If you’ve only ever seenAvatar: The Last Airbender, you’ve only seen half the story. And as fantastic a story as it was during its run on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008 (and still is today), it’s clear that co-creatorsBryan KonietzkoandMichael Dante DiMartinohad much more story to tell.A:TLA’s fanbase, many of whom had come of age with the show or at least matured during the course of Aang’s journey to embrace his destiny as the Avatar, were more than happy to return to the world of benders and see what the team had in store....

The good news is thatThe Lord of the Ringsfans are getting more of their favorite fantasy story now that Amazon Studios has ordered a second season. The bad news is that production on Season 1 hasn’t even started yet and we have no solid idea of when to expect the series to launch. Oh, and some more bad news on that front:The Lord of the Ringswill also go on a four-to-five-month hiatus after filming the first two episodes, each directed byJ....

Comedy sequels are, by and large, pretty bad. Some arekindagood, most are mediocre, and more than a few are flat-out terrible. But none of that matters when it comes toMacGruber 2. This is the comedy sequel that’s the exception to the rule. As those who’ve seen the 2010 comedic masterpiece that isMacGrubercan attest, the creative talents behind this property are the perfect mix of ambitious, talented, and hilarious, resulting in a sense of humor that is above and beyond your “traditional” comedy mold....

Spoilersahead forAmazon’s The Man in the High Castle. Season 4 ofThe Man in the High Castlearrived on Amazon’s streaming service this past Friday, bringing the adaptation ofPhilip K.Dick’s acclaimed alt-history novel to a close. But with 40 hour-long episodes, the creative team behind the scenes (led by series creatorFrank Spotnitz) had to fill out the story beyond what the 240-page novel covered. With such adaptations come the expected good and the bad;The Man in the HighCastlehas been, overwhelmingly, on the good side of things, but the Season 4 / series finale may just divide fans and undercut the series' overall legacy....

Owen Wilsonwill star in an upcoming golf comedy series atApple TV+, and things are about to get intense for his character. According toVariety,Marc Maronhas joined the cast of the series as Mytts, Pryce’s (played by Wilson) best friend and former caddy. The plot of the upcoming series revolves around Pryce Cahill, a former professional player who saw his entire career derailed a long time ago. And just when it looks like life turned its back on him, he’ll find a renewed sense of hope when a young golfer played byPeter Dagersteps into the picture....

The end of January saw a big shocker for the horror worldwhen it was announced thatMatthew Lillardwasreturning as Stu Macher forScream 7. That’s exciting news, but also rather confusing, seeing as how the last time we saw Stu in 1996’sScream, directed byWes Craven, he had a TV dropped on his head, seemingly killing him. He’s not the only dead legacy star returning either, asbothScott FoleyandDavid Arquettehave been announced as well. Who knows how the seventh film will bring the dead back to life, but for Lillard, he’s admittedly scared....

It might be hard to imagine that future Oscar-winning filmmakerDanny BoyleofSlumdog Millionairefame would follow up his earlier films exploring the darkest of topics with a movie starring kids that would garner a PG rating. That’s exactly what happened in 2004 whenMillionswas released, taking a look at the impending merger of the United Kingdom into the European Union, with the Euro becoming the country’s new currency. It was a very different turn for Boyle, even if it retained his look at the British working class, teaming him with screenwriterFrank Cotrrell Boyce, fresh off writing24 Hour Party People....

To clarify the headline,Leonardo DiCapriois, of course, irreplaceable, as most of the greats are. But yes, he was, at one point, attached to play the defense attorney inThe Ballad of Richard Jewell,and today brings word that recent Oscar winnerSam Rockwellwill be stepping into that juicy role for directorClint Eastwood. The Ballad of Richard Jewellfollows the heroic security guard who discovered a suspicious backpack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and quickly evacuated the area, only to see his life turned upside down when he was implicated as a possible suspect in the subsequent Olympic Park bombing....

It’s been a downright rough summer at the movies, with tentpole after tentpole bombing with critics and audiences alike. But there have a been a few oddball delights along the way likeShane Black’sThe Nice GuysandThe Lonely Island’sPopstar.I’m hoping that trend of offbeat, original films will continue withSeth RogenandEvan Goldberg’sSausage Party, the first R-rated CG-animated film, which follows Rogen’s heroic sausage when he ventures beyond the walls of the grocery store after learning about the violent ends awaiting himself and his fellow foodstuffs....

Saturday Night Liveis back and that’s really how you know that fall is here. The hit comedy show returned for its 48th season and with it came a great episode for hostMiles Tellerand musical guestKendrick Lamar. One of the first sketches of the night poked fun at men with game show host, Halen Hardy (Teller). The idea is simple: Celebrity men get a DM from a woman on Instagram and they have to reply in a normal way....

At this point, it’s pretty much an indisputable fact that we’re living in a new golden age of horror cinema.2016 was incredible,2017 was even better, and 2018 has been a horror show through and through, with exceptional on-screen nightmares to match the real-life tumult and discord dominating the airwaves worldwide. It’s no secret that horror thrives during the dark times, offering people a safe outlet to hash out their anxieties and demons on screen, and this year, we saw some of the most vital creative voices in filmmaking turn their attention to the genre, from established industry heavy-hitters to extraordinary first-time directors....

Those familiar withPhilip K. Dick’sThe Man in the High Castlewill no doubt remember the careful allusions to its historical fiction that start trickling out in the novel’s first few pages, not the least of which being a shopkeep talking about his favorite brand of marijuana cigarettes. Industries that were complete fantasies at the time of the novel’s publication were part of the fabric of day-to-day life in the alternate 1960s of the story, and the novel is gorged with inventive details of Dick’s imagined world where Japan and Germany won World War II, from technological advances in travel and an endless stream of imagined societal tics....

Note: This is a re-post of ourNightingalereview from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The film is now playing in limited release. It feels like we’ve been waiting forever forJennifer Kent’s follow-up toThe Babadook, which hit theaters back in 2014. It’s tough to say her second directorial effort,The Nightingale, is worth the wait forBabadookfans because this new film is quite different and tackles some extremely challenging and often unpleasant subject matter, but perhaps that makes it even more remarkable as it’s a sure sign Kent is telling the story she wants her way with great skill and precision, despite possible pressure to deliver more of the same....