The untimely passing of Paul Walker signaled a fundamental change for the Fast & Furious franchise. By the end of Furious 7, all of the characters announced that things would change with the absence of Brian O’Conner. Now, it seems that the franchise will tell one more overarching story, then end its story in earnest.
Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service was one of the biggest surprise hits of the last year. Combining humor with over-the-top violence, the film did for the spy genre what Kick-Ass did for the superhero genre – provide perfect parody, whilst completely honoring its inspiration. Part of what made Kingsman work so well was the pitch perfect performance by Colin Firth as Agent Galahad; while most assumed the character would not come back for a sequel, Mark Millar – who penned the comic upon which Kingsman is based – admits it could still happen.
While Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice may be the next highly anticipated DC movie coming out over the next year, the performance that seems to have most people excited is Jared Leto’s take on The Joker in Suicide Squad. It doesn’t help that the actor has continuously teased fans about just how far off the rails his version of the Clown Prince of Crime will be.
Tension has built between Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark and Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers ever since the two first met in 2012’s The Avengers. In Captain America: Civil War the government has had enough of the unregulated activities of costumed heroes, and will require that all superheroes answer to a governing body.
Awakening from a coma to find that the world you once knew can be pretty hard on a guy. Over the last five seasons, The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) has seen his fair share of highs and lows – evolving the character into something almost indistinguishable from his Season 1 self. Andrew Lincoln spoke to Entertainment Weekly about where audiences will find Grimes in Season 6, and how he will change as a result of his circumstances.
Horrible Bosses, to his surprisingly affecting dramatic turn in this year’s The Gift, the actor has kept busy in his silver screen endeavors. However, Bateman’s time on the small screen is what started it all. His role as Michael Bluth on the Fox series Arrested Development turned him into a household name – and he will soon make his way back to the medium that made him famous.
It’s Batman Day, with that in mind it would seem only suitable that we have news for those of you eager to see The Caped Crusader go head to head with The Man of Steel in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Ever since the most recent trailer for the film was released at San Diego Comic-Con, fans have been clamoring for more.
With Hugh Jackman’s final outing as clawed X-Man Wolverine on the way, fans have been clamoring for an adaptation of modern classic Old Man Logan by Mark Millar. It became one of the most prominent suggestions from fans when Jackman asked them what they wanted from his next film, and the actor himself made a crack about Old Man Logan over the summer that got everyone talking.
Sex sells – that much we know. The 1992 murder mystery Basic Instinct – starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone – most certainly understood just how to sell its sexual content to audiences. Everyone who has heard of Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct will instantly recall the iconic scene of Sharon Stone slowly opening and closing her legs in a police interrogation.
It’s been 36 years since The Warriors hit theaters and became an iconic cult classic. The film followed a wrongfully accused gang from Coney Island as they made their way through various hostile neighborhoods of New York. Now, some of the original members of the cast have reunited for one last subway ride.
Avengers: Age of Ultron had so much content that we have only begun to get a glimpse of what made it to the cutting room floor. With an original runtime of 195 minutes, there are plenty of deleted scenes to open up and dissect. Check out one of the more interesting one’s involving Thor (Chris Hemsworth) below:
Comic book movies have become big business, and as such, pitting arguably the two biggest comic book heroes of all time has the potential to make Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice one of the highest grossing films in history. However, part of that means ensuring that mainstream audiences can get onboard with some of the more inherently absurd elements of the film – which Lex Luthor himself (Jesse Eisenberg) claims will happen.
All movie genres have certain specific tropes and scenes that pop up regularly. The romantic comedy in particular seems to have one scene that appears without fail: the climactic race for love. Seth Meyers and Anne Hathaway have most certainly picked up on this trend, and decided to poke some fun at it.
AMC’s The Walking Dead has an incredibly high character turnover rate — after all, 70% of the show’s characters have been killed off over five seasons, thus far. In this post-zombpocalyptic world, only the strongest, and most capable can survive — some original (like Daryl), some adapted from Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore’s source comics (like Michonne).
The stage has been set for 2016 to become one of the greatest years in the history of cinema. Never have so many unrelated franchise released so many films featuring so many iconic characters at any one time. That begs one very important questions: amid so many competitors, which film are audiences most excited to see?
Quite a bit will have changed in Barry Allen’s (Grant Gustin) life when we next see him on The CW’s The Flash. At the end of Season 1, he had beaten his lifelong rival, Reverse Flash (Tom Cavanagh) – in the show’s main universe, anyway – and asserted his place as Central City’s one and only speedster.
