It's Facehugger Vs. Dog in New Alien: Specimen Short

A brand new officialAlienshort has been released online. The franchise is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and, while there is no full-length feature being released, which would be ideal, 20th Century Fox has been doing plenty to help honor the occasion. We recently learned that they’re releasing a series of six shorts set within theAlienuniverse and the second installment,Alien: Specimen, has been officially unleashed. It should delight fans of the series who are desperate for some facehugger action....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Casey Tucker

James Bond Owners Will Fight Trademark "Assault" from Business Owner

As the race to be the nextJames Bondheats up, the superspy is still facing another threat to his existence beyond that of even Blofeld’s most power-driven plots. Austrian entrepreneur Josef Kleindienst wants to exploit several European trademarks tied to the world-famous spy, such as the classic line, “Bond, James Bond,” and even the James Bond and 007 names. How is this possible? It all centers on the fact that he claims the trademarks have “not been commercially used in five years....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 561 words · Tiffany Stout

Joe Bob Saves Christmas Brings a Holiday Special to The Last Drive-In

Shudder is preparing to launch theJoe Bob Saves Christmasspecial this year. This is the third year in a row thatThe Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggshas brought some cheer to horror fans all over the world. In addition, Shudder has also announced some other holiday-themed material that will soon be hitting the streaming service.Blood Beat,Rare Exportsand Shudder Exclusives likeAll the Creatures Were Stirring,Better Watch Out, andChristmas Presenceare all coming this holiday season, along with a Christmas-themedCreepshowspecial....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · James Ford

John Wick 3 on Target for Killer Opening Weekend Box Office

Chad Stahelski’sJohn Wick 3: Parabellumstarring Keanu Reeves shoots its way through a theater near you this May. And today we have word that the third entry in the series is tracking to snag a killer $30 - 40 million during its opening weekend. Some of the pros the film has going for it are the fact that the franchise has proven incredibly popular, and there is currently a general absence of action films targeting adult males around this time of year....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 632 words · Stephanie Simmons

Jon Cryer Really Hopes to Play Lex Luthor Again After Supergirl Finale

WhileSupergirlmay have come to an end this week, we may not have seen the last of Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor just yet. Representing the Arrowverse’s incarnation of the iconic supervillain, Cryer has been playing Lex onSupergirlto great acclaim. While Cryer stepped into the part best known for playing neurotic chiropractor Alan Harper onTwo and a Half Men, he has since become synonymous with Lex Luthor. With the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event, Cryer did appear in other CW shows briefly, thoughSupergirlwas where he was appearing frequently....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 499 words · Veronica Hurst

Jurassic World 2 Eyes Director Juan Antonio Bayona

Just a few weeks before Universal’s massive blockbusterJurassic Worldhit theaters, directorColin Trevorrowrevealed that he would not come back to direct the sequelJurassic World 2. The movie opened with a $208.8 million, breakingMarvel’s The Avengers' three-year opening weekendbox officerecord, en route to a domestic tally of $652.2 million and $1.6 billion worldwide. In July, Universal officially confirmed thatJurassic World 2is hitting theaters on July 14, 2025, although they still have not landed a director yet....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Brian Anderson

LGBTQ+ Cinema: The Importance of Happy Endings

The month of June was chosen to be the LGBTQ+ Pride Month because of the uprisings that took place in Stonewall in 1969 in New York City — well depicted through the trans perspective in the Netflix documentaryThe Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson— igniting the modern LGBTQ+ political and social movements as they are known today, as reported byNational Geographic. The reason why the riots and upheaval happened is linked to the systemic oppression queer communities faced at that time in the United States, which was shortly after followed by the HIV crisis all over the world, taking the lives ofover 79 million peopleacross the globe....

July 31, 2025 · 4 min · 849 words · Robert Edwards

Major Studios Drop Out Of SDCC 2023 Amid Actor's Strike Uncertainty

Last year’sSan Diego Comic-Condelivered a number of big days thanks to announcements by the likes of Marvel Studios, Warner Bros. and more all fighting for attention. This year however, it looks like the Con is going to be on without many of its big guns as many of the biggest studios will not be attending this year’s event. According toVariety, after making through the Covid pandemic and managing to come back in 2022 with a huge event that seemed to put the previous years well and truly in the past, one of the world’s biggest Comic-Con events is now under strain again as the studios who brought the biggest announcements to last year’s Con have already dropped out of a repeat performance....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 569 words · Caroline Rivera

Margot Robbie Is Disgraced Ice Skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya

While many believed the role of disgraced Ice SkaterTonya Hardingshould have gone toAmy Adams, it isSuicide SquadstarMargot Robbiewho will bring this eternally fascinating story of the befallen sports star to the big screen inI, Tonya. Steven Rogers is penning the screenplay for this sports biopic, which will recount the woman’s rise and fall. Bryan Unkeless and his Clubhouse Pictures will produce. Margot Robbie is also expected to serve as a producer through her LuckyChap Entertainment banner....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Richard Clark

Mortal Engines Is an Epic Flop That May Lose $100 Million

They can’t all be winners. And it looks like no one really wanted a steampunk fantasy adventure about giant cities on wheels crushing everything in their path. Peter Jackson’s mammothMortal Enginesis already one of 2018’s biggest flops after making its debut in theaters just this weekend. And it’s on target for a $100 million loss or more. There are bombs. Then there areepic flops. You can easily slideMortal Enginesinto that second category....

July 31, 2025 · 4 min · 675 words · Stacy Brooks

Netflix’s 'Weak Hero' Season 2 Is a Success on Streaming

Move overSquid Game, the latest season of this South Korean TV series has now landed onNetflixand is already finding widespread success. Boasting all the betrayal, action, and thrills of the streamer’s pop culture phenomenon before it,Weak HeroSeason 2 is now available on the platform, and once again follows a studious young man who refuses to back down from the bullies in his class…which leads to all manner of danger, chaos, and death....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Tamara Cook

New Blair Witch Film Confirmed in Development at Blumhouse & Lionsgate

Blumhouse and Lionsgate are looking to take a trip back into the woods. It has been announced that they are teaming up on a newBlair Witchfilm, with the news coming 25 years after the original film hit the big screen. Blair Witch Project PerThe Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate and Blumhouse will be partnering on the project after a successful union with the recent horror releaseImaginary, which has grossed $38.2 million globally on a $10 million budget....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 630 words · Shawn Molina

New Doctor Who Odds-On Favorite Is James Bond Star Ben Whishaw

Doctor Whoseason 10 finally has a premiere date and will be coming back this April, which is definitely exciting for fans of the show who have been impatiently awaiting some new adventures with the Doctor. What is perhaps unfortunate, depending on how you feel about him as the Doctor, is thatPeter Capaldihas officially announced that season 10 will be his last on the show. So,Doctor Who Season 11will feature a new Doctor, and we now have a frontrunner in the form ofJames BondactorBen Whishaw....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Terry Lewis