'The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind' Trailer: Chiwetel Ejiofor Makes His Directorial Debut With An Inspiring True Story

‘The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind’ Trailer: Chiwetel Ejiofor Makes His Directorial Debut With An Inspiring True Story Chiwetel Ejioformakes his feature directorial debut withThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, the inspiring true story of a 13-year-old boy who develops a method to, as the title says, “harness the wind” to bring water to his famine-struck village in Malawi. SeeThe Boy Who Harnessed the Windtrailer below. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Trailer “It’s not a dream, Papa,” pleads 13-year-old William Kamkwamba, played by newcomerMaxwell Simbain this new trailer for Netflix’sThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Aaron Burke

'The Incredible Jessica James' Teaser Trailer: Jessica Williams Is A Confident Delight

‘The Incredible Jessica James’ Teaser Trailer: Jessica Williams Is A Confident Delight You might knowJessica Williamsfrom her time as a correspondent onThe Daily Showwhen Jon Stewart was still hosting the show. However, her indie romantic comedy that debuted at Sundance earlier this year has started turning some heads. Hopefully, she’ll become a movie star. The Incredible Jessica Jamesfinds Jones playing an aspiring playwright in New York City. She’s confident, blunt, charming and hilarious, but she’s also recovering form a big break-up and finds her life not entirely under control....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Lisa Zimmerman

'The Mandalorian', 'Watchmen', 'Star Trek: Picard' And 'Stranger Things' Take Home Creative Arts Emmys

‘The Mandalorian’, ‘Watchmen’, ‘Star Trek: Picard’ And ‘Stranger Things’ Take Home Creative Arts Emmys Now thatGame of Thronesis over, a new nerdy TV show had to step up to snag some awards love from the Emmys. But this year, there are two geek friendly shows that have been showered with accolades in two different categories. HBO’sWatchmenlanded 26 nominations as a miniseries/limited series and Disney+‘sStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorianhad an impressive Emmys debut with 15 total nominations....

July 21, 2025 · 10 min · 2010 words · Mary Jackson

'Tomb Raider' Review Round-Up: Does This Break The Video Game Movie Curse? Nope

‘Tomb Raider’ Review Round-Up: Does This Break The Video Game Movie Curse? Nope TheTomb Raiderreview embargo has lifted, and let’s just say the critics aren’t exactly enamored with the latest big-screen Lara Croft adventure. Not even Oscar winnerAlicia Vikanderis enough to elevate this video game movie – although there are some kind words here and there. Our fullTomb Raiderreview round-up is below. Lara Croft is back on the big screen again inTomb Raider,Roar Uthaug’s adaptation of the popular video game series....

July 21, 2025 · 5 min · 900 words · Laura Alexander

'Trick 'R Treat 2' Announced

‘Trick ‘R Treat 2’ Announced Trick ‘r Treatwas destined to become a cult classic. ScreenwriterMichael Dougherty’s feature directorial debutTrick R Treatsat on the shelf for over two years, before being dumped on DVD/Blu-ray by Warner Bros — despite earning great reviews and buzz from a handful of screenings. The horror anthology has become a staple of the halloween watching line-up of so many of my friends, but I don’t think anyone ever expected a sequel…...

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 582 words · Daniel Gonzalez

'Watchmen' Is Cable's Most-Watched New TV Show Of 2019

‘Watchmen’ Is Cable’s Most-Watched New TV Show Of 2019 Who watches theWatchmen? Well, it turns out a whole lot of people do.Damon Lindelof’s comic book series, based on the groundbreaking graphic novel byAlan MooreandDave Gibbons,has proven to be a super hit for HBO, with the best TV ratings for a new premium cable series this year. While it hasn’t reached the levels ofGame of Thrones,Watchmenis HBO’s most-watched new series sinceBig Little Lies....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 369 words · Jesus Graham

/Film British Gossip Endorsement: Tom Cruise Should Make Top Gun 2

/Film British Gossip Endorsement: Tom Cruise Should Make Top Gun 2 Across the Atlantic,The Sun—a tabloid that our commenters loudly detest—has decided to blow on the sails of the Internet and report thatTop Gun 2is in the works. Apparently, a script-outline is out toTom Cruiseand if he approves by recreating the image above, get ready to rock like it’s 1986. As we witnessed withCrystall Skull, revisiting the ’80s can conjure spilling a bunch of pills on a bathroom floor, but I think this would be a really smart move for Cruise....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Rebecca Frye

12 Awesome Comedies That Never Got Sequels

12 Awesome Comedies That Never Got Sequels In a cinematic landscape where every studio is falling over itself to find more already existing IP to make new movies out of, it’s almost rare for films that feature standalone, original screenplays to even get made. In 2019 (the last year that we have accurate data on without COVID-19 restrictions skewing theatrical releases),every film in the top ten highest grossing films worldwidewas either a sequel or reboot, and that pattern pretty much held steady throughout the 2010s....

July 21, 2025 · 11 min · 2134 words · Sarah Smith

Andy Serkis To Direct Performance Capture Version Of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm'

Andy Serkis To Direct Performance Capture Version Of George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ If anyone has had a cooler career path thanAndy Serkis, I’d be interested to hear it. A classically trained actor, Serkis happened upon a technological revolution when he took on the role of Gollum in Peter Jackson’sThe Lord of the Rings Trilogy. His performance capture work in those films helped define a whole new way to look at acting and then he took it to the next level withKing Kongand eventuallyRise of the Planet of the Apes....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · Andrea Roberts

Ava DuVernay's 'DMZ' Series, Based On The DC Comic, Rounds Out Its Cast

Ava DuVernay’s ‘DMZ’ Series, Based On The DC Comic, Rounds Out Its Cast If you’re not depressed enough about the state of the United States, HBO Max has a fictional series about a modern civil war to keep you down. Some folks love psychological punishment,so the upcomingDMZlimited series, based on the comic series of the same name, should be perfect for all of you mental masochists. The series has announced more of its core cast, according to Deadline....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Michael Lynch

Bryan Cranston And Annette Bening Will Scam The Lottery In 'Jerry And Marge Go Large' On Paramount+

Bryan Cranston And Annette Bening Will Scam The Lottery In ‘Jerry And Marge Go Large’ On Paramount+ Paramount+ is going all-in withBryan CranstonandAnnette Beningon board for their new filmJerry and Marge Go Large. The two A-listers will play a couple that scams the lottery to win big. Based on a true story, the plot seems like a perfect film to watch after spending a year scrambling to make ends meet during the pandemic....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Anthony Morris

Downton Abbey: A New Era And The Outfit Release Dates Pushed Back By Focus Features

Downton Abbey: A New Era And The Outfit Release Dates Pushed Back By Focus Features The British are still coming — they’re just taking alittlelonger than expected. As the world continues its routine of being a terrifying place and the Omicron variant remains a major concern, heading out to the movies is a difficult decision. Since no one can be sure of when we can safely fill theater seats,the delays keep coming....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Susan Bell

Erin Moriarty's Scariest Scene In The Boys Had Nothing To Do With Superpowers

Erin Moriarty’s Scariest Scene In The Boys Had Nothing To Do With Superpowers Even for those viewers wholly unfamiliar with the original comic source material, “The Boys” didn’t take long at all to quickly establish exactly the kind of no-holds-barred series that it would be. Under creator Eric Kripke’s steady guidance and over the course of two seasons, viewers have been subjected to dozens of gruesome kills, a blown-up whale carcass, the massacre of countless innocents, highly disturbing implications surrounding The Deep and his, ah, intimacy with aquatic animals, and plenty of unflinching commentary on the most bigoted views that have become sadly normalized in modern society....

July 21, 2025 · 4 min · 827 words · Mark Schultz