May 20, 2019
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Season 8, episode 6/series finale (debut 5/19/19): Emilia Clarke. photo: Courtesy of HBO

Emilia Clarke on Daenerys' arc in Game of Thrones

...was going to die. I feel very taken care of as a character in that sense. It’s a very beautiful and touching ending. Hopefully, what you’ll see in that last moment as...

June 20, 2019
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American actor Richard Dreyfuss (left) (as marine biologist Hooper) and British author and actor Robert Shaw (as shark fisherman Quint) look off the stern of Quint's fishing boat the 'Orca' at the terrifying approach of the mechanical giant shark dubbed 'Bruce' in a scene from the film 'Jaws' directed by Steven Spielberg, 1975. The movie, also starring Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary, was one of the first 'Summer Blockbuster' films. (Photo by Universal Pictures courtesy of Getty Images)

Jaws Created the Summer Blockbuster 44 Years Ago Today

...in retrospect, one long summer of blockbusters. Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, the Back to the Future trilogy, Top Gun, Die Hard, and Batman all came out during the summer. They were all...

September 24, 2019
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Episode 11 (season 2, episode 1), debut 4/22/18: Jeffrey Wright. photo: HBO

Jeffrey Wright Circling Role of Commissioner Gordon in The Batman

...scoop that the great Jeffrey Wright, currently starring in HBO’s Westworld, is in negotiations to play Commissioner Gordon in The Batman. Commissioner Gordon—or, depending upon where he is in his career, possibly...

September 26, 2019
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(Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige to Produce a new Star Wars Film

...a die-hard fan Kevin is, it made sense for these two extraordinary producers to work on a Star Wars film together,” Walt Disney Studios co-chairman Alan Horn told The Hollywood Reporter. Kennedy...

October 10, 2019
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Caption: YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II as Black Manta in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “AQUAMAN,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jasin Boland/ ™ & © DC Comics

The Matrix 4 Adds Aquaman's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

The news surrounding The Matrix 4 keeps getting better and better. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who was so compelling as Black Manta in Aquaman and in this past season of Black Mirror‘s best...

December 19, 2019
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Courtesy Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Studios.

What to Remember About Star Wars Before You See The Rise of Skywalker

...RISE OF SKYWALKER. Courtesy Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Studios While Kylo Ren is still obsessed with Darth Vader, he has risen through the ranks of the First Order and dispatched Supreme Leader Snoke in...

March 16, 2020
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L-r: America Ferrera and Annie Gonzalez on the set of GENTEFIED. Photo by Kevin Estrada/Netflix.

How Coronavirus is Affecting Below the Line Filmmakers

...and shows in a given year, to plunge into a production, give it your all, and then get to work on something completely different for their next project. Yet this freedom comes...

April 9, 2020
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An image from writer/director Matt Reeves 'The Batman.' Courtesy Reeves/Warner Bros.

Matt Reeves Talks The Batman & His Favorite Previous Caped Crusader Films

...nature and that was really profound.” Reeves is keenly aware that as important Bruce Wayne is, Batman films live or die by their villains. Which is why it’s also not surprising that...

May 21, 2020
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THE OLD GUARD - Charlize Theron as ”Andy." Photo credit: Aimee Spinks/NETFLIX ©2020

Charlize Theron Thrills in First Trailer for Netflix's New Actioner The Old Guard

Ever since Charlize Theron pulled off one of the great lead performances in an action movie in Mad Max: Fury Road (in our humble estimation, the action movie of the century) playing...

June 24, 2020
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Caption: OSCAR ISAAC as Duke Leto Atreides in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure “DUNE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Chiabella James

Composer Hans Zimmer is Crafting Something Really Special For Dune

...film composers. He was, most of all, infectiously joyous about his craft. This is why Zimmer’s chat with Variety about his current project, Dennis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune—as well as his work...