Thor has faced the baddest villains in the universe – the Frost Giants, Malekith, Ultron. When you think of opponents for Thor, Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett might not be your first thought. Yet Blanchett plays the toughest villain of any Thor or Avengers movie. She plays Hela, the Goddess of Death, and couldn’t wait
In the 1988 comedy Coming to America, Eddie Murphy played a prince who sheds his royalty to look for true love. In Queens, Akeem (Murphy) takes a job at a fast food place to meet women who are not interested in his money. The fast food restaurant was called McDowell’s. This week in Los Angeles,
Mark Ruffalo is the first actor to play Dr. Bruce Banner in more than one movie, yet he has never had his own Hulk movie. After Eric Bana and Edward Norton’s films, Marvel cast Ruffalo in The Avengers. Hulk appeared in both Avengers movies and as Banner in a tag after the end of Iron
When Jennifer Tilly starred in Bride of Chucky, she gave the killer doll a partner in crime. Tilly played Tiffany Valentine, the girlfriend of Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) before he placed his soul in a child’s doll. 19 years and three movies later, Tilly is still playing Tiffany in Cult of Chucky. “I did
The acclaimed hit American Sniper shone a light on the specific post traumatic stress disorder that afflicted specialists in this generation’s particular wars. Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) was a Navy SEAL sniper in Iraq who had trouble returning home. Screenwriter Jason Hall now tells another military story and makes his directorial debut with Thank You For
The cult horror comedy series Todd and the Book of Pure Evil ended in a cliffhanger in its second season finale. Hannah (Melanie Leishman) died, but her parents had a basement full of clones underneath a retirement home. After a successful Indiegogo campaign, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil creator Craig David Wallace completed
The fifth Stephen King adaptation since the Summer comes to Netflix Friday. Attendees at the Screamfest horror film festival in Hollywood got an early peek at 1922. Star Thomas Jane joined writer/director Zak Hilditch for a Q&A following the film. Jane plays Wilfred James, a man confessing his crimes alone in a hotel room. Back
When a sequel has been awaited for 35 years, you can’t just call it Blade Runner 2. The title ultimately became Blade Runner 2049, the year in which it takes place, but…the producers of Blade Runner 2049 have now exclusively shared an alternate title they almost went with. Blade Runner 2049 was almost called Blade
The book that Jackie Chan movie The Foreigner is based on was called The Chinaman, but producers changed the title for obvious reasons. While using the phrase “Chinaman” was relatively common when Stephen Leather wrote the thriller back in 1992, it’s now widely regarded as offensive due to the derogatory contexts in which it has
Martin Campbell introduced the two most recent James Bonds as the director of Goldeneye and Casino Royale. Now he’s introducing fans to Jackie Chan’s serious side in The Foreigner. Chan has dabbled in drama with his Chinese films, but The Foreigner will be the English speaking region’s most dramatic exposure to serious Chan. Chan plays