One of my favorite movies from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was writer-directorTom Ford’sNocturnal Animals. The film is based on theAustin WrightnovelTony and Susanand starsAmy Adamsas a successful art dealer whose former flame (Jake Gyllenhaal) sends her an advance copy of his new, intense thriller manuscript for a novel inspired by their relationship. The film follows a parallel story track as both the current-day events and those within the manuscript, titled “Nocturnal Animals, continue to unfold....

If there’s one word most associated with directorJames Cameron, it’s humility. As in, he’d like to humiliate his competition. Because hubris is Cameron’s drink of choice. Ten years ago, Cameron’sAvatarhit theaters, going on to become the highest grossing movie of all time, raking in $2.78 billion globally and besting his ownTitanic. That is, until this year, whenAvengers: Endgametopped it with a $2.79 billion mark. But, as reported byUSA Today, Cameron doesn’t believe this fight is over....

Matthew Vaughnhas big plans for his growingKingsmanuniverse, and it seems the next step won’t involve franchise starTaron Egertonas the petty criminal turned sartorial super spy Gary “Eggsy” Unwin. In an interview withYahoo UK, the actor confirmed that he will sit out the nextKingsmanfilm. “I don’t know how hot off the press this is, and I think I’m allowed to say it, but I’m not in the nextKingsmanmovie,” Egerton said before clarifying, “That doesn’t mean I won’t be inKingsmanever again....

Lionsgate’s very fun murder mystery courtesy of oneRian Johnson,KnivesOut, is finallyout on digital, Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD. In order to celebrate this genuinely momentous occasion, Johnson andKnives OutproducerRam Bergmanhave sat down to discuss what is was like bringing the story to the screen, Johnson’s creative process, and so much more. There are tons of juicy tidbits in the seven-minute interview with Johnson and Bergman. One of the first and most interesting reveals is Bergman recounting just how quickly he and Johnson dove intoKnives Out, rather than circle an idea for months before moving on it....

The Soulslike genre has taken many different forms and taken players to many different times and places in the wake of FromSoftware’s successful games such asDemon’s SoulsandDark Souls. From the near future to the second dimension, there is a wide range of themes, aesthetics, and gameplay styles that can be found in this ever-growing and popular genre. Out of all these, however, none are weirder than taking the story ofPinocchioand infusing it with some FromSoftware blood....

In between herdivisive roleon the first season of HBO Max’ssmash-hit seriesThe Last of Usand working on thereturnof Showtime’s thrillerYellowjackets,Melanie Lynskeyhas somehow found the time for another project. Today Sky and Peacock announced that Lynskey will add her name to the ensemble cast in the book-turned-seriesThe Tattooist of Auschwitz. She’ll join leading starsJonah Hauer-King(The Little Mermaid) andAnna Próchniak(Baptiste) in a true story of heartbreak, trauma, and finding a glimmer of hope in one of the most gut-wrenching and horrifying places in history....

With directorSimon McQuoid’sMortal Kombatarriving in theaters and streaming on HBO Max this weekend, I recently spoke withJosh Lawson(Kano) andJessica McNamee(Sonya Blade) about making the R-rated video game adaptation. During the interview, they talked about who they think has the most brutal fatality in the game, who is the strongest character in the game and in the movie, which day was the toughest of the shoot and why, and what people would be surprised to learn about the making of the movie....

The second season ofOne Piecewill see Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) and the rest of his crew aboard the Going Merry, head into the Grand Line in search of the One Piece, the elusive treasure which is capable of making LuffyKing of the Pirates. Thanks to Luffy’s adventures in the show’s impressive first season, the Straw Hats crew boasts one of the most fearsome swordsmen in the world,the sword-wielding maestro, Roronoa Zoro, played byMackenyu....

InMy Dinner with Hervé, a journalist, David Tate (Jamie Dornan) and a network star Hervé Villechaize(Peter Dinklage) become friends. It doesn’t seem that riveting or unusual until you dig a little deeper, and find that the relationship had life-changing consequences for them both. How can it not when a knife-wielding French dwarf actor is involved? I’m not an expert on Americanized French accents, but Dinklage seems to be doing ok with this one … although whether or not it will become somewhat distracting over the course of the film remains to be seen....

Editor’s Note: The following demo review opportunity came courtesy of Tribeca Games. This title and other worthy competitors are vying for awards in the first-ever games category at the long-running festival. Please keep in mind that these reviews are based on demos, all of which vary in length from 20 minutes to an hour, and are not necessarily fully representative of the final, finished game. Our intent is to give you a sense of what makes these games unique, how well the games executed the developers' vision, and to put them on your radar before everyone you know is playing them....

Rami Malekis in talks to join fellow Oscar winnerDenzel Washingtonin Warner Bros.' crime thrillerTheLittle Things, Collider has confirmed. John Lee Hancock(The Highwaymen) will direct from his own original screenplay. The story follows Deke (Washington), a burned-out cop up in Kern County who teams with Baxter (Malek), a crack detective from the LA Sheriff’s Department, to catch a serial killer. Deke has a nose for the “little things” that can help solve a case, but he also has a knack for breaking the rules, which poses a problem for Baxter....

I’m a big fan ofBrian K. Vaughan’s original run on the Marvel comicsRunaways, and to the credit of showrunnersJosh SchwartzandStephanie Savage, they attempt to forge their own direction from the premise of six teenagers learning their parents are supervillains. Unfortunately, their new direction is mostly listless, choosing conspiracy boilerplate over narrative momentum at every turn. In the first four episodes (the only ones released for review of the ten-episode first season), the teenagers don’t even runaway....

One of the many qualities that has madeSteven Spielbergone of cinema’s greatest filmmakers is his skill at drawing out the best possible work from the actors he collaborates with. The prolific director’s filmography is filled with great performances from a wide assortment of both movie stars and character actors. Even more unique is Spielberg’s ability to provoke particularly strong performances from child actors. In fact,arguably the strongest performance in one of his movies is that ofHenry ThomasinE....