Ed Harris Says Starring in a Robert De Niro Movie Helped Prepare Him for War Dramedy ‘My Dead Friend Zoe’

Ed Harrisis a living legend. Nominated for four Oscars for his work inApollo 13,The Truman Show,Pollock, andThe Hours, he’s tackled just about every genre imaginable. While he’s shined in all of them,My Dead Friend Zoeallows him to show off his comedic and dramatic chops alike, proving he’s made for dramedy. The feature debut of directorKyle Hausmann-Stokes, the film follows a young army veteran named Merit (Sonequa Martin-Green), who’s struggling with PTSD from losing her battle buddy, Zoe (Natalie Morales)....

July 29, 2025 · 11 min · 2306 words · Daniel Barrera

Equals Review: Kristen Stewart, Nicholas Hoult Soar in Sci-Fi

If you like emotional gut punches, filmmakerDrake Doremusis your guy. With his past two moviesLike CrazyandBreathe In, the director showcased his knack for tapping into intimacy on a base human level. With his new film,Equals, Doremus broadens his canvas and moves into an entirely different genre—sci-fi—but in doing so is able to maintain his strong handle on emotional intimacy, resulting in a film that’s yet another emotional gut punch anchored by a pair of powerful performances fromKristen StewartandNicholas Hoult....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 831 words · Sara Lang

Eternals Augmented Reality Experience App Revealed by Marvel

Ahead of the release ofEternalson November 5, Marvel is ramping up fan excitement by allowing audiences to experience the world of the MCU’s newest heroes for themselves. The studio has announced a first-of-its-kind augmented reality experience, an immersive mobile app that will allow audiences around the world to quite literally step into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, getting a peek at what they’re in for before they step into theaters in November....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Richard Blackwell

Extraction 2: Release Date, Trailer, Filming Details & Everything We Know

Quick Links To the surprise of no one whatsoever, Netflix will be making a sequel to their hit 2020 filmExtraction. Based on the graphic novelCiudadbyAnde Parks,Joe Russo,Anthony Russo,Fernando León González, andEric Skillman,Extractionis a thoroughly entertaining action thriller (child fighting aside). So it’s no wonder that it went on to have the biggest premiere in Netflix’s history with an estimated90 million householdsbelieved to have seen the movie within one month of its release....

July 29, 2025 · 8 min · 1661 words · Gordon Nelson

Florence Pugh Was Barely in Her First Movie, But She Haunts It 'Til the End

Every performer has their own unique start in the business, typically comprised of one or all of the following: the first audition, the first commercial, or the first short film. Most fans, however, start counting their favorite actor’s jobs when they get their first role in a feature film.Florence Pugh’s breakthrough role to many isAri Aster’sMidsommar, but she actually led the way several years earlier. Long before she was starring in massive projects such asChristopher Nolan’sOppenheimer,Denis Villeneuve’sDune: Part Two, or the MCU’s upcomingThunderbolts, the Oscar-nominated actress andGame of Thrones’Maisie Williamsimpressed audiences in 2014’sThe Falling....

July 29, 2025 · 8 min · 1514 words · Christina Grant

Ghostbusters Reboot Trailer Teaser Asks Important Question

We’re only two months into 2016, but we’ve already seen the first trailers formostof this summer’s big blockbusters. However, one huge movie remains relatively mysterious, and that’s Sony’s high-profilenewGhostbustersfilm. The studio worked for years to try and get a new entry in the franchise off the ground before finally finding a solid take withBridesmaidsandSpydirectorPaul Feig, who opted to reboot the property with a slew of talented comedic actresses rather than attempt another sequel....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Tim Norman

Hanna Creator on Season 2, the Female Gaze, and Season 3 Plans

From show creatorDavid Farr(who also wrote the screenplay for the film), the second season of the Amazon Prime Video original seriesHannacontinues to follow a young woman (Esmé Creed-Miles) who escaped a sinister government agency, only to find out that she was not the only one out there with the skills and training to be an assassin. With the Utrax program and all of the new trainees now being run by the ruthless John Carmichael (Dermot Mulroney), Hanna finds an unlikely ally in CIA agent Marissa Wiegler (Mireille Enos)....

July 29, 2025 · 13 min · 2608 words · Beth Jones

Hillbilly Elegy Movie Heads to Netflix with Director Ron Howard

J.D. Vance’s controversial memoirHillbilly Elegyis getting a Netflix adaptation, withRon Howarddirecting. Imagine Entertainment started the process in 2017, getting Oscar nomineeVanessa Taylor(The Shape of Water) to pen the script.The New Republiccalled the book “a kind of Rosetta Stone for blue America to interpret that most mysterious of species: the economically precarious white voter,” tying it to the media’s obsession with Trump supporters. Former Congressional candidateBetsy Raderwrote a piece for theWashington Postcalled “I was born in poverty in Appalachia....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Amy Myers

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Made the Unethical Wildly Romantic

20 years ago today,How to Lose a Guy in 10 Daysshowed us how entertaining it can be to watch two terrible people fall in love. This beloved romantic comedy starsKate HudsonandMatthew McConaughey. They play Andie and Ben, two attractive-yet-unlikable singles whomanipulate and play mind gameswith each other over a period of ten days, accidentally falling in love in the process over the course of a remarkably entertaining story. What Is ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ About?...

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 744 words · Pamela James

Insecure Season 5 Trailer Says Farewell to HBO Comedy

It’s time to say goodbye to HBO’sInsecure. The Emmy-winning comedy series starsIssa Raeas a fictionalized version of herself named Issa Dee and in the trailer we see her having a pep-talk with a younger version of herself in the mirror. The whole series has been about “glowin' up and ‘growin’ up” and it doesn’t seem like that’s going to stop in its finale season. All of our favorite characters are back to evaluate their relationships, both new and old, in an effort to figure out who and what comes with them into this next phase of their lives....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Deborah Simmons

Is ‘My Hero Academia’ Getting a Season 8? Here’s What We Know

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for ‘My Hero Academia’ Season 7For nearly a decade,My Hero Academiahas captured the hearts of anime and superhero fans alike. Debuting in 2016 and based on the manga byKôhei Horikoshi, the true underdog story of young Izuku Midoriya’s (Daika Yamashita) transformation into the powerful superhero Deku has been invigorating to watch. Not only does the show feature the stunning animation and high-octane action that the genre is so well-known for, butMy Hero Academiaalso expertly balances the complex stories of dozens upon dozens of characters to masterful effect....

July 29, 2025 · 5 min · 1042 words · Raymond Martinez

Jack Nicholson's Last Role Was Playing Paul Rudd's Dad in This Forgotten Rom-Com With Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson

When a film comes out and boasts a host of juggernaut actors, includingReese Witherspoon,Paul Rudd,Owen Wilson, andJack Nicholson, you take notice. In 2010, this unlikely crew came together forJames L. Brooks’How Do You Know, and we sat tight, hoping for a hilarious and epic rom-com. However, the film’s star-studded cast end up being a double-edged sword. Contracting actors of this caliber and fame was costly, drumming up a budget of a whopping $120 million, and unfortunately there was no pay-off, asthe movie was a financial bomb at the box office, only earning $48 million worldwide....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 806 words · Cheryl Flowers

Lady Macbeth's William Oldroyd to Direct Body Cross for Focus

William Oldroyd, who won acclaim for his feature debutLady Macbeth, has come on to direct the crime thrillerBody Crossfor Focus Features, which had been developing the project as a potential sequel toEastern Promises, Collider has confirmed. Steven Knightwrote the script years ago, and Focus execs have been high on it ever since, but since script stalled out as a sequel toEastern Promises, the studio decided to use it to tell an original story....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Lance Nash