Nia DaCosta’s Candyman is set to act as both a direct and spiritual sequel to the 1992 original, dealing with US race relations past and present. One of its stars, Colman Domingo, has praised the movie for not focusing on the trauma of its African American characters.
Generally speaking, Russian movies tend to fall into one of two categories: either dour, nihilistic essays expressing litanies of human misery and hopelessness, or hyperkinetic explosions of implausible madness lighting up your screen. A new movie lodged firmly in the latter category, Major Grom: Plague Doctor, has managed to leap straight to the top of Netflix’s viewing chart after it dropped yesterday.
Netflix’s endgame of possessing all of the world’s new media has taken another step forwards with their acquiring of horror flick CURS>R, after it debuted at Cannes last month.
Gerard Butler has had a varied career since his ascent to stardom in vampire horror Dracula 2000. Although he has taken on few voice roles, in each of the How to Train Your Dragon movies he memorably played Stoick the Vast, a Viking chieftain and father of series protagonist Hiccup. The third and final of them, The Hidden World, has landed straight into Netflix’s top ten.
Netflix’s new horror trilogy Fear Street kicked off in superlative fashion last week with 1994, and tomorrow will travel back in time to 1978 for the second part of the cyclical mass murder mystery. A clip has been released of an intense moment from the film, focusing on the story’s legacy of puritanical witch-hunting hysteria.
The MCU is rightly lauded for a great many things, but adequate LGBTQ+ representation is sadly not yet one of them. Things took a step in the right direction in Loki, and confirmation has come that it won’t be a one-off, and further stories highlighting queer characters are slated for the future.
We all like a steamy thriller every now and then, and lockdown has left many of us more than a little horny and needing to experience intimacy vicariously. One such offering, Fatale, has managed to find a place in Netflix's top ten.
Gwyneth Paltrow is mostly thought of today as the operator of Goop, a “wellness” company shilling expensive products whose medical authenticity is dubious at best. However, there was a time when she was on the verge of becoming a respected actor, after her performance in 1998’s Shakespeare in Love that somewhat controversially garnered her an Academy Award. Following this was psychological thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley, which is riding high in Netflix’s viewing charts.
When Arrow came to its final conclusion last year it came with the loss not only of Oliver Queen, but also of seeing any more of his extensive roster of teammates. We’ve lately been getting some bonus appearances from John Diggle throughout the various Arrowverse shows, and last night it was the turn of The Flash to be graced with his presence, and viewers couldn’t be happier.
Back in 2018, Marvel’s loss was DC’s gain when the former studio fired James Gunn from his director’s seat on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, leading to the latter swiftly snapping up his talents that were ultimately tapped for The Suicide Squad. Now Peter Safran, a producer on the supervillain teamup sequel, has revealed exactly how quickly the decision was made.
