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Ladies and gentlemen, we finally know when we’ll be able to seeStar Trek: Discovery. CBS has announced that the highly anticipated newStar Trekseries will debut on Sunday, September 24th on CBS from 8:30pm ET to 9:30pm. The series premiere and the second episode will be available to stream the same night on CBS All Access immediately following the on-air premiere, and after this network TV debut, the rest of the episodes will be available exclusively on CBS All Access....

BetweenRobocopandTotal Recall, recentPaul Verhoevenreboots have been having a bit of a rough time. Well actually, looking at this last summer, reboots and rehashes are having a bit of a rough time in general. That said, IP mining obviously isn’t going to dry up anytime soon and the latest project on the docket is a reboot of one of Verhoeven’s most beloved cult films,Starship Troopers. Per THR, Columbia Pictures is rebooting the 1997 film and they’ve tapped the screenwriting duoMark SwiftandDamian Shannonto pen the screenplay for the would-be franchise starter....

Get ready to sing along with the cast ofSuperMansionfor the stop-motion superhero satire’s upcoming Earth Day special,SuperMansion: World War Tree. In the new special, premiering and streaming for free onSony Cracklethis April 18th, the League is faced with saving the world from Nature itself when tree-hugging scientists inadvertently unleash sentient killer redwood trees. While Titanium Rex and Lex go inter-dimensional to speak with Mother Earth in order to prevent mass destruction from the trees, Cooch is on the run with the fugitive redwoods, while Black Saturn and American Ranger team up to deliver mankind’s last chance against annihilation....

The80swas a decade filled with movies experimenting with many wonderful ideas. Whether it was an action movie, sci-fi, or adventure comedy, these movies easily became classics of the time. More importantly, audiences always looked forward to a good comfort film that made them feel understood. Related Link:Best 80s Movies On Netflix Right Now Even now, fans can watch certain films from the 80s and just be taken back to a better time, a different time....

Through the words of both marvel and peril,J.R.R. Tolkienused his expertise in linguistics to develop and enrich the lands of Middle-Earth in his novels. Drafting maps and describing in great detail the high mountain peaks and tunneling caves, rolling hills, and crashing oceans. Trees and rock, earth and life sprung from so many of Tolkien’s explanations of the beautiful, but often treacherous, landscapes and cities his characters would visit through their many adventures....

Prior to most screenings, you’re given a big packet of press notes that offers some information about the production and quotes from the filmmakers, but in addition to that, the press notes forThe Danish Girlalso came with a very handy “terms to know” section. The film starsEddie Redmayneas Einar Wegener. Back in 1926, he was a successful landscape painter living with his wife and fellow artist Gerda (Alicia Vikander) in Copenhagen, but when Gerda asks Einar to fill in for her subject by wearing her dress, it awakens something in him....

As far as narrative archetypes go, the viral zombie is a relatively new one. While tales of vengeful voodoo ghouls date back to the early 20th Century, our modern concept of the flesh-hungry undead didn’t take shape until decades later whenGeorge Romeroborrowed liberally fromRichard Matheson’sI Am Legend, reframed the creatures as the shambling unstoppable undead, and boom, zombies as we know them were born in the black-and-white bloodshed of 1968’sNight of the Living Dead....

Every few years, it seems another major movie claims the title of“highest-grossing movie” of all time. For a while, it wasTitanic, thenAvatar. At one point,Avengers: EndgamebattledAvatarin an attempt to take the title. But, regardless of what new epics the decades have brought,Gone with the Windis the true all-time box office champion. According toGuinness World Records,the controversial picture has claimed $3.44 billion at the box office when adjusted for inflation. By today’s standards, such a feat would mean the inevitablesequel (or franchise)was coming....

It’s Sunday, which means it’s time for the horror haul, our weekly round-up and one-stop-shop for all things horror. This week in horror, brings first look footage and images for the newStephen KingseriesMr. Mercedes, a new featurette for the other new Stephen King seriesThe Mist, and some excellent new casting additions forMichael Dougherty’sGodzilla: King of the Monsters. Elsewhere, Shudder is making the big move into original programming withRodney Ascher’sPrimal Screen, a Ted Bundy-inspired scripted project, an apocalyptic L....

On the heels of its Venice Film Festival premiere, Fox Searchlight has released the firstThe Shape of Waterclip. The story follows a lonely, mute woman named Elisa (Sally Hawkins) who performs janitorial duties for a top-secret government laboratory. The facility’s greatest asset is its one-of-a-kind inhabitant, a humanoid creature who lives its life entirely underwater. When their paths cross, they each find themselves forever changed, but with grave consequences. Our own Brian Formo caught the film at Venice, and loved it....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersthrough the Season 1 finale ofThe Wilds, “Day Twenty-Three.”] The one good thing about jumping intoThe Wildsa couple of weeks late? I started Season 1 of the Amazon series knowing that it was already renewed. So, even though coming to the end of Episode 10, “Day Twenty-Three,” was a bit of a bummer, at least I knew more was a guarantee! Yes, we’re going to have to wait a little while to see the continuation of the story, but how about another silver lining?...

It all started back in 2010, when British comedianRob Brydonand actorSteve Coogandid a TV series calledThe Trip, which followed them over the course of week as they traveled England’s Lake District dining out on delicious food and having free-wheeling, frequently funny conversations. The series was then edited together intoThe Trip, which then inspired three more movies. After installments in Italy and Spain, Brydon and Coogan’sTripfranchise comes to an end withThe Trip toGreece....

Experiencing a sudden restart or shutdown on your iPhone can be unsettling, especially when it’s due to a kernel panic. This system-level error, similar to the Blue Screen of Death on Windows, indicates a critical failure that the iOS operating system cannot recover from on its own. However, before you hit the panic button, it’s important to understand that kernel panics are often resolvable. They can be a source of frustration for iPhone users, but understanding their causes and solutions can demystify these occurrences....