‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Trailer: Donald Glover & Maya Erskine Update The Married Assassins Movie Franchise As Prime Video Series

Selome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium,” Episode 3 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” For fans of Rick Riordan‘s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” books, Medusa represents one of Percy’s first big victories: After being tricked into spending time with “Aunty Em,” he beheads the snake-haired woman, and her cursed, dead eyeballs are later used to turn another enemy into stone. But for those with a deeper knowledge of Greek mythology, and for many women, Medusa is a symbol of something darker. In the original myth, Medusa is a human woman who takes a vow of celibacy out of devotion to Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic In a world…where moviegoing isn’t what it once was…a great trailer gets audiences motivated to check out a film on opening weekend. But the very best previews are so much more than that: They hold up as short-form works of art in their own right. Keep in mind, marketing pros get just two and a half minutes to grab your attention and make their pitch.

The Harry Potter movies were not just full of magic and adventures – they were also full of celebrity cameos!

A beloved Mean Girls star revealed if they were going to make a cameo in the new musical movie – Just Jared Jr Robert DeNiro revealed just how strongly he felt about Donald Trump not becoming President again – Celebitchy Here’s why Elf remains a Christmas classic years after its premiere – Popsugar What are the chances Percy Jackson & The Olympians gets a second season at Disney+? – Just Jared Jr

Director Ruben Östlund announced in Cannes that he wanted one of the scenes in his upcoming airplane disaster movie The Entertainment System Is Down to prompt the biggest walkout in the history of cinema.

Barack Obama has a lot of accomplishments to his name. Aside from his role as President of the United States, Obama is also a Netflix partner, and provided notes for “Leave the World Behind,” a new thriller written and directed by Sam Esmail, known for his TV show “Mr. Robot.” Obama Stories: Antonio Banderas remembers when he forgot his keys just before meeting the president at his homePresident Obama surprised a pre-k class by wearing a Santa Claus hat and holding a sack full of presentsThe film stars Ethan Hawke, Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and Kevin Bacon, and follows two families that start working together following a blackout that affects the whole country.

Oppenheimer”).During the simultaneous Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America strikes, the sagging box office was boosted, like NFL ratings and the economy of East Rutherford, New Jersey, by Taylor Swift.Marvel Studios, which used to be the surest thing in Hollywood, began to underperform (“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”) and then downright flop (“The Marvels”).And DC was revealed to actually stand for Dud Central, with all of the studio’s comic-book films of 2023 (“Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” “The Flash” and “Blue Beetle”) turning out to be financial failures.In a win for Gen Z, studio execs determined Zendaya’s star wattage is so huge now that two of her movies — “Dune: Part 2” and “Challengers” — were delayed a year due to the strikes, so she can promote them to her hoards of fans. And baby boomers were dinged by the big-time tanking of the nostalgic “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” starring a now 81-year-old Harrison Ford who schlepped around New York and Europe.Despite all the madness — and a sea of schlock — some excellent films hit theaters this year.

The Grinch” is a long-time favorite and no matter how many times people have watched it, there’s a fact that many have missed.And let me tell you this: once you see it, you’ll feel like a ning nong because you’ll realize how obvious it is. As snowflakes drop in the opening credits of the 2000 Ron Howard flick, the narrator delivers his opening line: “Inside a snowflake, like the one on your sleeve. There happens a story you must see to believe.”That’s it.

Christopher Nolan is reflecting on the movie business and explains why Oppenheimer is his most successful film to date.

Prime Video has set February 23 for the premiere of The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (fka The Hospital), its adult animated sci-fi comedy from Cirocco Dunlap and Maya Rudolph, Danielle Renfrew Behrens and Natasha Lyonne‘s Animal Pictures. Additionally, Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once) has joined the cast as a series regular.

Old home week on Saturday Night Live continued after the opening monologue with Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph joining host Kate McKinnon in a holiday-themed send-up of ABBA.

Netflix has become a go-to staple for Christmas entertainment.The quality of its Christmas-themed output, however, is far from merry. Between the exquisitely naff identikit rom-coms and bad adaptations of Charles Dickens’ classics, digging around to find any modicum of decent will likely end your relatives before they’ve even sniffed the sherry.So is it worth bothering at all? In its vast library, there are several (at best) worthwhile Christmas romps – so let’s cut straight to the search bar.As noted in a rundown of the streaming service’s best Christmas movies on Rotten Tomatoes, Klaus is easily the best festive film on the platform.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” movie has cleared multiple stages of approvals and will release in mainland Chinese theaters on Dec. 31. The announcement, foreshadowed by Variety earlier this month, was made at 1.13pm (or 13.13) on Friday in China, a reference to Swift’s birth date and lucky number.

Jennifer Lopez was involved in one of the most succesful movies released this past year. Surprisingly, “The Mother,” which dropped on Netflix in May of this year, was one of this year’s most succesful films.

American Star, a movie set for screens next year. John Wick and Deadwood star Ian McShane plays an assassin in the film which will hit US screens on January 26th (cinemas and VOD).

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour will be available to watch at home from December.Directed by Sam Wrench, the concert film documents Swift’s latest tour which runs through her biggest hits and rarities across all ten of her studio albums.After it was released in cinemas in October, the film has become the highest-grossing concert movie ever, earning $249million at the worldwide box office. It also landed a nomination at the 2024 Golden Globes for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.In the US, Canada, UK and Ireland, the film will be available to rent digitally from December 13 (to coincide with Swift’s birthday).Other confirmed territories include Australia and New Zealand from December 14, and Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Mexico and Brazil from December 21.As listed on Swift’s website, the film will be available from Apple TV+, Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Xfinity, YouTube and Sky.The extended version on streaming services will include songs which were cut from the cinematic release, including ‘Wildest Dreams’, ‘The Archer’ and ‘Long Live’.In a four-star review of the film, NME wrote: “It’s a staggering feat.

John Brotherton has a new holiday movie coming out on Hallmark Channel!

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Awards Circuit Column: It’s not just about “Barbenheimer” and biographical dramas. Awards voters need to look beyond the shiniest Oscar contenders to find under-heralded gems. From documentaries about musical greats to coming-of-age stories that brilliantly tap into the tribulations of being a tween, several movies deserve to be in the conversation for top prizes.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith television series starring Donald Glover has arrived – watch it below.The new series, which will stream on Prime Video from February 2, also stars Maya Erskine and the two operate as an undercover married couple while working for a mysterious spy agency.The show is a reboot of the 2005 action film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and was created by Glover with Atlanta writer Francesca Sloane.Others appearing in the series include Paul Dano, Parker Posey, Wagner Moura, John Turturro, Ron Pearlman, Michaela Coel, Eiza Gonzalez, Alexander Skarsgard, Sharon Horgan and Sarah Paulson.Previously, the series shared a short teaser trailer as part of Prime Day.

Eiza González, Alexander Skarsgard and Úrsula Corberó are some of the A-lister names that have joined “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” a TV series based on the 2005 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt film.