What Does ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Mean For The Black Widow Movie? Avengers: Endgamemight be the culmination of this first era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (even thoughSpider-Man: Far From Homewillofficially end Phase Three), but there are still plenty more movies on the way from Marvel Studios in the coming years. Thankfully, that will include the first solo outing forBlack Widow, or Natasha Romanoff, a character who fans have wanted to see broken out into her own feature film ever since being introduced inIron Man 2....

What To Watch After ‘Parasite’: A Primer For The Incredible World Of South Korean Cinema Bong Joon-Ho’sParasitedestroyed the awards circuit this season, and for good reason. The dark comedy and thriller about a family of con artists strategically inserting themselves into a rich family’s lives is a masterwork of filmmaking. The less you know aboutParasitebefore viewing, the better, so stop reading now and go watch it.So…have you watched it? Would you like to know where to find other South Korean cinema to scratch a newfound itch for unusual and compelling human dramas?...

‘American Gods’ Premiere Review: ‘The Bone Orchard’ Is One Of The Most Fascinating TV Pilots In Ages 16 years after the publication ofNeil Gaiman’s original novel and after three years of development at the hands ofBryan Fuller(Hannibal),Michael Green(Logan) and Starz,American Godshas finally arrived on television. And it’s spectacular. The only reason it’s notthetelevision event of 2017 is becauseLegionhas already arrived and was similarly refreshing in its refusal to play by the standard rules....

‘Batman V Superman’ Advance Ticket Sales Outpacing ‘Deadpool’, ‘The Avengers’ Warner Bros. has a lot riding onBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Not only did it cost a ton to make and market, it needs to do well enough to set up the next five years of DC films, including twoJustice Leaguemovies and a soloBatmanouting. So it’s gotta come as a huge relief to hear that the film is doing well in advance ticket sales –reallywell, actually, beating out pre-sales for other recent hits likeDeadpool,Furious 7, andThe Avengers....

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Clip: A Wall-Busting Rooftop Chase Having seenCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, I can confirm the action this time around is much more guttural. The punches, the kicks, the crashes and falls all have a realistic weight to them. You can practically feel the bones crunching in the theater. Case in point: this awesome newCaptain America Winter Soldierclip, which features Cap (Chris Evans) chasing the mysterious Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) after an assassination attempt....

‘Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina’ Clip: Sabrina Wants To Postpone Her Dark Baptism Chilling Adventures of Sabrinaputs a horror-movie spin onSabrina the Teenage Witch, updating the Archie Comic into the 21st century with darkness (and a touch of humor). A newChilling Adventures of Sabrinaclip gives viewers their best look at the show yet, highlightingKiernan Shipka’s performance as the teen witch, along withLucy DavisandMiranda Ottoas her two aunts. The clip finds Sabrina at odds with her aunts, who want her to fully embrace the world of witchcraft....

‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Somehow Plans To Top That Hallway Fight From Season 1 There are many things we can say about the first season of Marvel and Netflix’sDaredevilseries –Charlie CoxandVincent D’Onofrioare great! Foggy sucks! It sags in the middle episodes! It’s really good overall! – but one element stands out above everything else: the action is fantastic. Considering that many modern television shows still half-ass their action scenes with dull coverage cut together in a rapid-fire style,Daredevilwas a breath of fresh air....

‘Dark Tower’ TV Series Cast Finds Its Roland And Man In Black Let’s give thisDark Toweradaptation thing another go, shall we? After the big screen take onStephen King’s fantasy epic disappointed just about everyone, Amazon is ready to try their hand at journeying to Mid-World.Sam Strike(Leatherface) has been cast in the pilot as Roland the Gunslinger, whileJasper Pääkkönen(BlacKkKlansman) has signed on as well, presumably in the role of Randall Flagg, AKA the Man in Black....

‘Happy!’ Creator Grant Morrison On The First TV Adaptation Of His Work And Why ‘Wonder Woman’ Works [Interview] Comic book writerGrant Morrisonhas written Justice League, Wonder Woman, Batman, Judge Dredd and much, much more. So it may be surprising that the first Grant Morrison comic to get adapted for television or film isHappy!, which premieres on Syfy this week. Happy!stars Chris Meloni as Nick Sax, a grizzled detective who is already a strung out has-been when he almost dies....

‘Hounds Of Love’ Is Harrowing, Brutal Descent Into Horror [Overlook Film Festival] This is not an easy movie to get through. Hounds of Lovedepicts graphic scenes of sexual assault and torture. It’s the kind of movie that makes you question why you enjoy watching horror movies in the first place. Why subject yourself to something like this? Why sit through something that makes you feel like you need to take a shower afterwards?...

‘Mile 22’ Star Mark Wahlberg On His Routine, Working With Peter Berg, And Box Office [Interview] Mark Wahlbergis unleashed by directorPeter BerginMile 22. Playing the unabashedly unsavory hero Jimmy Silva, Wahlberg gives a high-wired performance that never runs out of gas. If you like your Wahlberg fast and loud,Mile 22has the performance for you. Wahlberg’s work is reminiscent of some of his great supporting turns where he gets to play a character a little off-center and let loose....

‘Mr. Mercedes’ Featurette: The Stephen King Series Is Now On Peacock Mr. Mercedesis not a new show. But Peacock is sure treating it like one. TheStephen King-inspired series originally aired its first three seasons on Audience Network, and if you’re reading that and thinking, “What the hell is Audience Network?”, you’re not alone! In fact, the channel doesn’t even exist anymore. It was discontinued in May of 2020. Audience’s loss is Peacock’s gain, as the free streaming service is now making all three seasons available....

‘Nomadland’ Review: Frances McDormand Is Sublime In Chloé Zhao’s Achingly Beautiful Drama [TIFF 2020] “I’m not homeless. I’m houseless.” So says Fern (Frances McDormand), the nomad at the center ofChloé Zhao’s achingly beautifulNomadland. Fern lives in her van now, but once, she was a resident of Empire, Nevada – a town that simply ceased to exist when its main economical source, a gypsum plant, shuttered. Now Fern drifts about, doing seasonal work for Amazon and seemingly always on the move....