What A 'TRON: Legacy' Failure Would Prove

What A ‘TRON: Legacy’ Failure Would Prove The other day, we discussed the fact thatTRON: Legacywastracking below expectationsand that it could earn as low as $35 million during its opening weekend (in line with that,HitFixdelivered a devastating review to the film this morning). Such an event would be a box office catastrophe that would consignLegacyto the same category of flops such asIshtar,The Postmanor the more recentSpeed Racer. Disney has spent a colossal amount of money over the past three and a half years making and marketing this film....

August 6, 2025 · 6 min · 1104 words · Kevin Garcia

Why The MCU Will Never Be The Same After Spider-Man: No Way Home

Why The MCU Will Never Be The Same After Spider-Man: No Way Home Warning: There arespoilersfor “Spider-Man: No Way Home” throughout this article. After every Marvel Studios release, someone declares that the Marvel Cinematic Universe will never be the same again. While that may sound like hyperbole, a whole lot of world-changing things happen in these movies and TV shows (sometimes literally), and"Spider-Man: No Way Home"is no exception. However, the ramifications don’t just affect Peter Parker and his friendly neighborhood in the MCU....

August 6, 2025 · 6 min · 1104 words · Victoria Pierce

'Angel Has Fallen' Review: Forgettable And Predictable, But Never Truly Rotten

‘Angel Has Fallen’ Review: Forgettable And Predictable, But Never Truly Rotten How on Earth is it possible that there are three films in the …Has Fallenfranchise? The series has somehow managed to extend across six years with a trio of grim action-adventures wherein a gruff Secret Service agent is the one true hero who can withstand all sorts of terrorists and protect the President. Now we haveAngel Has Fallen, in which that one true hero is on the lam after being accused of a crime he didn’t commit: attempting to kill the President....

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · 785 words · Julie Wallace

'Brave' Review: Pixar's Latest Hits The Target, But Struggles Getting There

‘Brave’ Review: Pixar’s Latest Hits The Target, But Struggles Getting There Pixar’s latest film,Brave, is a beautifully-constructed, entertaining journey with well-developed characters set in an interesting world. That much we’ve come to expect from the company behindToy Story, Finding NemoandUp. What we’ve also come to expect are complicated adult themes and situations portrayed in a kid-friendly computer-generated environment. ThereBravedoesn’t feel like a Pixar movie. The film is filled with ideas and stories that are decidedly more childish than we’ve come to expect....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 468 words · Eric Booth

'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' Panel Recap: Falcon Flies, Cap Fights The Modern World [Comic Con 2013]

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Panel Recap: Falcon Flies, Cap Fights The Modern World [Comic Con 2013] Marvel Studios just unveiled the first footage fromCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, and it looked unlike anything else the company has released. We’ve heard that the film, directed byAnthony and Joe Russo, would be something like a thriller, but this footage really showed off a movie that deeply integrates current interests and fears about how we’re managing national security....

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · 761 words · Theresa Whitehead

'Demonic' Review: Neill Blomkamp's Dull Entry Into Horror Is Devoid Of Scares

‘Demonic’ Review: Neill Blomkamp’s Dull Entry Into Horror Is Devoid Of Scares Is there anything left to be done with demonic possession on screen? For nearly 50 years, these movies have been chasing after the glory of the granddaddy of them all,The Exorcist. And while not every follow-up flick about demons inhabiting the bodies of innocent victims has been good, some have been pretty darn enjoyable in their own ways. But no matter how good a new demonic possession movie may be, it’s never going to reach the lofty heights of William Friedkin’s classic....

August 5, 2025 · 5 min · 927 words · Michael Mayer

'Game Of Thrones' Ends With Bloody Deaths, Bittersweet Victories, And A New Ruler

‘Game Of Thrones’ Ends With Bloody Deaths, Bittersweet Victories, And A New Ruler Game of Thronesis over. HBO’s epic adaptation ofA Song of Ice and Firehas reached its bittersweet conclusion with “The Iron Throne,” a finale that will certainly keep tongues waggling for years to come. So let’s dive in. For the last time, /Film’s resident Westeros experts Jacob Hall and Ben Pearson have gathered to break it all down....

August 5, 2025 · 18 min · 3713 words · Maria Bennett

'Gilmore Girls' Revival In The Works At Netflix

‘Gilmore Girls’ Revival In The Works At Netflix Back in the olden days, when a show ended it justended. Maybe once in a blue moon it’d get a last-minute save from another network, but once the actors and producers and writers moved on, that was it. And the end came for all shows eventually, even the really popular ones. But that was then, this is now. In 2015, a show isn’t really dead until every single streaming service has turned it down, and even then the possibility that it might return at some point down the line remains....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Ryan Christian

'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' Stage Musical With 'Glee' Star Matthew Morrison Is Coming To NBC

‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ Stage Musical With ‘Glee’ Star Matthew Morrison Is Coming To NBC Following in the footsteps ofPeter Pan,Grease,A Christmas Story,Hairspray, andThe Sound of Music, another stage musical is coming to network television this holiday season. This time, it’s an adaptation ofDr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical!, inspired by the classic storyHow the Grinch Stole Christmas, starringGleestarMatthew Morrisonin the title role. TV Linehas news on theGrinchmusical TV production, which will air on NBC on Wednesday,December 9at 8:00 P....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Susan Walker

'Inland' TV Series Being Adapted By Drew Goddard For ABC Signature

‘Inland’ TV Series Being Adapted By Drew Goddard For ABC Signature Drew Goddardis returning to TV for his next project. TheBad Times at the El Royaledirector is adapting anInlandTV series based onThe Tiger’s WifeauthorTéa Obreht’s bestselling Western epic novel.Inlandwill be one of the first projects for Goddard under his massive four-year overall deal with ABC Studios and its cable-streaming division ABC Signature.Deadlinereports that Goddard is developing anInlandTV series adaptation for ABC Signature, a cable and streaming division of Disney TV Studios....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · William Lutz

'Joker' Comic Written By John Carpenter Coming This October

‘Joker’ Comic Written By John Carpenter Coming This October John Carpenteris bringing his talent for terror to Gotham’s Crime Prince of Crime with a one-shotJokercomic. Part of DC’s “Year of the Villain” event, the comic is titledThe Joker: Year of the Villain #1, and will be written by Carpenter andAnthony Burch, with art byPhilip TanandMarc Deering. I’m of the opinion that the Joker has been a bit overused as a character, and there’s not much more to say about Batman’s arch nemesis....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Alexander Kramer

'Mobile Suit Gundam' More Than Lives Up To Its Influential Reputation As One Of The Anime Greats

‘Mobile Suit Gundam’ More Than Lives Up To Its Influential Reputation As One Of The Anime Greats (Welcome toAni-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)TheSeinfeldis Unfunnyeffect is a trope that refers to the feeling of watching a work that is so influential that you recognize everything it once pioneered, but are no longer impressed by it. The jokes aren’t funny anymore, and you see the twists coming a mile away....

August 5, 2025 · 5 min · 916 words · Carrie Lopez MD

'Point Break' Remake: Ray Winstone Is The New Gary Busey

‘Point Break’ Remake: Ray Winstone Is The New Gary Busey Compared to the world-ending waves inNoah, we can’t imagine 50-year storms seem all that impressive. Nevertheless,Ray Winstonehas boarded thePoint Breakremake in the role of Johnny Utah’s older partner, played inKathryn Bigelow’s 1991 original byGary Busey. Winstone joinsLuke BraceyandGerard Butlerin the actioner, which is being directed byEricson Core. Read more about the reboot, including producerBroderick Johnson’s comments on what has and hasn’t changed in the new version, after the jump....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Matthew Martin