Oscar winnerChristian Baleis one of the best, most committed actors working today, earning this reputation due to theextraordinary level of commitmentthat he has shown in each of his most famous roles. One of Bale’s most impressive qualities is his ability and willingness to lose and gain excessive amounts of weight for a role. Despite dropping to an unhealthy body mass inThe FighterandThe Machinist, Bale was able to put on the additional weight to play (literally) oversized figures inAmerican HustleandVice....

After a bumpy ride filled with rumors, reshoots, and release date changes, we’re finally a few months out fromDark Phoenix, the big screen X-Men tale written and directed bySimon Kinberg. (And the last one before the mighty Disney machine gobbles those characters up like Galactus.) 20th Century Fox released a new image from the film that seesMichael Fassbender’s Magneto—who looks like he just went through aseriouslyviolent ordeal and/or revisited 2006’sX-Men: The Last Stand—palling around with the mutants Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Red Lotus (Andrew Stehlin), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), and Selene (Kota Eberhardt)....

Major spoilersahead for the entirety ofDevs,Alex Garland’s ‘FX on Hulu’ sci-fi limited series. We’ve been following along with Garland’s newest projectDevsfor its eight-episode run, tracking the techno-speak, quantum-computing conversations, andpositing our own theories as to just WTF was going on. Now that the series finale is here, we finally have our answers and we totally, absolutely, 100% understand everything that happened … more or less. So we’re here to break it down for you if you still have difficulty sussing out the differences between de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave theory andHugh Everett‘s deterministic “many worlds” hypothesis....

There are a wide range oficonic horror villainsthat have transcended the genre, such as Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers. One such character who belongs in the discussion of best horror baddies isCandyman, the ghost of an artist and the son of a slave who was murdered in the 19th century. When one says his name five times in front of a mirror, Candyman appears with his hooked hand and savagely murders those that have summoned him....

In a surprise to pretty much no one, a New Line Cinema horror movie performed well at the box office on Friday. The 1970s-set thrillerThe Curse of La Llorona—which is kinda-sorta-not-really aConjuring-verse movie—pulled in $11.8 million on Friday at the box office and is heading for a weekend tally around $25 million. That’s above expectations for the pic, which has struggled critically and earned only a B- CinemaScore from audiences. No matter, theConjuring-verse spinoffThe Nunwas a box office smash and that movie bombed with critics....

The Fantastic Four: First Stepsis killing it at the box office. TheMCUis now home to Marvel’s First Family. However, a superhero film is only as good as its villain andFirst Stepsfinally did justice to the comic book version of Galactus. Now, asFirst Stepscontinues its planet-eating reign,Mondo has debuted their latest figure for the monstrous titan. A part ofMondo’s Soft Vinyl collection, this massive figure stands at 15-inches tall. It needs to be because it has to tower over buildings....

The wardrobe is swinging wide open once more — and the latest Chronicles of Narnia are getting another heavy-hitter.Carey Mulliganis in negotiations to join the cast ofThe Magician’sNephew, the first entry inGreta Gerwig’sNarniasaga for Netflix.ThePromising Young WomanandMaestrostar is reportedly set to portray the ailing mother of Digory, one of the two young main characters who unleash the White Witch upon London in this sweeping fantasy origin story. Gerwig’s film is based onC....

2022 seems to be the year for science fiction and fantasy, and with the show’s first official teaserarriving at today’s Game Awards,Entertainment Weeklyhas premiered the first official image from Paramount+’sHaloseries, showcasing starPablo Schreibersuited up as John-117 — better known as Master Chief, the enigmatic protagonist of the video game franchise. Suited up in the hefty green and orange mechanical armor recognizable by fans and laypeople worldwide, Schreiber looks perfectly at home in the twenty-sixth century, a soldier in a seemingly unending war against a race of aliens known as the Covenant, raised from childhood to know nothing but war and combat....

Recent leaks have revealed exciting news about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 lineup and the new changes we’re likely to see. The most talked-about addition is theiPhone 17 Air, which appears to feature an incredibly slim profile unlike anything we’ve seen from Apple before.The newiPhone 17 Airwill sport a super-thin chassis with a 6.6-inch display, potentially making it thethinnest iPhoneever produced when it launches in September 2025. Dummy models of the iPhone 17 series haveleaked online, giving us an early look at what Apple has planned....

While it’s easy to get wrapped up in theJokerdiscourse without even having seen the film, the fact remains that it is one of the most highly anticipated movies for the remainder of 2019.It’s currently on trackto set the opening weekend record for October, which is an even more impressive feat when you consider that the movie is rated R. This is a movie that people are going to be talking about, and while it’s tempting to want to be a part of that conversation based on trailers or interviews or knowledge of the character, the only way to talk about a movie honestly is to first see the movie....

Universal Pictures has released the firstLast Christmastrailer for the upcoming holiday-set romantic comedy. Directed byBridesmaidsandSpyhelmerPaul Feig, the film starsEmilia Clarkeas an unhappy woman who works at a year-round Christmas shop in London. Her life is upended when the too-good-to-be-true Tom (Henry Golding) walks into the store and immediately sees past her barriers, and what ensues is a Christmas love story backed by the music ofGeorge Michael. The story originated withEmma Thompson, who co-wrote the screenplay withBryony Kimmingsand also has a supporting role in the film....

[This is a re-post of ourLean on Petereview from the 2017 Venice Film Festival. The movie opens in limited release on April 6th.] Indie movie characters who live in the Pacific Northwest are most often depicted as pioneers in modern times, losing themselves in the wilderness and constantly trying to reinvent themselves, never asking anyone for help. This has been explored byGus Van Santfrom his very first film,Mala Nocheand comes back whenever Van Sant gets the itch to return to his indie roots after a studio film, like inElephant, Gerry, Paranoid ParkandLast Days....

To celebrate the 35th anniversary ofAliens, Nerf has announced a limited edition of the movie’s iconic Pulse Blaster so that no facehugger can ever stand in the way of your foam-firing-fury. The Nerf LMTD Aliens M41A Pulse Blaster can be pre-ordered in the U.S. and Canada, and is expected to ship this October. The limited-edition blaster features two different kinds of darts. First, the Elite Darts can be fast-blasted rapidly in a row if you ever stumble into a Xenomorph hive....