Colleen Hoover's 'Verity' Trailer Ignites CinemaCon With Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett's Sensual Love Story

Colleen Hooverhas long been bringing readers exciting stories about tantalizing relationships and intriguing personalities. Over the years, production companies have seen promise in adapting the author’s work for both the small and big screen alike. Following the recent adaptation of the much-talked-aboutIt Ends with Us, the novelist’s latest feature is already on the way withMichael Showalter’sVerity. Tonight, during Amazon MGM’s presentation on the third day of CinemaCon, audiences got a first look at the star-studded production filled with plenty of twists and turns....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · James Phillips

Damon Herriman on Mr Inbetween and Justified

From executive producer/directorNash Edgerton, the Australian crime dramedyMrInbetween, airing on FX, follows Ray Shoesmith (Scott Ryan, who also wrote the series), a hitman who’s trying to navigate parental responsibilities, a sick brother and a new relationship, all while earning a living in the criminal underworld. Ray is the type of man who demands respect and doesn’t tolerate anyone who violates his very clear code of ethics, and if you find yourself on the wrong side of that, he has no problem with taking care of you, permanently....

July 13, 2025 · 8 min · 1521 words · Rebecca Price

Dark Phoenix: Alexandra Shipp Talks Storm While Comic Book Shopping

Comic Book Shoppingis back, and this week welcomesAlexandra Shippin honor of the release ofDark Phoenix. Comic Book Shopping is hosted by Collider Heroes’Coy Jandreauand gives guests the opportunity to tap into their inner comic book fan by spending some time browsing the racks at local comic book shops in Los Angeles. Past guests have includedDavid Harbour,Michael Rooker,Michael Giacchino,Frank Miller,Zachary Levi, and many more industry heavyweights. InDark Phoenix, Shipp returns as Storm....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Barbara Watson

Encanto: Alan Tudyk Joins Cast as Pico the Toucan

The director of the upcoming Disney animated filmEncanto,Jarod Bush, announcedvia TwitterthatAlan Tudykwill be voicing Pico the Toucan in the film. Pico is the lovable animal sidekick to main character Mirabel Madrigal (Brooklyn 99’sStephanie Beatriz). Bush describes him as enthusiastic but clueless, a classic combination for a Disney animal sidekick. Tudyk is often described as Disney Animation’s “good luck charm,” which Bush does in the tweet, as Tudyk has voiced a character in every Disney Animated film sinceWreck-It Ralphin 2012....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Jennifer Romero

Fantastic Fest 2019 Second Wave Includes Knives Out, Parasite

Holy smokes, folks. This year’s Fantastic Fest is shaping up with one of the strongest lineups in years. Today brings the second wave announcement, which comes with a barrage of exciting new titles, withRian Johnson’sKnives Outlocking in as the closing night. “Rian Johnson is a consistently thrilling and brilliant director whose work has enthralled Fantastic Fest audiences for the past 15 years,” said Fantastic Fest Creative Director Evrim Ersoy. “The chance to close out the festival with his unique and ingenious murder mystery was too good an offer to pass up!...

July 13, 2025 · 9 min · 1715 words · Erin Taylor

For Kate Herron, Writing 'Doctor Who' Was Just Like "Fan Fiction"

The latest season ofDoctor Who, serving as a second soft reboot of the long-running sci-fi franchise, has been filled with top tier episodes, wonderful performances, and a lot of emotion. As the series' first openly queer actor playing the Doctor,Ncuti Gatwa, along with his fellow cast and crew, have brought the series into the future. In the latest episode, titled “Rogue,” the Doctor gets his first love interest of the new era, played byJonathan Groff....

July 13, 2025 · 16 min · 3278 words · Brooke Smith

Friday Box Office: Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Takes the Lead

Though he is not by any measure the sole problem withPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,Johnny Depp’s myriad appearances in the film are easily the most dismaying. He is, after all, playing the main reason that people are showing up for the movie, which is currently standing atop the Friday box office with an estimated $16 million following $5.5 million from Thursday screenings for a $21.5 million total....

July 13, 2025 · 3 min · 480 words · Steven Strickland

Gentleman Jack Review: HBO's Series Is Sharp, Jaunty, & Wonderfully Unusual

The premise ofGentleman Jackwill at first seem familiar to fans of historical drama: In 1832 Halifax, a wealthy and well-traveled landowner returns home and sets about to starting up a coal mine and taking care of local injustices while falling in love with a lovely heiress who has (until now) sworn off marriage. Can’t you justfeelthe pull of romance upon the moors? Except in this particular case, the wealthy landowner happens to be a woman, which givesGentleman Jacka unique perspective on both the time period and gender politics....

July 13, 2025 · 5 min · 922 words · Regina Neal

Ghostbusters Afterlife Toys Review: Spengler's Neutrona Wand Rocks

ThoughGhostbusters: Afterlifemay not be arriving until Spring of 2021, you may get your hands on some incredible movie replicas right now. Literally. The fine folks over at Hasbro sent us a free replica from their Ghostbusters Plasma Series line, specifically Spengler’s Neutrona Wand. While we’ve yet to know just how this ghost-bustin' device – clearly hand-crafted by the original movie’s Egon Spengler (the late, greatHarold Ramis) – will factor into the new movie, it’s fantastic to see the care and attention (and awesome effects) that clearly went into the making of this gadget....

July 13, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Evan Morris

Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’

Quick Links After six decades and numerous acclaimed projects to his name,Hayao Miyazakiis all set for another directorial venture,The Boy and the Heron(previously titledHow Do You Live?), releasing later this year. In production for nearly a decade, the upcoming Japanese animated film is unarguably the most anticipated project from the celebrated filmmaker and artist and had its debut showing this summer. Written and directed by Miyazaki, the film is said to be a “grand fantasy” and is inspired by the eponymous 1937 novel byGenzaburo Yoshino, but it is not a direct adaptation....

July 13, 2025 · 7 min · 1355 words · Austin Ballard

Honor Society Trailer: Gaten Matarazzo & Angourie Rice Slay the Competition

After you dive back intoStranger Thingsnext week, you’ll be able to spend some time with series starGaten Matarazzolater next month in a Paramount+ YA comedy. He stars oppositeAngourie Rice(Mare of Easttown) inHonor Society, a coming-of-age story about a girl who’s hellbent on taking down the competition, so she can make it to an Ivy League school. The problem is, slaying your college opponents isn’t as easy to do once you meet and fall in love with them....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Robert Yates

How 'The Garfield Movie' Was a Full-Circle Moment for Its Director

The Garfield Moviegained some heat on Netflix’s Top 10 list, which is a far cry from the reception it got when it was in theaters. But watching this new take on the beloved lasagna-scarfing cat (voiced byChris Pratt), it’s pretty clear that directorMark Dindalhas a fond love forJim Davis' original comics and managed to translate most of that essence to the big screen. It also reminded me of another film Dindal directed:Cats Don’t Dance....

July 13, 2025 · 4 min · 710 words · Bradley Kline

It's Okay, We Can Admit The Ghoul From 'Fallout' Is Hot

From the first trailers of Prime Video’sFallout,the hit series based on the wildly successful Bethesda game franchise, it was clear which character would emerge as the fan favorite. Cooper “The Ghoul” Howard, played byWalton GogginsofJustifiedandThe Righteous Gemstones, is the best character in a great show. He’s a character who’s conceptually cool with a depth that makes him more than just a novelty.We watch as he goes from washed-up actor with divorced dad energy into an actual badass, irradiated cowboy....

July 13, 2025 · 5 min · 978 words · Jimmy Waters