This Saturday,Woody Harrelsonmakes his return to Studio 8H to host a new episode ofSaturday Night Live. The episode will mark Harrelson’s fifth time as host, landing him in the long-standing Five-Timers Club for the sketch comedy series.Jack Whitewill accompany as musical guest, which will also be his fifth time appearing on the show. Ahead of the episode,SNLhas shared a new promo featuring Harrelson. The promo shows Harrelson taking a trip down memory lane as he walks the studio halls featuring photos of priorSNLhosts....

Before they head to Hogwarts, two of the newHarry Potterstarsare teaming up for something a little more down-to-earth — and full of pumpkins. Fathom Entertainment has acquired the U.S. theatrical rights toGrow, a whimsical family fantasy starringNick FrostandDominic McLaughlin, with the film officially set to premiere nationwide onOctober 3. That release date makes it one of the rare family-friendly movies positioned against the usual slate of October horror films, and might end up being a very canny bit of counterprogramming for two reasons — the family-friendly tone, and the massively curious Potter fandom....

Pixar has a new movie in theaters today with the release ofOnward. The film follows two brothers on a quest to find a magical stone that will help them finish a spell to restore their deceased father for a single day. On the surface, there’s plenty that’s new and exciting withOnward: the fantasy setting combined with modern conveniences, a story focused on brothers, and all the comedy and sharp storytelling we’ve come to expect from the beloved animation studio....

When love comes calling, or rather, texting, you answer. Or at least you do inPriyanka Chopra JonasandSam Heughan’s new romantic comedy,Love Again, in theaters now. Like any good rom-com,Love Againfinds two lonely hearts living in New York City, each nursing their own wounds. Chopra Jonas plays Mira, a children’s book author who’s coping with the loss of her boyfriend by texting his phone. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city, Heughan’s Rob Burns, a music journalist tasked with writing a profile for legendary love songbirdCeline Dion, finds himself cynical of love after his own partner leaves him at the altar....

The marketing forGreg TiernanandConrad Vernon’sSausage Partyhas been slightly misleading. The film has been using the hook of “What if food were sentient and then realized that its purpose was to ‘die’ in horrific fashion?” That appears to be the movie’s only joke, but what the marketing won’t tell you is that the heart ofSausage Partyis far more controversial becauseSausage Partyis taking on religion, specifically, the part of religion concerned with the afterlife....

RememberIT? It might be worth watchingAndy Muschietti’s smash-hit horror movie again if only for the performances of the film’s excellent young cast members. One member of the Losers Club,Jack Dylan Grazer’s asthmatic hypochondriac Eddie Kaspbrak, has banked a new role off of his breakout performance. He’ll be heading to the DC Comics' movieShazam!in a supporting role. AsDeadlinereports, Dylan Grazer will star oppositeZachary Leviin the title role andAsher Angelas the pint-sized version of the hero, Billy Batson....

WithBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Warner Bros. officially launched their DC Extended Universe, but the big debut didn’t go exactly to plan.Zach Snyder’s superhero bonanza was critically panned, and it didn’t fare as well as expected with audiences either, earning a less-than-average “B” CinemaScore. One of the most common complaints being that the film is utterly joyless, a surprisingly dark and dreary affair that left audiences looking ahead toDavid Ayer’s villain-centricSuicide Squad....

To some, Comedy Central’s annual roast is like the Super Bowl of comedy. And this year’s distinguished honoree,Alec Baldwin, makes for a particularly great football to kick around. Not only has he endured as an award-winning film and television star for more than 30 years, but he has survivedallkindsof tabloid incidents, from fistfights with photographers, to the embarrassing voicemail he once left for his “rude, thoughtless” daughter. He has also hostedSaturday Night Live, America’s foremost comedy institution, more than anyone else in its history....

The entire cast and director of the 2018 Tony-winning Broadway revival ofMort Crowley’sThe Boys in the Bandreturn for this 2020 Netflix film adaptation, and you may feel it. There’s a quiet confidence, a mode of working both locked-in and free to be free, a commanding grasp of the material’s most elliptical, complicated aspects in every frame of the film. The audience is drawn in, needing to know what happens next, needing to think and re-think every moment....

The biggest success ofThe Crownthus far is how it’s able to work from a pro-monarchist standpoint and have its audience take the standpoint completely seriously. The monarchy, as it exists post-war, is a completely ridiculous institution, but in its first three seasons, showrunnerPeter Morganwas able to use it as a way to tell a story of personal desire running up against public responsibility and use that as a lens on Britain’s postwar history....

Amazon has given the sci-fi drama seriesThe Expansethe green light for Season 6. However, the forthcoming Season 6 will also double as the final season ofThe Expanse. Created and scripted byMark FergusandHawk Ostby,The Expanseis based on the bestselling book series of the same name fromDanielAbrahamandTyFranck(under the pen nameJames S.A. Corey).The Expanseseries regulars includeShohreh Aghdashloo,Steven Strait,Dominique Tipper, andWes Chatham. (Series regularCas Anvarwill not return for Season 6 following allegations of sexual misconduct....

With Amazon’sThe in Man in the High Castlereturning with new episodes this weekend, I sat down withDJ Qualls,Joel De La Fuente, andBrennan Brownto talk about season 2. During our wide-ranging interview they talked about how the new season compares to the first, how Season 2 pushes the envelope by exploring and expanding the world of the series, the way they like to work on set, how much they knew about the arc of Season 2, and much more....

[Note: Tommy’s review ofThe Revenantwas originally posted in December; with the film set to expand nationwide tomorrow, January 8, we are reposting it] Boiling down to a simple ‘man vs. nature’ tale, whatThe Revenantshares with the best of survivalist films (Deliverance,Alive, The Grey) is less a focus on the physical but more the emotional and mental toll it takes to survive. Which is to say it’s not just about what manly things man must do to make it out in the cold terrain; but how he must think, what motivates him to continue, to even bother taking one step further....