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‘S-VHS’ Review And Video Blog: Horror Anthology Sequel Improves On Original In Every Way [Sundance 2013] Whether you like to be scared, grossed out or just made to scream at the top of your lungs, you’re going to loveS-VHS. The film, a sequel to 2012’sVHS, once again is an horror anthology, loosely linked by the story of a two people watching random VHS tapes, all of which include some of the most horrifying, disgusting and terrifying imagery imaginable, all from different talented genre directors....

‘Star Wars: Project Porg’ Promo Video Shows You How To Turn Porgs Into Pets Porgs! They’re adorable, they’re loud, they’re one of the best things to ever happen to theStar Warsuniverse. After making their debut inThe Last Jedi, the noble porgs have become a fan-favorite – and rightfully so. Now the bird-like creatures have their own ILMxLAB VR game:Star Wars: Project Porg. A newProject Porgpromo video takes you into the creation of the game while also revealing how players will have the opportunity to raise a porg from childhood, just like adopting a pet....

‘The Casual Vacancy’ Trailer: J.K. Rowling’s First Non-Harry Potter Book Comes To HBO J.K. Rowlingis coming to HBO. The network has debuted the new trailer forThe Casual Vacancy, a three-part miniseries based on Rowling’s first post-Harry Potter novel.Rory Kinnearplays Barry Fairbrother, a parish councillor in the English suburb of Pagford. His unexpected death throws the seemingly idyllic town into turmoil, as various factions compete to replace him in the government.Michael Gambonplays council leader Howard Mollison....

‘The Collection’ Review: Whose Nightmare Is This, Anyway? [Fantastic Fest 2012] I should have skipped out ofThe Collectionfive, maybe ten minutes after it began. It took just that much time to realize that the movie really is only a basic exploration of a simple premise, and ultimately (for different reasons) not for me. The sequel to 2009’sThe Collectoris once again written byMarcus DunstanandPatrick Melton, with Dunstan directing. Crafty masked machinist killer the Collector returns to menace more innocents, this time losing hold of Arkin (Josh Stewart), one of his last victims, as he attacks a rave full of revelers and takes a new living prisoner, Elena....

‘The Letter For The King’ Trailer: Netflix Series Is Like ‘1917’ But In A Fantasy World, And Without The Long Takes Dutch authorTonke Dragt’s beloved 1960s fantasy novelDe brief voor de Koning, AKAThe Letter for the King, has already been adapted into a movie, but now it’s heading to Netflix as a six-episode streaming series. Between this andThe Witcher, Netflix is sparing no expense when it comes to feeding fantasy fans' appetites while they wait for HBO’sGame of Thronesspin-offs....

‘The One And Only Ivan’ Director Thea Sharrock On Making A Disney Movie With No Clear Villain And Doing Right By Animal Characters [Interview] The One and Only Ivanis a movie defined by its kindness. Sweet and often sad, it’s a tale of animals in captivity that understands why these creatures need to be free while also empathizing with the human desire to be close to these animals in the first place....

‘Tickled’ Trailer: Who Is The Tickle King? Have you ever heard of competitive endurance tickling? Today’s the first I’ve heard of it, thanks to the trailer for the upcoming documentary,Tickled. The doc follows a journalist namedDavid Farrier, as he investigates the dark underbelly of the world of endurance tickling. While that synopsis sounds like a joke, it’s not. Watch theTickledtrailer below. Originally titledTickle King: The Hunt For The Truth In Competitive Tickling,Dylan Reeveand Farrier’s doc takes a close look at competitive reality endurance tickling....

‘Warrior’ Trailer: Bruce Lee’s Idea For A TV Show Finally Comes To Life Thanks To Justin Lin Almost four years ago,we wrote abouthowFast & FuriousdirectorJustin Linwas teaming up with Cinemax to bring martial arts legendBruce Lee’s never-produced idea for a TV show to life. The series is calledWarrior, and it’s finally coming to the small screen in 2019. Check out a brief trailer below. Warrior Trailer Jonathan Tropper, the co-creator of the Cinemax seriesBanshee(which I’ve never seen but heard has excellent action in it), is the creator and executive producer of this series, which is based on Lee’s original idea....

‘Wellington Paranormal’ Trailer: The ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Spin-Off Comes To The CW At last, we losers here in America will have a chance to seeWellington Paranormal, theWhat We Do In The Shadowsspin-off series about a pair of bumbling cops investigating the paranormal. The series has already aired multiple seasons in New Zealand, but it’s finally making its domestic debut on the CW next month. And with that comes a new, and very funny, trailer....

2020 Golden Globes Video Highlights: Ricky Gervais' Scathing Monologue And The Best Speeches Of The Night The77th Golden Globeswere held yesterday and there werecertainly some surprisesamong the winners during one of Hollywood’s big awards nights. There were some phenomenal speeches from special honorees likeEllen DeGeneresandTom Hanks, as well as winners like actressMichelle WilliamsandParasitedirectorBong Joon-ho. But perhaps the most buzzed about part of the night was a scathing monologue from host and comedianRicky Gervais, who pointed fingers at the hypocrisy, sexism and other issues that have run rampant through Hollywood....

A Batgirl Sequel Is Already Being Talked About At this point, we still know rather little about the upcoming “Batgirl” live-action movie, except it is going to premiere on HBO Max and features a prettyimpressive cast and crew.“In the Heights” standout performer Leslie Grace will down the cowl as Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon, played by J.K. Simmons, who willfinally return to the DC universewith another incredible mustache....

Channing Tatum Officially Signs On For ‘Gambit’ Just a few days ago, fans looking forward to seeingChanning Tatumjoin the mutant ranks of theX-Menwith the spin-offGambitgot some bad news. TheMagic Mikeand21 Jump Streetstarwas considering dropping outof the project set up at 20th Century Fox. But we can all breathe a sigh of relief now as Tatum has officially closed his deal to play the title role in theX-Menspin-off, though negotiations did get a little shaky there for a bit....

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Movie Casts Dredd Actress Olivia Thirlby Thrilling news for people who have been following the casting announcements for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”: apparently the 1940s had women, too!Deadlinereports that Olivia Thirlby has been added to the expansive ensemble, which to date includes (among many others) Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Matt Damon, and Robert Downey Jr. Over thirty actors total have come on board the project, which is about theoretical physicist and eventual nuclear bomb creator J....