Huzzah! In a not totally surprising move, Netflix has decided to renew its quirky and refreshing superhero seriesThe Umbrella Academyfor Season 2. According to the streaming giant, there won’t be many changes made either behind the scenes or in front of the camera moving forward:Ellen Page,Tom Hopper,David Castañeda,Emmy Raver-Lampman,Robert Sheehan,Aidan Gallagher, andJustin Minare all returning, with additional casting news for season two will be announced at a later date. Steve Blackman(Fargo,Altered Carbon) will return as showrunner, and will executive produce alongsideJeff F....

When it comes to Australian survival thrillers,Wolf Creekhas absolutely dominated the genre, shaping our expectations of it. As such, gems likeKilling Groundgo under the radar, particularly since it doesn’t have the stereotypical outback in the marketing scheme. As much as the outback is a part of Aussie culture, the vast empty landscape is located centrally in the country, and most people live on the outskirts.Killing Groundmakes a more familiar Australian landscape into a nightmare, the bushlands, where even more recognizable cultural and historical staples are referenced and turned into relentless nightmare fuel that are universally terrifying....

If there is one genre in the movie industry that could be classified as the most consistently stylized over the last century, it would surely be the Western. No other type of Hollywood film requires a certain time-period backdrop mixed with a specific collection of characters before it can be classified as a true member of this exclusive feature-club. And although the Western movie can be seen on our big screens much less often than it was a few decades ago, there are plenty of quality productions that moviegoers can look back to and enjoy from the comfort of their own homes....

Since late 2015, we’ve been partnered up withIMAXfor a screening series where we show both old and new films in their large screen format. While attendance for all the screenings has always been great, when I announced we’d be showingTRON: Legacyfor the first time in laser projection and it’d be followed by an extended interview with directorJoseph Kosinski…let’s just say the demand for tickets far exceeded anything we’ve done thus far....

Less than a year after winning an Oscar forGet Out, writer-directorJordan Peeleintroduced the trailer for his new horror movieUsto a select group of journalists last week in Los Angeles. While the film has been shrouded in secrecy since it was first announced, Peele explained thatUsstarsLupita Nyong’oandWinston DukefromBlack Panther, as well as child actorsShahadi Wright Joseph(soon to be heard as young Nala inThe Lion King) andEvan Alex. In the vaguest of terms, they play a family who encounter uninvited guests at their beach house....

During a recent interview for writer/directorDavid Wain’snew movieA Futile and Stupid Gesture, our own Steve Weintraub got to ask a question that has been on his mind sinceWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Campaired on Netflix. With the original movie, the prequel, and the sequelTen Years Later… what’s the correct viewing order? Wain explained his take: “I would have answered this differently when we first made First Day of Camp, but I would suggest you watch it in production order, which is to watch the original movie, and then watch First Day of Camp and then watch Ten Years Later....

Acid westerns are a unique subgenre of Western that emerged during the 1960s and 1970s.Pauline Kael first coined the term in a 1971 issue of the New Yorkerduring her review ofAlejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘El Topo.’ Acid Westerns combine classical revisionist Western motifs with the cinematic excesses of Spaghetti Westerns, incorporating LSD-inspired countercultural narratives to create a provocative, drugged-up version of the American Frontier. Contemporary filmmakers likeJim Jarmuschadopted this style for his 1995 feature film ‘Deadman’ starring Johnny Depp, playing an accountant-turned-gunslinger anti-hero in a monochromatic dreamland....

The American West is a fascinating place full of a plethora of rich stories that contribute to the Hollywood Western. It’s no wonder that the genre has extended from comic books and radio to film, television, and the pages of mystery novels. The A&E-turned-Netflix seriesLongmireis a perfect example of the genre’s ability to cross over between two mediums, bringing to life the titular sheriff’s Absaroka County, Wyoming for a new audience....

AsDune: Part Twonears the end of its theatrical run as the highest-grossing movie of 2024 thus far, an upcoming spin-off series is further expanding its cast. A new report fromVarietyannounced that the legendary Indian actorTabuhas joined the cast of theMaxseries titledDune: Prophecy. Many fans will recognize Tabu from her role inThe Life of Pi, the survival sea-adventure movie where she played Gita Patel alongsideIrrfan KhanandSuraf Sharma. She has been working in the film industry for the better part of 20 years and has more than 40 award wins and 80 nominations to her name....

In the aftermath ofstrikes which crippled the entertainment industryfor many months last year, Hollywood slowly began to recover from the effects of the action, as production began to resume for television and film. One of the film projects affected, and whichhas since resumed production, is theWill SmithandMartin Lawrencemovie,Bad Boys 4. The fourth installment in the action comedy franchise, Sony’s latestBad Boyssequel, had a theatrical release date set for June 03, 2025....

Editor’s note: The below recap contains spoilers for Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 3 Episode 5It’s time to go to therapy onCriminal Minds: Evolution! Honestly, it’s a relief to see J.J. (A.J. Cook) going to a therapist and one outside of her team after the emotional roller coaster she’s had in the past few episodes. The weird thing is that she went to Voit’s (Zach Gilford) doctor, Julia Ochoa (Aimee Garcia).It’s good to see J....

Too many overwhelming horror movies have your Halloween spirit constantly simmering? Try a slasher horror comedy based on Christmas. One that combines the 1946It’s a Wonderful LifeandScream. Slated for its world premiere at Beyond Fest in LA, the horror-comedyIt’s a Wonderful Knifeis set to release in theaters on July 20, 2025. The official trailer forIt’s a Wonderful Knifeis now released and it’s a combination of an unlucky town that loves Christmas, gore slashes, and a lot of guilt for the leadJane Widdop, who plays Winnie Carruthers....

It’s been nearly 20 years since the hit filmMr. & Mrs. Smithfirst premiered, a solid action-comedy with behind-the-scenes rumors that altered pop-culture forever. The film, directed byDoug Liman, centered around John and Jane Smith, unforgettably played byBrad PittandAngelina Jolie. The Smiths were two halves of a seemingly boring, not-so-happily married couple, each hiding their secret identities — assassins! — from the other. The setup worked well enough, until a bungled mission ensured that their next targets were the last people they ever would have expected: each other....