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‘Tenet’ Review: The Most Christopher Nolan-Y Movie Of All Time, For Better And Worse One of the most delightful moments in Rian Johnson’sLooperoccurs when Bruce Willis’s character dismisses the need to explain the temporal gymnastics at play to Joseph Gordon-Levitt, explaining that if he wastes time doing so they’re “gonna be here all day, drawing diagrams with straws”. With the latest chronotacular extravaganzaTenet,it’s fair to say that directorChristopher Nolanhas a deep love for straw diagrams, and has no hesitation making a palindromic structured (and titled) film to showcase them....

‘The Forever Purge’ Won’t Open This Summer As Universal Pulls It From The Release Calendar Universal has pulledThe Forever Purgeoff its summer calendar altogether. The fifth installment in Universal-BlumhousePurgeseries,The Forever Purgewas originally dated for July 10 but now has no set date. It’s unclear if the film will go direct to PVOD or if Universal will delay it for a later theatrical release date. Deadline reports that Universal-Blumhouse’sThe Forever Purgehas been pulled from itsJuly 10release date, right before Warner Bros....

‘The Good Liar’ Trailer: Helen Mirren And Ian McKellen Play A Dangerous Game Helen MirrenandIan McKellenare paired together on the big screen for the first time inThe Good Liar, a dark con man thriller based on the best-selling novel of the same name. And as if that prospect couldn’t get us excited enough,Good Liarwill pit the two of them against each other in a thrilling cat-and-mouse game. Watch the newThe Good Liartrailer below....

‘Whistler Camp’, A Horror Film Set At A Gay Conversion Camp, Coming From Blumhouse And ‘Penny Dreadful’ Creator John Logan Conversion therapy, the bogus and cruel pseudoscience that attempts to force LGBTQ+ people to change their sexual orientation, will inspire the horrors ofWhistler Camp, a new Blumhouse horror movie that marks the directorial debut ofPenny DreadfulcreatorJohn Logan. The film is set inside a gay conversion camp and is described as “a queer empowerment story....

‘Yesterday’ And The Weirdest, Wildest Use Of Beatles Music In The Movies Danny Boyle’s filmYesterdayasks a provocative question – how would the world be different if the Beatles had never existed for anyone else around you? Would playing them these songs elicit the same emotional response these tunes have had for decades, or would they be considered merely a bunch of twee melodies suitable for background enjoyment? Thankfully we don’t have to live the nightmare scenario of a world without these songs from Macca, Johnny, George and Ringo, graced with music that’s been the world’s shared soundtrack since the early 1960s....

‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ Remake May Get A Script From Disney Sequel Scribe Briefly:Maybe you thought that we needed another Sherlock Holmes movie or TV series, since there have been so few lately. I mean, there are only the two Guy Ritchie movies, a couple wonderful (if short) seasons of the BBC show starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and the US showElementaryto keep Sherlock fans happy. But Paramount is still talking about remaking the 1985 Barry Levinson filmYoung Sherlock Holmes,and now the studio is reportedly turning towards one of Disney’s direct-to-DVD sequel writers,Evan Spiliotopoulos(The Lion King 1 1/2,The Jungle Book 2,Tarzan 2… and Universal’sWanted 2) to write....

/Film Ranks The Heroes Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe Last year, /Filmranked the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so that means we’re allowed to wait a few more years before we’re due for a full and proper refreshment. But with Captain America: Civil War currently in theaters, we decided we had to ranksomething. This is the internet and this what you do on the internet. So we put our heads together and cast top secret votes to determine the greatest superheroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Amazon Swoops In To Buy Chris Pratt’s ‘The Tomorrow War’ For A Streaming Debut [Updated] Update: Amazon is poised to buyThe Tomorrow Warstarring Chris Pratt, after Skydance and Paramount shopped the sci-fi action flick to major streamers. Though the deal is not yet finalized,Varietyreports that the deal could total roughly $200 million. The original story follows below.The Tomorrow War, a sci-fi action film executive produced by and starringChris Pratt(Guardians of the Galaxy), has a great sci-fi hook: when Earth finds itself outgunned during an alien invasion, a scientist figures out how to draft soldiers from the past to save humanity’s future....

Andy Samberg, Noah Hawley, And Ben Stiller Teaming With ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator And ‘Palm Springs’ Writer For Sci-Fi Comedy Palm SpringsduoAndy Sambergand writerAndy Siaraare teaming with producersBen StillerandNoah Hawleyfor an untitled sci-fi comedy-drama over at Apple Studios. The idea for the project comes fromRaphael Bob-Waksberg, creator ofBoJackHorseman, but we have no plot details at the moment. Siara, who wrotePalm Springs, is handling the script, while Samberg, Hawley, and Bob-Waksberg will produce with Ben Stiller....

Cameron Crowe Teams With J.J. Abrams For Showtime’s ‘Roadies’ [UPDATED] UPDATE:The LATreports that Showtime has officially greenlit theRoadiespilot. It’s not a series pickup, but the odds of us seeing the show someday just got a little bit better. Plus, read a new comment from Crowe about the show after the jump.Cameron Crowe’s next release, a romcom set in Hawaii, sounds like quintessential Cameron Crowe. But his next project after that has him foraying into brand-new territory....

Casting Notes: Ryan Reynolds Cross-Dresses, Chris Messina In Shyamalan-Penned ‘Devil’ Couple of quick casting notes for you today. First up, Working Title yesterday paid a lot of money for a pitch fromAllan Loebto write an as-yet untitled comedy forRyan Reynolds. The film is a “dude-in-drag romantic comedy, with Reynolds playing a jilted lover who must disguise himself as a woman and befriend his ex in order to win her back.” Had to happen sooner or later, really....

Elektra Will Return In ‘The Defenders’ So far, most of theDefenderscasting announcements have concerned sidekicks and allies that any Netflix-Marvel fan might have reasonably guessed would return. But today’s announcement seems like a more interesting twist.Elodie Yung, who made her debut as Matt Murdock’s former flame Elektra inDaredevilseason two, will reprise her role for the superhero team-up series. The DefendersTwitter account made the big announcement. pic.twitter.com/EPRASgJrCZ — The Defenders (@TheDefenders)June 09, 2025...

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore Secures A Release In China Warner Bros.‘third installmentin the “Fantastic Beasts” series, “The Secrets of Dumbledore,” has been confirmed for a release in China, according to Deadline. Securing an August 01, 2025 release date, “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” will premiere in China ahead of the film’s domestic release, while falling in step with the UK and a few international markets. In continuation of the “Fantastic Beasts” storyline, “The Secrets of Dumbledore” will focus on magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his allies on their mission to carry out Dumbledore’s (Jude Law) directives....