It all started with a $3 million budget and a killer idea.The Purge. Created byJames DeMonacoand backed by Blumhouse, the horror thriller introduced audiences to a not-too-distant future America where all crime, including murder, becomes legal for 12 hours a year. Four films and more than $400 million at the box office later,The Purgehas travelled from suburbia to the streets of Downtown Los Angeles, and ultimately, back to the very first Purge night in Staten Island, unfolding an expansive mythology and undercurrent of pointed political commentary along the way....

The first trailer for the dramatic thrillerTrespass Against Ushas been released online.Doctor WhoandSkinsfilmmakerAdam Smithmakes his narrative feature directorial debut with the film, which starsBrendan GleesonandMichael Fassbenderas a father and son living as outlaws in the British countryside. Gleeson’s character, a career criminal, has groomed his son to follow in his footsteps, but Fassbender’s character wonders if there’s another path for him and his family. The film looks alright, and it’s nice to hear Fassbender and Gleeson using their native Irish accents, but Collider’s own Matt Goldberg caught the film at TIFF last week and came away underwhelmed....

Pokémon Detective Pikachuused “debut two three afterAvengers: Endgame, gaining a comfortable distance from the biggest Marvel movie of all time.” It wasn’t very effective!Endgame’s time at the number 2 position lasted exactly one (1) Friday night, as the MCU film won out its third weekend with $63 million. This number pushesEndgameto $723 million domestically, passingAvengers: Infinity War($678 million) andBlack Panther($700 million) to become the third-highest domestic earner of all time. Before its run is over, it will more than likely also overtakeAvatar’s $760 million domestic, but there’s still a long ways to go to top all-timerStar Wars: The Force Awakensat $936 million....

We’ve seen three episodes of HBO’s breakout hitWestworldat this point, and it hasn’t taken a breather from inspiring complex conversations about the morality of future tech, and spawning a whole lot of puzzle box theorizing in the process. Today, HBO has released five new images from the upcoming episode so let’s all take a breather from ponderingWestworldtheories…to scour this batch of images over for new clues. The latest set of images picks up withEd Harris' Man in Black on his quest to the park’s hidden maze (Clifton Collins Jr....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2.The second season ofCastlevania: Nocturne, the sequel to Netflix’s originalCastlevaniaseries, concludes with its heroes successfully defeating Countess Erzsebet Báthory (Franka Potente), a self-proclaimed Vampire Messiah intent upon plunging the world into eternal darkness. To call the conflict ahard-won victoryis an understatement, especially sinceNocturne’s protagonists couldn’t have triumphed without special intervention. Thanks toAnnette(Thuso Mbedu), the soul of Sekhmet (Nicola F. Delgado), theancient goddess whose powers the tyrannical Erzsebet intends to inherit, returns to the mortal realm long enough to thwart Erzsebet....

We’re in the final stretch ofBig Brother 25where houseguests are competing to be one of the remaining two people in the house on finale night. The seven-person jury will vote on the winner of $750,000 and fans will vote for America’s Favorite Player. That loved houseguest wins $50,000. The schedule for this season has changed over time, which is frustrating to viewers of thereality TVshow. We’re getting a special live eviction to get to final three, but here is the lineup for the night....

Dearest gentle reader, there’s something you simply ought to know as an avidBridgertonsupporter and that is that before the Bridgertons came along there was a love story that changed the ton. At least, that is whatBridgertonnovelistJulia Quinnand showrunnerShonda Rhimeswant you to know. It is that very story that will be explored in stunning detail inQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Storyboth in its book form and highly-anticipated Netflix series release. The Regency romance is set to unpack the stunning story of a youngPrincess Charlotteon her journey to falling in love with the charming youngKing Georgeand perhaps even more significantly, her reign to power as a ruler and unwavering figurehead of the ton....

Julia GarnerandJosh Brolinare locked and loaded in Entertainment Weekly’s exclusive first look atWeapons. All eyes have been on the Warner Bros. feature since it was announced that funny guy turned horror filmmaker,Zach Cregger, was returning with another movie. Since then, the film has undergone some changes (specifically with Brolin stepping in to take over forPedro Pascal), but the clock is counting down until its arrival on August 8. Today’s images serve as a follow-up from what we’ve previously seen in a short teaser that wasreleased just one week ago....

AfterAgatha All Alongbewitched audiences last fall, fans are hoping to see the stories of those that survived the Witches' Road (and those that currently exist as ghosts) continue in further Marvel Cinematic Universe projects. When it comes to the actors' own hopes for their characters' futures,Joe Lockeshared who he’d like to see his character interact with. Locke plays Wiccan, or Billy Kaplan, who technically houses the spirit of Billy Maximoff. Fans first met Billy in 2021’sWandaVisionand, after the Hex was taken down by his mother, Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), and his spirit inhabited Billy Kaplan’s body during what would’ve been a fatal car crash....

The juice is fully letting it loose as not only has the official trailer forBeetlejuice Beetlejuiceunburied itself today but a fresh batch of images have also risen from the great beyond. The time has finally come to better understand how the cast of characters fromTim Burton’s supernatural comedy classic,Beetlejuice, are going to reunite all these years later with a few new faces added to the mix. Featuring stills ofMichael Keaton,Catherine O’Hara,Jenna Ortega,Monica Bellucci,Willem Dafoe,Justin Theroux, and, of course,Winona Ryder, the images capture the very heart and soul of the movie that will haunt its way into cinemas on September 6....

The last few years have been especially fortuitous for music biopics, but recent months have seen a couple of major bombs. In May, Focus Features debuted theAmy WinehousebiopicBack to Blackin American theaters; the movie concluded its global run with just over $50 million, against a reported budget of $30 million. But a far more expensive music biopic is currently performing at a much lower level.Better Man, based on the life and career of pop-starRobbie Williams, only recently passed its first global box office milestone, and has nowaccomplished a rather unfortunate achievement; the film has recovered a tenth of its reported budget....

This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.When it comes to the rich versus the poor, we’ve seen plenty of films—especially recently with movies likeThe MenuorTriangle of Sadness, just to name a few—where despite the rallying cry to “eat the rich,” the wealthy always win, the little guy continues to stay small, and Robin Hood becomes little more than a sign of potential hope....

Quick Links When writer and directorTi Westcreated and released the movieXlast March, it was revealed thathe had also filmed the prequel film,Pearl, at the same time, teaming up with A24 to “build a world” that revolves around the slasher genre of horror movies. The first film, which is set in 1979, follows a group of adult filmmakers as they seek out a filming location for their new film. They end up renting a guest house from an elderly couple in a remote location not unlike the Sawyer farmhouse inTexas Chain Saw Massacre....