Movies have always been a big part of my life, but I don’t know what I would have done without my Collider.com family and storytelling in 2020. Yes, the industry is reeling and there’s a scary amount of uncertainty surrounding the future of film, but even in the face of all that and a raging pandemic, artists persevered and delivered work that wound up being the support I needed right now in a multitude of ways....
TheUnderworldseries is the only franchise in which leather-clad vampires try and fight massive werewolves with BDSM whips, which is to say theUnderworldseries kicks complete ass. Launching in 2003, this modern-day Gothic epic tells the story of an ancient war between vampires and the full-moon beasties known as Lycans. Stuck in the middle is Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a “Death Dealer” sworn to cut werewolves out of the world for good.Bill Nighyplays a vampire elder who fist-fights a werewolf/vampire hybrid named Michael (Scott Speedman)....
The Collider Weekly TV Guide is a rundown of notable episodes, premieres, returns, finales, and opportunities to catch up on great shows (or cast an eye to the occasional TV train wreck). Check out our picks for the week of Tuesday, September 8th: Tuesday, 9/8 Public Morals, “O’Bannon’s Wake” (TNT, 10 p.m.) - Muldoon (Edward Burns) must face a volatile contingent of the Irish mafia at Mr. O’s wake, and later is tipped off about an illegal high-stakes card game....
We’ve been getting a steady stream ofStephen Kingadaptations on screen for decades now, and many of them are quite good, but the 2023 releases are highlighting one particular approach to bringing a King classic to life on screen that’s brimming with potential and could be worth mining further — identifying lightly explored corners of King’s worlds and fleshing them out. Early this year we gotRob Savage’sThe Boogeyman, which takes a King-penned short story, honors its source material, but then builds a whole world around that one conversation between Lester Billings and Dr....
Say what you will aboutJoker, but it’s certainly unlike anything Warner Bros. has made in its current iteration of the DC Universe. WhileBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceis gritty andSuicide Squadreimagines the Joker character in a, uh,differentway, neither of those films come close to the specific vision or, frankly, unsettling grit and grime of directorTodd Phillips’ origin tale. Of course they couldn’t, because they were operating under very different parameters. While WB was previously focused on building out the DC Extended Universe as a franchise that could rival the Marvel Cinematic Universe,Jokeris wholly unconcerned with sequels, canon, or cohesively connecting to any other movie....
Having stormed into theaters just about two months ago,Patty Jenkins’Wonder Womanhas proven itself incredibly successful both critically and financially. Box office performance both at home and abroad has been quite strong and surprisingly even; the Warner Bros. film currently stands at over $395 million domestically and $393.4 million internationally. That’s enough to land it first among the four DCEU film’s domestically (both the raw figures and when adjusted for inflation) and second behindBatman v Supermanfor the all-time, worldwide total, even though it had the series' worst (relatively) opening weekend....
WhileX-Men: Apocalypsegrossed over $540 million at the worldwide box office, that was $200 million less than its predecessor,X-Men: Days of Future Past, and doingworsethan the previous film is never a good sign for sequels. Moreover, reviews were quite unkind for directorBryan Singer’s “disaster movie” version of anX-Menfilm. So when it came time to craft the nextX-Menmovie, the filmmakers needed to acknowledge the mistakes that were made inApocalypseand ensure they wouldn’t be repeated inX-Men: Dark Phoenix....
Fans of theDCuniverse were treated to a surprise appearance of the franchise’s leading lady earlier this year, asGal Gadotreprized her role asWonder Womanfor a cameo inShazam! Fury of The Gods. However, fans weren’t the only ones excited to see the actor return to the big screen as the Amazon hero, asZachary Levi-who playsShazam!’s titular hero - spoke toEWabout Gadot’s cameo and the difficulties of working around scheduling conflicts, as well as sharing what character he’d like to see appear in a potential thirdShazam!...
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the Abbott Elementary Season 4 finale.Season 4 was certainly a special one forAbbott Elementary. Not only did it manage to surprise viewers with some ofthe best twistsin the show’s history, but it also finallypaid off the three years of uncertaintysurrounding Janine (Quinta Brunson) and Gregory (Tyler James Williams). While there were minor misunderstandings here and there, the season was a real treat forlong-time fans of the two’s courtship....
Ari Aster’smoviesare pretty well-known as being not for the faint of heart. They often deal with some pretty heavy topics, and take disturbing turns throughout. But even knowing that, it can be hard to prepare for such a twisted film.Midsommaris Aster’s follow-up toHereditary, and though the two moviesfollow a similar theme of grief and loss, they’re both completely different from one another. WhereHereditaryis dark both tonally and visually,Midsommaris full of vibrant colors and colorful characters that almost distract from the horrific things going on....
Hail Caesar! However, in the time period within which the upcoming Starz drama,Spartacus: House of Ashur, is set, no one is really hailing him. At this point in history, Gaius Julius Caesar is not yet the powerful, all-conquering Roman general who became dictator of Rome. OriginalSpartacuscreator,Steven DeKnight, has returned to the world depicted in Starz’s epic series.Set in an alternate reality, one of the original series' most hated villains, Ashur (Nick Tarabay), does not meet his death at Mount Vesuvius, but instead is rewarded with the Ludus of Batiatus (John Hannah) for helping the Romans kill Spartacus and ending his rebellion....
Season 5 ofThe Chosenmay have come and gone, but that just means it’s time for a rewatch. After all, with such deep character and story growth over the last set of episodes, there’s plenty to be gained from a second time around. We recently chatted with series starElizabeth Tabish— who plays Mary Magdalene in the series — and asked her about her favorite scene from the latest installment of theDallas Jenkins-created series....
The Real Housewives of Beverly HillsalumTeddi Mellencamphad quite the fight, as she has revealedher devastating stage four cancer diagnosis. However, Mellencamp has since updated her followers with brilliant news regarding her health. She has shared thatshe has finished her radiation treatment, as she has rung the bell to mark the end. The former Real Housewives star has posted a video on Instagram, where she can be seen holding some paper and reading out a plaque underneath a gold bell....
