A still from the film “Wicked.” Source: Universal Studios Universal is hoping the excitement around “Wicked” can hang around — for good. The movie studio faces a unique challenge: promote and release two build-on films just one year apart. Part one of the “Wicked” cinematic project dazzled at the box office, collecting more than $700
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Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Doctor Strange’. Photo: Marvel Studios. Preview: Benedict Cumberbatch has addressed the future of MCU character Doctor Strange. He confirms a new film featuring Strange is in development. And he’ll sit out one upcoming ‘Avengers’ movie but feature prominently in the other. If you’ve been patiently waiting for news of the next steps
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about prescription drug prices during an appearance in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 20, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters Pharmaceutical companies appear to be hopeful about their growth under a Trump administration, after former President Joe Biden took a hardline stance on
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Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is the director of two new documentaries, Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) and Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music, and they both have newly released trailers. Watch the videos below. Questlove’s Sly Stone documentary premiered yesterday (January 23) at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The film, about
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Jharrel Jerome (Anthony Robles) in ‘Unstoppable’. Photo Credit: Ana Carballosa/Prime Video. ‘Unstoppable’ receives 5.5 out of 10 stars. Opening in theaters on December 6th before arriving on Prime Video January 16th, ‘Unstoppable’ is just the latest challenger to enter the ring of sports biopics that take inspirational stories of overcoming big challenges with a charismatic
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While many films have conjured terrifying physical manifestations of grief, one that set a notably high bar for hand-crafted horror exploring that fecund strand was Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook. The specter of that brutally effective 2014 shocker proves inescapable for writer-director Dylan Southern in The Thing With Feathers, right down to a malevolent figure haunting
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