Fear is a funny thing. What terrifies one person, amuses another and movies that may give you nightmares can be tried and true favorites for someone else. When it comes to kids, the ground is even more tenuous if you’re trying to find a fun movie to introduce a younin' to the genre without giving them a new phobia. Horror has a reputation as a niche genre, but the truth is, if you know where to look, there’s a little bit of something for everyone in search of a spooky thrill....

Amazon Prime Video is here to tell youThe BoysSeason 2 is coming in September, courtesy of a gleeful, blood-soaked teaser trailer. This first trailer previews the primary conflict of the next chapter inThe Boysstory, with the titular team of flesh-and-blood mortals led by Billy Butcher (KarlUrban) on the run after the events of Season 1 have turned them into suspected criminals. There is plenty to behold inThe BoysSeason 2 teaser. Not only are Billy and the Boys suddenly personae non grata, but they are a fractured team, too....

If you thought thatStan Lee-narrated teaserwas all Netflix was gonna bring to SDCC forThe Defenders, Think again! Following the releases of two seasons ofDaredevil, as well as the first seasons ofJessica Jones,Luke CageandIron Fist, the street-level heroes of the Netflix MCU are finally teaming up to take on a new big bad, played by the inimitableSigourney Weaver. Alexandra, as she’s called, gets a proper introduction in the fullDefenderstrailer, which dropped today during the Netflix Marvel Comic-Con panel, and it is just jam-packed with action....

The advertising forThe Great Wallmade it looks like another white savior story.Matt Damonwould play the Chosen One of Anglo-Saxon descent who would come to savage China and save the hapless Chinese people from the monsters. After seeingZhang Yimou’s period action film, I’m happy to report that’s not the case. If anything, it’s China who comes out ahead in terms of glory and honor. And yet, despite the interesting subtext regarding our current geopolitical power dynamic,The Great Walllargely lacks the flair and intimacy of Yimou’s previous action films, and instead plays as a fairly rote blockbuster designed to appeal to everyone and thus appealing to no one....

DC Universe’sStargirlcontinues to fill out its founding members of the Justice Society of America; right on the heels ofJoel McHalejoining the series as Starman andLou Ferrigno Jr.coming aboard as Hourman,EWreports thatTheHaunting of Hill HousestarHenry Thomashas been cast in a recurring guest-star role as Dr. Charles McNider, a.k.a. the owlish Doctor Mid-Nite, a.ka. one of DC Comics' foremost practitioners of the “my superhero name sounds like my real name” power move....

DirectorQuentin Tarantinois of the firm opinion that filmmakers lose their touch as they grow older. “Most directors have terrible last movies,” he said on thePure Cinema Podcast. But, in addition to disliking the later films ofAlfred Hitchcock, Tarantino isn’t a fan of the great director’s masterpieces either. Several of them, includingVertigo,Rear Window, andPsycho, were made available to stream on Netflix this month. Among them is the 1972 filmFrenzy, which Tarantino hates with passion....

In September, Disney invested over $60 million in the Virtual Reality start-up company Jaunt, another sign that the once-dormant format was back on the upswing. It wasn’t too long ago that VR was considered a joke, a relic from the 90s as kitschy and outdated asThe Lawnmower Man. But the VR movement has now come back full circle into the limelight. Last year, ILM released the ‘Trials on Tatooine’, a short VR piece in conjunction withStar Wars: The Force Awakensand just this month, Disney released two shortThe Jungle BookVR experiences....

After leaving viewers with a cliffhanger back in 2019, Season 4 ofThe Marvelous Mrs. Maiselis finally returning in 2022 with two episodes, “Rumble on the Wonder Wheel” and “Billy Jones and the Orgy Lamps”, premiering on February 18. Exclusive to Amazon Prime, the fourth season has a total of eight episodes, with two new episodes dropping each Friday in the following four weeks. Created byAmy Sherman-Palladino(Bunheads), the show follows Miriam “Midge” Maisel as she leaves her housewife duties behind to pursue a career in comedy after discovering her husband cheated on her....

Netflix has released the first batch of images fromThe Politician, the hour-long semi-musical satire from uber-producerRyan Murphy. The series, which the streaming network already picked up for two seasons, stars Tony-winnerBen Plattin his first TV regular role as Payton Hobart, a highly ambitious, extremely wealthy Santa Barbarian navigating the pitfall-laden political landscape of Saint Sebastian High School. Murphy seems to be flexing much more of hisGleemuscles here than anything fromAmerican Horror Story—that includesGleeco-creatorIan Brennanserving as executive producer, along with regular Murphy partnerBrad Falchuk—butAHSmainstayJessica Langereturns to the Murphy umbrella to co-star inThe Politician....

The fullPunishertrailer Netflix has released today is brutal. Which means it’s also completely on-brand for this story. The trailer basically lays out Frank Castle’s (Jon Bernthal) origin story as far as where his rage and murderous mission comes from, and spares nothing in terms of intensity. Set to Metallica’s “One,” the action is full-tilt. In speaking toEWrecently, Bernthal spoke at length about how much he wants to ensure he gets this story right (and fans of Marvel’s series on Netflix will surely be hoping it can avoid the pitfalls of those other series)....

Looking for a good old-fashioned thriller? Take a peek at our exclusive trailer forThe Standoff at Sparrow Creek, the new investigative mystery movie that follows a reclusive ex-cop (James Badge Dale) who takes it upon himself to solve a horrific mass shooting at a police funeral when he realizes that the killer belongs to the same militia he joined after quitting the force. Investigations, interrogations, and nail-biting suspicion ensue. The film debuted in the Midnight Madness category at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year to a round of strong reviews (you canread our full TIFF reviewhere) as a self-contained slow-burn thriller with big payoff....

Even after 30 years, the spell cast over you as you watch the pilot ofDavid Lynch’s short-lived, cult-hit TV seriesTwin Peaksis one you won’t want to shake off. To this day, I can think of a better pilot which also marked a major paradigm shift in the way we watch television to this day. TheTwin Peakspilot set the stage for a television-watching experience unlike any other that had been seen in primetime....

It’s a new day, which means two new images from Netflix’sThe WitcherSeason 2 have arrived. The new images focus on Ciri, played byFreya Allan, and see the young protagonist going from meek to bold in the coming season. These new images of Ciri have debuted just one day after the new Season 2 images ofHenry Cavillas Geralt of Rivia. The new photos of Ciri tease an exciting character development as the once-sheltered princess on the run in Season 1 transforms into a tough, confident warrior in Season 2....