Now We're Talking Creators on Comedy, Working with LeBron

The hilarious new digital seriesNow We’re Talking, available onVerizon’s go90 platform, follows the careers of former NFL quarterbacks Tug Tanner (Tug Coker) and Tommy Arondall (Tommy Dewey). After finding themselves falling from the top of their NFL games to the bottom of their class, they decide to try their hand in sports broadcasting school where their competitive natures really get a chance to shine. During this exclusive phone interview with Collider, Tug Coker and Tommy Dewey (who created, star in, write and executive produce the series together) talked about howNow We’re Talkingcame about, why they decided to set the series in the world of sports broadcasting, what made go90 the right platform, their writing process, developing these characters, how the involvement ofLebron Jamesand his producing partnerMaverick Carterhelped them get real athletes involved, and what their hopes are for the future of the series....

August 2, 2025 · 12 min · 2436 words · Melinda Huff

Robin Williams Comic Genius Celebrates the Comedian's Career on DVD

The late, greatRobin Williamsis destined to become one of entertainment’s most successful and ultimately tragic cases in history. Despite winning a full scholarship to Juilliard, Williams' signature style, a manic and wildly improvisational and unpredictable style he’d become famous for, didn’t jibe with the school’s conservative and classical approach. Imagine how different our world would be if Williams stuck it out rather than embarking on his own insane career path that gave audiences some of the most memorable performances on the big and small screens....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 487 words · Jennifer Henderson

Shudder’s The Banishing Trailer Teases Haunted House Pic Release Date

Shudder is bringing another original horror movie to its catalog withThe Banishing, inspired by the true story of England’s most haunted house. The trailer arrives ahead ofThe Banishing’s premiere to gives us a better idea of what we can expect when the movie gets released in April. The trailer follows the classic horror tropes of a haunted house movie. A priest (John Heffernan) moves into a new home with his wife Marianne (Jessica Brown Findlay) and her daughter Adelaide (Anya McKenna-Bruce), only to find out there are malignant secrets in the mansion’s past....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 462 words · Sandra Black

Storks: First Trailer Reveals Kelsey Grammer as an Eagle

The life of a popular comedic director is a long and winding road. TakeNicholas Stoller, the talented populist filmmaker behind such gems asForgetting Sarah Marshal,Get Him to the Greek, and, most importantly,The Five-Year Engagement, who has also co-written the latestMuppetsfilms. When he’s not directing some of the very best big-studio comedies of the last two decades, Stoller also pens total, inexcusable dreck likeSex Tapeand that miserableFun with Dick and Janeremake. Now, Stoller is going into full-on animation withStorks, an animated comedy about the fantastical, famed baby delivery service, which he wrote and co-directed alongsideDoug Sweetland, the man behind the charming animated shortPresto....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Kyle Allen

The '90s Horror B-Movie That Was Surprisingly Progressive About Sex

The year is 1990. The previous decade, a post-sexual-revolution era still in the early stages of the AIDS epidemic had given us countless cautionary tales surrounding sexuality. From slasher films that made sure to kill off the sexually active cheerleader before the second act to erotic thrillers such asFatal Attraction,where an extramarital affair gave way to the mistress from hell, the thrillers of the 1980s had been a response to the overall anxiety the public was feeling about sex at the time....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1381 words · Robert Alexander

The Best 2000s Movies Streaming on Netflix Right Now (October 2023)

Check out our picks for the Best 2000s Movies on Netflix below, and if you’re looking for more streaming recommendations, be sure to check outThe Best Movies on NetflixandThe Best TV Shows on Netflix. House Bunny (2008) Run Time: 1 hr 37 min |Genre: Comedy |Director: Fred Wolf Cast: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone Anna Faris,Colin Hanks, and a youngEmma Stonestar in this raucous comedy about former Playboy bunny Shelley Darlingson (Anna Faris), who, in an effort to regain her purpose, finds herself as the house mother of a group of college sorority girls....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1331 words · Brenda Miller

The Main Villain of Ryan Coogler's Box-Office Hit 'Sinners' Isn't Just a Cool Irish Vampire — He's a Symbol With Centuries of Meaning

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Sinners.The Delta blues and Black history are significant to the heroes inSinners, but directorRyan Cooglermakes a unique choice in who representsthe horror of the supernaturalthat creeps in. Irish culture takes on a major role in the performance byJack O’Connellas the master vampire Remmick, who leads his undead horde into playing traditional folk music and dance when they aren’t sucking the blood from prey. Coogler’s approach to vampires ends up becoming a threat that isn’t the more obvious form of racism that looms over the story, and the directorhad a very good reason for blending Irish culture with vampire lore, including his personal love for the music genre and the real-life history of the Irish and African-American communities....

August 2, 2025 · 5 min · 890 words · Darlene Walker

The Mother: Release Date, Epic Trailer, and Everything We Know

Quick Links Beloved triple threat singer-turned-actressJennifer Lopezis taking on what could possibly be her most physically demanding role yet inThe Mother, a film that tests the limits of a mother’s love against dangerous threats. As an ex-assassin, Lopez’s character is on the run from assailants who have found her weakness: the daughter she left behind years before. For the most part, all moms put their children’s safety first on their list of priorities, but for Lopez’s character, she takes her daughter’s security to a whole other level....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1297 words · Kelly Huber

This Disney Channel 65-Episode Rule Killed Your Favorite Shows

Almost every 90s and early 2000s kid can relate to spending a good amount of their childhood watchingDisney Channelshows on a bulky TV set. From classics likeSister, Sister(1994-1995) toBoy Meets World(1993-2000), Disney Channel became one of the most popular networks for family-friendly entertainment alongside Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and PBS Kids in the 90s.When Disney Channel shifted towards kid-friendly content, the network started to create more original programs, becoming iconic symbols of the channel, but each show was forced to comply with one strict rule!...

August 2, 2025 · 5 min · 939 words · Daniel Myers

This Year’s Best Director Category at the Oscars Breaks a 27-Year-Old Trend

With the industry recovering from last year’s dual strikes, we were destined for an unusual crop of films celebrated at theAcademy Awards, at least unusual in relation to past years. Not only are esoteric, genre-crossing films likeEmilia PérezandAnoraBest Picture nominees, but they are also serious contenders to walk away on March 2nd with the top prize. You know it’s a bizarre Oscar season when a farcical, body horror satire inThe Substanceis receiving top-level consideration in the acting and directing categories....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 789 words · Sydney Richardson

Two Years After ‘Platoon,’ Willem Dafoe Returned to Vietnam for This Gritty, Wartime Police Thriller

TheVietnam Warwas re-examined from multiple perspectives in major Hollywood productions throughout the ‘80s. War dramas such asPlatoonandFull Metal Jacketdepicted the horrors of combat and the psychological toll it put on American soldiers. Within this wave of Vietnam-era films, however,Willem Dafoereturned to the setting differently with 1988’sOff Limits. The military crime thriller directed and co-written byChristopher Crowe(Fear,Whispers in the Dark) usesthe shock and awe of war as the backdrop for an incredibly dark murder mystery tale....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 728 words · Ronald Patton

Westworld Trailer Reveals Season 2 Episode 4

After last night’s eventful episode ofWestworld, HBO dropped the trailer for next week’s installment—and it is enigmatically bare. Fans of the show got a heaping surprise during last night’s “Virtú e Fortuna” as the cold open revealed an entirely new park, The Raj, which appears to be a British Colonial India-set park themed around the early 1900s or so. We followed two characters we’ve never met before, and learned that there’s a massive waterway that in some way connects the various parks—which explains how that tiger showed up in Westworld in that flashforward earlier this season....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Mr. William Meza

Woody Harrelson on Wilson, Han Solo, and Andy Serkis

Woody Harrelsonis having a moment. Or, perhaps more accurately, Harrelson has been having a moment for the past three decades. Still, 2017 is shaping up to be a huge year for the veteran, who’s got the ambitiousWar for the Planet of the Apeson the summer horizon, two solid indie flicks (that’d beWilsonandLost in London), and upcoming collaborations withMartin McDonagh,Rob ReinerandDestin Cretton. (And then there’s the matter of a little project known as the Young Han Solo movie that’s currently in the midst of production....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1290 words · Nicholas Jennings