Lena Dunham's continuously uncompromising HBO series, Girls, remains intelligent, character-focused, fearless, relentless, unwavering, knowingly aggravating and heavily emotional in its highly dramatic, surely-controversial final season.
HBO's Silicon Valley is unquestionably one of the sharpest, timeliest, sleekest and funniest shows on television right now, at least in this writer's humble opinion. And in many ways, it only gets better as it continues. The tech world satire grows more cutting, telling, brighter and dependable with each new year, and now we finally know when the comedy series returns. According to HBO, it'll be with us again on April 23rd.
Marvel certainly doesn't have a shortage of movies on their plate. This year alone, they've got Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Thor: Ragnarok set for release, and that's without mentioning the multiple other films in various stages of production. Yet, Black Widow remains curiously without her own starring vehicle, even though Johansson was 2016's top-grossing starlet. Indeed, it's a no-brainer, yet Marvel still doesn't have Black Widow on their schedule. So, what gives?
Admittedly, Will Smith was always an odd choice for Tim Burton's Dumbo remake. The A-list star isn't necessarily known for his Disney movies, and he's often quite particular with the films he does make – even if some of his recent choices, like last year's Suicide Squad and Collateral Beauty, weren't necessarily the most critically rewarding. Nevertheless, the actor was in talks to star in the studio's live-action adaptation of their classic 1941 animated film, though the tides have now changed, as Smith is no longer involved, according to Deadline.
Though the Super Bowl is mainly about the football game, it's also a tremendous advertising opportunity. For years, movie studios have snuck 30-second advertisements for their hottest (and not-so-hottest) properties between the multi-million dollar game. But television is now ready to compete with the big boys. Netflix announced earlier today that they'll show their first Stranger Things season 2 trailer during the game and now, Hulu has unveiled the Super Bowl teaser for The Handmaid's Tale, their warmly-anticipated Margaret Atwood adaptation of the same name.
We're a little more than a month away now from Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast. It's a tale as old as time, after all, and what harm comes from telling it again? Fans can rest assured knowing that there are more than a few elements from the classic 1992 animated film that'll appear in this new version and that includes the iconic title song, which is redone by John Legend and Ariana Grande. How does it compare to the original, though? Well, you can judge for yourself by checking it out above.
In the DC universe, Mark Hamill is best known for his iconic voice performance as the Joker. But the actor is ready to branch out a little bit. On the newest episode of Cartoon Network's Justice League Action, Hamill embodies a different comic book character altogether: Swamp Thing. If you're wondering how his version of the green character compares to the one he helped immortalize, you won't have to wait long - a new clip from the episode was just released and you can watch it up above.
Horror movies release all throughout the year. In January we got Split, today brought with it Rings (which you should probably avoid), next week we'll get A Cure For Wellness, followed by Jordan Peele's Get Out later this month and so on and so forth. They're not hard to find, but only a few make a lasting impression. Whether or not The Blackcoat's Daughter, which arrives in two weeks, scares us silly or leaves us wholly unimpressed is yet to be determined, but it did debut a promising new trailer earlier today which has us feeling hopeful.
Few expected Stranger Things to be the phenomenon that it was over the summer. The Netflix original series — which fused together Steven Spielberg, Stephen King and John Carpenter, among other influences — was both a critical darling and a cultural obsession since the day it premiered, and it hasn't slowed down in popularity since. The second season can't come soon enough for many antsy viewers, and thankfully, they won't have to wait long. It's set to premiere later this year on the streaming site and understandably, Netflix is planning to promote it hard.
There's been a lot of promotional material dropped on us lately for this month's The LEGO Batman Movie, but for some reason, The LEGO Ninjago Movie hasn't gotten the same fanfare. Beyond a short film released before last fall's Storks, we've seen next to nothing from the upcoming animated release, but that'll change in the near future. A trailer is expected soon (likely before The LEGO Batman Movie) and now, we've got one of our first stills from the flick, which puts the villain on prominent display.
