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It’s the Summer of Toxie and the wait is almost over for Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger reboot, which is bringing Unrated mayhem to theaters on August 29, 2025.

A fresh take on Troma’s cult classic, The Toxic Avenger will be released in theaters fully Uncut and Unrated, and the film’s upcoming UK premiere has been announced today.

The Toxic Avenger will make its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival this August, Deadline reports, as the closing night film of the festival’s Midnight Madness strand.

This year’s Edinburgh Film Festival runs from August 14 – August 20, 2025. Signature Entertainment will release The Toxic Avenger in the UK and Ireland beginning August 29.

Festival Director Paul Ridd said in a statement, “We are absolutely over the moon to be hosting the UK Premiere of The Toxic Avenger, which will bring our Midnight Madness strand this year to an extravagantly gory and hilarious close.

The Pickup stars Eddie Murphy and another former Saturday Night Live cast member as wisecracking “mismatched armored truck drivers” who are attacked by a gang of “ruthless criminals” and forced to rob a casino. And apparently, it’s coming out this year, and not in, like, 1997.

Co-starring Pete Davidson and Keke Palmer, The Pickup looks like the kind of buddy action comedy that Hollywood used to churn out with some regularity. Promisingly, it was directed by Tim Story, who also made Barbershop, Ride Along and the underrated meta-horror comedy The Blackening. But it’s also a return of sorts for Murphy.

Murphy, of course, launched his movie career by starring in one of the most famous buddy action flicks of all-time: Walter Hill’s 48 Hours. The 1982 blockbuster starred Murphy as a slick criminal forced to partner with a surly, drunken cop played by Nick Nolte, who has seemingly stayed...

43 years ago, the runaway box office success of "48 Hrs.," in which Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy bickered and brawled as they attempted to track down a couple of vicious escaped convicts, turned the buddy-cop subgenre into a formula goldmine. Before the 1980s drew to a close, films like "Running Scared," "Beverly Hills Cop," "Lethal Weapon," and "Red Heat" were able to work profitable variations on this very simple dynamic. Even though cops have never been more difficult to root for, the subgenre, as evidenced by the 2024 success of "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley," is still commercially appealing today.

While movies like "48 Hrs." and "Lethal Weapon" were powered by tightly constructed screenplays, the vast majority of buddy cop films got by on comedic anarchy. They actually had more in common with Richard Rush's gloriously shaggy "Freebie and the Bean" from 1974; two partners exchange profane repartee for a couple...

The film business is rife with tantalizing what-ifs. What if James Cameron had made "Spider-Man?" What if CBS hadn't exercised its "Magnum P.I." contract option on Tom Selleck and allowed Steven Spielberg to get his first choice for the role of Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark?" What if Sylvester Stallone had played Axel Foley in "Beverly Hills Cop?"

We've no idea if these alternate timeline possibilities would've worked out better than what we got, but it's fun to think about what might've been. These questions also remind us just how volatile studio projects can be. There's a huge element of luck that goes into every creative endeavor. You might think you've got a great director, a can't-miss script, and a murderer's row of a cast, but then you go and shoot the movie and you wind up with "Hook." There are no guarantees.

No one knows this better than Clint Eastwood.

Funnyman Eddie Murphy has been appearing in feature films since the early 1980s, and fans will have their own favorites for what might stand out as the most memorable. The actor and comedian himself can also name which film perhaps defines his career more so than any other.

Murphy recently appeared as a guest on The Jennifer Hudson Show, where he was joined by Keke Palmer. On the show, Hudson brought up how Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds said Eddie Murphy should have won an Oscar for The Nutty Professor, given how he played several different characters in the comedy. Murphy went on to share how much he loves that some people don't even realize just how many different roles he had in the film, calling it his "favorite thing." He then shared how he considers The Nutty Professor to be his career-defining role.

"I think if I could...

When Gene Roddenberry created "Star Trek" in the 1960s, he savvily pitched it as "'Wagon Train' to the stars." Television Westerns like "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," and "Rawhide" were all the rage at the time, so it was a masterstroke of broadcast salesmanship to suggest that a show about space exploration center on humankind pursuing its intergalactic manifest destiny. All of humankind. Which meant that the bridge of the Starship Enterprise would include the Asian helmsman Sulu and the Black communications officer Uhura. And a Vulcan named Spock.

This inclusiveness allowed the three-season run of "Star Trek" to palpably connect with viewers of various ethnic backgrounds. It was a show for everyone at a time when every person on the planet could suddenly look to the stars and say, "I might get there in my lifetime." The series inspired people to learn, to empathize, and to treat artificial intelligence with contempt.

Exclusive: Phineas and Ferb is returning next week, and the show is expected to include some fun new guest stars with its revival. Phineas and Ferb season 5 is arriving on Disney Channel and Disney+ 10 years after the show supposedly ended, continuing the episodic adventures of the Flynn-Fletcher family, while their pet platypus battles the forces of evil. In addition to the lively performances of the main cast, Phineas and Ferb has featured many major guest stars, including Ben Stiller (Kakapoopoo), J.K. Simmons (J.D./Napoleon), and Seth MacFarlane (Jeff McGarland).

Now, in one of the first episodes of the new season, Phineas and Ferb is featuring Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul alum Jonathan Banks. Banks is voicing the driving instructor who oversees Candace's (Ashley Tisdale) driving test. In an interview with Screen Rant, Phineas and Ferb creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh discussed Banks' cameo as well as...

It can be officially said that Eddie Murphy's acting hiatus is truly over. After taking a break from acting for most of the 2010s and early 2020s, Murphy is back with a new action comedy movie titled The Pickup.

Prime Video has announced an Aug. 6 premiere date for The Pickup, which "sees a routine cash pickup take a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Murphy) and Travis (SNL fan favorite Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Nope star Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo must navigate high-risk danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps getting worse," per the official synopsis. A bunch of first-look images of the action comedy movie, as well as a poster, have been released and can be viewed below.

Whenever a memoir is set to be released, it can usually lead to some very interesting stories from the past. Former Paramount Pictures CEO Barry Diller is currently on a book tour promoting his recently released memoir, Who Knew, and with it came a very interesting Q&a reveal about the 1980 live-action adaptation of Popeye, starring Robin Williams, and how, based on his assertion, the antics on set could maybe rival a night at Studio 54.

During a Q&a moderated by Anderson Cooper (via Variety), Diller was asked what was "the most coked-up film set" he ever visited during his tenure as Paramount Pictures CEO. It didn't take Diller long to reveal that it was Popeye, released in 1980. The former CEO said:

"Coked-up film set? Oh, 'Popeye.' By the way, you can watch it. If you watch Popeye, you're watching a movie that, you think of it in...

Barry Diller’s book tour for his recently published memoir “Who Knew” hit New York City’s 92Y, where moderator Anderson Cooper asked Diller during a Q&a to reveal “the most coked-up film set” he ever visited during his tenure as the CEO of Paramount Pictures. The former studio executive had the answer almost immediately: Robert Altman’s “Popeye” (1980).

“Coked-up film set? Oh, ‘Popeye,’” Diller answered (via Entertainment Weekly). “By the way, you can watch it. If you watch ‘Popeye,’ you’re watching a movie that — you think of it in the thing that they used to do about record speeds, 33 [Rpm], whatever. This is a movie that runs at 78 Rpm and 33 speed.”

Diller served as the head of Paramount Pictures from 1974 until 1984. His illustrious tenure at the studio included the releases of hit movies such as “Saturday Night Fever,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Grease” and “Beverly Hills Cop,...

It's been 10 years since Wes Craven passed, but his legacy lives on. The horror master helmed a number of classics, from A Nightmare on Elm Street to Scream, and he also served as producer on countless other "scary movies." More recently, there was The Breed (2006), a creature feature set in an island cabin and centered around ravenous dogs. Now, almost two decades later, the sequel A Breed Apartis being released to the masses courtesy of Lionsgate and helmed by Griff and Nathan Furst. MovieWeb recently spoke with the filmmaker brothers to learn more about their uniquely meta follow-up to The Breed, which, as you'll find out, incorporates the actual production of the Craven-produced 2006 film into the plot itself.

"It's an unofficial sequel, and the reason why is, it was actually originally pitched to us. We didn't come up with the idea. One of the executive producers, which is the international financier,...

Barry Diller has one request before settling in on his living room sofa for a two-and-a-half-hour interview about the juicy revelations in his new tell-all memoir, Who Knew. “Don’t write about my house,” he says. “Don’t describe the decor.”

Photographed by Daniel Prakopcyk

Consider it done. No mention here of the serene, unostentatious Beverly Hills mansion tucked behind a gate, the site of his annual Oscar party. Not a word about the furnishings, some of them chosen by his late friend Sandy Gallin — the manager to Michael Jackson and Dolly Parton and charter member of what Mike Ovitz once dickishly derided as the “velvet mafia.” Color schemes? Fabric choices? Forget it. This is a safe space.

Everything else, though, is fair game. Diller’s marriage to Diane von Furstenberg. His romantic entanglements with men over the years. His close alliances and bitter battles with Hollywood legends from David Geffen...

It's not uncommon for screenwriters to write scripts with specific actors in mind to play certain roles in their story. For writers and filmmakers with a significant amount of clout, they occasionally go as far as to work directly with the intended actors for these planned parts. Of course, even with this level of specificity in writing and planning, no casting is ever guaranteed, even when the cameras start rolling on a production. Some of the most acclaimed and popular writers of their day can't even secure the actors they envisioned to play their biggest characters.

Whether it's creative differences or timing conflicts, actors turn down even the juiciest roles they're offered. It's a sad inevitability of the business. Fortunately, for most of the projects listed here, the actors ultimately cast in these parts, originally planned for others, elevated the projects that they joined. Here are 12 actors who rejected parts...

Robert De Niro Running In Action Scene(Photo Credit –Prime Video)

Around twenty-two years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio gave a nice tribute to the legendary Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Robert De Niro at the 31st AFI Life Achievement Award. During his heartfelt speech, ‘The Revenant’ actor also revealed that the first time he ever saw Robert De Niro on screen was when he was thirteen years old. It was for a film DiCaprio watched with his father. It’s a criminally underrated and relatively lesser-known Robert De Niro movie. We are talking about the 1988 action-comedy flick ‘Midnight Run’. Read on to know more about the film and why we strongly recommend watching it on Ott. You can watch the AFI tribute clip here.

Midnight Run – Plot & Cast

Helmed by Martin Brest, the extremely underappreciated action-comedy film features Robert De Niro in the role of a bounty hunter, Jack Walsh. The fearless, no-nonsense...

Death draws a crowd. Warner Bros. and New Line’s “Final Destination Bloodlines” is fated for a franchise-best opening after scoring $21 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,523 locations. Meanwhile, the Weeknd’s pop-star psychological thriller “Hurry Up Tomorrow” is headed for a low opening after earning just $2.33 million across its opening day and fan event previews.

For “Final Destination,” the horror property’s latest entry — its sixth — easily outperformed the property’s prior best opening day, held by the fourth installment “The Final Destination.” That film was released in 2009, at the start of theaters’ brief 3D craze, and enjoyed a series-best opening of $27.4 million — a figure that the R-rated “Bloodlines” will blow past on Saturday. It gets a boost from luxury ticket prices, too, playing Imax and premium large-format auditoriums.

That’s a true show of strength for “Final Destination” as a property, which has been dormant since the...

Exclusive: César winner Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds), Bradley James (Vikings: Valhalla), and Steven Berkoff (Beverly Hills Cop) have joined Stefan Ruzowitzky’s historical thriller Kristallnacht, which Ift will continue selling in Cannes.

Production is currently underway in Vienna, Austria, with principal photography set to wrap next week. Above and below is a first look image.

Kristallnacht translates as Night of Broken Glass, a reference to the thousands of shops, businesses and synagogues destroyed by the Nazis across the two nights in November 1938.

Set on the brink of World War II in Berlin, the true story unfolds in a city turned into a powder keg after the assassination of a German attaché in Paris, which is wrongfully branded a “Jewish terrorist attack” by Nazi propaganda. Pettyfer plays Kai Lehmann, a young and impressionable police officer, who, alongside his superior Lieutenant Krützfeld, played by Owen, navigates the turbulent streets of Berlin as...

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse have saved Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger from sitting on a shelf somewhere in Tromaville, releasing the film nationwide on the big screen two years after it originally premiered to rave reviews at Fantastic Fest back in 2023. They said it was unreleasable, but we’ve seen the demand and we’re bringing it to Everyone on August 29!

A fresh take on Troma’s cult classic, The Toxic Avenger will be released in theaters fully Uncut and Unrated, and we’ve got two pieces of promo art that double down on the promise of everything from ultra violence to toxic content, mutant nudity, splatter and piss play!

Not a single moment has been trimmed out of The Toxic Avenger for its big screen release, and we’re hoping you’ll show the fuck up and support unrated horror on August 29, 2025!

We hear there’s another superhero movie coming out this Summer.

Darren Aronofsky and Mark Heyman have worked together several times over the years. Heyman was Aronofsky’s assistant when he made The Fountain, then he was the co-producer on The Wrestler, a writer on Black Swan, and an executive producer on Mother! So now that Heyman is set to make his feature directorial debut with the horror film Pendulum, it’s good to see that Aronofsky is there to back him up, producing the film through his company Protozoa. Back in October, we heard that Joseph Gordon-Levitt of The Dark Knight Rises and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F had signed on to star in the film. Phoebe Dynevor of Bridgerton and Fair Play joined in March, and Norman Reedus of The Walking Dead and The Bikeriders was confirmed to be in the cast just a few days ago. Now, Deadline reports that Jacki Weaver, who earned Oscar nominations for...

Guy Ritchie has been set to direct the sequel to Amazon MGM’s reboot of Road House,’ with Jake Gyllenhaal also set to return.

Gyllenhaal will reprise his lead role as ex-UFC fighter Dalton.

The reboot of the 1989 classic starring Patrick Swayze, followed Gyllenhaal as a former UFC fighter struggling to make ends meet. After the owner of a Florida Keys roadhouse finds him sleeping in his car, Dalton becomes the bar’s bouncer and finds himself roped into a war of outlaws and bikers and a developer determined to build a lavish resort for “rich assholes.”

Also in news – Miles Teller set for sporting pic ‘Winter Games’

Will Beall is writing the script for the sequel, plot details for which are being kept under wraps. Producers include Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner, as well as Gyllenhaal for his Nine Stories Productions with Josh McLaughlin. Ivan Atkinson will executive produce.

Jensen Ackles fans now know exactly when his new series will launch on Prime Video. An official premiere date for Countdown has been shared, as well as several first-look images from the crime thriller series.

Per Men's Health, Countdown will premiere worldwide on Prime Video with its first three episodes on Wednesday, June 25.Ackles stars in the 13-episode crime thriller as LAPD detective Mark Meachum, who is "recruited into a secret task force consisting of undercover agents from across various branches of United States law enforcement. They've been assembled to investigate the mysterious case of an officer with the Department of Homeland Security who was murdered in broad daylight without any suspects or leads at the scene. As they hunt for the killer, they begin to unravel a larger and larger plot that could end with not only one dead victim—but millions of them," reads the synopsis provided by Men's Health.

When I first learned that Sly Stallone had it out for Eddie Murphy, I assumed it was because Murphy became a mega movie star after taking over for the Rocky star in Beverly Hills Cop. But that comedy’s success wasn’t why Stallone was irate with Murphy — it was a behind-the-scenes rumor on another movie that generated the beef.

First, some background. Stallone was hired to star in Beverly Hills Cop while Murphy was still an up-and-coming comic on Saturday Night Live. The original screenplay had plenty of comedy elements, but Stallone rewrote the script to crank up the action elements. According to Far Out, Sly’s version of the story would have ended with a showdown between a Lamborghini and a freight train. Sounds like Stallone, all right.

Hot off of 48 Hrs., Murphy took over the role, improvised his way through filming, and became a global movie star.

Darren Aronofsky and Mark Heyman have worked together several times over the years. Heyman was Aronofsky’s assistant when he made The Fountain, then he was the co-producer on The Wrestler, a writer on Black Swan, and an executive producer on Mother! So now that Heyman is set to make his feature directorial debut with the horror film Pendulum, it’s good to see that Aronofsky is there to back him up, producing the film through his company Protozoa. Back in October, we heard that Joseph Gordon-Levitt of The Dark Knight Rises and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F had signed on to star in the film. Phoebe Dynevor of Bridgerton and Fair Play joined in March. Now, Deadline reports that Norman Reedus of The Walking Dead and The Bikeriders has been added to the cast.

Described as a “terrifying new genre film,” Pendulum will tell the following story: Young...

After waiting patiently for four years, Tom Hardy is all set to wreak Havoc on Netflix this Friday. While we await the arrival of the highly anticipated action thriller, which sees Hardy join forces with The Raid director Gareth Evans, the first reactions to Havoc have now emerged. And, mercifully, it sounds like the wait will have been well worth it.

We begin with critic Zachary Lee, who heaps praise on the combined efforts of Hardy and Evans, declaring Havoc “muscular filmmaking at its finest” and highlighting one action scene in particular.

#Havoc: Gareth Evans & Tom Hardy show that we’ve only nicked the surface when it comes to depicting on-screen death. Muscular filmmaking at its finest, it’s relentlessly bleak but there’s a twisted catharsis in seeing how it crescendos in brutality. Best night club fight in ages.

The praise continues courtesy of The Globe and Mail's Barry Hertz,...

Despite Eddie Murphy eventually being Oscar-nominated for his nuanced turn in 2006's Dreamgirls, the actor was primarily known before that for his comedic roles that defined his career and turned him into one of the biggest box office stars in the industry. It's unclear how many dramatic aspirations Murphy had during the early '90s, but he had an opportunity to take a role in a 1992 Spike Lee Joint that would go on to star Denzel Washington, but he was advised against taking the role from none other than the late and great Sidney Poitier.

During an interview in the Apple TV+ documentary Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, via Entertainment Weekly, Murphy revealed that Poitier advised him against starring in Lee's biographical drama, Malcolm X, which would go on to be led by Washington. The movie was originally spearheaded by Norman Jewison, who had...

In the early 1990s, filmmaker Sydney Lumet put an idea in stuntman Jack Gill’s head: stunt people ought to have an Oscars category.

Gill met with the then-Academy leadership as the opening salvo in what would become a decades long odyssey. “They said, ‘Ok great. It will probably take three to five years. Are you ready to put that much effort into it?’” recalls Gill. Heck, yeah, he was. “Now here we are, 34 years later.”

Today, Gill and the stunt community are celebrating Thursday’s news that, finally, stunts will be recognized in 2028 with a stunt design Oscar.

Gill, as well as countless others, pushed the boulder up the hill, but the effort was supercharged in recent years thanks to stuntpeople such as The Fall Guy filmmaker David Leitch gaining more clout in Hollywood as he became an A-list director. Leitch and his Fall Guy stunt designer Chris O’Hara...

Our friends at Collider just debuted a new image of a post-mutation Peter Dinklage in The Toxic Avenger.

The Emmy winner stars as Winston Gooze, a downtrodden janitor who’s exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, transforming him into a mutant vigilante.

Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant… justice is best served radioactive.

The bold, new take on Troma’s 1984 cult classic is written and directed by Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore).

Kevin Bacon also stars alongside Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings), Jacob Tremblay (Doctor Sleep), Julia Davis (Phantom Thread), and Taylour Paige (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F).

The Toxic Avenger opens unrated in theaters nationwide on August 29 from Bloody Disgusting, Cineverse, Screambox, and Legendary.

The...

Tom Hardy is not interested in the law, only disorder, in the latest action-packed look at his long-awaited thriller, Havoc. Netflix has now unleashed new footage from the highly anticipated action outing, which sees the Mad Max: Fury Road star join forces with The Raid director Gareth Evans for what promises to be one of the best action movies of the year. You can check out the new Havoc trailer below.

Written and directed by Evans, Hardy will be joined in Havoc by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker and star of Justified and The Mandalorian, Timothy Olyphant. Making up the rest of the supporting cast are Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann (American Born Chinese), Quelin Sepulveda (Good Omens), Luis Guzmán (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), Sunny Pang (Headshot), and Michelle Waterson (Fright Night). Havoc is due to hit Netflix with a bang later this month on April...

Eddie Murphy is opening up about some advice Sidney Poitier once gave him that left him surprised.

In Apple TV+’s new documentary, Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, the Beverly Hills Cop actor shared that the Oscar winner told him not to star in 1992’s Malcom X. At the time, the film was initially being helmed by Norman Jewison, Poitier’s In the Heat of the Night director, who cast Denzel Washington in the lead role before Spike Lee took over as director.

“They were talking about doing Malcolm X,” Murphy recalled. “Norman Jewison was putting it together. They were gonna use The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley. And they approached me about playing Alex Haley. Around that same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at something, and I asked him, ‘Yeah, I’m thinking about playing Alex Haley!’ And Sidney Poitier said,...

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Paramount+ might be one of the biggest losers in the streaming wars, but when it comes to content, it has some of the most brilliant movies and TV shows ever made. Which is the advantage of being one of the oldest Hollywood studios. That’s why we decided to compile a list of the absolute best movies you can find on Paramount+ right now.

Attack the Block Credit – Optimum Releasing

Attack the Block is a British sci-fi comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish. The 2011 film is set in London as an alien species invades Earth. It follows a group of brave teenagers who must fight against predatory aliens to survive the night. Attack the Block stars John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost.

Can a certain sound, made by a particular instrument, sum up an entire era?

It seems unlikely, yet think about those opening notes of Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" from "Beverly Hills Cop" or Brad Fidel's theme for "The Terminator," and you're instantly transported back to the 1980s. Of course, electronic music existed long before that decade. Yet the synthesizer-as-primary-instrument score came to prominence during the '80s, in part due to changing tastes in music and culture, and in part due to the steady rise of independent films, who needed to save a few bucks by employing just one musician instead of dozens.

While the popularity of the synth-heavy score during the 1980s is easily understood, what's surprising and less clear is why this type of sound has lasted ever since, and why it's still so prevalent today. Sure, '80s nostalgia began early and has never really left our culture since.

“The Residence” is now streaming on Netflix, and there are a whole lot of suspects. But that’s what happens when someone gets murdered during a major White House event.

Shonda Rhimes’ new series centers on the murder of the White House Chief Usher A.B. Wynter, who is killed during an event that brings literal hundreds of people to the presidential residence. Don’t worry, you don’t need to keep track of all 157 suspects throughout the series. But you do need to know quite a few of them.

To make your life easier, we have rounded up the key players below.

Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kelechi Watson, Ken Marino and Isiah Whitlock Jr. in “The Residence.” (Jessica Brooks/Netflix) Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba)

Cordelia Cupp is a famed detective and avid birder called in to consult on the case for the Metropolitan Police Department. She is played by Uzo Aduba,...

The Residence is the best murder mystery on Netflix since Knives Out. The White House whodunnit from Bridgerton and Grey's Anatomy executive producer Shonda Rhimes hits the ground running and rarely lets up. Created by Paul William Davies and starring Uzo Uduba as consulting detective Cordelia Cupp, The Residence features an eclectic mix of eccentric characters as it reinvigorates the tried and true murder mystery formula.

The Netflix original series -- inspired by Kate Andersen Brower's book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House -- plays with murder mystery tropes and then catches the audience unaware. There are plenty of suspects, red herrings and hidden agends to keep audiences guessing. Between the twists and turns, and the strength of a star-studded cast, eight episodes almost doesn't feel like enough for this exciting show.

The Residence Orbits Around Uzo Aduba's Cordelia Cupp Aduba Anchors a Star-Studded...

Darren Aronofsky and Mark Heyman have worked together several times over the years. Heyman was Aronofsky’s assistant when he made The Fountain, then he was the co-producer on The Wrestler, a writer on Black Swan, and an executive producer on Mother! So now that Heyman is set to make his feature directorial debut with the horror film Pendulum, it’s good to see that Aronofsky is there to back him up, producing the film through his company Protozoa. Back in October, we heard that Joseph Gordon-Levitt of The Dark Knight Rises and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F had signed on to star in the film. Now, Deadline reports that Phoebe Dynevor of Bridgerton and Fair Play has joined Gordon-Levitt in the cast.

Described as a “terrifying new genre film,” Pendulum will tell the following story: Young couple Patrick (Gordon-Levitt) and Abigail (Dynevor) journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico,...

Jenna Ortega, star of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Wednesday, and 2022's Scream and its sequel, Scream VI, has revealed the next iconic franchise she would love to join, and it's a beloved '80s horror classic. Speaking to IMDb on the SXSW red carpet for the premiere of her new movie, A24's Death of a Unicorn, Ortega shared her hopes of one day sharing the screen with the monstrous Mogwais from the Gremlinsmovies for a feature film revival, which, at this point, is 35 years on from the chaotic creatures last cinematic outing.

The revelation came in a video (below) when Ortega was asked about which mythical creature from her childhood she would like to see have a moment in the spotlight again. Perhaps not the best to be exposed to bright lights, but the actress landed on the scene-stealing furballs from the Gremlins franchise. "You know what I used to love as a kid?...

From outrageous buddy cop antics to superhero chaos, these action comedies bring the heat.

Regal Theaters has a cool program where on Monday nights they offer a “Mystery Movie” night for $5. You don’t know the movie you’re going to see, but it’s usually an upcoming release. My wife and I went last week… and it ended up being a movie I had circled on my release calendar: “Novocaine.” And I’m so happy to report the movie is awesome. It follows this mild-mannered bank executive (played by Jack Quaid) who literally can’t feel pain – like at all. But when a robbery goes down and his coworker gets taken hostage, he has to step up in the most ridiculous, over-the-top way possible. It’s got some of the most inventive action sequences I’ve ever seen – all using his special ability to make it happen. Watching it...

Rarely has a decade been as closely tied to a film genre in pop culture as the 1980s are to ridiculous action movies. The era of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and others of their stripe certainly blend well into the '90s, but the '80s is where the big, beefy, sweaty, machine-gun-toting hero became a staple of cinema. Of course, as with any genre, there were better and worse attempts at hitting the mark with this particular brand of action film. Titles like "The Terminator" and "First Blood" gave credibility to their respective muscular stars, eschewing the camp and absurdity for high-concept sci-fi and gritty political character drama, respectively. But then there were the less artistically sophisticated films -- features like Schwarzenegger's "Commando" and Stallone's "Cobra," which came out back-to-back in 1985 and 1986.

"Cobra," specifically, has become something of a cult classic, in large part because of its cartoonish protagonist.

A brutal killer is stalking the streets of New York City; a man dressed as a police officer. He lures victims in with a false sense of security, traps them with the authority an officer of the law commands, and he murders them, whether they’re guilty or innocent. It took a couple of genre icons to get this idea into production and more icons to deal with the threat on the screen. This is the story of Maniac Cop, and we’re going to find out what happened to this horror movie.

It all began with the 1980 slasher Maniac. The mainstream feature directorial debut of William Lustig, the film caught a lot of attention when it was released, especially for the shocking moments of violence, featuring Tom Savini gore effects. Lustig followed that up with the 1982 action thriller Vigilante, which gained a cult following, but wasn’t a financial success at first.

Although long-running franchises have become a seemingly permanent part of our current cinematic landscape, there's an argument to be made that even the most consistently high-quality series are subject to diminishing returns. The question of whether a sequel can match or surpass an original is still a topic of debate, and it's one that reaches all the way back to an era when sequels were hardly as common as they are now. While the debate makes sense on the surface — after all, on paper, how can any sequel be as fresh and unique as an original? — it's perhaps based on the wrong question. Maybe, despite all the constant franchise rankings and the like, we shouldn't be asking whether a sequel surpasses its predecessor, but rather what new depths and richness are brought to the material that enhances the franchise as a whole.

It's through that lens that I view 1975's "French Connection II,...

Is there a kernel of truth to the notion that "popcorn stars" don't win Oscars? It certainly felt that way to fans hoping to see Demi Moore pull off a Best Actress victory at the 2025 Oscars. Her daring performance as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance had earned her a Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and SAG Award, putting her in frontrunner position as she arrived at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2. But suddenly, those hopes were dashed when Emma Stone read out the winner: Mikey Madison in Anora.

It wasn't unfamiliar to see one of the biggest box-office draws from decades past lose the big one. Perhaps the Academy couldn't see past what Moore had once been told she was — a popcorn actress. She addressed the demeaning title in her Golden Globes acceptance speech nearly two months prior, stating that a producer called her a “popcorn actress” 30 years ago, which...

If you're a Millennial (especially of the elder variety), it's safe to say that you have some memory of "Family Matters" buried deep down in your psyche. Or perhaps it's not that deep down, and that's okay too. The 1990s-era sitcom was one of the biggest parts of ABC's famous "Tgif" lineup for most of the decade. Like shows such as "Full House" and "Step by Step," "Family Matters" was a lighthearted, low-stakes family sitcom about a big, rowdy family and the misadventures they got into. "Family Matters" was specifically set in Chicago and focused on the Winslow family along with their obnoxious neighbor Steve Urkel. Of course, Urkel very quickly became the biggest part of the show, vastly outshining the Winslow kids and often being paired with harried patriarch Carl. 

In a way, it's kind of funny to think that "Family Matters" only became a big hit thanks in...

Shrek is arguably one of the greatest animated franchises ever made, with fans loving the adaptation of the classic children’s picture book by William Steig. In the franchise, actor Eddie Murphy voices the iconic sidekick Donkey. In an interview, Murphy admitted that Donkey is one of the most hilarious characters in the series.

Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop (Credit: Paramount Pictures).

As a result, the comedian-actor felt that Donkey was more deserving of a solo spin-off movie compared to the likes of Puss in Boots. Since the latter has already appeared in two solo movies, Murphy made a strong case for a Donkey spin-off. Here is what Murphy had to say about his only condition for a Donkey spin-off after Shrek 5.

Eddie Murphy reveals his only condition for a Donkey spin-off after Shrek 5

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A fifth Shrek film has been officially in the works. It’s set for a December 2026 release date (around the 25th anniversary of the original film) , with original cast members Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy all confirmed. Murphy himself, in the press lead-up to Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, revealed that some recording had already been done for the film and that his character, Donkey, is set for his own spinoff movie. Dreamworks made the official Shrek 5 announcement via social media, along with a tease for the film you can see embedded above! The Hollywood Reporter has now revealed that Zendaya is now set to star in the film as Shrek and Fiona’s daughter.

Zendaya’s resume is already filled to the brim with anticipated projects as she’s set to make a return to the sandy epic sci-fi franchise with Dune: Messiah, as well...

Subhash K Jha takes a look, once again, at the Salman Khan-Sushmita Sen film, Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge, which also feature Dis Mirza, released in theatre 23 years ago.

What kind of a filmmaker would sign the stunning Sushmita Sen and keep her out of the narration till past intermission? Perhaps a death wish commands the filmmakers to indulge in the most absurdly self-defeating exercises.

The film’s protagonist, Vir (Salman Khan), is forced by his boisterous father to drink a jug of milk with egg yolk and jog all over a village. Vir’s father (Sharat Saxena) is a Thakur, supposedly in a village in Uttar Pradesh. He makes stupid statements like, “Thakurs aren’t supposed to use their brains. They get a headache if they do.”

The same could be said of filmmakers who make such preposterously illogical films in the hope of selling absurdity as a novelty to the audience.

The Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary brought together some of the show's greatest stars for one night only. Perhaps no other SNL alumni have reached the same heights as Eddie Murphy and Will Ferrell. So which comedy icon has a higher net worth?

Murphy and Ferrell were both centerpieces of their respective casts. They comedy taste helped define Saturday Night Live during their eras. And both left SNL to develop lucrative movie careers that continue to this day.

Thanks to Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special, Murphy and Ferrell even got to share the stage in a sketch. It was a nice reminder of how many stars SNL has created and what sketch comedy can look like when two all-time greats are front and center.

What is Eddie Murphy's net worth in 2025?

Eddie Murphy, 63, left Saturday Night Live as arguably comedy's biggest draw. His stand-up comedy tour earned him millions,...

What do you get when you mix parts of an unrealized Beverly Hills Cop script, romantic thriller novel ‘A Running Duck’, and a leading man named Marion? Well, naturally…. a film with a body count of over fifty. A film where the original cut was so violent and so brutal it had to be heavily edited to avoid an X-rating by the MPAA. All starring Sylvester Stallone at the height of his popularity; cutting pizza with scissors in his apartment unreasonably close to an outrageously large neon Pepsi sign and murdering the bejesus out of some really bad dudes. Today, not knowing what the f*ck happened to Cobra is the disease… and we’re the cure. This is Wtf happened to Cobra.

We’re not trying to make you fall for the old “banana in the tailpipe” when we tell you Stallone was originally supposed to star in Beverly Hills Cop.

A run of successful horror remakes abruptly ended in 2010, which spelled trouble for Platinum Dunes. Producer Brad Fuller explains what happened next.

For almost a decade, Platinum Dunes was one of the most successful independent production companies in Hollywood. Beginning with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in 2003, which made over $100 million on a sub-$10m budget, the studio seemed to have hit on a magical formula: make genre movies to a price, attached to classic horror titles.

Texas Chainsaw was therefore followed by a string of other remakes, all based on films from the 70s and 80s: 2005’s The Amityville Horror was followed by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning in 2006; The Hitcher, Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street were all released between 2007 and 2009.

In the financial crisis era, audiences, it seemed, loved gory escapism. But in 2010, something strange happened: Platinum Dunes co-founder Brad Fuller noticed that his phone had stopped ringing.

There are few jobs more sought-after in the comedy world than those on "Saturday Night Live," where a role as a cast member or even a seat in the writer's room can rocket comedians to super-stardom. So when actor and comedian Damon Wayans was offered a spot on the season 11 cast of the show in 1985, he jumped at the chance.

The season was supposed to be a reinvention and a return to form for "SNL," as creator Lorne Michaels was returning to helm the show for the first time in five years, and he hired an entirely new cast to try and shake things up. The season 11 cast featured a number of people who would go on to have decent comedy careers, like Joan Cusack, Jon Lovitz, and Dennis Miller, plus absolute superstar Robert Downey Jr., who was hired alongside his best friend Anthony Michael Hall, but at the time...

Before 1984, the landscape of the cop movie genre was driven by the DNA of Dirty Harry and The French Connection. These pictures were full of hardened detectives who solved their crimes with big guns and an undercurrent of anger against the justice system. When Eddie Murphy entered the scene with Beverly Hills Cop, he would forever change the genre while getting elevated to superstar status worldwide.

One of Wes Craven's most underrated horror films has just arrived at a brand-new streaming home.

Per Paramount+, the streaming platform has officially added Vampire in Brooklyn to its expansive catalog of classic horror films. Vampire in Brooklyn made its debut on Paramount+ on February 1, marking not just the addition of another Wes Craven film to the platform, but another underrated Eddie Murphy film, as well.

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Released in 1995, Vampire in Brooklyn was directed by the late horror icon Wes Craven from a script by writers Michael Lucker, Chris Parker, and Charles Q. Murphy, which itself was adapted from a story by the latter alongside Vernon Lynch and Eddie Murphy. The film starred Eddie Murphy as Maximillian,...

Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein in ‘Frankenstein’ (Photo Credit: Ken Woroner / Netflix)

Netflix’s 2025 film slate is loaded with sequels, animated offerings, and documentaries. Adam Sandler returns for Happy Gilmore 2, Charlize Theron’s back in action for The Old Guard 2, and Daniel Craig slips back into the role of detective Benoit Blanc for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The streamer’s documentary lineup includes films on Eddie Murphy, the Air Force’s Thunderbirds, Charles Manson, and the Titan submersible. Animated offerings include a Witcher project, a K-Pop-themed film, the much-anticipated The Twits, and Simu Liu and Craig Robinson voicing the leads in In Your Dreams.

“We’re not just one thing. We’re the best of film, TV, documentaries, stand-up, animation and live events — and we’re doing it in 50 languages. We’re not afraid to make big bets on compelling voices and new ideas...