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Coming up to the 30th anniversary ofThe Addams Family, director Barry Sonnenfeld reflected back upon his experience in making the original live-action movie. In 1991, Sonnenfeld took on the original live-action movie as a first-time director, and its success established him as a Hollywood name. He went on to helm the sequelAddams Family Valuesalong with titlesGet Shorty,Wild Wild West, and the first threeMen in Blackmovies. In a new Variety interview,Barry Sonnenfeldnotes how the project wasn’t quite so fun behind the scenes....

Our journey toInfinity Warcontinues by looking back atMarvel’s The Avengers, which is perhaps the most important superhero movie in the history of the genre. And quite possibly the greatest, if you’re like me and like to think ofThe Dark Knightas an action/thriller that happens to have a guy in a costume in it some of the time. In any case, so far, we’ve looked at all of Marvel’s individual Phase 1 movies that got us to this point....

Nobody has ever failed so hard at trying to be good asThe Bad Guys. In the new action comedy from DreamWorks Animation, based on the New York Times best-selling book series, a crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet—becoming model citizens. Have they got the goods to be good? Never have there been five friends as infamous asThe Bad Guys—dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf (Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell,Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), seen-it-all safecracker Mr....

The BatmandirectorMatt Reevesreportedly wants to bring some Hitchcock suspense into the upcoming standalone movie. The director is currently on a press tour for his upcomingWar for the Planet of the Apes, which ahs been gaining praise from viewers of early screenings. It’s definitely a transitional time for DC and Warner Bros., on where they decide to bring their characters after the success ofWonder Woman. That was a movie that set out to capture the essence of the character, something sorely lacking in previous DCEU movies....

The New Mutants, after literally years of waiting, has finally arrived in theaters. It becomes the first major blockbuster to get a wide release in months since most theaters in the U.S. were shut down in March. But with far more theaters opening up this weekend, Disney decided to take a chance and release theX-Menspin-off in the hopes that it can capitalize on pent-up demand. So far, the results are decent, all things considered....

The Oathtakes aim at today’s world of divisive politics and their effect on family gatherings. The comedy starsTiffany Haddishalong with Ike Barinholtz, who also wrote and directed the film.The Oathis Barinholtz’s directorial debut and also stars John Cho, Carrie Brownstein, Billy Magnussen, Meredith Hagner, Jon Barinholtz, Nora Dunn, and Chris Ellis. The movie takes place around the Thanksgiving holiday and watches a family struggle to keep their opposing political views in check to survive the holiday in one piece....

Celebrated actorHugh Jackmanis a struggling father in the newly released trailer for the powerful drama,The Son. Released courtesy ofSony Pictures Classics,The Sonfinds Jackman leading this poignant story as Peter, a father who grapples with maintaining a balance in all the conflicting areas of his life after his son moves in with him following a divorce. You can check out the new trailer forThe Sonbelow. A couple of years after his parents’ divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate....

Marvel Studios left it very late in the day to release the first teaser trailer forThor: Love and Thunder.Having led many fans to believe it would arrive last Monday, today was the day that the Marvel fans got their Thor fix, as a brief 90 second teaser arrived with a lot of tantalizing shots and much left to reveal.Chris Hemsworthwas also active on his Twitter account to welcome the trailer and promise fans that there is something “big, loud, crazy and full of heart” coming this July in his latest outing as the God of Thunder....

Tron: Aresis the long-awaited sequel to the franchise brought by Disney, and they’ve now unveiled an official look at the film’s new Light Cycle. Starring Jared Leto as a computer program called Ares, the digital reality of Tron is leaking into the real world, making the upcoming sequel the first time Light Cycles will be roaming busy city streets. Familiar characters from the franchise return, while a new cast leads the highly-anticipated follow-up to the underratedTron: Legacyand the original 1982 film....

Marvel Studios has made it abundantly clear thatWandaVisionwill pay tribute to some of the most beloved TV shows of all time. So, it should come as no surprise that the upcoming Disney+ series will recreate the iconic opening sequence ofThe Brady Bunch. The series originally aired from 1969 to 1974 and was sent to syndication in 1975, which is where it became a massive hit amongst children and young adults. While it was never a hit with critics,The Brady Bunchis widely recognized as an American cultural icon....

There is a grand irony in the conservative efforts (in America and -more famously - abroad) to ban slasher films during their heyday in the ’70s and ’80s: gratuitous nudity and violence aside, most movies about sexually active teens getting sliced up by a masked madman are politically conservative.The Final Girl tropepopularized by these movies depicts a virtuous (that is, abstinent) girl who survives while her hedonistic friends are massacred. Drug use, promiscuity, and independence are the kiss of death, and when the maniac in question lays bloody waste to rebellious teenagers, the queasy implication is that they deserve it....

The holiday frame at the box office is always a crowded one, but this year seems to be more jam-packed than years prior. There were six new movies opening between December 16 and December 23,Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,Collateral Beauty,Passengers,Sing,Assassin’s CreedandWhy Him?, with Paramount’sFencesalso expanding nationwide. None were able to come close toRogue Oneover theChristmas holidayweekend, as it took in $64.3 million for the three-day weekend, and $96 million for the four-day holiday weekend....

In less than two months, the first female-led superhero movie of the modern era will be unleashed on moviegoers. Yes, at long last,Wonder Womanis finally getting her own movie and there is a lot of hype and anticipation heading into it. Some DC fans have been literally waiting decades to see this movie, but that may not be enough to make it the hit that Warner Bros. is probably hoping it can be....