Lee Cronin’s ‘The Mummy’ is a Viscerally Unsettling Reinvention of a Horror Icon

April 16, 2026April 16, 2026 Michael Lee

The Mummy remains one of the most iconic figures of the classic movie monster era. For nearly 95 years, the character has been reimagined through horror, romance, and action-adventure, evolving with each generation without ever fully losing its mythic power. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy recognizes that any new take must do more than reinvent the monster. It also has to leave room to engage with the story’s cultural roots in a way that feels thoughtful, grounded, and free of the outdated stereotypes that have often shaped past depictions.

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Lee Cronin and James Wan Talk Bringing Authenticity to ‘The Mummy’

April 13, 2026 Michael Lee

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy re-imagines the iconic monster through a more intimate kind of horror, trading spectacle for a story rooted in grief, guilt, and family trauma. In our interview with Cronin, along with producers James Wan and Jason Blum, we talk about reshaping the legend into something more domestic, unsettling, and emotionally grounded.

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At First Glance, Universal’s ‘Mummy’ Sequel is Orientalist Regression

November 5, 2025November 6, 2025 Swara Salih

This past week, Egypt unveiled its new Grand Museum with a resounding announcement of their new magnificent structure spotlighting their country’s antiquities. After decades and decades of the West’s cultural theft of their relics, stories, and monopolizing of scholarship on Egypt, the museum’s opening highlights Egypt’s ownership and sovereignty over their rich history, archaeology, and scholarship, serving as a signal forward past the extreme Orientalist narratives the West thrust on it.

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James Wan Closes ‘The Conjuring’ Universe with ‘Last Rites’

September 5, 2025September 4, 2025 Mike Manalo

There are few producers or filmmakers in Hollywood as prolific as the incredible James Wan. The man who brought us Saw, Insidious, and of course The Conjuring Universe is hands down one of the most successful names in horror and action that we’ve seen in the past two decades. Now he’s bringing his iconic Conjuring franchise to a close with The Conjuring: Last Rites. And we were lucky enough to join other members of the press in a roundtable discussion with the Atomic Monster mastermind on the final chapter of The Conjuring Universe.

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Ending ‘The Conjuring’ with ‘Last Rites’ Director Michael Chaves

September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 Mike Manalo

With The Conjuring: Last Rites, Michael Chaves will officially be the director who has helmed the most films within The Conjuring Universe. Coming on to the franchise with 2021’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, and taking on the second installment of The Nun, Chaves has officially put his stamp on the horror universe James Wan built. Now once more, he’s teaming up with Wan to bring the legendary horror universe to an end with The Conjuring: Last Rites.

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Terrifying Truths with the Stars of ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’

September 3, 2025 Mike Manalo

We first met Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga’s Ed and Lorraine Warren in 2013. The Conjuring debuted in theaters to monumental critical and commercial success, solidifying James Wan’s status as one of the greatest names in horror of all time! From there a legendary universe of creepy characters and stories were born. Now, twelve years later, The Conjuring Universe comes to an end with the final chapter – The Conjuring: Last Rites!

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The Stars of ‘M3GAN 2.0’ on Surviving an AI Apocalypse

June 30, 2025 Mike Manalo

The Baddest Bot B of all is back! M3GAN 2.0 is now officially in theaters. The sequel to the surprise horror charmer, M3GAN, promises a complete genre shift, and bigger, crazier challenges for Allison Williams’ Gemma and Violet McGraw’s Cady, as they are forced to team up with their favorite homicidal TikTok-ing robo-doll to stop another killer AI from destroying the world.

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Preparing for The End with ‘Teacup’ Stars Rob Morgan and Jackson Kelly

November 5, 2024 Mike Manalo

The whole first season of Teacup has officially hit Peacock. So if your mind hasn’t been blown yet, there’s still time to catch up and enjoy the thrills! In honor of the full season being fully available to binge now, we were able to sit down with two of the show’s terrific stars, Rob Morgan and Jackson Kelly.

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A Tea Time Talk with ‘Teacup’ Showrunner Ian McCulloch

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 Mike Manalo

Happy Halloween folks! If you aren’t watching Peacock’s Teacup, you are missing out on the new Stranger Things! The new twisty, mysterious streaming addiction is filled with thrills, chills, gore, and compelling drama. All this is thanks to the amazing showrunner behind it, Ian McCulloch. And we recently had a terrific opportunity to sit down with McCulloch for an in-depth conversation about the new series.

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NOC Review: Peacock’s ‘Teacup’ is a Satisfying Sci-Fi Streaming Surprise

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 Mike Manalo

I honestly did not have this on my bingo card, but Peacock’s new sci-fi series, Teacup, from executive producer James Wan and Ian McCulloch is actually quite a lovely surprise for this Halloween season!

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Official Trailer for Peacock’s ‘Teacup’ from James Wan Drops

September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 Mike Manalo

Halloween season is officially upon us, and that means more from masterminds like James Wan! Now, Wan is teaming up with showrunner Ian McCulloch to bring us a truly spine-tingling experience, with the new streaming show, Teacup!

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Official Teaser for James Wan’s Peacock Series ‘Teacup’

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024 Mike Manalo

The masters of modern horror are few and far between these days. But one of the names that has become an icon in the past decade is none other than James Wan. And today we got a look at something very new Wan has been working on: A teaser for his new Peacock series, Teacup, starring Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, and Chaske Spencer!

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‘Insidious: The Further’ Brings Darkness to Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 Michael Lee

This year’s Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights is about get even scarier. In addition to the haunted houses inspired by films like Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and A Quiet Place, the Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood bring Insidious: The Further to life in an all new creepy and terrifying haunted house that will surely send shivers down your spine and make you run for your life.

Streaming, Television

NBC Announces Four New Series Coming to Peacock

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 Laura Sirikul

In today’s NBC Universal TCA presentation, NBC announced four new series coming to Peacock. The new straight-to-series projects include a limited series on serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a suburban limited series thriller, an espionage techno-thriller series by James Wan and Simu Liu, and a mockumentary starring NBA legend Stephen Curry.

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NOC Review: ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ is a Lost Cause for a Lost Cause

December 21, 2023December 22, 2023 Mike Manalo

We are here at the end of it all folks. The DCEU: 2013-2023. And similarly as it started, with its second entry, Batman V. Superman, the fabled cinematic universe ends with a whimper instead of a bang. It brings me no joy to say that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is as much of a mess as the rumors have decried.

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New ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Featurette Dives into James Wan’s Vision

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 Mike Manalo

We’re almost at December 22, folks! And that means we’ll be seeing everyone’s favorite aquatic DC hero is making his grand return, when Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom hits theaters. And to celebrate, WB and DC have released a new featurette giving a behind the scenes look at the upcoming superhero epic!

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Getting Deep with ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Director James Wan

December 11, 2023February 16, 2024 Mike Manalo

It’s not every day we get a 1:1 with a director as prolific as the amazing James Wan! The creator of The Conjuring Universe, as well as the visionary behind the DCEU’s first (and only) billion dollar blockbuster is back in the director’s chair for this Christmas’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. And we were able to sit down with the icon himself for an in-depth interview about the upcoming blockbuster sequel.

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New Spot and Character Posters Wash Up for ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 Mike Manalo

It’s been quite the journey for our man, Jason Momoa. Achieving full A-list status with the sole $1B grossing outing in the DCEU, the actor known as Aquaman is returning to the big screen this Christmas with what may be the final outing in this franchise, before James Gunn and Peter Safran press the hard reset button.

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Director James Wan Spills the Sea on ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 Mike Manalo

The countdown to Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is on! Today DC and WB just dropped the new trailer and poster for the upcoming superhero epic, coming December 20. However, we were fortunate enough to see the trailer yesterday with maestro James Wan on-hand to introduce it to us and answer a few questions for us eager fans, foaming at the mouth from the glorious colors and fantasy of the trailer we’d just seen.

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New Trailer and Poster for ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ are Must-Sea Spectacles

September 14, 2023December 23, 2023 Mike Manalo

The ruler of the seven seas is back! It’s been five long years since we saw Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry, aka Aquaman, go toe to toe with the likes of Ocean Master and Black Manta. But now, under the capable hands of director James Wan, the King of Atlantis is back and bigger than ever! We have a new trailer and poster for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom!

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New ‘Aquaman’ Trailer Tease Announces ‘The Lost Kingdom’ is Coming

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 Mike Manalo

The end is neigh for the DCEU. And the final film in the franchise, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, is right around the corner! So the countdown is now on, not just for the end, but for the official trailer for the end!

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NOC Review: ‘The Nun II’ is a Merciful Improvement Over its Predecessor

September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 Mike Manalo

It’s been 10 years since The Conjuring debuted to huge box office business and terrific reviews. And in that time, a universe has been established of the freakiest demonic presences in modern day cinema. The most terrifying of which was Valak, aka The Nun!

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Director Michael Chaves on the Unholy Terror of ‘The Nun II’

September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 Mike Manalo

Valak, the unholy antagonist of The Conjuring Universe, has returned! This Friday, September 8, The Nun II will be hitting theaters. It’s been a couple of years since the last Conjuring movie hit screens, with the last film, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It hitting theaters in 2021.