Beyond Fest has announced the complete lineup for its 2021 edition, which includes Palme d’Or winnerTitaneand the U.S. premiere ofHalloween Kills. Beyond Fest 2021 will also have the West Coast premiere of highly-anticipated films such asLambandThe Black Phone, and also the world premiere ofNew York Ninja. With 39 features, including 8 world premieres, 4 U.S. premieres, and 17 West Coast Premieres, Beyond Fest 2021 will open with the West Coast premiere of Julia Ducornau’s Palme d’Or WinnerTitane, in the presence of the filmmaker....

I cannot tell you how excited I am forBlack Lightning, for many reasons. One, it’s the first DC TV show to focus on a black superhero, but he’s also not 20 years old. Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a dad and a school principal, and he hung up his suit a long time ago for the benefit of his family. But now his community needs him to be a vigilante again because of the rise of gang called The One Hundred, and that will be a really interesting struggle to see....

On the episode of The CW seriesLegends of Tomorrowentitled “The Satanist’s Apprentice,” Astra (Olivia Swann) is finding it hard to adapt to life after Hell and being mortal in the real world, thanks to a lack of guidance from Constantine (Matt Ryan), which leads her to make a new friend that will lead her to some very dangerous consequences for her not so well thought out actions. At the same time, Sara (Caity Lotz, who also directed the episode) is trying to escape a situation in which she still doesn’t quite understand the role she plays....

Just the other day, when putting togethera list of potentialThe Batmandirectors, I lamented that it’s been too long since we’ve seen anything from filmmakerCary Fukunaga. That’s no fault of his—fresh off the success ofTrue Detective, theJane Eyredirector made his passion projectBeasts of No Nationa reality at Netflix, and then entered development on a couple of projects that didn’t pan out. He was lined up to write and direct the high-profileItmovie, but departed over creative differences....

Surprise, witches! Before the second season ofChilling Adventures of Sabrinadrops on July 15, 2025, a special Christmas episode will further those chilling adventures of Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) and Netflix has the trailer to prove it. The holiday special, titledA Midwinter’s Tale, astral projects its way on to the streaming service on December 14. If this new footage is anything to go by,A Midwinter’s Talewill continue on the magical madness that madeSabrina’s first season such a delightfully batty time....

In light ofthe recent 2024 Oscar nominations, the history of the Academy Awards, particularly their wins and nominations throughout the years, has regained relevance. There’s one award in particular which is among the most coveted in the film industry: Best Director, for the filmmaker who shows the most artistic prowess in a particular year. Most often, this award goes hand in hand with multiple others (typically Best Picture,though definitely not always)....

Today, we’re pleased to debut an exclusive clip from the upcomingRobin Hood. Directed byOtto Bathurst(Peaky Blinders), the film starsTaron Egertonas the titular thief and tells an origin story of sorts as the war-hardened Crusader mounts an ambitious revolt against the corrupt English crown. In this clip, Little John (Jamie Foxx) teaches Robin how to fire his arrows faster, and I’m just totally here for this goofiness. The purpose of the clip is basically, “What if archery, but as an automatic weapon?...

This just in — former BachelorColton Underwoodis expecting his first child with husbandJordan C. Brown! The couple just announced the news on Instagram, revealing thattheir baby boy will be arriving in fall 2024. Underwood initially joinedthe reality franchiseduringBecca Kufrin’s season ofThe Bachelorettein 2018. After that, he went on to leadThe BachelorSeason 23the following year where he found love withCassie Randolph. However, the two of themended their relationship with a messy breakup in 2020....

When it comes toreality TV competitions, so many of us pictureintense survival showswith death-defying obstacles or the glitzymusical escapades of aspiring stars. But none have been more whimsically charming than those involving TV’s guiltiest pleasure — baked goods! BetweenThe Great British Bake-OffandNailed It, baking competitions have become as relaxing as a warm water bath for a moist, delicate chiffon cake. Yet as the genre can often fall into redundancy, Fox’sCrime Scene Kitchencontinues to spice things up by serving a culinary guessing game that will whet one’s appetite with its absorbing mystery, mouthwatering bakes, and sharp hilarity care of host,Joel McHale....

Things are looking awfully tight in the battle betweenMatt Reeves’War for the Planet of the ApesandJon Watts’Spider-Man: Homecomingat the box office this weekend. The former opened with an impressive $5 million take in previews on Thursday night againstHomecoming’s $8 million but the third of the revampedApesmovies is now on track to beat Peter Parker for Friday with $22.1 million in total with Thursday’s take. It may be the only day that the dark, moving blockbuster actually triumphs over Marvel’s latest....

Marvel’s upcoming feature,Captain America: Brave New World, promises to give audiences a very different experience than any other Captain America movie that has come before it. For starters, now thatChris Evans’ Steve Rogers has retired from his patriotic moniker, the name, the shield, the power, and the responsibility all belong toAnthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson. But over the weekend at Fan Expo Chicago, MCU newcomer,Giancarlo Esposito, teased that there would also be something unexpected coming fromhis portrayal of Seth Voelker aka Sidewinder, saying, “You will see me do things that you’ve never seen me do before....

2017’sHappy Death Daywas an easy-to-describe premise that worked fairly well: it’sGroundhog Daywith a slasher. Protagonist Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) was kind of a terrible person, and at the end of the day, which happened to be her birthday, she would always get murdered by a mysterious figure. The only way to break the loop was to stop her killer so she could make it to the next day. LikeGroundhog Day, it was never explained how Tree got into the time loop, but it didn’t really matter....

The werewolf myth makes a good template for a murder mystery. A group of people stuck together with a brutal killer lurking among them is essentially every Agatha Christie story ever written, so much so that I would send her to mystery prison for never having Hercule Poirot match wits with a villainous shapeshifter, were she still alive. The point is, we should be drowning in werewolf whodunnits, and the fact that we aren’t regularly forces me to sit through profoundly stupid films like 2011’sRed Riding Hoodjust to try and scratch that hyper-specific itch....