Hamish Linklater on That Tell Me Your Secrets Ending and Midnight Mass

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersfor Tell Me Your Secrets Season 1.] From creator/writerHarriet Warner, the Amazon Prime Video crime dramaTell Me Your Secretsfollows a trio of intertwined characters – Mary (Amy Brenneman), a grieving mother who’s obsessed with finding her missing daughter, Emma (Lily Rabe), the woman who might have some answers about what happened, and John (Hamish Linklater), a serial predator who’s trying to find some sense of normalcy as he puts his past behind him....

June 14, 2025 · 7 min · 1351 words · Sara Bailey

How The Conjuring and Midnight Mass Use Faith as a Shield and a Weapon

Editor’s Note: Spoilers ahead forThe Conjuringseries andMidnight MassSinceBram StokerwroteDracula, Christian symbolism and iconography have littered the horror landscape. Horror films that rely heavily on religion, such asThe Exorcist, are a certain breed that can authentically share compelling tales of faith and truth. While there’s certainly room for slashers likeHalloweenandScream, it’s the religiously-fueled cases, those that involve hauntings or demonic possessions (often based on true events) that can sometimes hit home most, especially if done right....

June 14, 2025 · 9 min · 1895 words · Erika Walker

J.J. Abrams Says Star Trek Into Darkness Had Too Much Khan

J.J. Abramshas a number of regrets when it comes toStar Trek Into Darkness. In the past, the director pointed to hisborderline obsessive use of lens flaresand how he wished he wasn’t so secretive aboutthe true identityofBenedict Cumberbatch’s John Harris. During hisCelebrity Nerd-OffwithStephen Colbertin Newark, New Jersey, this weekend, he further bemoaned overdoing it on theWrath of Khannods. “We got in trouble on the secondStar Trekfilm with some of the fans,” he admitted (as quoted byRolling Stone)....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Vanessa Miller

James Gunn Reveals Yet Another Important ‘Superman’ Logo

One of the most anticipated comic book movies of next year just got a major reveal from the writer and director. On hispersonal Threads account, DC co-CEOJames Gunnunveiled the first look atSupermanmerchandise, which comes in the form of a coaster that shows the Metropolis City Seal. This is one ofmany updates that Gunn has dished out on social media, whether it’s revealing set photos unprompted or responding to fans honestly when being asked genuine questions about his creative process....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 413 words · Steven Woods

Jason Isaacs Was Masterful and Heartbreaking in This Underseen Drama That Will Hit You Like a Truck

Words such as “difficult” and “challenging” are often used to describe films that are overtly violent or disturbing in a graphic way, but they can also be implied to moreintimate dramas that touch upon the anxieties that their audience may be able to relate to.Those living in the United States have known the horrors of gun violence, as the sheer amount of tragedies that regularly occur make it nearly impossible to not know someone that has been affected....

June 14, 2025 · 4 min · 751 words · Jessica Bradford

Joss Whedon Exits Batgirl Movie, Says He "Didn't Have a Story"

TheJoss WhedonBatgirlmovie is over before it begins. News broke last spring that Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment had wooed Marvel’sThe AvengersandAvengers: Age of Ultronfilmmaker to write and direct aBatgirlmovie for DC, which was greeted with glee and anticipation from fans. The other shoe dropped when it was revealed, a couple months later, that Whedon was taking over for directorZack SnyderonJustice League, which occupied his time for much of 2017 as he oversaw reshoots and post-production on the disappointing DCEU team-up film....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · David Orozco

Justice League Batman Plane Revealed in Concept Art

WhenJustice Leaguerolls around this November,Ben Affleck’s Batman won’t just be driving around in his same-old Batmobile we saw inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This time Batman’s got wings. A new piece of concept art from the upcoming superhero team-up movie reveals “the Flying Fox,” which is Batman’s giant plane that will carry around fellow Justice League members Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher)....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Michelle Castro

Justin Long’s Horror Career Is Totally Killer

WhenJustin Longis brought up in conversation the first thing that comes to mind for many of us is the innumerable hits to the head that he unflinchingly took in the2004 comedy filmDodgeball. Between his roles of goofy good guys in romantic comedies and tech experts and burnouts in the likes ofAcceptedandStrange Wilderness, theLive Free or Die Hardactor has appeared in some truly haunting and hilarious horror movies. In a 2009 Comic ConinterviewJustin stated that he was a huge fan of horror before rephrasing with a laugh that he is actually indifferent to the genre....

June 14, 2025 · 9 min · 1855 words · William Rivas

Kong: Skull Island Review: Apocalypse Not

I personally think thatGareth Edwards’Godzillais hands down one of the best blockbusters of the 21stcentury. The reason being that it consistently did the opposite of what we expect from a mega movie: it killed characters off screen (and naturally!), it hid the monsters for a long time—and instead favored the tension of human reactions, steam or cracks in the earth—until it revealed that we were seeing different monsters that the titular monster needed to save mankind from....

June 14, 2025 · 7 min · 1332 words · Leah Jackson

Lisa Barlow and Teresa Giudice Are Cut From the Same Cloth

It wouldn’t be a finale ofThe Real Housewives of Salt Lake Citywithout an explosion. This time, it came courtesy ofLisa Barlow. During the final dinner in Puerto Vallarta,Heather Gayproposed a dangerous game of sharing the meanest things they’d ever written about one another. The women played, to varying degrees, but afterWhitney RoseevokedMonica Garcia’s name in reference to Lisa, all hell broke loose. It was Whitney’s words about Lisa that cut the deepest....

June 14, 2025 · 4 min · 715 words · Krystal Sanchez

Luke Cage Clip Teases the Perils of Being Bulletproof

Netflix and Marvel have unveiled the first clip from the highly anticipated new seriesLuke Cage. The show is the third collaboration between Marvel and Netflix, following in the footsteps ofDaredevilandJessica Jones, and serving as a precursor to 2017’sIron Fist, which then will lead to theAvengers-style team-up miniseriesThe Defendersthat brings all of these characters together in one show. In this brief clip, we seeMike Colter’s Luke Cage waltz into a boxing gym and proceed to kick ass and take names....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · Mary Miller

Luke Wilson on Stargirl and Why He Wants to Return for Legally Blonde 3

In the next episode of The CW seriesStargirl, entitled “Shining Knight,” Courtney (Brec Bassinger) finds her world turned upside as she unexpectedly has to come to terms with her past, in a way that could seriously affect her new superhero team and their mission to uncover the supervillains that are hiding in plain sight in their small town of Blue Valley. At the same time, Pat (Luke Wilson) discovers new information about the Injustice Society’s evil plan, which brings the two teams dangerously close to an inevitable showdown....

June 14, 2025 · 12 min · 2358 words · Collin Garcia

Mammals Trailer: James Corden Watches His Marriage Crumble

Award-winning comedianJames Cordenis facing a crisis in the new trailer for Prime Video’sMammals. Corden stars as Jamie Buckingham, a Michelin star chef whose life is upended upon discovering the secrets his pregnant wife Amandine (Melia Kreiling) has kept under wraps for some time. The new footage sees him looking for answers anywhere to make sense of the revelations, though he doesn’t exactly find what he’s hoping for. The trailer immediately tees up the heartbreak, showing Jamie and his wife on a video, professing that, “If love is impossible, we must believe in the impossible....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Roberta Wilson