Michael Keatonhas been enjoying huge success this year with his return as Betelgeuse inBeetlejuice Beetlejuice, and this weekend stepped into hosting duties onSaturday Night Livefor the comedy show’s latest episode. While the actor has played many other roles in his career, it was the ghost with the most that came back to haunt him during the monologue. Variety reportsKeaton’s excitement about being back as the host of the sketch comedy show:“Man, I am excited to be back here hostingSaturday Night Live’s 50th season....

Be warned. MAJOR SPOILERS forSpider-Man: No Way Homelie ahead. If you’re still here, that means that you have either seen theMarvelepic that isSpider-Man: No Way Home, or you don’t care about things being spoiled. To the latter group, we suggest you rethink your position and leave now, catch up with everyone else by watching the movie, and then come back. With that out of the way,Spider-Man: No Way Home’sVFX Supervisor Kelly Port has now revealed several wonderful details regarding the movie’s final battle, which sees Tom Holland’s web-slinger team-up with bothAndrew Garfieldand Tobey Maguire’s iterations of the Marvel superhero....

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseand its predecessor,Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, have familiarized audiences with the concept known as theSpider-Verse. While multiverse stories have been a long-established part of comics, it has recently blown up into the mainstream with films like the previously mentioned Spider-Verse movies and the CW Arrowverse series, various MCU entries likeDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and the Academy Award-winning Best PictureEverything Everywhere All At Once. Now the multiverse is a concept audiences know pretty well....

It’s been nearly a year since the release ofStar Wars: The Force Awakensandsecretsof the movie are still being revealed. A collector’s edition Blu-ray of the sequel was recently released and it (finally) featured a commentary track from directorJ.J. Abrams. In it, he reveals that he had a little help from none other thanSteven Spielberg. CinemaBlenddug into the commentary track a bit and during it,J.J.Abramstalks about a couple of specific scenes in the movie thatSteven Spielberggave his two cents on....

The acclaimed director of bothTrafficandErin Brockovich,Steven Soderbergh, is looking to an unlikely source for his next project:Taylor Swift. The 61-year-old writer/director took home the Academy Award in 2001 for Best Director thanks toTraffic, and was alsonominated that same year forErin Brockovich, an occurrence that hadn’t happened since 1938. Since then, he’s gone on to direct such favorites as theOcean’strilogy,Contagion, andMagic Mike. Speaking withVarietyduring a roundtable interview at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, Soderbergh revealed thathe’s a huge fan of Taylor Swift and The Eras Tour....

Thandie Newton has revealed that she was scared of Tom Cruise while filmingMission: Impossible 2. The actress starred alongside Cruise in the 2000 action flick, which was the first sequel in the long-running franchise that is still going to this day. But, as Newton tells it, Cruise was a lot to handle on set. The reveal came as part of a candid and wide-ranging interview with theWestworldstar. At one point,Thandie Newtonwas discussing screenwriter Paul Haggis, who she worked with onCrash....

The history of film can easily be defined by the specific releases contained throughout the 12-month window. Some are more robust than others in terms of great movie releases in their respective year. While some years are generally best known for only a select number of truly “great” films, others have been home to ample amounts of masterpieces released in quick succession. A generally remarkable feature is the large swath in genres and cinematic styles thatmake up a successful year in film history....

The Big Bang Theoryhas a lot of scientific humor that we can only pretend to understand, and because of this, there needs to be a character that is a little more down-to-earth in their delivery. That character is Howard Wolowitz. But make no mistake, Howard is an accomplished engineer, and has even gone to space with the Russians to make sure their toilet worked properly, so he’s not without his credentials....

Funko has revealed that they are immortalizing characters fromThe Craftin the form of Pop! figures. The company made the reveal at the London Toy Fair, showcasing the lineup toys from the classic fantasy flick that will be hitting shelves in the near future. Nancy (Fairuza Balk), Sarah (Robin Tunney), Bonnie (Neve Campbell) and Rochelle (Rachel True) will all be getting Pop! figures. The toy company revealed an initial look at the toys and they look very faithful to what fans will remember from the movie, only inFunkoform....

A brief trailer teases the dramatic events that will befall Joel and Ellie in this week’s episode of the HBO hit series,The Last of Us. Titled “Endure and Survive,” our duo will attempt to do both as they continue their journey across post-pandemic America. You can check out the teaser forThe Last of Usepisode 5, courtesy ofthe official Twitter account, below. The Last of UsfollowsThe Mandalorianstar Pedro Pascal andGame of Thronesstar Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie, respectively....

Almost three years ago, Universal Pictures announced that it was setting up a massive, inter-connected shared universe based on the studio’s library of classic horror monsters. This wasn’t terribly surprising, at all. They also announced that theirMummy rebootwould be the first project out of the gate, also not surprising since it was already being developed for a few years prior with Len Wiseman directing, at one point. The casting additions of A-listers like Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe seemed par for the course, and even when the studio revealed that Sofia Boutella would portray the first female Mummy in history, I wasn’t tremendously impressed....

Disney and Pixar easily snagged the number one spot at the box office this weekend after bringing in $118 million. Early projections for the long awaited sequel had it in the $140 million to $165 million range, but it was still the shot in the arm that the struggling summer box office needed. Globally, the sequel has brought in $238 million. As far as the North American box office is concerned,Toy Story 4is the fourth-highest opening for an animated movie, coming in behindIncredibles 2($183 million),Finding Dory($135 million), andShrek the Third($125 million)....

After months of waiting, AMC finally aired theThe Walking Dead Season 7premiere last night, which revealed Negan’s (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) victim from the Season 6 finale cliffhanger. As fans recover from this epic episode, the network has released a brief preview for the second Season 7 episode,The Well, airing Sunday, October 30 at 9 PM ET on AMC. This preview features two characters we didn’t see much of last night, Morgan (Lennie James) and Carol (Melissa McBride)....