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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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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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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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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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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As huge fans of Johnny Cage and all of his action films, we were thrilled yesterday when we got a mysterious package with a DVD of Cage’s latest movie, Uncaged Fury. Little did we know that Cage himself went missing … Continue reading The ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Trailer Replaces Cole for Cage
Death is a funny thing. Not so much “ha-ha” funny as it is “mysterious” funny. It’s also terrifying, gory, and nasty. And no series of films better encapsulates this sentiment better than the Final Destination franchise! Recently, we were given the great opportunity to witness the latest installment, Final Destination: Bloodlines, and speak with directors Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky, and cast members Richard Harmon, Anna Lore, and Owen Patrick Joyner about the latest gruesome and gory chapter in this legendary saga.
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I’m proud to be Filipino. While I believe representation in film and television has been much better in recent years, you’d be hard pressed to find many major studio franchises centered on Filipino families or characters, let alone long-running horror franchises. Which is why I got really excited when I saw Final Destination: Bloodlines was centered on a mixed Filipino family! That meant the world to me, as did getting a chance to speak with the stars that brought that family to life: Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, and Rya Kihlstedt.
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Get ready to return to Middle-Earth! The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is hitting theaters this Friday, December 13, and while it’s been a few years since we’ve seen Middle-Earth on the big screen, we couldn’t be more delighted.
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“The Rider” is coming. That probably sounds more ominous than it should. But it’s the epic title for artist Paris Paloma’s new single for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. And today, we got our very first sample of the exciting new song.
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With the conclusion of the riveting second season, we interview the cast and crew of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
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Something about Lord of the Rings and Christmas feels right. Coming this December is the new animated film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. Today, we just got some new artwork for the highly anticipated release!
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Ever since it was first announced two years ago, Tolkien fans have been clamoring to return to Middle-Earth in the new film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. At long last, this Holiday season, the battle will be finally coming to the big screen!
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As Middle Earth returns to our streaming screens later this month, we interview the cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power to get a taste of what to expect for Season 2.
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Anime Expo is in full swing, and in addition to all the manga and anime goodness, Warner Bros. Animation also debuted a new image for The Lord of the Rings: The War of The Rohirrim.
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Middle-Earth is getting animated (again)! Back before Peter Jackson brought J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpieces to life, Rankin/Bass (the folks behind the Christmas time Rudolph specials) actually had created animated classics based on The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Return of the King.
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The Summer of Shyamalan starts off with a “meh.” The feature debut of Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of M. Night Shyamalan is hitting theaters this weekend, and a major question remains. No, not “who are The Watchers,” but rather, should you watch The Watchers?
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The Summer of Shyamalan is approaching! And now WB and New Line have released a new featurette for its upcoming thriller, The Watcher, directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and producer M. Night Shyamalan.
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The Summer of Shyamalan is coming! With the debut of the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s next film Trap last week, and now the latest trailer for Ishana Night Shyamalan’s The Watchers today, we are getting a double dose of creepy from the family Shyamalan this summer, like a traumatically twisted von Trapp family performance!
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A new film from Shyamalan is coming. No, not M. Night Shyamalan, although he’s producing. But the feature film directorial debut of his daughter Ishana Night Shyamalan! Coming this summer — The Watchers!
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The Deadites are coming back! We now have an official trailer and poster for Evil Dead Rise. And for the second reboot of this classic film series, Raimi is passing down the Necronomicon over to director Lee Cronin. And the results look sickly terrifying!
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We welcome Hanna back on the podcast for us to review Black Adam together!
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Sound the horns of Rohan and Gondor! And gather your personal Fellowship! Because between the upcoming Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series debuting its teaser trailer during the Super Bowl yesterday, and this announcement here, fans of The Rings are surely eating!
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