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On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (March 25th, 2016) Dennis Tzeng, Mark Ellis and John Rocha discuss the following: Comedian, actor, writer and producerGarry Shandling, best known forIt’sGarry Shandling’s ShowandThe Larry Sanders Show, died Thursday of unknown causes. A spokesman for the LAPD said they received a 911 call from Shandling’s home on Thursday, saying only that the Shandling suffered from a “medical emergency.” He later died at an L....

InOffice Christmas Party,Jennifer Anistonwants to cancel Christmas – or at least, cancel the yearly office party, along with everyone’s jobs. There are a few things about the movie that give us hope: a fantastic cast and some aspirationally insane party antics (it’s not a surprise that the movie is based off of a story fromHangoverco-writerJon Lucas).T.J. MillerandKate McKinnonare going to very assuredly be delightful, with Aniston andJason Batemanplaying their foils as the straight men (or in Aniston’s case, the meany boss)....

There are plenty of great things to talk about when it comesSeverance,but easily one of the most talked-about elements of Season 2 has been the deeply unsettling performance bySydney Cole Alexanderin her role as Lumon employee Natalie. Her eerie, occasionally wavering smile, which hints at something much darker beneath the surface, has captivated viewers each time she’s on-screen. Ona recent episode ofThe Severance PodcastwithBen Stiller&Adam Scott, Alexander opened up about the origins of her now-iconic smile and shed light on the subtle nuances behind her performance as Natalie....

Way back in 1996, a little-seen comedy by the name ofCarpoolcame and went in the theaters without much fanfare, soon making its way onto TV’s dead zone programming. This was my introduction toRachael Leigh Cook. One year later, the rest of the country would meet the up-and-comer thanks to a nationally televised anti-drug PSA as part of the government’s Partnership for a Drug-Free America “This Is Your Brain on Drugs” campaign....

TNT released a new trailer for Season 3 ofSnowpiercer, its apocalyptical series set aboard a never-stopping train crossing the frozen surface of Earth. Season 2 followed a bloody revolution inside the train, as the lower classes uprose against those in power in search of equality. The process, however, splits the Snowpiercer in two, a result Season 3 is set to explore. The new trailer picks up where Season 2 left us, with Layton (Daveed Diggs) and Ruth (Alison Wright) commanding a small ten-car “pirate train” after they separated Snowpiercer’s head from the remaining 1,023 cars....

The trailer of Sony’s highly anticipated animated movieSpider-Man Across the Spider-Versehas gotten fans very excited. Doubling down on Academy award-winningSpider-Man into the Spider-Versethe sequel showcases multiple universes, and myriad characters all in six different art styles and gorgeous animation. Following the trailer release Sony Pictures Animation also revealed character designs for some of the Spider-People we’ll see in the upcoming movie. The first image gives us a good look atIssa Rae’s Jessica Drew, who is a motorcycle-riding, African American hero with a very apparent baby bump....

As the box office news for Disney’sStar Wars: The Force Awakensfinally starts to slow it’s previously feverish pace (though it did justcross $100 million in Chinaalone recently), movie marketing and fan anticipation is already starting to look ahead to future films. Let’s not forget thatRogue One: A Star Wars Storyis due out December 16th, 2016, but less than a year after that, the follow-up toThe Force Awakenswill debut in the lucrative mid-December slot....

The first trailer forThe Fantastic Four: First Stepshas made an impressive impact on the internet. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, the video was seen 202 million times across all platforms. Audiences are ready to see one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer. The trailer featured the introduction of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). The video gave fans a tease of how the heroes will use their powers without revealing too much about the premise of the film....

WhenSteven Soderberghbegan giving interviews about what he and fellow Oscars producersStacey SherandJesse Collinshad planned for this year’s telecast, he said they wanted the show to feel like a movie. And largely, they succeeded. The ceremony kicked off with a full-on opening credits sequence that followed prior winnerRegina Kingas she strutted into the intimate yet socially distanced setup inside Union Station; the presenters and winners looked at the audience instead of the camera; and even the telecast itself was presented in a cinematic framing that made the whole thinglooklike a movie....

Despite originally airing on the USA Network way back in 2011 through 2019,Suitsgarnered an entirely new legion of fans once it entered the realm of streaming via Netflix and Peacock. It’s no surprise given the intriguing premise and fabulous cast. With a new spin-off in the works via NBCUniversal calledSuits: L.A., which will star an entirely new cast, it’s the perfect time to look back at the series that became a sleeper hit....

William Friedkin’s fatalist masterwork,Sorcerer, is a movie about roads. The roads we take in life, how they dictate our futures, and eventually, how they dictate our ends. Whichever road you take, they all lead to the same place. Man versus nature, man versus self, and man versus man all coalesce in a thrilling and harrowing journey through the jungle that will have you gripping the edge of your seat. Inspired by the 1950 novel,The Wages of Fear, Friedkin’s film finds a group of men assigned to a risky, near-impossible task....

You won’t be surprised by much inThe Rain, but you will be entertained. If you’re familiar with post-apocalyptic fiction and YA drama, you’ll see the threads of your favorites everywhere in the show. But you’ll also realize pretty quickly thatThe Rainis some of the best survivalist drama to hit screens in years, even if it leans heavily on the familiar tropes, with exciting, unpredictable and genuinely likable characters that keep you glued to the screen....

As the dulcet gravel ofRon Perlman’s voice has told us time and time again at the beginning of everyFalloutgame, “war never changes.” No matter the setting, the context, or the duration,war is always a maelstrom that usually only serves baseless and selfish political purposes to the detriment of all citizens. If you’ve grown up experiencing American cinema’s depictions of war, then you probably have an idea of how frequently it drifts into extreme jingoism....