequel Idea of the Day: If Fox makes another Predator movie, he should go up against Kevin McCallister from Home Alone. Here’s an animated look at what that would be like: Cosplay of the Day: Speaking of Predator, in honor of the new movie, the guys at CineFix made a homemade Predator costume: Casting Rumor of the Day: There’s talk of…

Warner Bros. and DC are definitely keeping things interesting with their comic book movies. In addition to recently introducing a new Joker in Suicide Squad, a different incarnation of the iconic villain will feature in the standalone Joker. This will be more of a crime thriller than traditional superhero fare and will star Joaquin Phoenix as the eponymous “clown prince of Gotham City.” Recently, director Todd Phillips shared a first look at Phoenix in the…

Shane Black’s The Predator won the weekend at the box office, topping fellow debuting wide releases A Simple Favor and White Boy Rick. Reaction to the film by critics was not good; audiences were more positive but still quite mixed. The fourth installment — and the sixth overall, counting the two Alien vs. Predator spin-off films — introduces things that we’ve never seen before in the series. (See our interview with director Shane Black here,…

Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights: FIRST LOOK Dwayne Johnson shares a look at Hobbs and Shaw: Dwayne Johnson isn’t even on set yet, but he took to social media to share the first look at the Fast and the Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw as filming began this week. See the image below and read everything we know about the movie here. View this post…

Fictional worlds, particularly shared universes, are built by the wide resonance of so-called anchor characters: the big guns you know, and the ones you always want to be able to see. In the realm of characters based on DC Comics, the primary anchors have always been what fans call “the Trinity”: Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. It’s only within the last couple of years that all three characters of the Trinity have shared the same…

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture: VFX Breakdown of the Day: Here’s a video that showcases the impressive digital effects work produced for The Meg: Movie Science of the Day: Astrophysicist Andy Howell looks into the science of the asteroid in Black Panther and its introduction of vibranium into the world in the below video. Check out others on vibranium and more here. Cosplay of the Day:…