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Official Poster Of The Protégé Featuring Maggie Q And Cast (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

The eagerly anticipated John Wick spin-off Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas in the titular role, is slated for a theatrical release on June 6, 2025. Until it arrives, we recommend checking out a lesser-known but similarly themed action thriller that may have flown under your radar. We are talking about a 2021 film called The Protégé, which was directed by Martin Campbell, the filmmaker behind iconic James Bond movies GoldenEye (1995) and Casino Royale (2006). Read on to know about the film’s plot and where you can watch it on Ott.

The Protégé – Plot & Lead Cast

The film follows the story of a highly skilled contract killer, Anna (played by Maggie Q), who was rescued as a child by a legendary assassin, Moody (Samuel L. Jackson). Moody raises Anna as his own daughter and teaches her all the tricks of the trade.

The reputation of Martin Campbell's 2011 superhero flick "Green Lantern" precedes it. "Green Lantern" was one of the more high-profile bombs of its decade, making $237 million on a $200 million budget. Although the Hal Jordan/Green Lantern character had been a part of DC Comics since 1959, he was still a tough sell to mainstream audiences, given how strange he was. 

Briefly: the Green Lantern belongs to the Green Lantern Corps, a widespread intergalactic peacekeeping force of aliens that merrily sails around the cosmos righting wrongs. The members of the Corps are "selected" by semi-sentient rings that affix themselves randomly to their fingers and grant them bizarre superpowers. Green Lantern can fly, yes, but also construct physical objects ... out of the color green. Oh yes, and green is the color of willpower, and the other colors of the spectrum also have their own emotional powers behind them. The mythology runs deeper, of course,...

"The dead are gone. Only the living matter. After my daughter was born, I wanted to leave this life. I thought I did."

Following up on the John Wick animated prequel news, Lionsgate also announced today that John Wick: Chapter 4 star Donnie Yen will direct and headline an upcoming spinoff film centered around his scene-stealing character Caine.

The untitled feature is expected to kickstart production in Hong Kong later this year, with a screenplay from The Batman Part II scribe Mattson Tomlin. Plot details remain under warps, but the new film will continue Caine's story arc following the events of Chapter 4, as he has been freed from his obligations to the High Table.

It will be stylistically modeled on the uniquely designed action films that Yen helped make famous, so fans of the action legend should be very, very excited.

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Michael Keaton's action thriller that made only $8.7 million at the box office in 2021 becomes a global Netflix hit three years later. After gaining recognition for his comedic performance in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice in 1988, Keaton rose to greater fame for his portrayal of the iconic superhero in Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). In the following years, Keaton starred in various comedies and dramas, such as Clean and Sober, Much Ado About Nothing, The Paper, Multiplicity, Jack Frost, Herbie: Fully Loaded, and The Other Guys.

Keaton's career saw a resurgence in 2014 after starring in Birdman, playing a washed-up actor seeking a comeback and earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Since then, he's starred in several dramas, such as the Best Picture winner Spotlight, while also returning to his iconic roles as Batman in 2023's The Flash and in 2024's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. In recent years, Keaton has also...

Marvel Comics is beginning its exploration of the era following Emperor Palpatine's death in Return of the Jedi, and for the first time, I feel like I truly understand how fractious and divided the Empire was at that point in the Star Wars timeline. This sets the stage for a complex dynamic, as the dramatic tension of the Empire's fall and the Republic's rise is fertile storytelling ground.

In Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #3 – written by Alex Segura, with art by Jethro Morales and Leonard Kirk – the faction of radical Imperial loyalists led by Moff Adelhard is further divided; as the Moff scrambles to consolidate power in the wake of Palpatine's demise, he faces a major betrayal from his second-in-command, Lieutenant Alaytia.

As a reader, this really drove home for me just how perilous the post-rotj landscape was for the Imperial forces throughout the galaxy, as they...

If you were waiting for John Woo‘s latest action thriller film The Killer, featuring his signature action style and a thrilling story. Then the wait is finally over as the Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy-led film is finally available to stream on Peacock. Based on Woo’s 1989 film of the same name, the Peacock film is co-written by Brian Helgeland, Josh Campbell, and Matt Stuecken and it follows the story of a deadly assassin as she refuses to kill a young blind woman and in turn her employer puts out a hit on her, forcing her to kill the people coming after her while being hunted by a relentless cop. So, if you loved the high-octane action, thrilling story, and interesting characters in The Killer here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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General Hospital (Gh) spoilers indicate that Ava Jerome (Maura West) has always been able to count on Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) to be in her corner. A few years back, Trina approached Ava with her desire to intern with Ava at her gallery.

Although she was a bit hesitant at first, Ava came to rely on Trina as her assistant. They also became close on a personal level, with Ava almost considering her a daughter. Ava had already lost Kiki Jerome (Hayley Erin) when Ryan Chamberlain (John Lindstrom) killed her.

General Hospital Spoilers – Ava Jerome Almost Lost Her Life Because Of Trina Robinson

When Heather Webber aka “The Hook” (Alley Mills) started killing Trina’s support system, Ava was her first victim. Luckily, she was found by Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) and Dex Heller (Evan Hofer) who kept Ava alive until paramedics could arrive.

On the other hand, Trina has defended Ava rigorously,...

CBS’s FBI season five concludes with episode 23, which also happens to be the show’s 100th episode. Directed by Alex Chapple from a script by Rick Eid and Joe Halpin, episode 23 – “God Complex” – will air on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

Shantel VanSanten returns to guest star as Nina Chase.

“God Complex” Plot: When a prominent doctor is found dead in a ritualistic slaying, the team must race against the clock to hunt down a religiously motivated serial killer. Also, Scola faces a life-or-death decision.

Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie...

The death of seven teenagers has the team hustling to find the person responsible on CBS’s FBI season five episode 22, “Torn.” Directed by Yamgzom Brauen from a script by Thomas Kelly, episode 22 will air on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

“Torn” Plot: After finding a group of teens dead from a drug overdose, the team races to find the dangerous dealer and his supplier. Meanwhile, Oa questions where he stands in his faith.

Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘Oa’ Zidan, and Chris Petrovski...

Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘Oa’ Zidan and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 21

The team leaps into action to solve a kidnapping on CBS’s FBI season five episode 21, “Privilege.” Directed by Carlos Bernard from a script by Claire Demorest, episode 21 will air on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

“Privilege” Plot: All eyes are on the team when they try to find out who kidnapped the only child of a prominent U.S senator. The abduction also uncovers a potential link to a similar...

Adrienne Rose Bengtsson reprises her role as Maggie’s sister, Erin Bell, on CBS’s FBI season five episode 20. Directed by Tim Busfield from a script by Rick Eid and Joe Halpin, episode 20 – “Sisterhood” – will air on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

“Sisterhood” Plot: A drug dealer is shot in a federal park and the team sets out to look for his killer; Maggie’s sister returns to New York and complicates the case.

Adrienne Rose Bengston as Erin Bell and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 20

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Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell and Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘Oa’ Zidan in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 18

The team is on the hunt for stolen ammunition on CBS’s FBI season five episode 18, “Obligation.” Directed by Alex Zakrzewski from a script by Claire Demorest, episode 18 will air on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

“Obligation” Plot: When the deputy commander of an Air National Guard Base is kidnapped and forced to give over access codes, the team must work quickly to find the suspect along with stolen ammunition. Also,...

Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell and Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘Oa’ Zidan in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 16

CBS’s FBI is taking a two-week break and will return with season five episode 16 on March 14, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt. Episode five, directed by Eduardo Sanchez from a script by York Walker and Thomas Kelly, finds the team searching for an ex-Marine.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

Recurring season five guest stars include Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, James Chen as Ian Lim, Roshawn Franklin as Agent Hobbs, Mara Davi as Samantha Kelton, Caleb Reese Paul as Tyler Kelton,...

Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘Oa’ Zidan and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 15

The team searches for a possible Croatian connection to a security agent’s death on FBI season five episode 15, “The Lies We Tell.” Directed by Lisa Robinson from a script by Rick Eid and Joe Halpin, episode 15 will air on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

Recurring season five guest stars include Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, James Chen as Ian Lim, Roshawn Franklin as Agent Hobbs, Mara Davi as Samantha Kelton,...

The team’s investigation of armed robberies explodes into something bigger than they expected on CBS’s FBI season five episode 14. Directed by Rick Eid and Joe Halpin from a script by Jean de Segonzac, episode 14 – “Money for Nothing” – will air on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

Recurring season five guest stars include Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, James Chen as Ian Lim, Roshawn Franklin as Agent Hobbs, Mara Davi as Samantha Kelton, Caleb Reese Paul as Tyler Kelton, Anthoula Katsimatides as Nsa Rep Sarah, and Nate Richman as Swat Leader Dan.

Hey, "FBI" fans. We're back on here to , once again, let you know that this current delay period of FBI will be ending next Tuesday night, February 14, 2023 with CBS airing the next, new episode 13 of FBI's current season 5. In light of that, we do have some spoilery info for this new episode 13 to run by you guys. We were able to get a couple of new, official teaser descriptions for this new episode 13 from CBS' official episode 13 press release synopsis. So, that is what we'll be presenting to you in this spoiler session. Let's get to it. For starters, there is an official title for this new episode 13 of FBI's current season 5. It's called, "Protege." It sounds like episode 13 will feature some very scandalous, intense, dramatic, interesting, action-filled and suspenseful scenes as a professional informant turns up murdered. A reconnection between two people goes down and more.

Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell and Joelle Carter as Gwen Carter in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 13

CBS’s FBI will return from a three-week break with season five episode 13, “Protégé.” Episode 13, featuring Joelle Carter as Maggie’s old colleague/mentor Gwen Carter, airs on February 14, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

Recurring season five guest stars include Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, James Chen as Ian Lim, Roshawn Franklin as Agent Hobbs, Mara Davi as Samantha Kelton, Caleb Reese Paul as Tyler Kelton, Anthoula Katsimatides as Nsa Rep Sarah, and Nate Richman as Swat Leader Dan.

A veteran Hollywood cast and skilled direction take a convoluted B-movie plot to higher ground. The Protégé puts a brutalized orphan girl under the tutelage of a wily assassin. He becomes a father, friend, and mentor. Who teaches her to go for the jugular like a stalking tiger. The film is loaded with punishing action scenes, but succumbs to periodic silliness with nonsensical flirtations and wild plot twists.

The Protégé opens in 1991 Da Nang, Vietnam. An elite hit man, Moody (Samuel L. Jackson), finds a bloodied preteen girl (Eva Nguyen Thorsen) under dangerous circumstances. He admires the child's toughness and decides to take her under his wing. Three decades later, Anna (Maggie Q), has become a London sophisticate. She owns a high-end rare bookstore. Selling vintage Edgar Allan Poe by day, then savagely collecting million dollar bounties at night. Anna and Moody specialize in finding those who wish to disappear in the shadows.

There are a majority of adult-skewing movies opening this weekend that were poised to perform poorly, even if there weren’t any concerns about the pandemic.

However, there are two bright spots to be thankful for: Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy is holding up significantly better than expected, bound for an estimated $17.2M, easing an amazing -39%, after a second $5.2M Friday, -50% for what will be a 10-day total of $57.2M.

Meanwhile, Paramount and Spinmaster’s little kid pic Paw Patrol is coming in better than expected, even with a day-and-date drop on Paramount+, with $4.5M yesterday, for what’s looking to be a $13.5M weekend at 3,184 theaters. The movie was originally expected to file in the high single digits. Out of the new stuff, the animated feature based on the TV series has the best CinemaScore with an A- and great reviews at 84% certified fresh. The most...

While one doesn’t think of the James Bond film series as a director-driven franchise, there have nevertheless been filmmakers throughout 007’s nearly 60-year cinematic career who have defined or developed the character at different stages.

Yet only one director has had the chance to reboot and reinvent the character twice, with two different actors: Martin Campbell. His first Bond effort, 1995’s GoldenEye, came after a six-year hiatus and introduced Pierce Brosnan as a more suave 007 after the humorless Timothy Dalton. The film also dealt head-on with Bond’s relevance in a post-Cold War world and whether he was a relic himself.

Campbell got the call again a decade later when Brosnan left the series after the woeful, ridiculous Die Another Day. This time he took Bond — in the form of Daniel Craig — literally back to the beginning: 2006’s Casino Royale was not just a mostly faithful adaptation of Ian Fleming...

Chicago – I’ve always felt that the line between being a spy or an assassin has always been blade-thin. Both kill people based on the orders of someone else.

They are always highly trained in fighting and gun-fu. There is a great chance that they will be absolutely charming and unusually attractive because the job demands it.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Hell, they might even be prone to age-inappropriate relationships that stem from mommy or daddy issues. The true deciding factor on your future path will depend on who picks you to be your mentor, and here is where we find the origin of The Protégé.

There are few genres as forgiving as the action genre. Here you’ll find that the plot is the least important element as long as the leads are charismatic enough, and the fight choreography is on point. There is so much more than that to love in...

The Protégé is the story of three deadly assassins, trained killers for seemingly their entire lives, whose paths cross in unexpected ways. Maggie Q plays Anna, who was rescued as a child by Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and raised by him to become the world’s most dangerous killer for hire. When her father figure/mentor himself is slaughtered, she goes after those responsible — but has to go through a mysterious man named Rembrandt (Michael Keaton), himself a professional assassin with whom a mutual yet suspicious attraction develops.

The Protégé is directed by Martin Campbell, the New Zealand-born filmmaker best known for two of the biggest James Bond films of all time, 1995’s GoldenEye with Pierce Brosnan and 2006’s Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. Campbell, whose other credits include the groundbreaking 1985 UK series Edge of Darkness, 1998’s The Mask of Zorro, and the 2017 Jackie Chan thriller The Foreigner, knows the...

The new action, crime, thriller, The Protégé, starring the simply amazing Maggie Q, is such a treasure trove of tantalizing action sequences and delightful performances that one may finding themselves hoping that it might be that start of a lucrative franchise.

Anna (Maggie Q) is one of the more prolific contract killers in the world. But when her father figure, Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) is brutally murdered, she embarks on a quest for revenge that leads her down a rabbit hole of deceit and deadly confrontations that becomes far more complex than a simple attempt at an eye for an eye retribution.

Penned by Richard Wenk, who wrote both The Equalizer (2014) and The Equalizer 2 (2018) among others, the film plays as a standard revenge tale with a few flourishes here and there and a well-placed twist or two to keep the story fresh throughout. Martin Campbell, who also directed Casino Royale...

Those distributors with new movies this weekend will find they can easily blame any soured performance at the box office on the delta variant and vax cards being required at NYC, San Francisco and New Orleans cinemas.

But, let’s not forget one huge thing: It’s late August and that means it’s the season for lower wattage IP aimed at varying niche demos and kids heading back to school. Historically such factors have never created a stampede at the box office, however, there’s more reason to expect lower ticket sales as two of this weekend’s wide entries are going day-and-date with their studios’ streaming services. This Friday Comscore reports 47% K-12 schools are still on summer break, while 79% colleges are out; that’s down from last week’s respective 67% and 95%.

Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy is expected to continue its reign at the box office with around $14M,...

Lionsgate has revealed the first trailer for The Protégé. This action flick has a ton going for it on paper. Not only does it feature Oscar-winner Michael Keaton duking it out with Maggie Q but it's even got some Samuel L. Jackson thrown in there for good measure. Not to mention that it's directed by Martin Campbell, who previously introduced us to Daniel Craig's James Bond in Casino Royale. As we can see from the trailer, Campbell and the cast packed a whole lot of fighting and explosions into this one.

The trailer kicks off with Samuel L. Jackson's character Moody offering up some advice to Maggie Q's Anna. We then get a look at Anna's particular set of skills, which are impressive. She knows her way around a gun. These two have racked up quite the body count over the years and that comes back to bite in a painful way.

Lionsgate has released the first trailer for The Protégé, a new action-thriller starring Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, and Michael Keaton. The film opens in theaters on August 20th.

The Protégé stars Maggie Q as Anna, a contract killer who was rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Jackson) and trained as his protégé. When Moody is brutally killed, Anna plots revenge against his murderer (Keaton) in a weaving cat-and-mouse game. The trailer shows off plenty of knife fights, shootouts, and Bond-like glamour mixed with other harrowing action scenes,...

The Lucky Exports Pitch Program, founded by Christina Hodson’s Hodson Exports and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment, has sold five action feature pitches to major film companies including Warner Bros., Sony, Universal, New Line, and Thunder Road, and is in development on a high concept television series.

The Lucky Exports Pitch Program was created by Hodson and Morgan Howell of Hodson Exports and Robbie, Josey McNamara, and Tom Ackerley of LuckyChap Entertainment

The program’s goal was to create opportunities for female-identifying writers to gain exposure and the experience needed in order to be hired on studio/franchise jobs. The program was a huge success with all the feature pitches sold, some in competitive situations. The pitch sales mark the first feature deals for each writer.

From Nov. 4th to Dec. 6th, 2019, six female-identifying writers participated in an action focused writers’ room. Starting in most cases with no more than a logline or title,...

The Television Academy’s decision to change the formula for the number of nominations in each category may have benefited the artisans and below-the-line talent on programs the most.

While the number of comedy and drama nominees expanded to eight, all other categories had to rely on a submission count to determine how many slots they got. For most of the supporting performer categories, that also meant an expansion to eight. Most categories that were already at six stayed there, however.

In a few cases, the new rule actually meant the loss of a nominee: In variety talk, because there were only 24 submissions, the race went from six to five slots — forcing the ouster of “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” In variety sketch and children’s program, the number of nominees was reduced to just three, due to a paltry number of entrants.

But many of the craft categories,...

Exclusive: Agnes Varda doc, Hungarian Competition title get UK deals.

UK arthouse stalwart Curzon Artificial Eye has beefed up its slate with the acquisition of two further Cannes titles.

The company has picked up revered Belgian director Agnes Varda’s latest film Faces Places (Visages Villages), which premiered as a special screening. The film is a documentary road-trip in which she travels through rural France with photographer/muralist Jr.

The deal was negotiated with Liz Mackiewicz of Cohen Media Group.​

Screen’s Cannes review called the documentary a “heartwarming road trip”.

Curzon has also moved for Kornél Mundruczó’s Hungarian-German co-production Jupiter’s Moon, which premiered In Competition at Cannes this year. The film follows a young Syrian refugee who is shot down while illegally crossing the border. Terrified and in shock, the wounded man can now mysteriously levitate at will. Thrown into a refugee camp, he is smuggled out by a doctor intent on exploiting his extraordinary...

No, you’re not dreaming – Metroid Prime 4 is real, and it’s coming to Nintendo Switch. If you’re now frantically looking for more details on Samus Aran’s long-awaited return, you shouldn’t bother – the Big N revealed nothing other than the fact that the sequel is in active development.

Confirmation comes by way of Nintendo’s games spotlight at E3 2017 today, but the title is clearly in very early development, as no gameplay or cinematic trailer was in sight to whet fans’ appetite. No, for now, we’ll just have to be happy that Nintendo has finally decided to return to the series, which hasn’t had a mainline entry since Metroid Prime 3: Corruption all the way back in 2007. That’s right, a decade has passed since we last set out on a first-person adventure across the galaxy.

We wish there was more to share, but for now,...

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We know all about Norman Bates and Patrick Bateman, but what about their homes? Let's take a look inside...

Nb: The following contains spoilers for Silence Of The Lambs, Psycho, Seven, American Psycho, Manhunter and A Place In The Sun series two. We may be lying about that last one.

As programmes like Through The Keyhole and Homes Under The Hammer prove, you can tell an awful lot about a person from the house they live in. But those programmes always focused on relatively well-adjusted types - peeople who had jobs in television or sport, or maybe a man named Ken from the home counties who's just bought a bungalow at auction and wants to do it up for a tidy profit. That kind of thing.

What might the homes of the more criminally minded tell us about them? What kind of soft furnishings do they like?...

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The science fiction genre is rife with films from across the quality spectrum, along with one of the more passionate fanbases. Movies in this particular genre can be noisily action-packed or quietly meditative (sometimes both), with the genre best used to commentate on social and political matters amongst a world filled with crazy technology, robots and mutants.

Many a masterpiece falls into the sci-fi category, with director Duncan Jones adding his film Moon to that list way back in 2009. His adoration for the genre is in every frame, and using minimal cast with one setting (hint, it’s in the title) Jones crafted a movie that was unfortunately not seen by many but treasured by those who were lucky enough to catch it.

At the end of last year, Jones finally announced that his next film, Mute,...

The powerful swapped places with the powerless on Monday’s Supergirl, as Alex and Winn stepped up to free a weakened Kara and Mon-El from the bonds of slavery. And to think, this all happened because Kara was getting bored.

RelatedExclusive: Flash/Supergirl Musical Episode Stages Glee Reunion, Casts Darren Criss as the Menacing Music Meister

Kara and Mon-El’s hellish trip to Slaver’s Moon — a wasteland of a planet, complete with a power-zapping red sun and an atmosphere toxic to Martians — began when Kara got a little too invested in the story of a missing teen. Naturally, Mon-El...

“We leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.” — Cernan’s closing words on leaving the moon at the end of Apollo 17.

Apollo 17 Astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died Monday, Jan. 16. (1934-2017)

“Cernan, a Captain in the U.S. Navy, left his mark on the history of exploration by flying three times in space, twice to the moon. He also holds the distinction of being the second American to walk in space and the last human to leave his footprints on the lunar surface.” – Nasa

We interviewed Captain Cernan for the documentary The Last Man On The Moon. This is the story of one of the very few men who went to the moon not only once, but twice. He first went to the moon on the Apollo 10 mission. It was the dress rehearsal for...

Sing has almost everything required for a Hollywood animation: the big names (Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, etc.), the chart-topping soundtrack (the rights to the music in this film must have cost a fortune), and, even, a decent premise. The one thing it’s missing — and perhaps the most important quotient – is any real sense of chemistry.

Buster Moon (McConaughey) is our protagonist, an at-times-too-friendly koala bear that’s trying to save his deteriorating (both financially and physically) theater from its impending doom. He holds a singing competition that ends up attracting most of the city, including a stay-at-home pig named Rosita (Witherspoon), a mouthy street performer mouse named Mike (MacFarlane), a punk teenage porcupine named Ash (Johansson), a gangster gorilla’s son named Johnny (Taron Egerton), and a flamboyant pig named Gunter (Nick Kroll). Along the way, he also picks up Meena (Tori Kelly), an elephant...

Chicago – Put it in the books. The highly successful and popular Asian Pop-Up Cinema in Chicago closed their 2016 Fall Season with “Round Trip Heart,” a Japanese film from female director Yuki Tanada. Ms. Tanada tells the story of Hachiko, a food cart attendant who works on the “Romance Train.” She temporarily goes off track when a mysterious stranger reads a private note from her mother, and insists on taking the buttoned-up woman on a journey to find that mother. Tanada appeared on behalf of her film at the final Asian Pop-Up Cinema screening for 2016.

Yuki Tanada began her film career in 2004, writing and directing the saucy “Moon to Cherry,” about members of a college porn-writing club. Other films written and directed by her include “Million Yen Girl” (2008) and the film that screened at the Asian Pop-Up Cinema, “Round Trip Heart” (2015). She has also directed adapted works from other sources, including...

Scream Factory has released Bad Moon to Blu-ray, and they’ve included both the theatrical cut, as well as the rarer director’s cut. I don’t want to oversell it, this isn’t Nightbreed, the director’s cut of Bad Moon actually clocks in at a few seconds less than the theatrical. That I can tell, the only difference throughout the entire film is that transformation scene, which really makes little difference. I know several people who consider this to be one of their favorite horror films, but other than that, it’s rarely one I see mentioned. The werewolf genre is criminally unappreciated in the first place, and a lot of the really good ones are just obscure enough that they never really capture the attention of the mainstream. Bad Moon is a solid werewolf movies. And Scream Factory has released the most complete version to date.

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"Hello, Hal. Do you read me?" This is awesome! Editor/filmmaker Luc Bergeron, also known as Zapatou, has released a mashup video featuring scenes from 25 space movies all edited together to tell one 5-minute story. It's actually quite amusing, especially once things get going. The video is titled Space Story: A Bad Day and includes footage from pretty much every great sci-fi/space movie ever made - from Star Wars to The Fifth Element to 2001: A Space Odyssey to Apollo 13 to Moon to Armageddon to Avatar to Guardians of the Galaxy and everything else. This reminds me of the Hell's Club mashup but with space movies. Enjoy! Thanks to Kottke for the tip. Edited by Luc Bergeron, also known as Zapatou. He writes: "Here is my new Mashup. 25 movies in 4 minutes. The action starts at 1.40, but you have to watch the start for understanding story." For more from Zapatou, follow him on Twitter or check out his ...

For my money, there are few up and coming filmmakers who are more exciting to follow than Duncan Jones. He is a director who consistently puts out unique movies that make you always want to see what he has up his sleeve next. This week, he goes big and blockbuster for the first time with Warcraft, based on the obsessively played online computer game. It’s my least favorite work from Jones, I concede that, having loved Moon and dug Source Code, but it’s his most ambitious, so that’s of note too, as well. That being said, it’s finally getting him into the mainstream, so I can take that as a real positive. It may even get a passion project or two of his (like the science fiction tale Mute) off the ground! This epic film is an adaptation of the video game World of Warcraft. It...

Lee Byung-Hun ended 2015 on a high note with the hit political thriller Inside Men, which attracted over nine million viewers to theaters. He did a fantastic job at pulling off the character of political henchman Ahn Sang-Goo in the film.

(Still: Ahn croons Lee Eun-Ha’s ‘Spring Rain’ as he advances against Moon to hammer his fingers to shreds.)

On the heels of the massive success of Inside Men, Lee recently starred in the Us thriller Misconduct, with Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins and Josh Duhamel.

Lee has extended his influence beyond Asia to Hollywood, and his films continue to make waves internationally.

Here are his next films to look forward to.

The Magnificent Seven

Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ The Magnificent Seven, in which Lee features as Billy Rocks, who is probably the new version of one of the seven.

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As When Marnie Was There emerges on disc, we look at Ghibli's final films and what they mean for the future of animation...

If there’s one abiding message behind Studio Ghibli’s animated output, it’s that nothing is permanent. Happiness is delicate; summers pass; memories fade. But the brilliance of the Japanese animation house’s movies is that they find joy in the fleeting, not just melancholy. The encounter between two children and adorably rotund woodland spirits in My Neighbour Totoro is all the more special because it’s presented very definitely as a one-off: a chance meeting that can never happen again.

Studio Ghibli was founded in 1984 following the success of Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind, Hayao Miyazaki’s masterful, dazzlingly detailed sci-fi fantasy. From that point on, Miyazaki was established as the sharpest prong on Ghibli’s creative trident, the others...

When Marnie Was There will be Studio Ghibli's last feature. We look at Ghibli's final films and what they mean for the future of animation.

If there’s one abiding message behind Studio Ghibli’s animated output, it’s that nothing is permanent. Happiness is delicate; summers pass; memories fade. But the brilliance of the Japanese animation house’s movies is that they find joy in the fleeting, not just melancholy. The encounter between two children and adorably rotund woodland spirits in My Neighbour Totoro is all the more special because it’s presented very definitely as a one-off: a chance meeting that can never happen again.

Studio Ghibli was founded in 1984 following the success of Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind, Hayao Miyazaki’s masterful, dazzlingly detailed sci-fi fantasy. From that point on, Miyazaki was established as the sharpest prong on Ghibli’s creative trident, the others...

Luna Park: Tom Cruise wants to make another sci-fi movie with director Doug Liman. They previously teamed for last year's sci-fi adventure Edge of Tomorrow (above), as well as the upcoming modern-day thriller Mena, set for release on January 6, 2017. Now Cruise has joined Liman on the latter's long-in-development project Luna Park. The story follows "a group of renegade employees who venture to the Moon to steal an energy source." [Variety]   Pacific Rim 2:...

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During his meteoric ascent through the filmmaking ranks, Duncan Jones has had one itch that he’s still to scratch. Mute, a small noir sci-fi that was shaping up to be the director’s homage to his beloved Blade Runner, slipped away as he shifted gears from Moon to Source Code and now onto Warcraft. Well, it’s slipped right back again. Talking exclusively to Empire at Legendary’s Comic-Con preview night, Jones revealed that Mute is back on the agenda.“Dark Horse and Glenn Fabry and myself have been working on the graphic novel for [Mute] for years now – literally years – and there’s a very good chance, if I can squeeze [it in] in these 11 months, that you’ll see the film before you see the graphic novel.”That period, of course, represents the gap between Warcraft being locked (and it’s only a few effects shots away now) and its...

One brave Guardian ventured into the depths of the Moon to take on Destiny‘s Crota’s End raid by himself and lived to tell the tale.

Designed to put even the most talented six-player fireteams to the test, the impressive feat was done by YouTube user sc Slayerage, who took down the titular Hive master in a measly 33 minutes.

Playing as a Hunter, Slayerage utilized the class’s ability to turn invisible in order to circumvent large groups of enemies, saving precious ammo and time as he makes a beeline for Crota itself. Armed with the Gjallarhorn — a rocket launcher with the highest burst damage you can find — along with plenty of ammunition and a sharp eye for a good sniper shot, the Destiny devotee makes the raid, which often takes a pack of six Guardians hours to complete, seem like a walk in the park.

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Almost fifty years since it first wowed cinemagoers at the tail-end of the '60s, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is back in the public consciousness thanks to a cinema re-release as part of the BFI's Days of Fear and Wonder sci-fi season and its place in the just-released Kubrick Blu-ray Masterpiece Collection. That's not to mention Christopher Nolan's outer space drama Interstellar, a film that very much hangs in the shadow of its illustrious predecessor.

After destroying mankind at the close of Dr Strangelove in 1964, Kubrick sought to tell a more progressive story about humanity with his follow-up. Teaming with heralded sci-fi author Arthur C Clarke, Kubrick fashioned a screenplay that tracked the evolution of man through encounters with giant black monoliths.

Eventually released in 1968, a year before Apollo 11 touched down on the moon, 2001 was hugely ambitious both in narrative and technical terms. Kubrick reached...

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And then there was the week when Doctor Who threw an Mra-esque tantrum about abortion.

After last week’s episode, reader Danielm80 and I independently came to the conclusion that the Doctor has been engaging in “Pickup Artist”-style behavior toward Clara, including “negging.” This week the Doctor appears to take inspiration from “Men’s Rights Activists,” who believe that straight white men are the most oppressed people on Earth, as evidenced by, for example, the fact that women can have abortions without being legally required to consult with and get the permission of the father of the embryo she’s carrying.

Doctor Who under Steven Moffat has had numerous problems with its depictions of women, but by now venturing into Pua and Mra territory, it is heading down the most vile black hole of misogyny, where the nonhumanity of women isn’t under debate, it’s foundational.

Every day seems to bring a new release celebrating the anniversary of some well known movie from the past. Moontrap may not be that well known, but Olive Films is honoring the Walter Koenig/Bruce Campbell sci-fi horror flick’s 25th anniversary with its first ever DVD/Blu-ray release.

It would probably be fair to call Moontrap an obscure film these days since it has never been released on DVD or Blu-ray (at least in the Us) since its brief theatrical run and video release all the way back in 1989. VHS and gray market DVDs have been the only way to see the movie until now.

The best way to describe Moontrap to the uninitiated is to imagine a Stuart Gordon-esque splicing of Alien and Hardware.

Synopsis:

During a routine flight, two veteran space shuttle pilots ("Star Trek’s" Walter Koenig and Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell) discover an...

Coming from producer Robert Kiviat (Alien Autopsy) is a new feature that's looking to blow the lid off of another cover-up that proves the existence of alien life - Aliens on the Moon: The Truth Exposed. Read on for details.

From the Press Release

Syfy will host the world premiere of Aliens On The Moon: The Truth Exposed, a two-hour event documentary special on Sunday, July 20, 2014.

July 20, 2014, marks the 45th anniversary of man’s first landing on the Moon. We’ve all seen the footage and know the “official” story from news reports, the Internet, and, for younger viewers, the history books. But what haven’t we been told about Earth’s closest neighbor? What really happened on that historic day? What did our astronauts encounter on the lunar surface? And what don’t our world’s governments want us to know?

In this controversial special we will look at...

Y'know, Sam Rockwell is just an all around likeable actor. His name being attached to any project is almost always a bonus as he brings a credibility and energy to his performances each and every time. From Moon to Choke to Iron Man 2 to Snow Angels and more, Rockwell has shown that he can play any number of roles, crazy, cool, slimy, conniving, smart, etc., the guy is just a blast to watch. So, with his name being at the top of the list for the lead in the remake of Tobe...