Matt Schimkowitz

10/27/21

Oh, holy day! The trailer for Paul Verhoeven’s nunsploitation epic <em>Benedetta</em> is here

Oh, holy day! The trailer for Paul Verhoeven’s nunsploitation epic Benedetta is here

We have two words for the return of the director of RoboCop and Elle: hell yeah!

10/27/21

<em>Guardians</em> director James Gunn offers explanation for Marvel's military relationship

Guardians director James Gunn offers explanation for Marvel's military relationship

James Gunn comes to Marvel's defense in regards to their relationship with the Department Of Defense

10/27/21

Amazon’s <em>Wheel Of Time</em> trailer promises swords, sorcery, and massive budgets

Amazon’s Wheel Of Time trailer promises swords, sorcery, and massive budgets

Gone Girl’s Rosamund Pike stars as Moiraine, and has she got a quest for you

10/27/21

<em>The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles</em> trailer dutifully promises impolite people getting real

The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles trailer dutifully promises impolite people getting real

The iconic reality show’s second cast is appropriately back for seconds

10/27/21

Pinhead, Jason, and 6 other killers remain in our slasher-movie franchise bracket

Round 3: Can Freddy’s wisecracks beat Chucky’s? Will Norman Bates survive Halloween? See who survives the Elite 8

10/26/21

Apple shares trailer <em>The Line</em>, a four-part docuseries into Eddie Gallagher war crime case

Apple shares trailer The Line, a four-part docuseries into Eddie Gallagher war crime case

Based on the podcast series, The Line goes into the trial of U.S. Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was accused of war…

10/26/21

Greatest slasher franchise ever? See who makes the cut in round 2

Jason, Jigsaw, Candyman and Leprechaun meet their match

10/25/21

Watch this: Larry Charles’ unaired pilot starring Wayne Knight and a host of <em>Seinfeld</em> alumni

Watch this: Larry Charles’ unaired pilot starring Wayne Knight and a host of Seinfeld alumni

Wayne Knight plays it big in this cartoonish sitcom pilot that has Seinfeld in its veins

10/25/21

Mike Schur and Shea Serrano announce <em>Primo</em> new series for IMDb TV

Mike Schur and Shea Serrano announce Primo new series for IMDb TV

Mike Schur and Shea Serrano's new series, Primo, brings the best-selling author’s San Antonio upbringing to life

10/25/21

With peace and love, Paul McCartney says he's no longer signing autographs

Paul McCartney joins former bandmate and fellow signature refuser Ringo Starr to make Beatles autographs a thing of…

10/25/21

What’s the greatest slasher-movie franchise of all time?

Round One: Freddy, Jason, Michael, Chucky, and more square off to start our 32-series tournament

10/23/21

Halyna Hutchins’ husband announces AFI scholarship fund in the late cinematographers’ memory

Halyna Hutchins was tragically killed on the set of Rust after a prop gun was accidentally discharged

10/23/21

<em>Eternals</em>-director Chloé Zhao teaches fans about birds, bees ahead of Marvel’s first sex scene

Eternals-director Chloé Zhao teaches fans about birds, bees ahead of Marvel’s first sex scene

For the Eternals sex scene, Zhao thought the physical act of lovemaking was essential

10/23/21

<em>Dune</em> rakes in a spicy and respectable $17.5 million from Friday domestic box office

Dune rakes in a spicy and respectable $17.5 million from Friday domestic box office

Analysts expect Dune to finish the weekend with $35 million

10/21/21

Mary Elizabeth Winstead really didn’t know she was making a <em>Cloverfield</em> movie

Mary Elizabeth Winstead really didn’t know she was making a Cloverfield movie

The Scott Pilgrim and Birds Of Prey star thought she was making a different movie

10/21/21

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne to keep up with the Ricardos in their own biopic

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's heavy metal romance will be written by Billy Elliot and Rocketman scribe Tom Hall

10/21/21

<em>Dune: Part One</em> all but surely will get a <em>Part Two</em>, hints Warner Bros. CEO

Dune: Part One all but surely will get a Part Two, hints Warner Bros. CEO

Despite concerns, Paul Atreides will return, probably

10/21/21

Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and Dwayne Johnson are armed and smirking in the <em>Red Notice</em> trailer

Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and Dwayne Johnson are armed and smirking in the Red Notice trailer

Netflix's star-studded spy games heist comedy is “gonna steal Cleopatra’s eggs”

10/21/21

How Hollywood weaponizes America’s housing anxiety through haunted house films

Studios have mined the specter of economic calamities to deliver ghostly scares

10/20/21

Jamie Lee Curtis and Ryan Murphy plan miniseries about Glenn Burke, the man behind the high five

The focus of the series will be L.A. Dodger Glenn Burke, who reportedly gave the first high five

Matt Schimkowitz's posts

Oh, holy day! The trailer for Paul Verhoeven’s nunsploitation epic Benedetta is here

Guardians director James Gunn offers explanation for Marvel's military relationship

Amazon’s Wheel Of Time trailer promises swords, sorcery, and massive budgets

The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles trailer dutifully promises impolite people getting real

Pinhead, Jason, and 6 other killers remain in our slasher-movie franchise bracket

Apple shares trailer The Line, a four-part docuseries into Eddie Gallagher war crime case

Greatest slasher franchise ever? See who makes the cut in round 2

Watch this: Larry Charles’ unaired pilot starring Wayne Knight and a host of Seinfeld alumni

Mike Schur and Shea Serrano announce Primo new series for IMDb TV

With peace and love, Paul McCartney says he's no longer signing autographs

What’s the greatest slasher-movie franchise of all time?

Halyna Hutchins’ husband announces AFI scholarship fund in the late cinematographers’ memory

Eternals-director Chloé Zhao teaches fans about birds, bees ahead of Marvel’s first sex scene

Dune rakes in a spicy and respectable $17.5 million from Friday domestic box office

Mary Elizabeth Winstead really didn’t know she was making a Cloverfield movie

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne to keep up with the Ricardos in their own biopic

Dune: Part One all but surely will get a Part Two, hints Warner Bros. CEO

Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and Dwayne Johnson are armed and smirking in the Red Notice trailer

How Hollywood weaponizes America’s housing anxiety through haunted house films

Jamie Lee Curtis and Ryan Murphy plan miniseries about Glenn Burke, the man behind the high five