Before He Was Lestat, Sam Reid Teamed Up With Anna Torv in This Compelling Drama Series

Sam Reidis giving one of the best performances on TV right now as Lestat de Lioncourt onInterview with the Vampire, with his work on the series having already earned him a Critics Choice Award nomination. BeforeInterview with the Vampire’s first season premiered, however, Reid starred in a very different series while giving an equally strong performance.The Newsreader, an Australian dramastarring Reid andAnna Torv(Fringe), follows the tense world of television journalism in the 1980s and boasts similar vibes to AMC shows likeHalt and Catch FireorMad Menas a slick period drama that shrewdly captures complex workplace dynamics....

June 1, 2025 · 4 min · 811 words · Eric Chang

Ben-Hur: New Trailer, Featurette Reveal Chariot Race

Paramount has released a newBen-Hurtrailer and featurette. Directed byWantedandAbraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterhelmerTimur Bekmambetov, the film tells the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his brother Messala (Toby Kebbell). Along the way, Ben-Hur learns the value of redemption from Jesus. Unlike the first trailer, the new trailer doesn’t shy away at all from the Jesus aspect, and it almost seems like this could easily fit into a Christsploitation picture with the heavy reliance not just on Christ imagery, but the music they chose as well....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Dana Miller

Boy Erased Review: Lucas Hedges Shines in Gay Conversion Drama

For all the social progress made over the last decade or two, especially in terms of marriage equality, we still have a long way to go when it comes to admitting that being part of the LGBTQ community is not a choice. “Gay conversion therapy” not only exists, but is given to (or forced upon) hundreds of American teenagers every year, who are told they must “pray the gay away” and change their base selves....

June 1, 2025 · 4 min · 770 words · Melissa Norton

Captain Fantastic Review: Viggo Mortensen Lives a Fantasy

If someone decided to adapt a series of cat posters into a feature film, it might resemble something likeCaptain Fantastic. The film is, on the surface, fairly compelling, offering an interesting set-up for a movie about something more substantial than trite clichés, but it wholeheartedly buys in to empty platitudes as sage wisdom, resulting in a film that’s naïve, disappointing, and immensely frustrating despite a solid performance byViggo Mortensen. Written and directed byMatt Ross, the film revolves around a man named Ben (Mortensen), who with his wife Leslie decided to raise their entire family off the grid, in the woods of the pacific northwest....

June 1, 2025 · 4 min · 786 words · Austin Huang

Captain Marvel Cast Adds Gemma Chan as Doctor Minerva

Though we’re about a year away from the release ofCaptain Marvel, casting is just starting to shape up. The most recent reports haveGemma Chan(Humans) joining the cast oppositeBrie Larsonin the title role. Larson’s been confirmed to play Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel since back in the summer of 2016, if you can believe it, but not much else has been officially confirmed.Ben Mendelsohnmay or may not be playing the Big Bad of the picture, withJude Lawpreviously in talks to play Walter Lawson / Mar-Vell, andSamuel L....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Michael Jennings

Chris O'Dowd on Get Shorty and Working with Ray Romano

Inspired by the best-selling novel byElmore Leonard, the Epix seriesGet Shortyfollows Miles Daly (Chris O’Dowd), a hitman from Nevada who attempts to leave his criminal past behind and win back his estranged family by becoming a movie producer in Hollywood. With what he thinks is a great script in hand, and with the help of washed up producer Rick Moreweather (Ray Romano) and his criminal associate Louis (Sean Bridgers), Miles realizes that success in Hollywood might not be impossible....

June 1, 2025 · 8 min · 1598 words · William Russell

Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Screenplay Is Selling Out

Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimercontinues to sell out movie theaters across the world, as the global imagination is captured by the story ofJ. Robert Oppenheimerand his involvement in the first atomic bomb while running the Manhattan Project during World War II.The film has been met with wide critical acclaimfor its visuals, its performances, its scope and ambition and, crucially, its screenplay. Nolan’s screenplay has been hailed by a number of stars in the film, includingMatt Damon, Robert Downey Jr....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · David Stewart

Cloverfield's Human Stories Make it a Classic Monster Movie

Hairy apeKing Kongstomped his way through New York City 90 years ago. Overgrown lizardGodzillafirst breathed fire on Tokyo way back in 1954. The beleaguered behemoth bounding through the urban landscape is hardly a new film concept, and it’s one that’s been used successfully for decades. But 15 years ago this month, a different kind of film shook things up and helped redefine the monster movie genre. In 2008, producerJ.J. Abramsand directorMatt ReevesbroughtCloverfieldto the big screen....

June 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1423 words · Kristin Reid

Dolittle Production Problems Reportedly Involved that Dragon's Ass

By now, you know thatDolittle, Universal’s take on the classic talking-to-animals tale starringRobert Downey Jr., was a bit of a box office disaster. But as has become a tradition in the wake of a major bomb, we now also get the post-premiere finger-pointing report, this time courtesy ofTHR. These things should usually be taken with a few fingers of salt, butDolittle’s postmortem is especially notable because it sounds kind of like the major issue on an otherwise amiable production was figuring out just what to jam into a dragon’s asshole....

June 1, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Tiffany Martinez

Emily Mortimer Reveals One of the Most Ridiculous Notes She Got on Set

One of my absolute favorite things aboutCollider Ladies Night, is getting to revisit old gigs and discuss what a filmmaker learned from the experience. And boy didEmily Mortimerhave a story to tell during that part of the conversation! She was on the show promoting her phenomenal new filmRelic, but in revisiting her filmography, we had to hit one of her very first big budget productions,The Ghost and the Darkness. In the movie,Tom Wilkinson’s Sir Robert Beaumont needs help in order to complete his railroad in Africa on time, so he calls inVal Kilmer’s John Henry Patterson....

June 1, 2025 · 4 min · 643 words · Amy Johnson

Euphoria's Special Episode to Stream Early on HBO Max

HBO Max will release the first of two specialEuphoriaepisodes earlier than expected. Filming onEuphoriaSeason 2 isn’t expected to start until early 2021, leaving fans of the Emmy-winning HBO show jonesing for new material. The two special episodes of theSam Levinson-created series will bridge the narrative gap between Seasons 1 and 2. Thetrailer for the first special episodefeaturingZendayaandColman Domingowas released earlier in the week, teasing an episode taking place right after the events of the Season 1 finale....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · David Knox

Foundation Season 3 on Apple TV+: What You Need To Know

Apple TV+ is gearing up for the highly anticipated return ofFoundation, its sprawling sci-fi epic adapted from Isaac Asimov’s legendary novels. Season 3 officially premieres onFriday, June 07, 2025, with new episodes releasing weekly throughSeptember 12, 2025. For fans of high-concept world-building, political intrigue, and philosophical sci-fi, this is shaping up to be the most ambitious chapter yet. While the show’s past seasons have taken creative liberties with Asimov’s original material, the essence of his psychohistorical saga remains intact—exploring how empires rise, fall, and clash under the weight of fate and free will....

June 1, 2025 · 9 min · 1736 words · Danielle Walton

Frozen 2 Cast & Filmmakers on Making a Disney Sequel & the New Songs

From directorsJennifer LeeandChris Buckand with new songs from songwriting duoKristen Anderson-LopezandBobby Lopez,Frozen II, the highly anticipated sequel to the highest-grossing animated film of all time in worldwide box office, sees Elsa (voiced byIdina Menzel), Anna (voiced byKristen Bell), Kristoff (voiced byJonathan Groff), Olaf (voiced byJosh Gad) and Sven setting out on a dangerous journey to discover the answers to why Elsa was born with magical powers. On their journey to learn whether those powers are enough to ensure their survival, they will have to look into the unknown and face truths about the past, as they’re tested in ways they never could have imagined....

June 1, 2025 · 18 min · 3789 words · Anna Brooks