From directorJon S. Bairdand screenwriterJeff Pope, the biographical dramedyStan & Olliefollows the great comedy team of Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly), as they set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. With their golden era behind them and an uncertain future, the two funnymen quickly reconnect with their adoring fans and the tour becomes a hit, but that doesn’t dissolve the tension between them or cure Oliver’s failing health, leaving the two men wondering just how much they mean to each other....

Spoilers ahoy! Turn back if you haven’t watched all of Stranger Things 3 One of my favorite tidbits aboutJordan Peele’sGet Outis that it was inspired by that amazingEddie Murphybit about a black family in a haunted house: “It’s very simple. There’s a ghost in the house, get the fuck out.” It’s a joke, but it’s also part of the tension that makes any truly great horror likeGet Outan almost impossible task; that underlying question of how many murders, door slams, or interdimensional monsters it takes before the characters just leave?...

I can understand those who felt betrayed by Season 2 ofTed Lasso. The first season carried itself as a largely uplifting sitcom where a fish-out-of-water coach,Jason Sudeikis’Ted Lasso, used his sunny disposition to improve the lives of everyone he met. The showrunners then made a bold decision to try and keep a sense of romantic-comedy at the core of the show but buildsomething more complex and slightly darker around it. Not everyone went for that change, but asTed LassoSeason 2 showed, change is essential....

The Amazing Spider-Manwasn’t the first time the iconic web-slinger swung onto cinema screens. 5 years after the conclusion ofSam Raimi’sSpider-Mantrilogy,Andrew Garfieldstepped into the spidey suit and launched a new iteration of the classic character. Directed byMarc Webb, the film was a box office success (grossing nearly $758 million worldwide) with praise given for Garfield’s realistic performance and the film’s visuals, but criticized for its retreading of a familar story.A sequel followed in 2014, though it was the last entry inthisiteration of theSpider-Manfranchise....

The Voidis not void of ambition. Practical effects create globular flesh akin toFrom Beyondand birth beasts with tentacles likeThe Thing—done on a smaller scale budget and in dimmer lighting. A satanic cult descends upon a nearly vacant hospital like it’sAssault on Precinct 13—except they’re dressed in white bed sheets that adorn a creepy black pyramid. And like the aforementionedFrom Beyond, there’s a separate dimension, and it looks pretty similar to what we saw inThe Beyond—except with a neon haze....

FOX’sThe Cleaning Ladyis one of the network’s best shows, with its fourth season kicking into gear over the past few weeks. After Thony’s (Élodie Yung) and Ramona’s (Kate del Castillo) rivalry reached a dangerous new height inEpisode 7, “Keep the Family Close,“the most recent Episode 8, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine,” dialed up the drama, with Ramona arrested for Vanessa’s death, saving her from her brother’s wrath. Later in the episode, the fallout of this major reveal continued, asJorge’s (Santiago Cabrera)life became even more complicated, sending him on a mission to find the cowboy assassin who accompanied Ramona in her misdeeds....

One of the most universally beloved animal films of all-time just found a new streaming home.Paddington, the 2014 animal adventure comedy, has officially begun streaming on Prime Video.Paddingtonjoins the Prime Video original movieJackpot!, starringJohn CenaandAwkwafina, as well asNight Swimas the most recent additions to the streaming platform.PaddingtonstarsHugh Bonneville,Sally Hawkins,Julie Walters, andTim Downie, and currently sits at a nearly perfect 97% from critics and an 80% rating from audiences onRotten Tomatoes. The film was produced on a budget of $55 million and grossed more than $280 million at the worldwide box office, including $206 million from overseas markets....

Few figures in American historyare as divisiveas Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. He’s been hailed as a hero and martyr by some, and vilified as a brash fool who got what he deserved at the Battle of the Little Bighorn by others. Public opinion has always been split between the two, andthe divide becomes greateras time places much-needed perspective on Custer as a man. But even in 1967, that divide was wide enough that the decision to move forward with a TV series about Custerwas questionable at best....

Prepare the tissue boxes. The sixth season ofThis is Uspremieres on January 4, and with only a few days left to go, NBC has released a first look at the final chapter in the lives of the Pearson family. The short featurette, first released byDeadline, mixes scenes of seasons past together with sneak peeks at the newest season, as well as tearful interviews with the cast, includingMandy Moore,Milo Ventimiglia,Sterling K. Brown,Justin Hartley,andChrissy Metz....

If there’s one thing we all know, it’s thatTom Cruiseloves doing his own stunts. The veteran action star has made a name for himself as one of the most impressive physical performers in the game, always working with his filmmakers and stunt team to pioneer new ways to make fantastical set-pieces more real and more thrilling on screen. When you watch Cruise walk through a crashing bus or hang off the side of a flying plane (like he did inMission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), you’re getting the real deal, which gives his directors a freedom to film clearly-framed action sequence that doesn’t have to cut around a stunt performer....

We’re entering what is, by my count, the 400th week of isolation, and if you’re anything like me, there’s only so many times you can rewatchCongobefore it starts to lose some of its magic. Luckily,Tom Cruiseis on his way to drag our stay-at-home boredom kicking and screaming into the Danger Zone, which, incidentally, is in 4K. In celebration of Top Gun Day, May 13th, Cruise’s definitive blockbusterTop Gunexplodes onto 4K Ultra HD Digital, followed by a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release on May 16th....

At this year’s Berlin Film Festival,Udo Kierhad two projects:David Schalko’s Austrian-German mini-seriesM – A City Hunts a Murderer, a homage to the Fritz Lang’s 1931M, and he co-starred with Geraldine Chaplin (Charlie’s daughter) inHoly Beasts. A consummate raconteur Kier is in great shape and has recently been regaling audiences at career homages at festivals in Macau and Gerardmer, France. Just don’t call them lifetime achievement awards. “My life isn’t over yet!...

By now, you probably knowJames Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadwas given the hardest of R ratings, seeing as 90% of the marketing campaign has revolved around most of these characters dying horrible deaths. (There’s also some “graphic nudity” thrown in, and you know deep in your soul it should be King Shark.) But whatexactlydoes it mean for Gunn to get to that R-rating for a big-budget, studio comic book movie? “It just allows me to do anything we want,” the writer/director told Collider and a roundtable of journalists on the film’s Atlanta set back in 2019....