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"Something horrible had happened here many years ago. This place is damned." Vertical Entertainment has unveiled an official trailer for a horror film titled The Convent, which first premiered at FrightFest last year. Set in the 17th Century, the story is about a young woman who is saved from execution and sent to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within. Persephone, played by Hannah Arterton, is plagued with terrifying visions upon arrival and soon realizes that it&

Originally based on the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, 1941's Dumbo was the fourth animated feature film made by Walt Disney Productions, following up Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940), and Fantasia (1940).Originally conceived as a short film, Dumbo was reworked as a low-budget feature to help recoup the financial losses of Pinocchio and Fantasia. Made for half the cost of Snow White, the 64-minute film turned a profit, earning $1.6 million during it

Queen Nimue Tempts Hellboy in a New Preview Scene
In the world of Hellboy, the immortal sorceress, Nimue, was once the Lady of the Lake. She was the one who gave Excalibur to King Arthur, which helped him reign in Camelot. But the centuries have not been kind to Nimue, despite her ageless features. She’s the mother of monsters, and her children have been devastated by humanity. Now, Nimue wants her revenge. But in a new preview scene from Hellboy, she sees even more possibilities.
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"Now you just soak up the sun here, Sheryl Crowe." There's nothing like a dark comedy to lighten up the mood, right? Bronzed is a short film straight out of the SXSW Film Festival earlier this month, from the Midnight category. Written and directed by Mike Egan, the short stars fellow filmmaker Linas Phillips, with Johnny Pemberton. What is it about? Neo-sun worshiper Martin prepares to appease the solar Gods with ritual human sacrifice. But first he needs a spray tan. This is another one of th

"They look exactly like us. They think like us. They know where we are. We need to move and keep moving. They won't stop until they kill us… or we kill them." On this episode of The First Word podcast we dive right into a full-on, discussion covering all aspects of Jordan Peele's new horror film Us, his second feature following the highly successful Get Out (from 2017). Friends Alex Billington (@firstshowing) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) team up to bring you a podcast providing in-

"You don't read the book, the book reads you." CBS Films has revealed the first full teaser trailer for the horror adaptation of the beloved book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, produced by Guillermo del Toro. And it looks creepy as hell, with a number of stories from the books coming to life in the freakiest of ways. The film is actually directed by Norwegian filmmaker André Øvredal (Trollhunter, The Autopsy of Jane Doe), and it's also produced by and co-written by del

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The Scary Story to Tell in the Dark Trailer is Here!
CBS Films, Lionsgate and eOne have released the official Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailer! Check it out in the player below!
The Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book series was first published during the 1980s, written/adapted from folklore by Alvin Schwartz and gorily illustrated by Stephen Gammell. The film follows a group of young teens who must solve the mystery surrounding the sudden and macabre death

The wasteland has evolved in Borderlands 3 reveal trailer
After a couple of weeks of teasing the game, Gearbox Software has officially announced the highly-anticipated third installment of its hit first-person shooter series Borderlands with a trailer for the game released at the video game festival PAX East, which can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: Lionsgate’s Borderlands Movie Lands Screenwriter
The series, which started in 2009 and has found large critical and c

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The Dark Knight is upon us in new Gotham poster
Fox has released a new Gotham poster revealing Bruce finally suited up as the Dark Knight ahead of the final two episodes of the series. Check out the full look at Gotham’s Batman in the gallery below!
RELATED: Bruce is Ready to Protect Gotham in New Episode 5.11 Promo
The series stars Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon, Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, and Camren Bicondova a

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Chasing Amy’s Joey Lauren Adams returning for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Within the same day of announcing that another of his View Askweniverse actors would return for the upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, Kevin Smith has brought another star from the past into the mix in the form of Joey Lauren Adams’ Alyssa Jones, who took to Twitter to announce her return.
RELATED: Rosario Dawson Returns for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot#JayAndSilentBobReboot pic.twit

Tom Hanks to play Elvis Presley’s manager in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic
Variety is reporting that Oscar winner Tom Hanks (Cast Away, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia) is in talks to play Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s manager, in Oscar nominee’s Baz Luhrmann’s (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby) upcoming biopic about the iconic musician.
RELATED: Forrest Gump Getting Bollywood Remake as Lal Singh Chadha
Parker discovered Presley when he was just an unknown and quickly move

Joel Coen’s Macbeth to star Denzel Washington & Frances McDormand
For the first time, Joel Coen will be directing a film without his directing/writing/producing partner in crime, his brother Ethan. Variety is reporting that Oscar winners Denzel Washington (Training Day, Fences) and Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Fargo) will be starring in Coen’s Macbeth, who will direct from his own original script.
RELATED: Denzel Washington Gears Up for Cop Drama

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It’s The Last Supper in Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD season 6 cast photo
A couple of months after debuting the first trailer for the upcoming sixth season, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD took to Twitter this morning to debut the first cast photo, which sees the group of principal members surrounding a table reminiscent of the classic Leonardo da Vinci painting The Last Supper. Check out the full photo in the gallery below!
The season five finale saw the team

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Chinese Endgame poster features heroes rising up for the fallen
Asad Ayaz, the president of marketing at Disney, has released the new China poster for Avengers: Endgame, featuring the still standing heroes rising up for the fallen as the final battle against Thanos draws closer. Check out the new poster now in the gallery below!
RELATED: Latest Avengers: Endgame Featurette Shows the Film’s IMAX-Level Scope
Last year’s Avengers: Infinity War saw the titular

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Jared Leto’s Morbius takes flight in set video
Production is still underway on Sony’s Morbius the Living Vampire in Manchester, and now a new video from the set has made its way online. In the video, Jared Leto’s Morbius is wearing a sort of prison uniform and performing a high-wire stunt. Additionally, a couple of photos show the nightmarish place where the story is set, New York.alan.wyn via IG Stories pic.twitter.com/RqqirjZjlw
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWUglyDolls final trailer shows it’s worth fighting for your flaws
STX Films has released the final trailer for its upcoming animated adventure, Uglydolls. You can check it out in the post below!
The film is inspired by the unique and beloved global plush toy phenomenon launched in 2001. It features the acting and singing voices of Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe, Blake Shelton, Pitbull, Wanda Sykes, Emma Roberts, Gabriel Iglesias, and Wang Leehom.
In the ador

The Chernobyl trailer shows an unprecedented disaster
HBO has released the first trailer for Chernobyl, it’s five-part miniseries based on the 1986 explosion at the nuclear power plant that bears the name. The series will zoom in on the lives of the men and women who acted heroically to mitigate the catastrophic damage that devastated the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. You can check out the trailer in the post below!
Jared Harris (Mad Men) portrays Valery Legasov, a lead

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POLL: Should Universal Make Another Jaws Movie?
Is it safe for Universal Pictures to go back in the water and make another Jaws movie? Should it be a legacy sequel, a reboot or a straight-up remake? ComingSoon.net asked its readers these very questions this week, and we have the official results below!
Artist/screenwriter Ian Fried (Spectral) provided us with our header art. You can take a look at the full-size “fakebuster” Jaws poster in the gallery below, and buy a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWJoker: Marc Maron praises Todd Phillips’ ‘interesting approach’ to the film
In an avalanche of superhero movies and projects based on comic books, Todd Phillips’ Joker is looking to set itself apart from the herd, telling a smaller story centered on an iconic villain, years before he’s synonymous with the terror and destruction of Gotham City.
In an interview with NME, co-star Marc Maron explained that while he’s wary of comic book movies in gen

"Did you see what I saw?!?" 20th Century Fox has debuted another official red band trailer for their new set of six Alien Universe shorts. These were created to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott's Alien, first released in May of 1979, and will be released one-by-one every Friday starting tomorrow (March 29th). Fox partnered with crowdsourced studio Tongal and took submissions from fans who wanted to make their own Alien shorts. They received over 550 entries, and only six lucky fil

10 Best Claire Danes Movies
An American actress in possession of four Golden Globes, three Emmys, and two SAG awards, Claire Danes is a performer whose performances span across both film and television. She got her start on the teen drama My So-Called Life and would eventually go on to score the leading role in the critically-acclaimed premium cable show Homeland, but Danes has had all kinds of great feature film performances to match the praise she got for these two TV shows.
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Keri Russell has ‘The coolest costume’ in Star Wars: Episode IX
We still don’t know a lot about Star Wars Episode IX, up to and including the title. But co-star Keri Russell, making her franchise debut later this year, appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk (or not talk) about what the film has in store. One details she did let slip was when talking about being away from her family while filming, she bragged on her character’s costume a li

BEGIN SLIDESHOWRosario Dawson returns for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Director Kevin Smith’s upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Reboot has added another character from the View Askewniverse. Rosario Dawson, who played Becky in Clerks II, will return for Reboot, as confirmed by one of Smith’s Instagram posts. In the photo, he’s still dressed as his character, Silent Bob. You can check out the photo in the player below.
Both Smith and Jason Mewes are reprising their title roles along

1917 lands Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden, and Colin Firth
The war drama 1917 has added a quartet of actors to its cast. Per The Wrap, Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Colin Firth (Mary Poppins Returns), Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) and Mark Strong (Shazam!) have all signed on to the film that focuses on a single day in the life of two British soldiers at the peak of WWI.
Other recent additions to the cast include Andrew Scott, Daniel Mays, Adrian Scarborough, Jamie Parker,

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Game of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju hopes fans cheer for Tormund’s return
When The Night King took down a big chunk of The Wall in the season seven finale of Game of Thrones, Tormund Giantsbane, played by Kristofer Hivju, was there, warning others to run for their lives.
After the season ended, many wondered if the fan-favorite member of the Free Folk had made it out alive. The trailer for season 8 of the series confirmed his return and in an interview with Entertainmen

April 2019 free games for PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold
Sony and Microsoft have both announced the slate of April 2019 free games that will be available to subscribing PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold members.
Two new titles join the PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup on April 2, each offering their own unique take on survival. PlayStation members will receive Conan Exiles, an open world survival game inspired from the classic barbarian tales. Players will b

"Our flaws make us who we are! Those are all worth fighting for…" STX Entertainment has released a third official trailer for the animated UglyDolls movie, opening in theaters in the beginning of May. This is based on the beloved-worldwide little weirdo plush dolls, first created by David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim in 2001. STX's UglyDolls is an animated musical adventure starring the acting & singing voices of Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe, Blake Shelton, and Pitbull

This Is Us Season 3 Episode 17 Recap
At the end of the previous episode of NBC’s This Is Us, Randall left an upsetting voice message on Beth’s phone and closed their bedroom door for an argument. This Is Us Season 3 Episode 17 picked up afterwards for the argument and showcased a history of Randall and Beth’s relationship.Love at First Sight
When Beth ran into Randall at freshman orientation, Randall tried to get her to notice him. He asked Kevin for advice, and Kevin coa

The OA Season 2 Episode 4 Recap
In the previous episode of Netflix’s The OA, we caught up with the boys and BBA in the original dimension. For The OA season 2 episode 4, we’re in the alternate universe as Karim met Prairie.
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Karim went to Treasure Island and talked his way into meeting with Prairie. He wanted her to show him the secret entrance to the house. Prairie convinced Karim to help her break out.
At a diner, Karim explained that a man whose wife was a medium had origin

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Get to know the Titans in the latest Godzilla: King of the Monsters TV spot
The latest Godzilla: King of the Monsters TV spot shows a planet pushed to the brink by warring Titans, and how Godzilla remains humanity’s only hope for survival. You can check it out in the post below!
The Godzilla sequel stars Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring films), and Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) and Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), both reprising their 

"This is Godzilla's world - we just live in it." One of our most anticipated movies of the summer! Warner Bros has debuted a new extended (60 sec) TV spot for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, to compliment the first two trailers released so far. This sequel to Gareth Edwards's Godzilla reboot from 2014 is directed by Mike Dougherty (Trick 'r Treat, Krampus), and it's looking even more epic as Godzilla will battle other recently unearthed massive monsters, including Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimat

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History & Sylvester Stallone team up for period cop drama The Tenderloin
Sylvester Stallone and the History Channel are teaming up for the period cop drama The Tenderloin, according to Deadline. The Creed star will executive produce and direct several episodes, per the report, which are to be penned by Sons of Anarchy and The Shield writer Stephen Kay.
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The series will follow the true exploits of Charles Becker, a cop in

Ashley Zuckerman, Fred Hechinger and more Join Fox’s Fear Street trilogy
Ashley Zukerman (The Wind), Fred Hechinger (Eighth Grade), Julia Rehwald (Panic) and Jeremy Ford (A Mother’s Sacrifice) have joined Kiana Madeira (Sacred Lies) and Olivia Welch (Modern Family) in Twentieth Century Fox’s Fear Street trilogy based on author R.L. Stine’s YA horror book series of the same name, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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David Oyelowo to make directorial debut with The Water Man
Selma star David Oyelowo has selected The Water Man as his directorial debut, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Golden-Globe nominated actor will also star in the project alongside Rosario Dawson (Luke Cage), Lonnie Chavis (This is Us), Amiah Miller (War for the Planet of the Apes), Alfred Molina (The Front Runner) and Maria Bello (A History of Violence). The project will be executive produced by Oprah Winfrey.
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Angelina Jolie May Star In Marvel’s Eternals Movie
For the last few years, Angelina Jolie has been focused on a career behind the cameras. But now, Jolie may be joining one of Marvel Studios’ next films. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jolie is in negotiations to star in The Eternals.
THR’s report doesn’t have any info on who Jolie would portray, but the lead female character in Eternals is Sersi. In the comics, Sersi is a member of the seemingly immortal Eternals w

5 Best Marisa Tomei Movies
Hailing from Brooklyn, actress Marisa Tomei is an American actress through and through. After spending many decades establishing herself as an important and worthy actress across film and television, Tomei was cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a younger, more involved Aunt May to Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. She’s worthy of such greater roles, though. Judging by her possession of an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and three SAG Awards, it’s c