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‘The Suicide Squad’ Star David Dastmalchian Thought About Universal Monsters “Every Day” While Filming [Interview] David Dastmalchiangrew up watching monster movies. The comic book-loving kid from Kansas loved Hammer films and Universal Monster movies, and those films about sympathetic creatures connected with him. InThe Suicide Squad, he plays Polka-Dot Man, a role cut from the same cloth, a character with more pain than power. The character is funny, too, but there’s just as much pathos as laughs from Abner Krill....

23% Of People We Polled Said This M. Night Shyamalan Movie Had The Worst Twist Ending (Welcome toSurvey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.) For better or worse, M. Night Shyamalan is a writer-director whose name has become synonymous with twist endings. They’re one of the most readily identifiable features of his filmography, having been a hallmark of his work ever since “The Sixth Sense” first blew moviegoers' minds back in 1999....

5 Reasons Spider-Man 2 Is The Best Superhero Movie Of All Time We can debate what the best superhero movie is until the cows come home. But I think you can tell those cows to relax and take their time, because I already know the answer: it’s “Spider-Man 2.” Sam Raimi’s 2004 sequel is astoundingly good, and has only gotten better in this age where superhero movies are a constant presence, and they all kind of look the same....

Box Office Tracking: Bee Movie Headed For $40M Opening; Gangster In The High $40M’s October was a disastrous month for the movie business. Only Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? (Lionsgate) and last weekend’s Saw IV (Lionsgate) enjoyed opening weekends of $20M+, and, if it weren’t for The Game Plan (Disney), which opened in September but did steady business all month, it would have been even worse. Christmas is coming early for America’s exhibitors and for Universal and Dreamworks/Paramount....

Cinema Returns To Saudi Arabia After Decades-Long Ban – With ‘The Emoji Movie’ Movie theaters may be slowly losing prominence in the American landscape, but they’re just starting to re-emerge in Saudi Arabia. The Middle Eastern country banned movie theaters in the early ’80s as a result of a conservative Islamist pressure to clamp down on public entertainment and the intermingling of men and women, but now the 35-year ban is finally ending....

Commercial Director Randy Krallman To Make Feature Debut With Danny McBride’s ‘Bullies’ Over a year afterwe first heard about it,Danny McBride’s comedyBulliesis finally coming together. Commercial directorRandy Krallmanhas closed a deal to helm the feature, which will be his first. Krallman is the creative mind behind those ubiquitous E*Trade baby ads and has won several accolades for his work, including the Clio. In addition, the project is expected to begin casting shortly....

Cool Stuff: DIY Floating ‘Star Wars’ Training Remote Luke Skywalker fought one. So did a bunch of Jedi Younglings. And thoughMaster Replicasdid create a really nice prop replica, now, for only a fraction of the cost, you can build your very ownStar Wars Jedi Training Remote. The best part is, unlike the Master Replicas one, yours can actually float. Check out the do-it-yourself video, as well some history on the device, seen inStar Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clonesas well asStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Heroes In A Half Shell: A TMNT Art Show Gallery Nucleus opened theirHeroes In A Half Shell: A TMNT Art Tribute Exhibitionover the weekend which features a ton of greatTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesoriginal art and prints by over 30 artists. The show runs until August 3rd, 2014 if you want to visit the gallery in Alhambra California, which also has a display of character, background, storyboards, and other development art by the creatives behind the new TMNT series....

Cool Stuff: Life-Size Ant-Man Comic Con Exclusive Figure Is Smaller Than A Penny Hasbro has announced the tiniest San Diego Comic Con exclusive for Marvel’s tiniest hero. The toy company will be releasing a Comic Con exclusive limited editionAnt-Manfigure, but the catch is the future will be almost life size: Thats right, the Ant-Man figure will be a 0.75-inch figure, or as Hasbo puts it “smaller than a penny (or a really big ant)”....

Dark Horse’s ‘Black Hammer’ Comic Series Being Adapted For Film And Television There are a handful of names whose presence on the cover of a comic book ensure that I will pick up that issue. One of them is writer Jeff Lemire. NowBlack Hammer, one of his most popular series, is being transformed into a “multi-platform, interconnected universe” spanning film and television. Black Hammer, created by Lemire and artist Dean Ormston, debuted in 2015 and found instant critical and commercial success....

Demi Lovato Will See If The Truth Is Out There With A Peacock Show About UFOs Demi Lovatois going to hunt for UFOs as part of a Peacock series, and that is a sentence I never expected to write. The Grammy-nominated singer is apparently a true believer in aliens, and the series – currently titledUnidentified with Demi Lovato– will have Lovato, her sister, and a skeptical best friend as they attempt to uncover the truth about UFOs....

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness On Pace For $150 Million (Or More) Opening In perhaps unsurprising news, it appears as though “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is going to make a lot of money at the box office this weekend. What may be a bit surprising though is justhow muchmoney it is now poised to make, given the incredibly strong presale numbers. So, just how much money is Marvel’s latest going to pull in, come Monday morning?...

Geek Deal: Free Screenings Of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire Fox Searchlight has mastered the art of releasing small art house films. They understand that it is important to build good word of mouth as they slowly expand into more and more markets. And one of the ways they do this (aside from having great films) is by holding nationwide free screenings. They did it with Napoleon Dynamite. They did it with Little Miss Sunshine....