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Zombies bring out the memento mori in the living. Everyone should know better than to reanimate the dead, even if it takes place in an obscure cabin in the woods during vacation. Some believe it’s a scientific breakthrough that needs to be studied rather than subdued. The rest of us, still alive, or thinking, want to survive the insatiable hunger of the undead. Life itself is in the balance, society and morality is a far cry compared to the do-or-die, or do-and-die, mentality at hand....

Does God or fate exist, and does life consist of what happens to us, or what we happen to do with it? Irreverent, a new Peacock original series, explores these themes and the meaning of community in a tender, funny, yet surprisingly gripping way. The show follows a career criminal named Paulo (Colin Donnell) who is in deep trouble with gangsters in Chicago. He hops on a plane with a cash-filled suitcase in an attempt to flee with as much distance as possible — to Australia....

Heist films have never been more popular. Nor have the stakes have been higher to entertain audiences. It’s 2022, so looking back, something like 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven, while still enjoyable, may appear somewhat tame as moviegoers head into the mid-2020s. The Pay Day is proof of that. Set in a post-pandemic world, the new caper from director Sam Bradford follows a broke, frustrated IT technician (Kyla Frye in fine form) who is lured by a crime boss (Simon Callow of The Witcher and Four Weddings and a Funeral) to embark on a one-woman heist to steal valuable data worth millions on the black market....

Catherine Tate takes Nan to theaters on July 22, 2022, the foul-mouthed grandmother from her BBC series The Catherine Tate Show. The Nan Movie follows the titular character on a road trip to Ireland to make amends with her dying sister. Alongside Tate in the cast is Matthew Horne, Katherine Parkinson, Parker Sawyers, Tom Vaughn-Lawlor, Jack Doolan, and Niky Wardley. It’s written by Tate and Brett Goldstein. The official synopsis reads: “Catherine Tate’s beloved character Joannie Taylor AKA Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her long-suffering grandson Jamie to make amends with her estranged and dying sister Nell....

This December, Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker are teaming up for the hilarious new comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans?, which follows the adventures of a separated couple forced to cohabitate in the wilds of Wyoming after witnessing a murder. We recently caught up with both Hugh and SJP to find out more about their time spent in the witness relocation program. To watch our exclusive video interviews, click on the clips below:...

Romance & Cigarettes is hitting theaters on December 21, but we have an exclusive clip from the film for your viewing pleasure right now. Click below to watch this glimpse into the upcoming film. Romance and Cigarettes is a down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick (Gandolfini) is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He’s married to Kitty (Sarandon), a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters....

Batman is one of the most popular characters in the DC universe. Behind the mask is billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne, who has made a vow to rid Gotham City of crime and corruption. Batman uses physical strength and a wide array of gadgets to conquer the crime riddled throughout the city. One of the highest-grossing movie franchises of all-time, the Batman cinematic franchise began in 1966 and has cranked out plenty of amazing iterations of the Batman....

We have an exclusive featurette for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, the Oscar-nominated drama which debuts on Blu-ray and DVD March 27. This video takes you behind-the-scenes and shows a post-lunch rehearsal with Tom Hanks and his on-screen son, Thomas Horn. Check it out. Adapted from the acclaimed bestseller by Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a story that unfolds from inside the young mind of Oskar Schell, an inventive eleven year-old New Yorker whose discovery of a key in his deceased father’s belongings sets him off on an urgent search across the city for the lock it will open....

The CW Network, Warner Bros. Television Group and Stride Gum are teaming up to offer fans the unique opportunity to create their own Smallville adventure in the form of a new digital comic book based on the hit TV series (airing Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET on The CW). The writers and producers of Smallville have developed the beginning and the end of an all-new comic book adventure and will leave it to fans to determine the direction of all of the action in between....

A washed-up boxer finds purpose through religion as his life takes a tragic turn. Father Stu is a powerful journey of faith and devotion against insurmountable odds. Mark Wahlberg shines as a man who stood tall in spirit when his body could not. Our time on Earth is fleeting. For some, it is cruel and unfair. The story of Stuart Long reminds us that the courage of conviction can illuminate the hearts of the downtrodden....

This summer, we reported that Harry Potter franchise star Tom Felton has come aboard as a series regular on The Flash Season 3, playing a new character named Julian Dorn. Today we have our first look at this character, whose name is actually Julian Albert, and will first appear in the second episode of The Flash Season 3, entitled Paradox. This is quite the fitting title, since the Season 3 premiere is Flashpoint, setting up this season that will be tackling the iconic Flashpoint Paradox storyline....

Game of Thrones will air its eighth and final season next month and that has fans of the series feeling of two minds about it. Just as much as they’re excited about the show’s return, they’re equally sad to see it go. Luckily, HBO is just as sad to see it go, for various reasons, and they’re doing everything they can to make season 8 a major event. The network has just announced that they will air a feature-length documentary, exactly one week after the series finale, that chronicles the making of the series’ final season....

It is not unusual for Marvel stars to feel the need to comment on their involvement in upcoming projects, but Chukwudi Iwuji has recently become one of the many to speak out about their roles in the great Marvel narrative while revealing nothing at all about what that role is. A newcomer to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iwuji is one of the new stars who will be appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

We reported back in February that a trio of actors were signing onto a new British film and it seems one actor has left the project to be replaced by another. Deadline New York is reporting that Cillian Murphy has signed onto the new film Retreat. Our earlier report indicated that Jason Isaacs and Thandie Newton would portray a husband and wife who are terrorized by a military man (David Tennant)....

Now that Green Lantern has been given an official date for production to begin, with an aimed at release date of December 17, 2010, it makes sense that finding someone to wear the superhero’s power ring would be a high priority. And according to our friends at IESB.net, Chris Pine is at the top of the short list to play Hal Jordan, Green Lantern’s alter-ego. Green Lantern will be an origin story, with Hal Jordan being a test pilot who finds the ring and its lantern-shaped power battery after the previous owner dies in a crash landing on Earth....

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY 7 The Conqueror RKO Radio Pictures Dick Powell’s 1956 epic film The Conqueror stars cinema legend John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan, as he battles against Tartar armies and for the love of their princess Bortai. The picture was shot near St. George, Utah, which is 137 miles downwind from the U.S. government’s Nevada National Security Site where 11 nuclear weapons tests occurred in 1953....

Daniel Kaluuya thinks it’d be fun to appear in a James Bond movie, but he’d rather not suit up as 007 himself. As it stands, we are just days away from the release of Nope, the second feature film from director Jordan Peele to feature Kaluuya in a lead role. This follows prior acclaimed performances in Peele’s Get Out and Black Panther as well as his Oscar-winning turn in Judas and the Black Messiah....

Many more dark stories from the history of professional wrestling will be told on Vice TV, as the network has just ordered a supersized third season of Dark Side of the Ring. A ratings hit for the channel, Dark Side of the Ring began its run with a six-episode first season followed by a ten-episode second season. There’s plenty more where that came from, as it’s now being reported that Vice TV has ordered a total of 14 episodes for season 3....

Mr. Show masterminds Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are reteaming for another HBO produced show tentatively titled David’s Situation. MTV Movie Blogs recently caught up with Cross on location in Louisiana for his latest project, the Judd Apatow produced Year One. About this new show, he stated that it would be a traditional sitcom with a sketch show-like feel to it. Cross explained, “Bob and I are going to shoot something for HBO, a pilot, which was something we wrote....

David Murray’s name was originally being bandied about for the role of Destro in G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra before the role ultimately went to former Doctor Who Christopher Eccelston. However, according to Hisstank.com Murray will still be playing Destro in the film - just not the Destro of the modern era. Casting information acquired at the European Cinema Expo reveals that Murray will play the first Destro in the film in a flashback sequence....